The New York herald., 1862-04-03
TRIPLE SHEET,
New York. Thursday, April 3, 1se2.


New York. Thursday, April 3, 1sea.
THE SITUATION.
General Banks appears to be following up the
advantage gained by General Shields at winches-
tor, and has driven Jacksons rebel troops farther
on from the line of the Potomac than before.
GENERAL Banks forces advanced upon the rebels
in the neighborhood Of Woodstock, drove them
through it, they meanwhile fighting as they re.
treated. The rear guard of the latter was con.
stantly engaged with the advanced guard Of the
former and during their retreat the rebels set fire
70 the bridges and succeeded in destroying several
Of them. At Edenburg they made stand bu,
our forces gaining the best of the contest, the
rebels again retreated. We present map of the
locality of the contested ground, and our readers
will readily be able to trace the course of both
armies.
Tho advance Of the main army under General
Mcclellan has recently had some spirited skir-
mshes with the rebels in the neighborhood of the
Rappahannock river. Col Geary has again made
himself prominent in his attacks upon the oppos.
ing forces and in one spirited skirmish succeeded
In capturing number of rebels and killing others.
Cavalry skirmishes and artillery contests on
small scale are portions of each days duties, the
contending forces being very near each other on
the field.
Commodore Dupont and Commander ellis re-
port officially the abandonment by the rebels Of
the formidable batteries on Skidaway and Green
islands. They succeeded, however, in removing
their artillery before leaving the Notifications.
The works were taken possession of by our troops.
rhesvscuation of the Thunderbolt fort, which is
only Ave miles from Savannah, would almost indi.
cate that very strong defence would not be made
to the Union advance upon that city. skdawsy
battery was situated on the island of the same
name. and commanded the approach by the Au.
gustine river The island is about twelve miles
from the city, and was connected with the main
land by bridges. Our map will show the relative
positions Of the above points with Savannah and
Fort Pulaski.
and the rebels have offered to evacuate if allowed
to march out with the honors Of war. This propo-
sition has been peremptorily refused by General
Sherman, who demands an unconditional surrender.
else he will open a heavy fire upon them on GER
tain day.
We present our readers with map Of the vicin-
tv Of nj ;tu id bv atra<cJ Jof ~.
place. We also give q brief sketch of Colonel
Buford, whose command has but recently captured
this point. The Importance of Union City in .
military point Of view ia set forth in the sketch.
The advance Of the Union troops through the
Cumberland Mountains has been successful. The
loyal Tcnnesseeans Of the eastern portion OF the
State will now be able 10 hold their own against
their rebel despoilers.
The news from the West still point to Corinth as
the spot near which the decisive battle of the war
s TO be fought The rebels have congregated in
large numbers near this place, and are armed
with every kind Of weapon known in either
ancient or modern warfare. They appear
confident that they have rendered Corinth
impregnable. The hostile armies, numbering
In the aggregate to nearly three hundred thousand
mon, are rapidly approaching each other near that
place, which is situated in the northern part Of the
State Of Mississippi on line with and nearly east
Of the city Of Memphis. Our last accounts left
the beigerents within fifteen miles Of each other.
with their pickets extending to within baing dis
tance. Genera, Besuregard has assumed the COM
msnd of the rebel forces and the flower Of the
rebel army has been sent to his assistance.
II s thought in the West that this battle will be
the Waterloo of the war.
The general news from the South Is very import.
ant. The rebels had withdrawn all their forces
from the coass Of Georgia. A panic prevails at
Charleston, more especially since the capture of
Newbern. The inhabitants are flying from the
city and II is expected by the rebels that terri.
BILE blow s soon to be struck in that direction.
fp Virginia there is a rumor that battle had oc.
CURED in the vicinity Of Yorktown, and that il had
bsen abandoned by the rebels. The rebel Ord
name, Board had issued an order calling in oil the
halls that ssn be obtained, to be recsst for field
.rsI,srv. 0ensr~,ls Van Dorm and Jeff. Thompson
are reported as about TO join Beauregsrd in the
Rissiasippi Valley. -.
The rebel news about the Merrimsc IA v1fv
curious. As ofloisl reports stated that Il wa,