, 1862-08-18
FROM the ARMY on the
POTOMAC.
The Campaign In the Penfn-
sHla Ended,
SKETCH OF IT'S EVENTFUL,
HISTORY.
DEPARTURE OF OUR TROOPS ER0M
HARRISfjh'S LANDING,
The Whole Of McCleIlan's Army Nov
mS Down the James River
Reasons for the Measure.

The Whole Of mcCleIlan,s. Army NOV
Ing Down the James River
Reasons for the Measure.
TIE CAMPAIGN IN THE PENINSULA.
iEere can be no doubt that the campa'1,
OF the army Of the Potomac in the Peninsula
has ended, OF at all events is 60 modified a.
to amount to a virtual abandonment of III,
route proposed for onr troops to the rebe
capital up the long, narrow neck Of land he
tween TIE James and York Rivers The Nez
aork Times has been one Of the most lsrpel,
favored journals with reference to the move
men1s OF this army, and when 1t presents th.
1acts, bttore denied by telegraph, as eiyea il
lne cop1ous extracts we give PLACE to in th1!
issue, there can be little doubt of the oatnr,
OF events now transpiring.
lie direct advance from Washfnrton can,
menced on the 9th Of March, the enemy h,y
ing some days before begun to ta,1 hsc1- fr,u
tne positions at Centrev:lle and Manassas
"Mch ne bad occupied Tor nearly year. Cen.
11eFaue was occupied On the 11th, and Manas
sas immediately after. On the 14th General
Mcclellan issued from Fairfax Court House
81 address to The army under his fmued;ste
command, in which he says that be had mt
Kept them so long inactive without q Durnose
fion the Indications ut that time it appeared
Lat Lie eLeE.5 in Virginia were taking up a
new defensive position from Norfolk to rh,,
> A..o' 1oi 'hns assm1-c:Fcular line partly
a.ens a. LIZ eh2p'aaannoc6 and Rapidan rivers,
Etftfnny1 61.,y l.
ecniono ',. ee.ss nearly opposite the centre o.
LIS nne'
~ Ane 7'n u Apfi1 dehsrh McClellan's di-
ssien ie1t Fortress Monroe for Yorktown,
ne1o D Inc enemy under Magrn3er. TIE
sage was oegun Oh The 9TH
hNh'o"n, "nere Cornwallis surrendered In
80. el' 'u'aans cics.ng The "ar Of the Revolu-
uon' Ms s'1ons:s fortified BY tue Confeder-
tsS: 1ns a1iacA was opened on the 5sa Of
an " oar forces, under tie immediate di-
iee'ion .. oen. Acclsilan. Nhile our works
"sie pesHec forward several sharp skirmishes
to"h plaee, me most notable Of which WAS on
Ins loto, as Lees +iLis, where the Vermont
os'saoe charged one OF the enemy's entreach-
mentss carried, and held 1t AGAINST oyerwhelm-
Ing odds, but were finally forced back. having
suffered lofs Of tlirty-f1ys killed and LEO
Foa1osd. Tic aprroacE-us to the confederate
WORKS were pushed on until the 4ih Of Nav.
hh7n all Was ready fora vigorous attack. Ri:
On the preViors night the enemy cyacuatad
the l1ace, having behind seventy heavy euna.
and 1arge a1aoult Of stores and camp equip
aga. IAe5 tell bach to Williamsburg, their
rear oesng closely pressed By cur forces. Here
LEY nade stand and sharp encounter took
Pace, resulting, sceofding to the dispatch Of
General Mcclellan OF the 9Th, in their de:eat,
WIN considerable loss, and the abandonment
" Williamsburg, Which had, like Yorktown,
eeen eiaborately fortified
iEc evacuation Of Yorktown was followed
by lie surrender Of Norfolk to small force
Gent from Fortress Monroe under Gen, Won,
This took place on the 10th OF Nav: tbs con-
teee1ate troops Under Gen. Huger abandoning
lie place on the previous day, after
having destroyed the navy yard
formerly the lsrgest in the Tinted
States. The Union forces. heforo raooh;ntr
the city, were met by the mayor and othe-
''Hici 4tE, With whom articles of capitu,ation
il: .ogrecd upon. immediately after the sur.
raj :, er Of Norfolk came the abandonment Of !
:ss,.es onfederate works at Ccaney Island. and
20 - destruction Of the famous steamer Merri- !
Aye or Virginia, on the 18th of Nav. which |
'rf abandoned and set on t1rc, and shortly af. |
'nes blew up.
" Our forces, meanwhile, experienced two
-evere reverRes. a naval expedition, consist
ing of the Monitor, Galena, Naugatuck. and
some other vessels, we're sent up the James
River to operate against Richmond. Ap- /