Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-07-24
FROM GENERAL LEES ARMY.
rRoM OUR owS CORRESPONDENT.


Quiet reigns again in camp aud our soldier,
are resting from the iatiSues OF march and bat.
tie. Meade has not annhilatcd Lee, nor 10 We
concur with the New York Herald, after al
inspection OF our army, that the "rcbellivniS a.
! ready suppressed" The fall OF NickSburg is
| regarded by oil as heavy. but by no means !
fatal blow The army of Northern Virginia,
| when again they meet the foe, will show By the.I
callantry aud their manhood, that tho path 10
Southern suIjugation is along highways bleach.
ing with the bones OF the Northern invader ami
through n territory tina. shall rejoice in its OWE
iesolation and Dissertation, rather than in the
remembrance of peace purchased by dishonor or
bought BY 4 surrender of the rights OF indcpcu.
| dcncc.
| The best comment on the recent campaign
| can be furnished in the sub Joined orders issued
| BY Gen. Lee TO his troops Is they lay III line OF
battle in front of llagcrstown. The object oi the
invasion i. herein Set forth and is nothing less
than the liberation OF our own people. The or.
! der is as follows:
| HEADQR's ARMY NORTHERN vA}
| July II. IsU3
| General Ord.rs No. &c.
After long ana trying marches, endured with
the iu!titdc tia; Il Is ever characlrriz: ID the SOL
dcrs vi the army oIi Northern Virginia, yen
have penetrated IT." coul try OF our cncrIics, aTd
] recalled TO the defence al their own soil. those
who were engaged III the Invasion OF ours
You have fought fierce and sal culinary bat.
l,e which, il not attended with the Success w.I!ch
has hitherto crowned your effort, was mukc! by
the same heroic spirit that has commIaEdrd tie
! respect Of your cucmes, Ito gratitude oi Your
country and the admiration OF mankind.
Once more yur are called upon 10 meet the
army rom winch you have won Oh So many !!ct,
| Il llsnr that will never die
| Once more tho eyes OF Your couutrymrn are
| turned upon you. and again do wives and
tiers her fathers most and helpless cil'ircm lean
| for offence OH urstrUnG arms AM brave !! a.
Let every soldier remember that ~ his com.
arr and fidelity depend all that make sIir worth
l,aving-tle frcedOhl OF his country. III: hoIor u!
| his people aud the security OF his home Let
| each heart grow strong in the RENE brance oi
| our glorious past aud III the thought ui the n
cstu,ahIr blessing for vs. ch wr Contend; hrd IN.
v.kinr the assistance ui that Divine power hlch
has 50 sisnaIIy blessed our former efforts. let Us
20 forth in confidence TO scculc the peace and
safety "t our country.
SoLlirrs. your old enemy is before You win
from him Lonors worthy OF your righteous caU>cr
worthy OF your comrades dead OH 50 many Illus
;rious fields. Is. J.. LEE, General.
Ircprct to have to inform your readers ui the
death Of Brgadicr General Pcttgrew, who was
wounded in the rccrOSsing on Tuesday last, and
sho died at Bunker Hill last evening His rc.
mains have arrived here, but cannot nj present be
carried further They would have been taken
to Sraunton and cncased in metallic coffin bu,
decomposition has been too rapid. \ brave ihan
and faithful soldier, he has sealed his devotion
to his flag by his works on the field oi battle
Let his country mourn the loss OF her brave de.
parted son.
General Paul j. Semms. who died at Martins.
burg. has been inferred there. His remains
attended to their last resting place by n large
number Of soldiers, and by number Of the South
rrn sympathiZcrs of the place. Ills funeral SER
mon was preached by the Rev. DR.. w. j. liogc,
and is said TO have been fully np to his best pa!'
nit efforts. 1t must have been a touching DIS
course for meyer had man better theme III TIE
person Of his fellow than in General 5. He Was
brave, patriotic and hgh.toncd almost without Il
i.lt. Georgia the land Of his birth, and the
Confedcracy, for whom he has surrendered his
life, should render their tributes Of gratitude 10
the fallen hero.
The plans and purposes of the enemy are no.
yet developed. 1t is currently reported that they
are crossing at Harpers Ferry in force. Their
prisoners taken in cavalry skilmist below
CharlcslowIr, OH Thursday evening, so say It's
also reported that their cavalry is near Mart!n,'
burg, and that they ar. coming across Mt VII
Transport. You may, however, feel quite snte
that if Meade would not attack Lee with the
rigging Potomac in his rear he will not push right
ahead and give Lee the advantage of the nvcr
intervening between him and his Meade > base
Of supplies.
| have taken some pains to ascertain
the number OF prisoners captured, and an
crediby informed that in all We must have
taken about nine thousand prisoners, ci'
elusive Of the wounded, numbering about 'hiIty.
five hundred. which We captured and parUlcd III
Gettysburg. OF the nine thousand captured, You
will probably receive about four thousand III
Richmond, the resi-, am told. were parolcd on OF
near the battle fields
Our own loss in prisoners. am inclined TO
believe must reach, but will not much exceed five
THOUSAND.
/ have heard great deal Of "gucrrillarinS IN
our own country, but believe thr people -:
Pennsylvania i'll the recent campaign in that
State, did more of it. proportionatcy, than ho-
been witnessed anywhere during the war. |
have cunverscd with many vi the horse impress.
in" expeditions. and III Il large number 81 -
stances, those who went on these expeditions !"i1
in with the Yankee cavalry which. from all can
learn must have been the mounted PrnnSy ranI,
militia, who had thus banded to repel invasion.
discriminating WIS quite common, AMI ra'c
them some protection. Let our people rcIncIn'
Der this and bc more OH the alert than ever :pr
raiders. FAS EST All HOSrE DOCERI
The hospitals IRE being rapidly vacated by liz
patients no being sent Lack to SInunton. he
| Richmond committee for our wounded. some
iOrty-two in number, are now here. and lm"in2
subdiyidcd themselves into squat. OF four or
nine, are making themselves, in the past quit:
| useful Committees nrr also hero from Char.
ln;tcsvilic, Lynchburg and other points. and arc
dcvuing themselves a,siduc.sly ~ their Heaven.
appointed work
Just here must express my regrets that huf
| ricd illusions in previous letter to ladies Of
this town in connection with their ati,i.
ton to our wounded. have been construed into
ceisur!omS reflections upon the fair Daughters.
| Ear be it from ING TO indulge in unmar'y cat
| icisns upon any OF my deeply burdeneJ Virginia
peopic; and farther still would drive the though:
from me. were it 10 cross my mind, OF dcnactins
from my countrywomcu, wh,, if untrue 10 the
feelings OF humanity and patriotism in Winchcs.
ter, would be the only spot in Southern land
where they have been idle spectators this gre.'
and bloody drama.
| have the testimony Of gentlemen and among
them distinguished divine, that the attentions
! Of the ladies to our wounded. in and out OF the
hospitals, have been unremtting. The consrCc'
ton upon my former letter was wrong, for 'he::
! can be no wrong where none was intended
| Winchester 10 very much crowded. mere ~
many persons here looking after their friends and
| relatives. Some, too, have doubtless been drawn
| BY desire to indulge IN speculation. But, thank
| Heaven, the door is closed to these gentry.
Several distinguished clersymen are now here
among them Drs. John A. Broaddus, j Lansing
Burrows, W. j. Huge, and Rev. DR. Wilmer OF
the Episcopal Church. \ series If meetings o. d
religious character are in progress. -,
In closing, l may say that every dag Is add'hE
to the strength aud efficiency o: the army; am
that by the close OF another week, sincerely De-
ljeyr that its morale will be fully up TO, II not IN
advance OF its spirit a. any time during the pa:
twelve months. The country can rely upon Tue
arlny 0! Northern Virginia, and Robt' L. Lee rs
chosen General. ;,
during the retreat from Gettysburg. Eweii Ios'
nearly ali his furges and Hill some live or si!-
This was when the enemy attacked the trans
Ii Lent. Colonel Christie, gallant officer. died
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