Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-04-14


and is entrance i closed by Fortress Monroe
Newport News and our cruisers in that neigh
borhood
Nessels drawing ten or twelve feet can reach
Richmond, but those drawing fifteen feet can get
within three miles Of that CITY.
THE YoRK RIvER.
The York river. on which lies yorktown. is
formed BY the junction Of the Mattapony and Pa
munky, and fails into the Chesapeake Bay above
the mouth Of the James. is appearance is rather
that of am estuary than a river. Al is mouth Il
i about three miles vide. and Il IA forty miles
long. liz : navigable for larce vessels, and Is
one mile vide NJ Yorktown On the peninsula
formed BY the near approach OF the james and
York, in their course. situated Yorktown
and Hampton: its southern extremity Is New
port News. aud at the southeastern point Is
Fortress Monroe. Yorktown il seventy miles
east southeast Of Richmond. and the latter
city Is one hundred and fifty miles from the sea
by water.
From Yorktown. up the river, TO West Point,
some thirty or forty miles. the river Is navigable
for large steamers. and from West Point there Is
n railroad 20 Richmond. distance OF about thir
ty miles. West Point IL the nearest point by
which vessels by the York river can reach Rich
mond.
YoRKrowS
yorktown il situated on the right bank Of the
York river, seventy miles from Richmond IL is
an old town. settled in 1905. and now has about
fifty houses. IL was the theatre of one Of the
most important events in American hstory--the
surrender of Lord CORVALLIS 10 General Wash
ington, which occurred on the 18th Of October.
1851. The rebels are reported 10 have erected
strong Qualifications along the river hanks the
works at Gloucester Point, opposite Yorktown,
are represented particularly to be very formida
BILE.
THE RAPFAHANNOCK
The Rappahannock enters Chesapeake Bay
twenty FIVE miles south OF the mouth of the PotO-
mac. aud IS navigable for vessels carrying ten
feet OF water. up to fredericksburg. where il is
supposed the enemy Is strongly posted This
place is forty miles from the rivers mouth.
rnE ELIZABETH RIVER
The Elizabeth river, on which lies Norfolk
rises in Norfolk county, and flows into Hampton
Road. II il connected with the Albenarle Sound
by the Dismal Swamp canal and PasOuotank
river. On the right or north bank i Notfok.
This city is eight miles from Hampton Roads
and one hundred and six miles by land from
Richmond, with which place IL is connected by
railroad. At Portsmouth. opposite Norfolk. is
the navy yard The approaches 10 Norfolk are
defended 10y a fort ON Craney Island. Mt the mouth
of the river. which mounted some months ago
thirty four guns: 10y Fort Norfolk few miles be
low the city by battery of twenty gus ON Sew
all'- Point opposite Fortress Monroe. aud in all
probability by several other works OF which We
know nothing
THE SANsFMoND.
The Nansemond river rises in the Dismal
Swamp. and j. navigabe from Suffolk on the
Norfolk and Richmond railroad, To its entrance
into Hampton Roads, for vessels OF one hundred
tons Suffolk j. seventy two miles southeast 10y
Il.
500 inhabitants From Suffolk il would b,
practicable to make demonstration in the rear
of Norfolk and Portsmouth IL was az one tim,
thought that Burnside would do this. The Pig
Point and Fishing Point batteries were erected
by the rebels 10 defend the entrance To the Nan
semond. Tie first named has recently been
strengthened il is said. and rebel encampmenl
is now visible there.
On James river, at jamestown Island, thirty
two miles above the mouth of the river. - fort
and another called Fort Powhattan about hal
way between Iameston Island and City Point
IL is said that the rebels have fortified place
three miles below Wyoming creek and Other
points on this river
Richmond is connected NY railroad with Nor
folk. 100 miles distant with Washington from
which il is 100 miles by rail; and there is also
railroad connecting it with the head of the York
river.
troruonSNllle u on the OentFhl fallroau OF ' IT
GINA, seventy miles northwest of Richmond
with which il is connected 10y rail.
Fredericksburg is connected by railroad Will
Richmond, from which il is sixty five miles north
1t is connected with point few miles north 81
Gordonsvile by a turnpike. which runs through
Wilderness and White Plains. nearly parable
with but south of the Rappahannock and its trib
utary, the Rapdan.
Winchester is $50 miles north northwest Of
Richmond, u miles west by north of Washh (
ton. IL is the center of number of turnplkes
TABLE oF DISTANCES.
Taking Richmond as the center. the following
table shows at glnnce the distance of different
points in Virginia from there: