Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-12-31

t"O N~o"'eoSsosS e'Wy' A"S'S 1919
ike > rock Gen. Lee, gazing cheerful.
,ver the couutenxnces Ot has comrades,
or each Of whom he had part alread
s.igned. Tnough,ful'y his eye wan.
ler>d from Que 10 the other, ~ though
ne wished 10 stamp the features OF each
,pon his memory, with the feeling ths'
| AZ, perhaps, shouid never behold them
.galn. Close behind HIM lowered III.
>nigh,ly form OF Gen. Baldwin; at hi.
cit leaned penslvely Stonewall Jackson,
he idol Of his troops, impatiently
| .wirg,ng his sabre to aud fro. ~ though
lie que. ioom were TOO narrow for him,
md tie were longing longing to e ono,
Lore at tho head OF Bis columns. A lit
lc ASIDE quietly stood the two Hi,
.rm 10 arm, while in front OF them old
Gen. Wise was energetlcslly speaking
further TO the right stood Gems. llnger,
Longstreet, Branch, Anderson, Writing,
i,pley and Msgruder in u group. When
II these Generals had assembled, Gen
Lee laid his plans tcioie them, and in
lew s,ii,ing woidu pointed ont 10 each
,is slo It'd tax. / he scheme bad al
ready been aborat, 4. 1t WAS a com
pact, concentrated action. and The re-
.ul, could not TAIL to be brilliant.
When tie conference terminated all
hook hands aud FASTENED away To thei'
es,,eclive army corps, - enter upon I'm
MEDIATE activity.
Now, in looking at the pe siton Of the
NO n, mies, II win be seen that u, qnrs
,onsbly The advantage was with IN,
.outhe,n host for Gen. Mcclellan had
nis |, rccs necessarily On both sides Of
he ChcksLominy, aud owing to the
any rnvines 10 his ne 81 bothvod, could
,oi, without prta, dlili,uay and much
i 81 OF time, execute ais mnlts'y move.
ments. lis font line reached over y
distance OF more than twenty mic., u
lie iorm OF 4 semi circle, ext. ndiug tom
he ] .mes RIVER towards klchmond and
A. hand. While one part OF his army
crossed The Ch,ckah.mlny, he took posi-
ton with the main BODY on The north
,,de OF The liver, from Meadow Br,dg.
o bottom Bridge. The heights OF,
| lhe banks of the stream were iorr fled 40
mat his army, notwithstanding the great
| enuth OF its lines, mad excellent d, fen
| Rive cover.
On the 2cth OF June, in the morning,
eur troops took Up their posiuoDt.-
Jackson FASTENED by forced marches to
| A .hland, here 10 commence his ont
II nkirg operations aga nsi the enemy
| Having arrived there hi. advanced quad
hove in the weakly posted toe, and
| ,,ush, 4 on without ioss oi time 10 Ian
o,e, e art House. where he threw tor
ward General Branchs brigade between
he Chick nhomlny and Panuaky Rivers,
10 esiab ST, Junction with Gen. Hill
| lsO, who had 10 cross the stefan at
| Me dow B,idse. zen. llii very gal
| aniIy opened the offensive aud began
n operation. against the littlo town vi
McchanlcsviIe. ] he enemy who were
| latioued here made a brave resistance.
Storm NJ attacks were made again aud
| gam ~nh a tu v, and Ms q tel ,epelled
| Nth cool determination, hat awakencc
adm ra,od. IL VAN did zen. Iii send
~, aids III quest Of Gen. B,aoch. The
after had encountered SO many topo-
| graphical difficulties THAT he reached hIs
| y ,slllon in front OF Mechanicsyile onl,
ate 1T night, when the conflict WAS Al
eud. The morning OF the 27lh had
"a III
pcued tremendous fire upon the en-
en,'s front, SO that the batter, " hen they
also sew B,such's brigade advancing To
the attack on ,heig night, abandoned
heir position at Mechanicsyille and ftli
back, ii citing. upon their second deten.
sre line, further dosn the me. Just
at the moment when We bad established
b; crossing OF the Chickaho n,ny, ar
lived Gen. Longsircel's msgn ticen
army eGrps-od, experienced veterans
OF the Army OF the potomac--And Il c
di.islon OF Gen. Hill Il y. At once IL,
order TO advance WAS given along thr ,ae
The division. OF Gene, ais Hi (2J), An
dersop, anL Whliag formed the ceutre,
md moved towards Coal iiasbor, whiio
jackson, HUI Is anu Longslrec, tom
d The lci,, aud marched down along the
bank OF the river Masruder, con-
nsnding HE ugh, wing, was, on sccaunt
II the swampy nature OF the ground he
occnpit 4, ordered To hold u.saspli mere.
~ on the defensive. Gen. Wise 10, |.
command OF Font Daring, on the James
itver. All these military ,tieuswe OPP
erat oDs the Two preceding 6yl.s
must have given Gen. Mcclellan know.
edge OF our iuteDl,on ~ char &c our III.
convenient portion at kiennuuG, and TO
procure for Ourselves more space anu
freedom OF motion. lie should then
+ ave in. family ordered the army corps Of
Gen. Mcdowell, which fnr tour months
bad Ian inactive neal Fredericksburg.
20 make a demonstfa'ien along The
Richmopd road. By sach a movement
even the Il INK march II Gen. Jacksor
would have been rendered impractical e.
u ti..li l.va Ia.