, 1862-09-30
THE WAR ON THE: POTOMAC.
Federal. Reconnaissance on
the Rappahannock.
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DISCUSSION OF REBEL PLANS,
RuMoRs OF WHAT They in1EKp.
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THE SITUATION ON TIE UP
PER POTOMAC. !.


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Especial Dispatch to tha Chicago Tribune.1 i
-:. WAsauEd7oa, sept;2o, 1861
Some reconnoissances recently made confirm
previous impressions that the rebels had no
force this side Of Wa11enton Junction and
Blne Ridge. >On Thurzday: 1ast, Col. Nat;
Mclean of Ohio with i detachment of caval-
II and the Pie1pont, Va. battery artillery,
made reconnaissance over the Bull Run bat
tie field through Manassas Junction aud one
to Bristow's Station. On Friday mbnlng
they continued their march On down the Or
ange and Alexander railroad to Warrenton
Junction. Just as they APPROACHED tho lat
ter place they found some rebel cavalry
drawn up with battery in posittpn to receive
them. r.
- Our battery began playing on the rebel line
They only fired few random shots In return, |
then broke ard fed, carrying off . few Killed
and wounded Col McI,ean then took pos
ses. ion Of Warrenton Junction, taking con-
siderable quantities. Of quartermaster and |
commissary stores, and q few. arms. They
brought back with them all they could and
destroyed the rest. Saturday, Gen. Stahl took
a cavajrv1 detachment and went over tha same
ronta thronph Warrenton function. and as
far down the rai1road as Bsents7ille, but
found no rebel fo1ce and returned. One Oh
ject Of these reconno{sslnces Was to prevent
tie rebels from collecting conscripts through
that region.
All conscr1pts had been ordered to Assem-
BILE ut Wa1reuton Junction On or before Octo.
ber LIST, hut most Of them fed on our ap-
proach. and rpony thus escaped the rebel
+,.,e+ar3,,,, of7car r. ID -rno-ed hara +hs+
,aus'etus ouet' ~ 80 - .uuo.s1 Aete t1as
| tempts to ze-cross portions Of his fofca into
Mar1ard The fact 5s doubted. Init If t,17e
49,. 40 ,,e1,a.-aa ~ .a fa;r+a n, corar so,,a
| WY 0Ao '~A@'~e ~ >e@ 49,
other Important movement SONG Of Tue
| papGs he1e are full Of specu1ations IS to the
,-oeaon,,on ~ the,r var NJ ,nv.a,on Thev
Plosee"aon u tnen s.sa ma& " 1tas4on taes
talk about the probability Of Lees detaching
50 600 of his best troops to march from Win
! chester On Wheeling, then down the Ohio to
the steamboats. vhich. according to theIz
..,~*,e.. ~ -a,>a,a 40 ~ and al ,,ca1v
specnlations, tne teoels ate " nao 1t nacey
tied up for them at the Wheeling wharvea.
The tarrer of a rebel movement On Western
-,,A.sN1I.x p 49,. ~,.ot.,.7,, 60 aet,,,,ta5. -
shg1n1a Ii noe PteuaoiS o'11esuAteo' ~
vas polnteo OUT III 1nef s''sES,.ens7 :, :. eoaPlo
OF Weeks ago, ato naay 1nu'es10ons ..a'o
TENDED 10 eonnrln .no huspseaou t1sa
thrown out, but all papers mere IN
Specializing on the plans, seem to emag gine
+h.+ v1r,in,, ana ohio are as small and as
.toaN sne44 '1sN ~ s .1 49, pt.ao
easily crossed IN 1ofceo matcn as haoos
H'ano OF tne D1o.tss " eo'uutot4.. 'sDe.
ou'gas.ns 4tum ntent ~ co., ts.o...I " 49,
when this 1ns1t1ng army SEAL oase oeen sIast =
ed, tie balance Of Lees forces VIII fall back
to Richmond, If not intercepted By our troops
| and take position inside the Notifications O.
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