Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-05-27
WAR NEWS.

forces had invested the place, and operations
were going on vigorously both by land and wa
tar r Is not believed that Gen. Grant him
self has recently sent any telegram TO the gov
ernment respecting his movements.
The latest Southern advices are up 20 Thurs
l}ay night, and came in theshape OF dispatches
- the Richmond papers They state that the
attacks If the Federal forces on the entrenoh-
ments he'd been rcpulsed, and that the Confed-
crate loss Was slight, and the injury to th9
works triaing. The garrison was well supplied
and confident Of holding the place
Il is reported that large bodies Of the Con
federate cavalry belonging TO ten bragg 5 at
my in Tennessee, are going southwark, and mat
there are no Southern troops, between MUIR
free .boro' and Manchester. The Confederate
cavalry were last week operating within I, niue MI;
Of Memphis, capturing some OF the fedefai
tickets. A skirnish took place near Fort Don
elson, in which the Confederates were defeated
All was quiet at Nurfreesboro'..
The Confederates crossed the Cumberland
river at Fishing Greek, and Hartford, IN Ken
lucky. on Monday but retired to the south
side after some skirnishing.
On Tuesday night last the Confederates at
tackled the town Of Rich mond in Clay county,
Mo-, and after short fight captured all the
Federal forces stationed there.
The Federal pickets near Fayetteville, IA
nawha county, Va, were attacked and driven
in on the 18th. On the 18th the ContederateSss
attacked in force and the fight was kept W all
til the next day. when they iell bac|:. A l:r5e
force OF Contederates are reported to he at
L3wisuurg.
A letter from Alexandra, La, states that
the Federal forces were moving up the river to
attack the Confederate works -Four transports
y +.o,, any flr}aons with trCOnS
from Gen Hunter department.
A correspondent, lately a prisoner at the
South, estimates the Confederate army at three
hundred thousand-half Of whom are III Mid
die Tennessee and Virginia.
The Washington Star says: Item. Stuart
has sent about 100 men to reinforce Moseby.
Also, that the impression prevails in the neigh
borhood of Rappahannock station that Stuart
IS concentrating large body OF his cavalry be-
tween Cul pepper Court House and Brandy sta
ton ,,,
The Washington Chronicle says: 1.-THE re-
port extensively circulated yesterday, that
Moseby and Stuart contemplated raid in the
vicinity of Fairfax Court House and the defen-
ces of Washington, u.s. we understand. without
the least foundation. Gen. Stahl, command
inc the cavalry, telegraphs from FAIRFAX TO
Gen. Heintzeman, that he has not discovered
any enemy in his front, and does not believe
there is any within considerable distance of
his out posts,
A letter from Stoneman's station, Va, da-
ted the 25th says: Last week intormstlon
was received that number Of contraband ira
ders would probably make an endeavor to run
the blockade from Urbana IN the south SIDE
OF the lower Rappahannock,. across the neck
70 the Potomac, md thence into Maryland:;-
One company OF the Third Indiana cavalry
vas accordingly dispatched by steamer from
AQUA creek down the Potomac to point pear yea
its mouth, where they landed, and then 2! march
ed across the neck to point opposite Urbana,