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The Daily Dispatch: September 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the Seat of War. (search)
From the Seat of War. We are yet without any authentic particulars of the great battle at Manassas on Saturday. There a nothing really reliable to be added to the dispatch of Gen. Lee to the President which appeared yesterday. That our forces have obtained a signal triumph over the combined armies of the enemy, there is no room to doubt; but how far this decisive victory has been followed up, was not known up to the hour of going to press last night. Reports, as usual, were abundant and favorable, and if we were to credit one-half that were in circulation last evening, we might reasonably conclude that our army is now in a position to demand the surrender of Washington. In the present condition of affairs, however, these statements are to be received with great allowance. Passengers by the train yesterday afternoon state that it was currently reported at Gordonsville, that the Federal Generals Pope and McDowell had been slightly and banks mortally wounded at Manassas, an
The Daily Dispatch: September 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], Latest from the North. (search)
's ford, some 28 miles northwest from Warrenton. Gen. Lee, with the bulk of the rebel army, was to take the netrated further into Virginia than was expected. Gen. Lee, with the main army, had not yet come up, and it w programme, Gen. Pope would reach Gordonsville before Lee's arrival, and thus cut off his (Jackson's) supplies.Gordonsville and Orange were the main army, under General Lee, who had arrived from Richmond. When Jacksonce northward to Berry's ford, where he crossed, while Lee was keeping General Pope engaged in front. Lee's plaLee's plan was to keep Pope between the Rapidan and the Rappahannock rivers until Jackson had attained his position at Mfrustrated that design, and rendered it necessary for Lee to follow up his advantage, and, by a system of feintd Centreville, from whence the force of Wm. Fitz Hugh Lee moved on to Manassas the same night, Jackson followinrmy under Jackson must be annihilated, and that under Lee defeated; and if we are not successful, and the rebel
The Daily Dispatch: September 3, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 6 (search)
Clerk: To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States I have the gratification of presenting to Congress two dispatches from Gen. Robt. E. Lee, commanding the army of Northern Virginia, communicating the result of the operations north of the Rappahannock. From these dispatches it will be seen that ion. Anderson not yet up, and I hear nothing of those behind. We have Ewell, Trimble, and Taliaferro wounded. The latter slightly, the others not mortally. R. E. Lee. Hdq'rs Army Northern Virginia, Grovetown, Aug. 30, 10 P. M., via Rapidan. To President Davis: This army achieved to day, on the plains of Manassa every conflict, yet our gratitude to Almighty God for His mercies rises higher each day. To Him, and to the valor of our troops, a nation's gratitude is due. R. E. Lee. The House resolution voting thanks to Captain Raphael Semmes, of the C. S. steamer Sumter, was referred to the Military Committee. The bill amen