Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1862-06-27
From our Camps Before Rich
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Hon. Henry j. Raymond, of the New
York Times is again in Gen. McClellan's
Camps, and writes intereAing and valuable
!. letters to his paper. Hesays -
. The country is impatient fer another bat
f tie. Unless am greatly mistaken, it will
!, not have long to wait, thdugha day seems
long, am well aware, toan eager and I'M
rejecting public. ] think it it not at all
unlikely that, if our ARM could have fol-
lowed the rebels in force into Richmond, af-
ter their repulse on Senday, the 1st Of June,
the city might have fallen into our hands.
But this was physically impossible. Only
portion of cur forces-quite inadequate
for such an enterprise-bad crossed the
Chickahominy; that portion had been most
seriously weakened by two days battles,
there were but two or three bridges then
constructed which were available for the
away the next day by the terrible storm
which followed the battle. That engage
ment, moreover, disclosed some facts which
could not be neglected in any subsequent
estimate of results, and foremost among them
was the courage and tenacity of the resist
ance offered by the rebels to our arms.
have heard military men say that several
times during the day they advanced in solid
masses upon our batteries, and that the wide
saps -..-->l4 by aeeh. successive discharge
were filled up repeatedly with a steady
valor, which would have done credit to the
veterans Of any army in Europe. 1t will
: not do to rush upon such foe without
counting the cost and preparing to meet it
And the time which has since elapsed has
been thoroughly and wisely improved.
70 Gen. Mcclellan am inclined to think
:" does not intend to await their movements
. Unless they make haste, they will not b
: left to select their point Of attack. The los
y ses of his army have been repaired.
~ Chickahominy is now crossed by all thu
y bridges that can be required. -Four days Q
!" hot weather had dried the roads and render
- ed the ground everywhere reasonably prac
ticable for artillery,-though the heav,
" rain of yesterday has seriously damaged tn
condition of things in this respect. But un
y less some new obstacle intervenes / fee
= quite confident that the present toeek vii
~ witness decisive trial of strength between
= the opposing armies. 1t may possibly b
y postponed little longer TO insure the co
~ operation of gunboats on the James River
= and the arrival of expected reinforcements
- but ! think not. The enemy evidently sup
y pose that Burnside is to advance upo
Petersburg from the direction of Suffolk
"' for we have a report to-day that they hav
destroyed the railroad between those tw
points. But whatever may be the fact alb
"a. out Burnside's movements, do not belle Y
- that McClellan's will be delayed on accour
- of them.
= The correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press writes as follows from before Ricl
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write tonight with better spirit than
se have done for weeks There is an ind
of cation that Richmond is being surrounde
m closer and closer, and though its fall nee
he not be anticipated for some time, yet livin
Ter there is fast becoming dangerous thing fc
its citizens. Tuesday afternoon the centt
he of this army pushed forward, and Gen. NJ,
ed Clellan moved his headquarters across ii
ed Chickahominy, and now lies within fiy
hat miles of Richmond, his advanced posts
led that point being much closer. To nigh
lad when write, more than four-iifths of h
ing force is across tie river, and had not an vi
not expected event countermanded the orde
rs daylight tomorrow would have found th
'Ir remaining fifth safely crossing.
eft Yesterday and to-day bridge-building W,
it carried on on the most extensive seal
re- Thousands of wood choppers piled their al
ted es in the forest near the river, and hundre,
not of teams conveyed the logs 10 the edge oft
ere swamp. Workmen laid them, and sharI
err shooters stood ready to pick off rebels wa
dering with villainous intention on the o
all posite shore. Cannons were mounted
in every commanding hill, and any one n
- knowing the plans Of our crafty Comman
ere in-Chief would have imagined that throu;
as thick and thin, we were 10 cross the river
uld these points and fight our way, pas, bate
nee and breastwork, TO the top of the rebel hi
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