The New York herald., 1862-01-05

table degree Of discipline and effectiveness which the
aly nsa psnn brought One part OF tho review con-
mounted on the works and with the field artillery This
parI OK the review eviuced the utmost degree Of pro-
loaded fired aud placed in different positions with great
rapidity and exactnese. .f7 J..
The extent and character of these works can be easily
imagined by those who have the numerous forts ON
the right bank Of the Potomac, opposite Washington.
Three Of themEort Bauregard Fort Davis and Fort Sill
deiriva Fort corcoran, Fort Albany and Fort Runyon
in strength and size They all command roads that must
be taken in order to approach Centrevie and cannot,
therefore, be avoided in an attack that place They
are all mounted with compete armament Of the
heaviest artillery, among which are number OF
rned cannon There also six forts Of smaller dimen
sons the one on the left being not far from Sudeys
Ford near the Gum Spring road and the one farthes To
the right being about half way between Fairfax station
low Union Nils Besdes these eIs nns are as
many smaller works, thrown up for batteries, each
mounted by suitable armament. In addition to all the
above there Is series Of concealed batteries and rne
pits TO all Of which assigned special detachments OF
the troops The troops composing the main bcdy OF tnls
army expect to remain in their present position all win
ter and have therefore, constructed an immense num-
ber of hnts in which they hope to withstand the severity
OF Northern winter There is no uniformity IN tho
construction Of these each regiment having made hofn
according to their fancy. They mostly made OF
logs the size of fence rails being the trunks OF small
TIE bouchs Of thess trees nreiher with Garth form
the walls and top Of the hut. Most Of the huts
are partly suberanean especially those constructed on
hisides or where the ground Is inclined The eartn
which is eycavated TO form the sides. These huts
have the advantage being perfectly dry The
ingenuity Of the has led them to contrve variety
ofsoves and furnaces few which, however completely
answer the purpose The old fashioned camp fires are
still the chief means OF keeping warm so much for the
main body OF Beauregards army. Both tho right ana
the left wing actively employed than the cen.
tire. Tn the left General Evans commands at Leesburgs
and General Jackson at Martnsburg To tne latter officer
has been assigned the task of preventing the rccostruc
tion Of tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Harper's
Ferry to Fort Frederick cat the mouth Of Back creek
thirty miles west of Harpers Ferry and he he has been
assured that he shall have all the troops that are neceA
sary for that purpose He moved accordingly from VIM
chester to MAJ tnsburg with about l5 600 troops ana
there are moro at Winchester, ready TO support
him II need be. The recent skrnlishes near Williams
port designed General jackson to induce Colonel
Leonard to the river there then to retreat before
him until he had drawn that officer far enough away from
his base Of operations to surround and defeat him with an
overwhelming force. IL will now require the employ
ment of the whole force under General Banks to drive
Genera, Jackson Martinsburg and clear the ter
rtory through which the road passes so that tho latter
can be rebuilt IL this is undertaken, jackson 3 force II
insufficient in itself win be reinforced by the Ccnfede-
rate troops at Leesburg and thus general cngagement
may be brought on. General Evans has ten thousand
pos tod the right bank Of Goose creek Thus Beaure
CARDS left wing consists Of fortyfve Thousand troops
The right wing Of Beauregards army occupies that part
OF the country extending from the right bank Of the Oc-
cDqucn river TO Aqua creek II consists OF about nity
thousand troops, nearly half Of whom regiments
which have arrived within the last months. lhe
headquarters of this division OF the army IA at Dumfes
Numerous streams through this part of the country,
emptyag into the Potomac. Tho Of the principal
Quantco creek, Powell river, Neabsco river ana
Copawamsc creek. The banks Of all these are steep ana
high that when tho streams Mt low stage OF
water they would greatly impede military operations.
They all well fortified, the Occoquan river sen
serving as a base OF operations.