Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1863-12-04

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|. New, YORK, Dec 3.EThe q Worlds
WASHINGTON sneciaf says the campaign
IN Virginia has ended. All forward
movements on the part Of the Army Of
the Potomac have ceased, and our. forces
have already nearly completed their re-
turn to the old base along the Orange
and Alexandria Railroad at Gulpepper,
Brandy Station and the Rappahannock
bridge. The retrograde movement,com-
meneed Tuesday 1t is said in Wash
ington the failure to carry out the plans
of the War Department involves the loss
of Gen. Meades position as commander
of the Army of the Potomac. rr So
The reasons given for the abandon,
ment of the campaign are that Lee so
intrehched himself daily as TO delay any
rapid advance on our part Our army
fell back in the safest orderTand manner,
the enemy being ignorant of our inten2
tons. Gems. Sedgwick and Hooker are
prominently mentioned as Gen. Meade's
successor, if any change is made. ~
The fHeralds special also says that
the condition of the roads and want of
supplies, induced Meade to fall back to
Brandy Station, which is now the base
Supply trains, laden with provisions,
are rapidly reaching that point from All
exandria. Our army, after the check
administered to Gen. Warren on Mon
day, fell back to the Rapidan and crossed
the river in safety that night z
I The Herald has the following Mile
river is stream 10 feet in width, but
very shallow, if we judge the depth by
the clear water, but very deep when we
sink in the mud-at its bottom. AT its
sides, extending several rods back, is a
low marsh and reed-grown. From the
edges of the marsh the land rises gradu-
ally to height of perhaps 100 feet
Half mile back from the right shore
these slopes open and in many places
cultivated patches of young pines dot
the slopes and extend back to the dense
woods which crown the SUBMITS of the
hills. The enemy fortified the western
slope by a strong earthwork at its sum-
NIT, in front of which felled trees, shrub
berry and brush formed an impenetrable
abattis. He had also dug succession
of pits half way up the slope, within
easy range of the creek, and another Sc
ries of the same style of defenses at the
commencement of the abattis His line
of defense extended from Clark's Noun
tain, south of the plank road to the
mouth of the stream, and fully supported
by artillery. 1t was, in fact, said by
military men to be a stronger position
than that he held at Fredericksburg. =
The 7ribnase's special says:
Sunday morning, Gen. Warren with
the I'd corps and withthe Sd division ofthe
| 9th corps, moved down on the Freder.
icksburg road, which runs parallel with
| the Orange pike, and about three, miles
from it, and proceeded a mile, when he
encountered the. enemy's skirmishers,
| which were driven forward a mile and a
half to the west The enemy then open
| ed with artillery on the I'd division of
the I'd corps, from some temporary
works on the, hill, half mile south of
the unfinished railroad, but was soon
driven out, and the corps rested fer the
night, with theiutention of thanking and
charging the rebels IL the morning. s
Early yesterday morning Gen. Warren
requested his commanders to inform
their men.ef the nature of the task. be-
fore them, and exhort them to make a
gallant assault upon the enemy's works
in their front, which had been thrown up
| during the night He them madesa per-
Eonel inspection of the works, and for an
hour and half he hesitated to act.
After an hours. cannonading he was to
make grand charge, and the men were
instructed toreserve their fire till they
entered the rebel works. No charge was
made on the left. - - .ssfA
/ At. lG302A NJ, Gen. Meade came
down to the left and was for a long time
engaged in an earnest conversation with
Gen. Warren. Gen. Meade seemed to
be administering a rebuke to General
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