Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-06

A Louisiana officer. taken prisoner ~ Pleas.
anten'. cavahy. make the foIoaiug disclosure
o Lees plans Tor The pre.eut ctmo,ign. which
il confirmed ~ tie movements thus FAR
The aggrss.ve position assumed bv General
Lee AS received uppu 10 Cabinet Council %
Richmond - ltr back - the middeoi May AZ
that 'iine a Ne unanimously decided that the
arms should move from Frederick .bnrg tor the
Vtliey Of the sheuandvnh. avoiding IN its march
ani contact slih iluuksf's righ, sing ,heu too
strongy fortified "a be attacked 9Th success.
Hookers passion such that bad he been ds
ietfel "a tie su0t be ulen occupied gu the right
habk II the X tpnshsnRsck tie proximity oi the
Potomac river where be might hive hern sup
ported by guabpd-. ahl tie ,hiuitA of the ioru
hcations oi Washington. ~here hr might enfrench
himseli. SUuld have rendered q victory uso.rs. Ca
the Confederate arms
IL 49, then tra,itei 20 attract him from The
nelghbofhpoi of thee ten sheItefs anl "a ~ tke
HIN accept b,itle Ia sufne distant region whete
the advantages Of the position be then pccufdci
could be- of ~ use u hun II VS. therefore lie
cided that the Confederate army ehould Ice div
de'l into three divisions, ~ rchng Within sup.
porting distance IT each either, AMI upfr itng All
along the line ~ the ppinmne from Winchester
Ia NJ dtlu-bufg. ani from NJ utin-butg 90 the op
pnste -ide oi II igefstown II by the movement
Gen IL 'pkef - Mt drawn out rom his ppsi
ton. then Gen Loe was IA give Orders ~ one OF
III. Leutenants a. eruss the Pa'omte and ~ axe q
decent upon Mnfy land and Pennsylvania Be
lore. hover. moving W that diree,iun, Gen Ice
WAS TO send. te, ernl attachments of cavalry
across IA clear the roads and ~ ascertain II the
amount ot provis,ous anil means o transport To
Ice found in the country were adequate 10 the re-
quifementa of his army.
All these operations. NJ msy he seen. have
been dependent one UPON the nthcr II at the
means ol transportation been found deficient. or.
what j. more probable. had Gen Hooker changed
h. position, pursued the enemy. or done any
thing tending % thwari tie deslgus of the Rebel
General. there IA good reason To believe that the
Rebels would not have crossed the Putomic, AMI
that their deptednlious on this side III the river
would have been confined to lew cavalry raids
When. after lapse pf ten days, zen, Lee gave
the order "a EWel 10 crurs the P'nomtc ~ the
vicinity Of Htgerstown. be ~ the same time gave
orders Ia Gen Lonesttect Ia march from Win
chester to Martiu-hurg. uud .end word 10 Hill,
who II comm ,udlng the rear guard. 70 move upon
Winchester
A. soon ~ Ewel htd crossed the Potomac
and should be fairly on hi. match Ia the ihteror
uf the country. either IN tho direction of Fred
erek Mi or Hrri-burg. Pa. ltle true destina
ton of the Rebel army being still mystery)
then Lonesifeet aud Hill were 10 follow IN hi.
track. Tie plan of Gen. Lee included two
eventuiltes: either n battle with Hooker or MI
INVASION OF the North Victorious IN the first
case. his object To dictate terms of peace un
der the willis OF Washington: defeated, he would
have retrenied upon Richmond. But Hooker
having refused To accept n bitle upon the coil OF
Virginia. Lee, DESTROYS, pefhap-, to draw hm by
ieInt OF inactivity rs far "a possible from bis
base OF operations, WAS IN consequence compelled
~ la
the North IL remnins to be seen whether the
field OF Mar,la or Pennsylvania will be ~ good
a fighting ground as the one he i now leaving
and IL Hooker will not have better chance IN
these new localities than at fredericksburg or
Winchester