Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1862-07-19
Army Correspondence.
WARRENToN, Va, }
July ii, 1862. I
Col. John G. Freeze,

SIR:-Thc beautiful city of Warren
ton is now occupied by the Federal
troops for the first time. Geary's Br-
gade and Blenkcr's Division have been
through, but never stopped long enough
to try the efficacy Of the celebrated Fau-
quier Springs. The place has been quite
Summer resort for wealthy Southerners-
and presents rather an aristocratc APP
peMance. One of the hotels is said to
be capable of containihg 1000 people,
Its register shows some very familiar
names. Immediately under the signatures
the names of two men from Berls coun-
ty, Pa.
We are momcntarily expecting orders
TO march. Gen. McDowell's forces are
divided between here and Fredericksburg.
Gen. Kings Division containing Augur's
and Patrick's Brigades are there, and
| Gen. Ricketts, Division containing the
Brigades of Generals Hart$uff, Tower,
Duryea, and Brigade OF Cavalry under
Gen. Bayard, are in this vicinity. Banks
Corps is here also, and he has with him
Generals Williams, Crawford, Hatch,
Green, Gcary and SlgeI's old command
under Generals Cooper and Slough. Me-
Dowell is to be further reinforced by
Brigade from Washington. Gen. sigels
Corps, formerly Eremonts 5, is in the Val.
ley, aud viii join u at another point.-
Another evidence that tho Army Of Vir
ginia' are soon TO move onward is, that
we have all been ordere to draw ten days
rations, very unusual amount. There
is no doubt as to our destination. We are
to go to Richmond by land, aud make an
attack Oh its flank The eaemy dare not
send any consider able force from Rich
moud to stop US, and they soon will fhd
themselves surrounded by the armies un.
ner Gems. Mcclellan, Pope, and Burnside.
They can scarcely resist simultaneous
attack by these forces.
Ia the meantime it behooves our peo-
pie at home to see that the 500 600 men
recently called for are promptly furnished.
We have gone too far and sacrificed too
much to talter now. Young men at home
can no longer say "teey are not needed, "
because they are impe'iticely demanded-
We have met with no reverse that should
stop US in our purposes, while the enemy
are daily losing ground. Contrast our
position with that We occupied one year
ago, and it seems almost providcntial that
we should have succeeded so well. Near.
: ly one year ago to'.ay we were terribly
defeated Oh the plains of Manassas, and
now we behold the enemy cooped up in
his capitol which is threatened on every
= side. The border States are ours-the
b Mississippi is ours-and the most import
n ant southern strongholds are in our pos
session. While their forces are concen
trated at one point, ours are scattered
over the face of the Union, and yet are
e strong enough to resist their combined ef
forts, 1t may be wondered why We need
Z these men. We want to fill our depleted
ranks, and have men enough to meet any
5. force which Foreign powers may sent
y against us.
. Pennsylvania has now glorious name
4 through her sons in almost every battle
/. which has been fought Her "Reserve'
l. has now worldwide reput alton, and it il
!; the boast of this Battery as it is of many
of Colun.bia's sons, that we belong to it
e though for a long time detached from the
Il main body.
J I hope Columbia Co., will prompt,
turn out her quota. She has the men man,
d Of whom expressed great anxiety to NEE
g. the Soutbsrners before the war broke out