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The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1861., [Electronic resource], Major General Van-Dorn. (search)
or concentration, or even for retreat, now constitute one of the most brilliant pages in the history of our new Republic. For these services he was soon appointed a Brigadier General in the Provisional Army, and subsequently, when he arrived in Richmond, was made a Major General, and assigned to a command in the army of the Potomac. In this army he ranks next to Gen. Beauregard. If the enemy should make his threatened attack on our right, with the object of carrying our batteries at Evansport and reopening the navigation of the Potomac, General Van-Dorn's Division will be the first engaged, and will probably have to sustain the brunt of the battle. As soon as he arrived here and assumed command of his division, he made himself thoroughly acquainted with the topography of the country by a series of personal inspections, which he carried through without the slightest regard to roads, winds, or weather. I venture to say, that, if the enemy give him one chance at them, they will