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Fitzhugh Lee (search for this): article 1
rms, we were made to say the battle was fought on Saturday. The main fight after the heroic Jackson had gotten behind the enemy begun on Saturday. According to General Lee the enemy was on that day, under the combined attack of Jackson in the rear and Longstreet in front, driven to within one mile of Chancellorsville, probably a dning, and the enemy "was dislodged from all his positions around Chancellorsville, and driven back to wards the Rappahannock," over which he was retreating when General Lee wrote his dispatch — at what hour on Sunday the paper itself does not show. Ere this goes to press we may have further particulars of this triumph, inferior in importance to none of the very many which have crowned the arms of the Southern Confederacy. With only the brief message of Gen. Lee to inform us everybody knows the victory is great. That distinguished military leader, whose modesty is equal to his merits, and one of whose prominent traits is his conscientiousness, would n
Longstreet (search for this): article 1
The great victory. Owing to an omission in printing some remarks in yesterday's Dispatch upon the last important victory of Southern arms, we were made to say the battle was fought on Saturday. The main fight after the heroic Jackson had gotten behind the enemy begun on Saturday. According to General Lee the enemy was on that day, under the combined attack of Jackson in the rear and Longstreet in front, driven to within one mile of Chancellorsville, probably a distance of four miles. The contest was renewed on Sunday morning, and the enemy "was dislodged from all his positions around Chancellorsville, and driven back to wards the Rappahannock," over which he was retreating when General Lee wrote his dispatch — at what hour on Sunday the paper itself does not show. Ere this goes to press we may have further particulars of this triumph, inferior in importance to none of the very many which have crowned the arms of the Southern Confederacy. With only the brief message of Gen.
James E. Jackson (search for this): article 1
en behind the enemy begun on Saturday. According to General Lee the enemy was on that day, under the combined attack of Jackson in the rear and Longstreet in front, driven to within one mile of Chancellorsville, probably a distance of four miles. T that of "Chancellorsville" or "Wilderness." The latter would not be inappropriate. It was "out of the Wilderness" that Jackson drove the Yankees: equally merciful beasts of prey and plunder choose the Wilderness for a hiding place from which to deks and herds. To seek them there and end their depredations is the part of the sagacious, practiced, and brave hunter. Jackson is just such a hunter of the hordes which are infesting the homes, the garners, and fields of the South. He crashed upokson is just such a hunter of the hordes which are infesting the homes, the garners, and fields of the South. He crashed upon them in the Wilderness, killing and wounding and pursuing them. Thus "Jackson drove the Yankees out of the Wilderness."
Chancellorsville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): article 1
. According to General Lee the enemy was on that day, under the combined attack of Jackson in the rear and Longstreet in front, driven to within one mile of Chancellorsville, probably a distance of four miles. The contest was renewed on Sunday morning, and the enemy "was dislodged from all his positions around Chancellorsville, aChancellorsville, and driven back to wards the Rappahannock," over which he was retreating when General Lee wrote his dispatch — at what hour on Sunday the paper itself does not show. Ere this goes to press we may have further particulars of this triumph, inferior in importance to none of the very many which have crowned the arms of the Southeror, contending, as it was, with the odds of numbers and superior appliances and enginery of war, must, of course, have a name. It is either to take that of "Chancellorsville" or "Wilderness." The latter would not be inappropriate. It was "out of the Wilderness" that Jackson drove the Yankees: equally merciful beasts of prey and
D. H. Hill (search for this): article 1
nia regiments. Skirmishing to a great extent had been going on in the vicinities of Newbern and Washington. The enemy have been repulsed at every point, and considerable numbers of rebels prisoners have been taken and sent into Newbern. General Hill is supposed to be at Goldsboro', with a portion of the forces with which he lately invested Newbern and Washington. Gen. Hickman forwards his official report of the march of his forces to Washington and the operations there. The news in them and a heavy loss to us. I understand that the rebels are aware of the intended movement on the Rappahannock but cannot fathom at what precise point the blow is to be struck. At all events the enemy will be reinforced from some place. D. H. Hill, in North Carolina, has no more troops to spare, having sent all his available force to Longstreet. The latter has at last sixty thousand men in his command. Of these be will probably send forty thousand to Lee, and the remaining twenty thous
Peck (search for this): article 1
rebels in vigorously pushing forward a movement, I may mention that on their march from Franklin to cut off our supplies from Norfolk, by crossing the Nansemond river, their artillery became immersed in the mud. When six horses could not extricate a battery, twelve, sixteen, and even twenty, were harnessed on, and by dint of the utmost exertion the enemy gained the west branch of the Nansemond river, thus defying mud knee deep interfering with their progress. Only the watchfulness of Major-General Peck and the gunboats on the river prevented the design of the enemy from being carried out with the utmost success in them and a heavy loss to us. I understand that the rebels are aware of the intended movement on the Rappahannock but cannot fathom at what precise point the blow is to be struck. At all events the enemy will be reinforced from some place. D. H. Hill, in North Carolina, has no more troops to spare, having sent all his available force to Longstreet. The latter has at last
Stoneman (search for this): article 1
ng southward, several of the advanced corps having crossed the Rapidan, and the alternative was thus presented to General Lee of instantly coming out of his defences for battle, or for a rapid retreat to secure his roads to Richmond. He could not remain behind his entrenchments with his enemy rapidly pushing along his flank to get in between him and Richmond his base of supplies. He must come out and fight or retreat, and without loss of time, or the powerful advanced cavalry force of General Stoneman will anticipate him and cut off his railway communications. We shall not be surprised, therefore, if our next intelligence from the Army of the Potomac is that of a desperate battle, or of the hasty retreat of the rebel army to some new position. But, as the enemy appear to have had at none of the crossings of the Rappahannock any protecting force beyond a line of pickets and a squad or two of riflemen, is it not possible that Lee, anticipating this flank movement of Gen. Hooker,
Dixon (search for this): article 1
ligence of his advance, therefore, with confidence that it will give as the best assurance of a victorious campaign. From Fortress Monroe--the Rumored forward movement of the army of the Potomac. Fortress Monroe, April 30. --The intelligence received here that the Army of the Potomac is on the ever of making a forward movement is hailed with considerable satisfaction, as it will tend to draw off a considerable number of Longstreet's forces now besieging Suffolk, and give Major General Dixon opportunity of driving the rebels from our front and across the Blackwater. As an instance of the indomitable spirit of the rebels in vigorously pushing forward a movement, I may mention that on their march from Franklin to cut off our supplies from Norfolk, by crossing the Nansemond river, their artillery became immersed in the mud. When six horses could not extricate a battery, twelve, sixteen, and even twenty, were harnessed on, and by dint of the utmost exertion the enemy gained
April 26th (search for this): article 1
ion, will make a telling demonstration, the command of Major-General Dix will not be found wanting. We have some of the best troops in the army, and excellent leaders.--Every necessary of life is in abundance, and every soldier is anxious for work. Gen Dix has promised them a sufficiency thereof, and he is a man to keep his word. Reported Occupation of Grand Gulf by Union troops. Cairo, May 1, 1863 --A steamer arrived to-day with dates from Millikin's Bend to Sunday morning, April 26. Nearly the whole of the army at that point was in motion. They marched across, leaving train and baggage behind. The soldiers took six days rations. It is stated on what is considered reliable authority, that Gen. Osterhans now occupies Grand Gulf. Two tugs, having in tow four bay barges, ran past the batteries at Vicksburg on Saturday night. The rebels did not fire at them. It is thought the military stores at Millikin's Bend, of which there are considerable quantiti
29th (search for this): article 1
s of the grand army. From the correspondent from Fortress Monroe on Thursday, we learn that Col Robert M. West, commanding Fort Magruder, made an attack, with infantry and cavalry, on the enemy at Williamsburg, and succeeded in driving the rebels two miles beyond the town. Our pickets are at present stationed there and are ordered to maintain their position at all hazards. By the arrival of the transport Escort from Newbern, N. C., we have intelligence from that region up to the 29th ult. Gen. Palmer made a successful reconnaissance towards Kinston and returned after driving the rebels from their position behind earthworks, within eight miles of that place. The chief participators in this affair were the Forty fifth Massachusetts and the Fifty eighth Pennsylvania regiments. Skirmishing to a great extent had been going on in the vicinities of Newbern and Washington. The enemy have been repulsed at every point, and considerable numbers of rebels prisoners have been tak
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