The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1863-11-17
War SUMMARY
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Washington. Nor. 80.
Prem information waich reached
Washnssaa tonight q = mfssenser
abo lsil ihe Army . Tie P0,umae al
I'd aeaass tbs m8rnine. i appears
chat Gea. Baorl yesterday reached d
nas tuo m.le, uaFh Il C1pepper,
driving .he rebel cavalry aad Infantry
defut bu
Gen. Lees headquarters Saiar lay
palt were al Brandy Station On ibe
Rspsahanuock The rciute. The be.
lscf current ia some quarters, that ice
I lad zone south 10 advise wjih Bragg.
cor array lay IN line Of battle ali
8ay Yesterday. bot Lee decliucj 10 at-
eep' lhe issue o. aa engagement.
Cen. Fitzpatrick occupied Pony
Mountain So. erday afternoon La-t
81 IN DE- discovered large area Of
camp Uses southeast of the Rapilan,
between Rscco5a ford and Rapidan
station. On the railroad. No fires o
magnitude were discovered 10 and
around Calpepptr, whilh leads to The
inference hat Lee DC lues to risk a
general engagement In tie open field,
ana has Withdrawn his forces, except
rear guard, to his former strong po-
siiion.
Chattanooga, OF. 10.
Georgia refugees, just in, report a
con siderable movement OF Bragg
troops aud store. southwark. The
rebels are said 10 be evac1aliog their
position before Chattanooga, and re-
firing 10 Rome or Atlanta. Long
street Is said 20 be organizing a large
force tor a raid on our line. Of comma-
niyation At Bridgeport.
THURSDAY.
The Rebel Ger. Richardson struck
lbe Memphis and Charleston Railroad
six milrs east Of Salisbury yesterday
morning, destroyed the railroad bridge,
aud at Aliddlelown burned two small
bridges, tore up several miles Of track,
und cnt the telegraph badly. The for
mcr VIII be in running order to-mor-
row. Roddy, Ferguson, Ingee, Chad
mers and Richardson, are all in North
Mississippi cooperating to annoy this
! line 81 communication.
luka was burned by the rebels af'
ter Gen. Shcrmau's troops left.
FRIDAY.
Washington, Nov. u.
There is but little important news
Iio. day. II is reported that the rebels,
meuaecd by Meadr's advance, have
relrealed 10 Gordonsyile, and that
+ Gen. Lee is ia the Southwest.
Gen. Burnside's forces are eoncen-
lrated in aud about Knoxville, Tenn.
Charleston. Nov. 8
SLOW firing has been going on all
+ day on sumter. Fltty-eight rife shot
we're Gicd from Battery Gregg last
|night, welI directed At the southwest
angle. Sixty rifle shots fred To-day
and twenty-five mortar shells, OF which
seven missed. TIE whole number Of
shot. aud shells fired Al Sumter Is 81
$40. of which 200 struck. One
monitor only was in action today
I 80 casualties transpired.
Charleston, Nov. 10.
The enemy continues firing slowly.
SATURDAY.
New York, Nov. l3.
New Orleans correspondence Of the
Express. 4ih inst, says our forces have
1 fallen back from New liberia. In
reference to the attack on Washburn's
advance Oh the 81, the same cores
poudent says il the rebels attacked
our advance il Was some distance this
side Of Vermillionvile, Tor the army
was South Of Bayou Vermllion, al
that time on is march back 10 Teche.
/ II is rumoled here that the result was
/ diff, rent TO the extent Of 2000 men,
said to come from a Union Major.
Fort Monroe, Nov. 10.
The II. s. steamer Massachusetts,
4 Capt. West. from Charleston bar in
! twenty-four hours, arrived this p. Nj.
! She reports that firing was still kept
up on Sumter, and Tie fort was entire
/ ~ demolished. The rebels put up a
7 flag every night which is shot away
every day. No firing on Charleston
OF late.