The New York herald., 1862-09-08
The Plans Of the Rebels.


IEgaID, Ju.y 81
council OF war, composed u 81 the principal rebel
generals was held at Richmond the iaarth Of Ju,y.
The conferences were animated and were prltFactca
into the Dllh Th0y embraced compete revcg Ol the
military operations Of the past fifteen monh and pnns
for the present summer campaign. Nohng decidcs
upon ard the council reassembed early The alng
OF July s. Al this meeting tho plans FOR tho summer
campaign were decided on.
The general review If military operations did not A.
pear TO the council in very favorable light Tho
amount 0. territory that had been abanGcne caused the
Gil great ciRgrin. Tbs egacaat,,a poAcy was
warmly discussed, being unsparngy rid.culea a1d dc
nouuccd by some and defended by others. Every Que
agi eed, however that in the Of Cofnih IL hight
proper, and indeed mastery stroke OK policy since y
lad saved Richmond. But the fact that they had lost the
whole Mississippi valley, Now oreans Norfolk and the
whole ol Tennessee and kentucky, besides 80 large a
part Of Missouri appeared 10 dampen the ardor Q. tho
members somewi't. IL unanimously agreed not only
thai would 90 10 lose any territory, but also
what Esd been lost must be rcganed. The results OF the
defensive policy whcn has been hitherto the policy or
the South, were regarded satisfactory and its
abandoanors strongly urged Both General Eealrc-
gard and General Lee sadosyo ord 10 dem nsirate the
feasibility OF an INVASION Of tho North at three different
oins, namely From Cumberland Wltliamsport into
Pennss yan from louisville and Cincinnati into Indiana
ind OHIO aad from Paducah aud Cairo into Illinois II
not certainly kaown neither the "uvasir" flank Of
the platform had oeau adopted or not II was srenunusy
opposed by JEFF. Iavis and one two OF the generals
bat barge majority Of them we're in favor q H. II IS
known, however that tho following operations
agreed fcrmins parts oC the summer npagn:
FIRST ia'aectn ob$yaio,s Of le James ,srer 20 as
. make imJossSte .tcte, u for
communicating ,ritn ne 9gpernuscr fer te dayora
ton Of reinto7cenaniS ona army sisrylsss
SgcoNpIhe reocctI0 oa % amjsyg Fora7oaon ami
he ettfc resias'ila
THgDfhe 1ecOu1y Of hs sohofe offhe territory cf Tirot.
mia and The reossc'sson IF tie Bcitiaors ind Ohio Raj
cad.
T1uRTz-T # Nc'c Orlsgas k1rphis and tie
HsSssl ~ and ,pu,Sion o the ssra troops from
Tennessee and KefscY itha Hce objects he'd 5ssrs
p3Ssti, a.e Lee ord BeGuysgafc plan proposed
IHTH3O maze ne Potomac Grl9 ohio az their
hs 0f oyeyaors ard frontier me, aud TO r.aS ne seat
" rar from Tsginid 10 Maryland.
SI2TIiIh h,a,l asttngon. from Richhsc1d,
no. lntrcd ops1s,i troops. no capture 0f hat
cify the "ifteroiS of BALTIMORE ana The iadoa Of tie
North at he the yigsS on,t Dore ~ ;0o,,ag turn
ts inrueys, q. Aoieto ad, IL necessary 70 kerr at
The oc Of our cities fully .ro i,styea thousand
trocyS
IRE ipoccof Virginia n he ro,ets has been toycibiy
oesoaetsGssG ty III eents Of The spssy cama
heace III seauops egoyts rhich ney U yeccrn
t. jftep rAere he stctu quo ant teip,,
the Of gdirS hey er,ed IN June 1861 they 6slierc
laat nc reoer oaair ca, srode ha te Its capabilities
,or aefcnec are su.erb, indeed uEel.aled anywhere
And the OF the cool weather oc the fall
be compelled 70 begin the campaign again n,
snlssas aud Romney the north, aud at Fortress Mon
the southeast, the rsbc leaders expect thar will
IND the road Richmond still less practicable Ia The tall
tan found il ia the spring.
such is their rather extensive programme for the sum
campaign.