The Camden confederate. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1861-1865, 1862-09-12
Northern Views of the Great Batsle.
The. 'great battle" which was to come is

thus spoken of BY the New York Herald:
But with all this good and certain news We
have yet to fight battle that is to be the de-
'cisive one in front of the National Capital. and
it will undoubtedly be one Of great magnitnde
and Importance. The Government takes this
view of the position Of things in that neighbor-
hood, and, to meet the emergency, it is an
nounced that Mcclellan takes the immediate
command of the whole army Of Virginia, with
Pope and Burnside at the head of two auxilia-
ry armies Of the Rappahannock and Potomac.
Our abolition disorganizing radicals may
sneer at this reorganization of the several ar
mics of Mcclellan, Pope and Burnside; they
say that the best We can now look for is the
retreat of all these armies behind the fortifica-
tions at Arlington Heights, the dropping of the
musket, the resumption of the spade, and an
other winter siege of Washington and block
| ade of the Potomac by the rebel army. But
we expect nothing of the sort. There is to be
active and sharp work. The fortifcations in
front of Washington are the base and onward
is now the word. The question which presen-
ted to Gen. Lee is not how is Gen. Pope to be
most effectively put out of the way, but how is
an engagement to be avoided without having
to fight the superior forces of Pope, Mcclellan
and Burnside combined?
This is the battle which we now anticipate,
with or without the choice of Gen. Lee, and
there is no reason to apprehend any other than
the best results. 1t is not. likely that if Gen.
Halleck had any misgivings, whether he would
! permit at this crisis, regiment after regiment to
return home. The three months service of
these regiments has expired, but VIC know that
they would promptly and chocrfully consent
to remain near Washington ten, twenty, or
thirty days longer if called upon to do So In
fact that they have not been thus called
upon, It is evident that Gen. Halleck has been
satisfied tina. everything is safe, and that the
general plan of the campaign has not been dis
turbed by these late rebel operations around
Manassas #t
The issue will be settled within a very few
days, and we expect the most glorious results
| to the cause of the Union.
Compliment Wrung from tho Enemy.
From Yankee pamphlet recently published
ny FRANK Leslie, enCtieQ heroic incidents Of
the Civil War in America" we find the follow
ing complimentary mention of the conduct of
our fellow-citizen, Beverly Kennon, of the Ma
w, in the great naval fight of Fort Jack
son, on the oath If April last:-Mercury.
The GRIT OF A REBEL.-It must by no means
be supposed that all the gallantry and bravery
of the nation isloyal to the Government. On
the contrary, the South possesses fair share
Of these qualities, and future historians will ad-
NIT it as paramount claim on the part of the
North, that we were able to reunite our, sever
ed dominion in spite of the courage Of. our re-
bellious brethren.
Beverly Kennon, who was in command of
the Governor Moore, one of the gunboats OPP
posed to our fleet in the battle on the Mississip-
p below New Orleans, whatever his political
and moral errors may be, is thoroughly brave
and gallant man. v
When bis craft was actually sinking, riddled
like sieve by the ordnance of the Oneida and
other vessels, Lee, who was in command of
that gunboat, shouted out to him, pointing as
he did to the stars and bars which werc
still streaming upon her deck-M say there,
hsnl down that did rag, will youa" "I'm
d-d if do" yelled Beverly Kennon in return,