Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-07-15
President Lincoln's Visit to the
Army On the James River,
HIS ENInuSlASTlC RECEPTION By THE
TROOPS.
A Rapid Review OF the whole
Line.
REBEL BATTERIES IN me JAMES.
From the Correspondent Of the New YORK r,ues.l
HarriSon's Bar, .jameS Ricer,
Wednesday, July 8.

lftom the Correspondent Of the New YORK Tuiesl
HarriSoaS Bar, .james Ricer,
Wednesday, July 8
The event of yesterday was the, to most
Of the army, unexpected visit of Presi-
dent Lincoln, who arrived at the Landing
in the afternoon, in the Ariel, steam
transport, having left Fortress Monroe at
8 O'Clock in the morning. He was soon
discovered by the crowd Of Quartermas-
tiers, Surgeons aud soldiers near the Land
ing, he sitting and smiling serenely on
the after deck Of the vessel, and was
greeted with repeated cheers, and it was
speedily told through the camps that Mr..
Lincoln had come to have look at the
army, who knowing Int that something
significant was in the visit General
Mcclellan, with Il portion of his Staii,
met the President at the Landing, the
party riding soon after to headquarters,
from which directly there issued an order
for an Immediate review Of the troops -
After a short conversation with General
Mcclellan, of an entirely unofficial char
acter, the party started out 10 review the
army, the cool Of the carly evening favor
ing such ceremony, The President
drove in carriage to the headquarters
of corps, and there mounted, in turn rid
ing along the lines of each division. He
seemed in excellent spirits, and in his con
versation with the different Generals ex-
pressed his pride at the gallant conduct
Of the army and of its leaders. The sol
diers, as he rode before them, We'd in their
cheers with the roar of the cannon, which
belched forth their stately national salutes
as he approached each several division
giving the head of the nation such wei
come us to assure him that he was among
= friends, and men not so exhausted by thC
, tatigues of the recent awful days as to bt
i unable to give full rotundity aud volume
> TO the tone Of the vOcilerous greeting.
MIR. Lincoln rode at the right of Gen
Mcclellan, holding with one hand tn,
d.. rclns which checked II spirited horse, anC
with the other a large-sized stove pip
Il hat, which latter was regarded with unn
snal interest by the army, as the first head
- covering Of the kind seen in many months
5 The President rode rapidly along tn
lines, howing and smiling as he went, Gen
A Mcclellan, meantime, waving his fatigu
cap,s sand evidently not at all ashamed c
the veteran army he was exhibiting
?, Stopping only to shake hauds and to sa
y; Il single congratulatory word to the Gen
= erals, Mr.. Lincoln passed from divisio
ID to division, along the whole line, cheer
d meeting and following him, and canno
"a telling their salutes. II was past SUI
T. down, and as late as nine in the evenin
> before the last salute and last cheer hear
"a in the distance told that the ceremony
TO the review was over The whole thin
es was admirably conducted, and tended vii
. IDLY to elevate the spirits of the army
Mr.. Lincoln, after a little lively converse
o, tion with Gen. Mcclellan aud his staff
s- returned to the steamer, considerably 4
N tigued after his long horseback ride, bl
"a, "a, yet undoubtedly able to devote son
hours to conferences with the Commant
10 ing General, the burden of which tai
ne not having been present, / am not able
~ report, but fancy it did not relate entir
en- % ly to the debilitating heat of the day, NJ
,e; to the picturesque beauty Of the place
he To-day the President makes the voyas
INT back to Fortress Monroe, familiar wi
~ ~ the condition and position of the army
20 the Potomac, having doubtless left behir
on, something valuable in the way of advic
be and may be promises.
gu This visit certainly has great signifi
,b- ance in connection with the recent gre
Ii movement, and that other rapid iourn
to West Point. Your readers can fatho
its meaning, perhaps, as we'll as /, wi