Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-08
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HooKERs ARMY ~ MoTIoN AT LAsT-PART OF
LEES ARMY IL HooKLRs REAR-DEArH OF
CAPT ALEXANDER GORDON, OF WISCONSIN,
PLoTs AGAINST GENERAL GRANT-TREAsURY
NoTEs CoUNTRRFEITED ~ ENGLANp.
Special Correspondence of the Chicago Times.
WASHINGTON, Nav 3

AsHINGroN, May 8.
General Joe. Hooker has gone and done it
at last lie has taken his entire army across
the Rapahannock. anu Is now between that
stream and The Manpouy In accordance
with what | have minated In previous letters.
the crossing OF the river was attended by no seri-
Gus opposition on the part of Gen Lee II is
evidently Gen Lees design to draw Hookers
army To some point the Matapony that he has
chosen for that purpose, ana there 10 give him
battle on ground OF Lees selection: attacking
him. too, no doubt. both in front and rear
The crossing OF the Rappahaanock by Hook
er's armv comTenced ola the 27th ult and
not completed until the LIST inst Four
whole days and nights were thus occupied in that
movement alone The crossing effected at
two points widely separated. namely: at Port
Royal. fifteen miles below Frederick >burc and
at kelly's Ford. twenty mics above Fredericks
burg Thus, NJ the commencement. Hooker has
committed the great biunder of dividing his
forces. his two columns having been set in mo
ton thirty miles apart. and MOVING with that dis
lance hetween them / he troops that crossed N
kellv's ford the 81 armv corps. Gener
Couch; the 81 corps, Gen Mead: the llth C rps.
Gen Howard and the Ia. corps Gen Slocnm
The troops that cros-et At Port ROYAL were the
Isl corps Gen Reynolds; the 81 corps. General
SckleS. and the 9th corps. Gen Sedswick The
cavalry OF the army constituted a separate CORPS
under Gen Stoneman They also crossed At
ke!lv's Ford The whole force. a. the enemy
have been obligingly informed by the official,
here. amounts to 10000 men. after delucting
thirty four regiments ot veterans. whose time
now expires This would give IN average OF
i .00n men To each of the seven corps. and allow
Stoneman ii 900 cavalry
Intelligence was received here YESTERDAY to the
effect that a large portion of Gen. Lees army had
made Their appearance in Ho0kcr's immediate
rear, aud between hi army and the Rappahan-
mock As he committed the imprudence OF des
troying the ponto0u bridges. alter he had crossed
the Rlppahaunock. there j. nothing for him 70
Go but to fight hard Il looks very much a, if
he had walked INTO a trap. but on this point the
telegraph will have informed Won before this
reaches YOU
Although there was no serious opposition
N ide 10 the passage oi the R1ppahsnn0ck. there
was some sharp >kirm>hiug all along the line
just sufficient TO keep our troops on the alert.
and Lex them know that the enemy knew what we
we're about In these skirmishes we lost be
tween one hundred AMI two hundred men in killed
anu wounded Your readers in Wisconsin will
be PANIED aud greatly shocked 20 learn that
among the killed Capt. Alexander Gordon
ct The an Wisconsin Tesiment-one at the BRAY
est and NOS valuabe officers in the service
II has been observed tina; the enemies of Gen.
tlrant have been importuning The President 10 re
move HIN. Tor some DAYS past These men are
all radicals OF the most intense degree. and some
81 them are the same ones who we're engineering
for the removal OF Admiral Dupont. a week or
ten days ago. Thus far. in he csse OF General
Grant. no success hls attended Their application
The President SAYS lie ! satisfied that Gen.
Grant has done all that IN MS power 10 do
towart the reduction OF Nicksbure. and thar he
can certainly ID more toward the accomplish
ment of that object than any other General who
might be sent there 10 take h. place But tie
radicals are complaining that he has been com
pletely nut generated by Gen. johnson. and that.
a. long - he remains IN command, 10 results
can DE looked tor \ o. NAV bts assured that,
notwithstanding all the reports 10 the contrary.
the President his A. yet gwen no heed 10 these
representations What he will 10 under increased
pressure. no one can tell. ami il J. possible
that Gen Grant. ere many week. sil be sent to