The New York herald., 1862-11-15
FRINGE De JOMVnLE on THE WAR.
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Advance of the Army to the
Front of Yorktown.
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RETICEECE OF THE REBEL POPULATION.
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Great Strength Of the Confederate
Line Of Defence.
Gigantic LabOrs Of the Eede-
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MB WITHDRAWAL OF HOCKRg'S DIVISION.
xts Lamentable Results ON the
Campaign.
3Ae Siege and Evacuation Of
Yorktown.
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ynB WITHDRAWAL OF HoOKERs DlVIslON.
9Ae Siege and Evacuation o
Yorktown.

0ayenns,s The present instaAssst carries the army
nsD its arrival .. Fortress Monroe the evacaspn Il
Hssktows and The pursu'tby tho upion forces
AnuuM U scs1lAN ArryoRTsxas xoNa0G, ASnsADvxrcE
10 N0RKTowS.
vhsse they we're thus waiting ssr the Merrin,ae, and
WAXING in vain, the army arrived Al pOrtrcss Mcnroe,
Ar sn divisions ,the cavalry the reserve, ans an inn
1ense number Of wagons. already landed. The
essn.andsng Gener al, who arrived IN the afternoon
psed them all in lotion foyes, wsth throo DIVISIONS
te route exs nding along the margin Of ,he James
uses Mcclellan with tAe rest Of The troops, the
Secs road 70 Yor Ktown They first passed through the
suns Of the tow, OF HRn0pton, burned months
Jssc hy preces ling Rostopcn;n, by the rebel
~ Magruder IL he who still commanded the troops
apart for the defence Of Yorktown and peninsula
naeruder Me altthe Confederate generals had up
~,ut6reak or<Ae srion belonged to the reerar army
.ss the Unioa His former comrades placed the head
q the federal Goe were familiar with his habits
s character and sought TO deducs from this the conduct
which be weGd pursue towards them. This recipro-
81 acquaintance 0 the commanders Of the two
ARMIES withvne anoshsr-whch resulted from a common
NE began in youth the school bench and continued
may the fold OF battle dur,ng the long garr
Of the ronterswss certainly one.of the sngN
"a hOpcs reconciliation compan ionsbjp but
eAeod hopes were not 10 be realized.
TEE DIFFICULTY or OBTAINING INFORMATION.
AHether trait not less curious which was manifest
Sro0 the frst day and which did not
- the post0n Of the encmyhe total gnsrance OF their
movements and oil the number OF their troops The lew
hhaAtanis who were encountered were all hostile ana
dumb: the dcscTsrs and negroes generally said great
Aeal than they knew, 70 make themselves Welcome
and In the absence o maps and Of all knowledge oc
tse6 impossible 70 make any OF their state.
meats, 10 clear their often very contradictory
formation We We're twenty -four miles from York
sSwn and did know works bad been thrown up
~ the enemy, what the number OF his forces
o161 Of the place The rendered
narv from the fact that Fortress Monroe had alway, been
occupied by srsng garrison which ought have
ahe 10 obtain some Information by means Of recoDnos
but by strange alteration that fortress which
Dad become the base OF operations OF the Army
sf the Potomac, had, with the troops occupying
y, been withdrawn from the command OF General
vAs ornceY who commanded there. Hence there arose
military suscep;ioies unlsyorable the exchange
e confidential COMMUNICATIONS.
IN DARK.
Thus the Army OF the Potomac moved In the dark
ou the way the column OF the Commanding General had
Aes with some fortified positions: but the enemy had
abandoned them Al rare Intervals a few horsemen
making obscrv aiions in the distance AZ
- We came up 10 the waiiIoi Yorktown were imne
Shtey arrested by its Some gunboats which had
approached the mouth Of the York river found defended
Dy about forty cannon of heavy cabre. The naval oi-
the conclusion thai they had the
y forcing passage and therefore could not Invest the
place by water
Tn LINE wAKw1cK TEx.
when attempted 20 invest IL by land found our
solves presence series o: works extending
1he peninsula along the edge Of msrshy called
Warwick creek and ol sufficient elevation to render in
vertment impossible The rebels mad erected dykes in
different parts Of this stream converting IL into kind OF
pond These dams and all other accessible points
siSscnded by rcdouhts artillery and rife pits. Abass had
Secn placed front OF these redogbs the opposite
side Of The marshy stream, with the OF giving the
along the James river. scou came upon warwick
creek, and seeking for ford the hst
% discover that line Of defence. his march
Asd been very slow. The country altogether nai and
shy forests only trayersca nv few
roads scarcely worthy Of The name They reminded me
OF fe sxpr ROADS of the wood Of La Be part
ef the iorcsi o Cunpeigne known Bouquet Inc
san, which IN y torrents rarely known, even this
season ana which threatened TO follow the army the
very walls Of Richmond ~ succeeded N rendering
.Asse roads here is oticr for thcrneatre
sdvaace symarehs IN the Water ,hrougb The wcoi. but
as soon Two three cannors wagons had cut up
tAe ground ii was impossible TO move any other
wheeled vehicle. We therefore forced etop:
Sor IL impossible To leave the artillery wagons
oehind-more especially the latter. The country
complete desert, end 1t necessary transport s
sar provisions. With the exception of wood water
found nothing The olders little accustomed either
% marching 10 bear Iheir equipments carried but
swo days provisions After these two days the army
entirely depended the wagons for their Subsistence
therefore necessary 10 construct what Ancri
cans call corduroy roods.
CONSTRUCTION oY corDuRoY m yps
THIS work consists ia cutting down trees o. oQsla sze
two OF three decimeie e. IA diameter and Pacing them
aide by side on thc ground. All The Infantry h
not ON pcke, duty he cuiposts employed ~
ineir knees ia mud snd water, In this kerca,an aoor
accomplishing narve.oas results The American pioneer
Was here IN b.. slelaen, ssd Tie rosos made If
BY enchautmept The cannons and wagons arrived
slowly; but they arrived places where would have
been believed entirely npassite to have brought them
rHs ExrIgr op
~ nigh, the soldier had not spot Of dry ground 10
bvouac upon Tic was obliged TO s,t tue trunks Of
overturned trees, Construct with sticks kind ~
cooch on which Ls took bit res, remernber
having seen gcners Of division, whose waoe establish.
nent consisted OF I've or six poles covered with pine
braDchescac end 81 the pses stuck IN The grGnud or
rather, che watcr-rcsiins res. There he slep;
with waterproof csosk covering hi. head.
aRRfvAL Al rsf EsfnY's LS~Es.
was BY trsversiug such roads these thai
rived the lines OF the Confederate army where
received by vivid Ore OF artillery. We replied
Sharply but vibon making any impression ousihe strong
works which c0rsed the eneiny's guns wetbcn made
IN esaIninaiish q .hs creek but ound = a.satet y
she Darshy osnd Ia which the soldiers wodd be stutk
spr cxl~ed ~ the cros are Of large number of Sharp
sno"iers concealeo W the we1ds and behind the works
Az along the miles ri these fortI6aatons The
fence was Of o sriar character Cannon camps
were everywhere seen
TN, ARxY nFoucB1 70 a sAsp
IRON all ths resulted ths the army was bro VT n
stand from the sec.a day o the caa,palgn by forces
considerable IL appearance and bolore rosit,ou ina,
oonld not he carried whh-ut great dinculty. But hs
nAd eeen orescen IN order 70 gam tIme ssd 10 avoid
pn q turning the position The enemy held the J.mc~
river With ,he nerr,mac and their sunsoa,s closed
tbe YORK river with the batteries sf Yorktown and Clos
caster-s snah pace on the opposite bank Neverthe
Iev, " enectins landing the Severn beyosd Gou.
cestr we might have carried this latter position and
thus facilitate the entrance federal rbcs,s into ,he
ycrl river Advancing thep up the left bank m the dec
ton oi West Po5t we wouldN 20 the rear az lhe
army charges with the detnce Of the lines of Ysrr
town thst u would h-gs been In perous position
1he e.emy wo-d no, waited Tor this dsnssr but
feseais he would have refested IN all haste 10 chmopd
The execution OF this cp ds 'n had been conndsd 10
~ the coyps aorBc 0f the Potomac, comnsnded by
General Eelovo This corps 10 have embarked lie
~ all at wsshpgtOs and wa. expsOtsd that they
would have arrived IN body, n transpors AT YORKTOWN
"a the when the rest Of the army coming from
kWtcss Monroe should have appeared before that place
rss nETtSrios 81 DowstLe ooRFe
Instead OF u We received the inexphcabs unex.
psned sell ganco that this corE 35 00e strong bad
been sent " another desnrion. The resolved
Wy the army with satisfaction although the majority
ocud hot then f0resce the cepsrabe consequences of
nm act performed, u mat ~ supposed, with
evil ntcfton, but with tncnnceivable recs-ssness Fiji
teen dsys sitler this Eaeasfe although would always
have been jlfious would not have hsd bad eject
Tor new Arrangements might have been made. Nov. Il
wsf The mansprHg fefs0ved from great work already
begun. Il deralEed everything
etfaN's o'iIoS 81 vRASELfv q
AMONG IN divtens u tie corps Of General Mcdowell
shsre Wa nDc tint ni Frankliu-whlch regretted
nore Than AL the rest both accoust of the tToors
ihemsaves and ~ tBo officers commanding them The
hsd csrsillD sspsIs,slaed tier