New-York daily tribune., 1863-10-27
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WASHINGTON Oct - 1913
Private letters received here from Redmond
report that great excitement has prevailed in that city
during the last two weeks account Of tie advance 81
Gen. Lee upon Washington and Of the great battle
which, according TO general opinion oouLl not ia io
take place between him ard Gen. Meade; and
when the ncvs OF Meadels successful re;ret was AZ
nounced. the public disappointment was great At
first" says my informant. Lees Fail campaign
viewed In the light ofhe recent success ofthc bcary
at ChiekamAuga. appeared 20 them pregnant With great
and ines Unable advantages bui when they became In
formed Of Meades escape and the barronne Of Lees
movement their discomfort Was shown In censnTe o! TIE
leader Of the army. which they said vas too slow In
moving and i'll public regret at tie death Of soaesa
Jackson"
II ia DO, certain however that the planners OF this
campaign confident Of m results ns the majority
of the people Gen. Lee knew perfectly well that Gen
Meades army surrounded with signal stations, and
that every movement on his part would be transmitted
to the latter Immediately. lie knew also that Il Meade
failed in preventing his fank movement as ihs lipe
from the Rapidsn to Washington shorter than the
circuious route he would be compelled TO take Meade
fdesirous 10 avoid battle, could easily do 3d. These
cortir -cnces we're calculated before hand II NAY
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the campaign. which nv Informant assures ne o.
tanned from a clerk Of the War Department at Rich.
mond.
Tlis rr0crane clearly indicates that the Rebel Gov
eminent had 10 intention Of exposing the army In
hazardous demons,rations and that II. operations wer
10 depend upon circumstance They have abandoned
Il seems oil project Of iiyasoD and combine iheyscre
low 20 q defensive war,
The first article Of ibis programme or Instructions
foys in substance that the commander Of the army will
oI battle 20 The enemy on his oWn chosen ground and
"a, sufficient distance fiom Washington to prevent h
ieeing shelter behind its fortlcatons. II against oil
expectations tie enemy succeed in avoiding battle
and IL occupying position from which he cannot B.
lialodged then the Ceneralin Chief was TO oonhic
Himself TO the destruction Of all the the enemy
possessei for an advance IN the interior Of the county
such the tearing up Of railroads. blowing W oi the
bridges the capture Of trains &c.
There were also other objects connected with thF
plan Of oper a,on such procuring horses and mules
Of which the Rebels are in great wont the drilling Of
the new recruits attached TO the army and who had not
ret been under FIRE ard the desire Of slowing that the
Rebellion had not been weakened. But the main OBJ.
jsct that Of forcing Meade 10 accept battle, was 10
compel him to keep his forces together and preventing
Cumberland
Another article Of this document advises Lss TO be
very careful Il the life Of his men, not to expose theu
unnecesss not 10 venture into ardnous and fruitess
expedition but TO preserve much possible the In
tegry Of his army whose task not ended and who
might have ere long other labors 10 perform upon
other field.
Many persons arc Of opinion that Lees advance
covered secret expedition. either against Chattanooga
upon Knoxville. between these two places but ny
informant could reason for believing this 70 b,
true. lie says however that he has good grounds fo
supposing that the Rebel Government intends shortly
TO strike blow at Chattanooga, which Is considcre,
the key OF the West that they devising th
20 It's possession, and TO make 1t the bas
Of further operations Last week, several Rebel regi
ments left Richmond for Atlanta. to go from there
some points which could not be ascertaned He thinks
however that The bombardment Of Chattanooga canno
be delayed long and i'll take place az soon ~ the re
quise military dispositions. snch az the occupation
certain points In the rear OF Gen. Thomas army sha
have been completed.
II the acts Of the Rebel Government are 10 bo rcgu
lated by the viii Of the people If the activity nov
prevailing In every branch Of the Executive has an,
significance whatever should Dc inclined to bolicy
that military operations in the South far from beD,
checked by the severity Of the season. will be carried o
during this Winter far at least. the state OF th
roads will permit There lie no relaxation in the drln,
md arming Of recruits in the forwarding of arms gnnf
and munitions Of war; and even now. nOtw withstand
ing the advanced stage Of the season, Richmond look
more like camp than Il did ycnr or Elk months eso
The activity and energy of tie Rebels have beer
~ great ~ AT The prcsent m0mcnt-an indication wlci
ought not 10 DO neglected by those who have at hcnI
he preservation Of the Union and The glory Of our ara
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