The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-07-07
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Gen McClellans Address to his Soldiers
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Gen McClellans Address to his Soldiers.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY CT THE PoToMAc. }
Camp near Harrisons Landing, July 4.
SotdisrS Of The Army of The Potomac:
Your achievements OF the last ten days have
Illuminated the va!or and endurance of til e
American soldier. Attacked by superior 70 ces
and without the hope of reinforcements, you
have succeeded in changing your base of opera
NonS by flank movement, always regarded as
she most hazardous of military expedients You
have saved all your material, all your trains,
and all your guns except Il few lost in battle, ia
king in return guns and colors from the enemy.
Upon your march, you have been assaled
day after day with desperate fury by men of the
same race and nation skillfully massed, and led.
Under every disadvantage of numbers, and ne
cessariIy of position also, have in every conflict
beaten back your foes with enormous slaughter.
Your conduct places you among the celebrated
armies of history.
No one will now question that each of you
NAV always with pide say, ~ belonged to the
army of the Potomac" You have reached
the new base complete in organization and unim-
paired in spirits The enemy may at any time
attack you We are prepared to meet them.
have personally established your line-ler
shem come, and we will convert their repulse
into final defeat Your Government is
strengthening you with the resources of great
people On this, our Nations birthday,
we declare to our foes who are rebels against
t bes, interests of mankind. that this army
shall enter the Capit1iof the so-cdNed Confede-
racr that our National Constitution shall pre-
vail, and that the Union which can alone
al t,
each State, must and shall be preserved, cost
what it may in time treasure and blood
(Sgned) GEO. B. MCCLELLAN.
CAIRO, July g. The ram Monarch brings
news from Nicksburgh to the 18th ut. On
Thursday Com Por,ers feet commenced to
shell the upper batteries below the town.
Tins continued all day without any result The
Smelling was renewed on Friday, and IN the at
ternoOn fire was directed on the town. over
whch the shells We're plainly 10 burst.
This continued until o'clock, when the firing
ceased.
BAR ny the bOm6ardmeu5 the rebel batteries
played teebly, Their firing was naccurate
Ialf an honr alter the cessation Of the bonn
bardment, the rebel wafer batteries opened on
our mortar heet, which replied until the bate
res ceased firing. At s o'clock IN the evening
ire was opened from the entire fleet the
town, and II was continued for an hour
Tne next morning at 0 clock the lombard
ment was renewed, during which OF Com
tarruguts vessels passed thc batteries without
serious damage. The city must have been dam
aged greatly, rOnfagratUns were seen in
merons places in different paris Of the city.
W have been informed ON indispu table au.
thOrIty, that 50OO negroes have been ordered by
Gen. Butler to work on the canal across the
bend on which NIckSburgh or It's remains, are
now situated.
The channel OF the Mississippi will thus be
changed, and Ncksburgh will become an island
town hereafter. 100 more shells have been
ordered from New Orleans, to reduce the re-
mains of the place to ashes. \ former employee
on the Mobile & Ohio Il. r. via. 1ussellc, says
there are two guhboats and one ram in Mobile
Bay.
About III, 900 rebels are below Mobile, on
Shell road Tbe Notifications around Mobile.
commenced Il month ago, are completed. The
inhabitants are sanguine, and think Mobile can t
be taken.
He says Bragg is in command at Tussellc
with 40 900 or 80 600 men Breckenridge has
left there with 30 900 men. All the troops are
short OF clothing and provisions. They have
5acon twice each week, No coffee and no salt.
The retel say they have come to retake Corinth,
and the rebel impression generally Is that the
majority of our troops have gone East.
1t is the unanimous testimony of deserters
that no rebel troops, except cavalry, have gone
East.