The New York herald., 1863-07-25
The Rebel Army.
OUR BALTIMORE CORREsPONDENCE.


BALTIMORE, July %, 1863
Presea Posiion Of General Lees Army-Hn Loses IN
syluania-TStai Present. Strength Of The Rscsi Ar
mics Only Too Hundred and Fbry Thousand Troops
Only Ninay TAousand Rets, Troops in Au VI0tnto-
General Lees Recent Orders from Rehmo~d-Condition
ofe BaHimove and OHIO Railroad Street 50vrScade
Balsnsore, de-, dc.
have received to-day news In regard to General
Lees army which confirms the intelligence contained M
my Of July 2i and 70 develop little more
tho designs Of shs rebel General General Lees army s
ssi where stated 10 be 10 that ieter-namely, near
winchester with outposs towards Gap. Ashbys
Gap and Ohesters Gap, 10 tpc Bue Ridge. On aifths
threo roads leading TO these passes in tho mountains
there deiachmcns Of rebel troops but their out
posts do not come this side d the Shenandoah river Az
tho army correspondents Of tho HERALD win inform you
Of the position Of General Meade army, yen viii
once that tho opposing forces In coec proximity
again. Indeed nothing between them except tho
Shenandoah river and tho Blue Ridge Mountains. And
yet there will bs battle Immediately for time 70
come. Why Because General Lee does not wish to ng ht
now, where he s at present sad Il 10 beyond Gen
Meades power 10 bring engagement merely BY nd.
vancng 10 the spot now occupied By General Lee II tho
former should do the latter would Immediately re-
treat 10 staunton and compel General Meade TO follow
hm there.
General Tees expedition into Pennsylvania has cost
him the loss OF thirty thousand men. But he took
every Of ninety thousand with him. he has still sixty
thousand tyoopsto wit stuarts cavalry, eleven thou
sand General Gregg ascestaned at shepherdstown
the 1Tth whore tbsy constituted Leos guard Long
streets corps and Ewes corps, eighteen thousand each
and Hls corps hfseen thousand. But these and eigh
teen thousand trooT~ Richmond and Petersburg
and at various other points the peninsula constitute
have ascestsned to-day, all tho rebel troops vr
,h. mad fcvv
rreent. Their recert losses at vicksburg
and Port Hudson dccmae armies terribly. All the
troops they muster consist q the thirty thousand
at Charleston under General Beauegard ten thousand
Mobile, fifteen thousand under Marmadnke and Price;
twenty thousand under General Johnston fleeing before
General Grant nty thousand under General Bragg,
treating before General Rosecrans the ninety thousand
IN Virginia, mentioned above, and twenty nye thou.
sand various detached ponisn all oply two hundred
troops which the Confederate government now has In
arms, aud all they probably get for some months.
except the few that will be returned 70 them Ia exchange
On the other hand, u s known at Richmond that the
union armies now number over sx hundred thousand dis
ID owing 10 this state Of facts that Gen Lee has re
coiyed the orders under which be acting HIS army.
while i the largest, tho beet organized and the best
disciplined 10 the SOUTH also the last hope of the
federacy. Az long as remains intact the rebels do
abandon the hope Of stl beng victorious the end
But we're any serious disaster TO befa that army-vere
Il 10 suffer, has yet suffered crushing do.
eatRchmond would all, and their hopes u separate
independent nationality would fade away. General
leo has reported 70 the War Once at Richmond that
Mcades army numerically superior 10 his. and that he
Onion army ~ cosnposed DOW entirely of disciplined
os-evdenty referring 70 tho fact that COUGHS oyics
Il raw militia from Pennsylvsna have left Meade army
and no longer acting with u. Conseguenuy-so my
informal saiesorders have been 10 General Ice
hght Meade his present position bot
inAuouyrc In such manner - 10 draw tho un,on
army down towards staunton or Gordonsyins by the
tbs done they hoIe 10 be able 70 reinforce General
Ire 20 such An extent a. TO secure The defeat keades
army.
o., Richmond 70 long General Lees army remains IA
c1 slenoe and indicated. ~ fact that they have
made that city inaccessible by water, 10 that oat u
tho u neets and gunboats and General
lse - charged with The duty u seeing tina. 20 hosl's
army approaches from the north The only Thing they
DO dread IN well organxed peninsula campaign, and
iha, nsy 90 fear. They unaers,aod Why that
and ,nsy look Tor Il yet when Il dos eoms Il dos.
come they look 70 the army of General se 70 defeat
Tsc Bslt'moSe and OHIO Railroad Company are run
Ming her trains regularly, usual, ,o Harr~rs
Ferry. The great bridge over the Potomac Al that
place destroyed by tie tnion troops fc~
weeks ago, At the time the Maryland Heights we're
evacuated, The enact condition ~ The road between
Barfess Ferry and Cumberland has not yet been
ascsriAlned That portion between Harper Ferry and
anoeeh stan virtually 10 ths oeop.ncy q tha ,onie
hassinstarr Al ,hs bridges on the road te
tween Hsrrws Ferry and Cumberland 70 have
been lorn W ana soms q u carried away sshli ths
oomrany have made every gweg~raton for The ,peedy
reTsr x NE ruAd, and tbsy VII begin the .ors q 70
frrn vsenny Winchester ~s he iirs a The rad
iisef Las hssu again veocsupieS by tbs tnsn uoors
no road can b pot 10 wcrxms order 10 t-eoy aAys
ne parr1snss ~ kosshs~ds nlsd WITH stotes N uS
sifesa a Rstimo~sthe erection "a whsh oasbt 20 have
oSy',ss ss s, 's,e.,.s s, srs ss s,so ~ s.
removal. Thsy are ~ much pesdsi sos, h0~sv~, -
When thsy uee pot NJ.