The New York herald., 1862-10-27
THE REBEL ARMY.
Ous Baltimore Correspondence.

Our Baltimore Correspondence.
BALTIMORE, Oct. %, 1862
Ne,cs from General Less Armv-Eectire Condition of his
Troops-Eaa1lsshmsH of -Four Depos of army Sup
plies, Gc., dc.
During the last week have collected great ma ny i'm.
portan facts in regard to the movements Of General Lee
Winchester They all indicate that General Lee is
confident p the strength Of his position and has In.
tenion Of leaving IT, and that he will remain there at
least until winter in unless attacked by the Union
army before that time In regard 10 his ability TO with
stand such attack the following facts psrtinent
After the conscrption act had gone ns operation and
the rebel troops had been raised IT, the whole rebel
army reorganized Nearly all OF tho old regiments
had distinguished the selves in the various battles
the organization OF these regiments carefully pre-
served Their ranks however like those Of our old eg
ments had been fcarully thnned by the various casu
aies or war and many Of them reduced from 900
to 500, and in some cases to 800 men. Instead OF
consolidating these regiments, and thus blottng from
existence the name and memory OF many regiments
which had acquired certain reputation in the field, the
plan Of General Lee described my letter Of July 25
has been universally adopted. That is, the now con
scripts TO n up the old regiments and
the Consequence is that by this time nearly all the old
regiments restored to their original
strength This especially the with tho regiments
composing the rebel army Winchester In addition
effective strength has been gradually and steadily in
creased during the last four weeks by reinorcemens Of
old regiments, which not under his orders the
battle OF Antietam, but which. snce that time, havo
been drawn from other points His elective strength
.woek ago to-day fuzzy l3o, 900 troops.
During the last month the rebel government has
established four immense depols Of army supplies in
virginia--namely, at Lynchburg, at Burkesvile, at
Gordonevic and at Staunton The nrst two
are for tho immediate supply Of General Lees
army and filed and empted every few days The de
pots at Lynchburg and Burkesvlle used for the
Of bales Of Blankets wooen clothing and other
articles Of that description, which, being Of foreign ma
nufacturs, have been brought vessels
that tho blockade In these storehouscs, too,
quantities Of ssIled meat, -four, beans and
OATS brought from Kentucky and Tennessee Several Of
tho large buildings formerly used for tobacco warehouses
are now entirely filed with these commodities The de-
pots Gordonsville and Stanton also contain smaller
quantities Of these articles but they are principally used
for storage Of the gran fruit and other productions
Of tho rich and fertile Shenandoah valley which have
been pouring into them during the last weeks. At
these places, also, there immense herds Of cattle
which have been collected in the valley. The valley,
hsweyer, has been BY drained OF its produc-
,ions AT Stanton Georgetown Fureyown, Harrisburg
and several other places, the names Of which forget
there are smaller depots Of supplies Of the persha
BILE articles which forwarded TO the army, Win
chester, as they are needed.
Tho engineer department OF the rebel army has been
actively employed for month past In improving the roads
leading from Steunion, Gordonsvile and Cupcpper to
Winchester. An the coDscrpts are compelled 10 work
from two O'Clock the afternoon Till dark these roads
The rest OF the time they kept dril. or these
roads there three principal The from Saun
ton runs through Hsrrsonburg and Stasburg the Que
from Gordonsve thsough Barboursville Madison,
ruay and Royal and the from Culpepper
in nearly straight line through Front Royal TO winehes
tor All these roads In splendid order and
kept so by constant attention. They all occupied by
the passage OF teams taking supplies OF food
blankets and clothing tho rebel army. General Lee
should retreat to Richmond these roads would afford him
every needed facility Tor doing SO with rapidly But
such does not seem 10 be his design.
There are sick wounded soiiors In any oil General
Lees camps All such sent South as soon as they
became disabled since the battle Of AntIeam hundreds
az ,bern have been restored heath and have reoned
their regments but there are still several thousand at
the great hospital at charlot'ssviie'
n In stated that there will bo no lack or blankets OF
comfortable w,n.or clothing this winter In the rebel
my and that ali OF Gen. Lees soldiers either have or are
now receiving these articles II this statement is true
and there is every TO believe ithey better
on than tho soldiers Of the Army Of tho Potomac.