Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-12-01
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But lev persons are aware OF the immense
magnitude of the Preparations nlreldy com
pleted and now making Tor the winter ca mpaian
IN the West AMI Southwest These preparations
are on scale OF grandeur which far eelipses all
former military movements of the war, and
should. when fully perfected and We believe will.
sweep the rebellion on both sides of the Misss
sippi from Missouri and Kentucky to the Gulf and
Mexican border
We feel the more confident of these results
from the knowledge we have of the strength of
our forces. the programme of campaign and the
ability the Generals commanding. and the un
questioned bravery and fighting qualities of the
tr"ops-ali esteru men--compOslng the various
armies intended to operate
No less than six armies are concentrating. and
some are already Oh the march 10 swOop down
upon the rebel force in the valley of the Mssis
sippi. and again firmly plant the eagles of the
Union over the sunny fields aud cities of the
South
First. The Army of the Ohio, under General
Granger. now advancing through Kentucky in
the direction OF East Tennessee, 10 disenthralI
the gallant men of that region who have been
compelled to flee their homes by rebel oppression
TO the lastne>s aud caves of the mountains
They will soon greet, we doabt not. the grand
old banner of the Republic which they so ar
IDENTIFY long To see unlurled in their midst
Second. The Army of the Cumberland, under
Gen Rosecrans. now well ON It's way into Middle
Tennessee, with Northern Alabama and Georgia
as its destination and CO operating force from
the Atlantic seaboard. To make those States the
theaer OF action, and to restore them again to
the Union
Third The Army of Tennessee, under Gen
Grant. already we'll advanced into Mississippi,
and being daily largely reinforced 10y troops from
the Western and Northwestern States
Fourth The Army OF the Mississippi now or
eanizins at Columbus and Memphis, under Gen
McClernand, to operate on the Mississippi and il.
lower tributaries, and in Upper Louisiana. and
along the coast
under General Curtis at Helena, Arkansas ana
portion of which is now in Southeastern Mis-
sonli, under Gen. Davidson. and the whole to be
under command of Major General Pope
Sixth. The Army of the Frontier, now in
Southwestern Missouri under General Scho-
held, and which will operate in Missouri and Ar
kansas
Seventh. The Army of Texas. now organizing
at New York and Annapolis for Major General
Banks, Tor operations IN Texas.
Eighth. The guubcat fleet a power within
Itself, terrible in destruciveness and impresnabe
in strength
1t would not be proper for us to designate the
numerical strength of these armies but their
combined number runs into the hundreds of
tnouSahds they einhrace ell the troops which
have been raised under the six hundred thousand
call in Indiana, Ohio. Illinois Wisconsin, Michi
gan. Iowa and Missouri, and several regiments
from Minnesota. besides all the troops from these
States previously in the field
With General Buffers army at New Orleans,
Farraguts fleet below Port Hudson, the army
now occupying Florida. and the army along the
lower Atlantic coast, all ready To CO operate with
the movements in the interior, who can tail to see
AN end to the rebellion in Alabama, Georgia.
tennessee, Mississippi LOUISIANA. Florida, TexaS.
Arkansas, and Missouri, by the LIST day of April
nextl
Ii our gallant Western Generals and Their
brave troops are let alone we will witness this
desirable result. Let us hope that the War De
parment will let Grant, Rosecrans. Pope,
McCiernand and Granger do their work a.
Western men and soldiers have done it, and that
well and thoroughly. Let them 90 ahead, and
let them 20 unrestricted by orders from the su
percilious Stanton. Let him attend to the safety
0i Washington, and let our Western Generals
and Western troops clean out the valley of the
Mississippi. That Porter, aud Farragut AMI
Butler will dc their part OF the work well, e
doubt uu IN a Lodi