The New York herald., 1862-11-28
TINE REBEL pEFEncEs OF RICHMOND.
Our Baltimors Correspondsnes.

Our baltimore Correspondencs.
| BALrxoRs, Nov. %, 1861
Preparations for s Dense Of RicAmonl CoweentratSon
Of Troops for hatPu,pose7he ESbss Plans-- 7Aey m
lend to Defend 1her Capital BY AHackia0 Ouys-Reos
Troops Dra,cn from hs Wea and SosA and Brought to
Ricnmo'sd-0oeras RandolpAs Essimas Of the Araila-
Die Rebel Adrata9es Of the Southern Railroads in
Concentrating 1heir Troops, DC
From the OF information Indicated in my last
letter havo derived tho following facts in regard the
preparations that being made by the rebels repel
the present expedition agaiVt Richmond These facts,
under existing circumstance be regarded Of the
utmost importance.
The rebel leaders arc impressed with the Relief that
the United States government putting forth in this
podon IT'S utmost endeavors that the whole power of
the North will now be precpitated upon Richmond that
Burnsdes army Ia only one part and that small part,
Of the forces that TO be launched against
their capital and that all the other expeditions
about which 80 much noso and parade arc being made
in the Northern papers, including General Banks cxpedi-
ton the expedition down the Mississippi General Fosters
expedition, aud the expedition against Charleston all
nothing than eins part got with the intent
to distract their attention away from Richmond and TO
divide and cut up and scatter their forces to such
extapt that there will be left TO defend Richmond
RichmosA they believe, and Richmond a!one is tho
point 70 which the whole energies Of the North will be
directed Acting, therefore, This belief, they have
for the last two weeks been making the most exraOrdi
exerions 10 defend their capital These exsrtons
have included Of COURSE the concentration Of troops st
Rchond and in order 10 do this they have been obliged
to draw many asH65 900 troops from points in the
West and South This has left many points in the
South and in the western part Of the confederacy
almost entirely destitute Of troops
It was stated as one reason why General Randolph
with the result Of the conscption laws whoe that
he expected the confederacy to have the field by this
time fully 100000 troops, and that ne does not expect
the contest be maintained successfully the part Of
the South with less number than that particularly
that tho North evidently in view extensive plan Of
campaign which wn at period not remote require
the part Of the South three armies Of 200 900 in
each VI three widely separated points Instead OF these
forces being In the eld the most important paper
found in the rebel War Department by General Randophs
tay strength Of the concderncy does 495
troops, and OF these only 2io 900 In Virginia.
OWING therefore, TO the recent concentration Of troops
in that state there are now in the valley Of the Msss
spp including the troops at vcksbrg, those recently
at Holly springs and those in Arkansas under General
Pemberlon General Price and General uindman only
1000 troops. At Mobile and Charleston, and Savan
nah, under General Beauregard, only 10000 each,
80 600 in all the line of tho great Southern Rail
road, from the Cumberland Gap and Knoxville to Chat
tanooga under General Bragg only 5000 troops This
makes only 145.o00 troops.
be seen that II is possible for Of these bodies Of
troops 60 very short time, to the assistance OF
any Of the others and such is the plan that will be
adopted whenever the North makes attack upon any
point in overwhelming force II all the points are
attacked at once OF course this assistance cannot be
rendered.
may remark here in passing that IL stated that
the troops who contributed the 10 the
pulse OF General Fos,er North Carolina came from
Knoxville and from Petersburg.
The troops thus LETT have been all distributed
in Virginia folows-The main body Of General
Lees army at Gordonsville and Culpepper has
been reinforced by twenty-five thousand troops His right
wngnow sxtended along the Rappahannock river from
the sulphur Springs Warrcnton 70 Fredericksburg
has been reinforced by 600 troops His left wing
but with strong pushed the
and cncamped close Manassas Gap, Ashby's Gap
and Snickers Gap been reinforced by 900 troops
Thirty thousand more troops have reinforced those At
Richmond Fort Darling and Petersburg and there are
2 900 vthsr down the peninsula This makes the forces
IN Virginia as follows
General Lees main body at Gordousvli lie, a.ong tho
Rapidan aud AZ Culpepper .125 900
His right wing along the RappahanHock $4,000
His left wing under Jackson. ........... 10000
At Richmond, Fort Darling, saxtons Junction and
Petersburg ........................ $1,000
On the peninsula. 5000
Total in Virginia. $50, 900
have spoken in letters defences Of Rich
mond tar regards fortncatns in the
James river, additions TO the extent and armament OF
Fort Darling &c The rebels believe those defences to be
Of such nature that II will be physical mpsssibity
for roncad vessels 10 pass Fort Darling to reach
Richmond And there reason to believe that they will
leave that city TO the defence OF the troops Immediately
around it-those the peninsula and those the Rap
pahannock amounting together to hundred>hnd fty
FIVE thousand troops. This would give General Lee his
main body and .fackson's troops-in all hundred
and ninety y-nve thousand men-ior offensive operations.
Aud there is believe that his design that,
while Burnsides attention is engaged somewhere between
Falmouth and saxton's Junction, Lee will march on
Washington by way OF Warrenton and Centrevie, while