Santa Fe gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1859-1864, 1863-11-21
(NtsAlBEIs 2s NEW SERIES
THE AMY OF THE pjroxAc..

The>Army Of the Potomac Ifrylsit Of.
ter an Interval OF some months, and after seeing
several Of odr other great armies in ihs Held--rs.
mains he same splendid military oreaoism--un-
changed, save in having bettered itself 10 many
sqlilrlly qualities. lnmarching especially, I de.
trct avery marked improvement, as compared
with ny recollectious'o the march over the snme
uouu'l Inst year. Nothing could be more perfect
Than Tile training which these old calnpaippets
have acquired in all the arts and econUmes Of
marching Az an Illustration of the marching
done during the compaienof the past fortnight.
] mny mention that on the l4tb War4n's corps
matched twenty four miles and fought two engage.
menis Az TO the upshot ofthe wonderful tramps
which l'ley have been making through the days
and nlghtsol this late curious campaign, they tel
puz4ed' amused aud are somewhat disposed to
think they have been bamboozled. But they are
the Same patient, oil suffering heroic mep, Yet
how seldom do we bear awori oi praise 10 these
brave. self-sacrifcipg fellows ,. 'l.oIi 'ltne,..
Our losses in men during the campaign have
been nconsidelabe, and in material very slight;
hntthn hotses have suffered severely. General
Pleasantvn, Chief of Cavalry tells me that the
number of killed, wounded aud brokeu.down
horses during this campaigp will reach thirty-aye
hundred. % f.aIl
INCIDENTS by THE Way
In tho counter-march We passed over much Of
tue same ground over which we had come up, and
almost every spot Of which has been rendered
Ia@ons BY some action during the numerous cam.
paigns Of the last three years As rode over the
battlefield OF Bull Run. my horses hoOfs knocked
about the skulls OF pour fellows who, having been
laid In shallow graves by tho hill slopes hal been
literally washed out Of their last resting places by
hsralns, AL along the way the army was FOL.
lowed by aocks Of carion crovs preyiog on the
dead horses that strew the way or picking out the
eyes OF anburled rebels lying n the woods
convesed on the way back with several cti.
zens who had seen and talked with Gen. Lee -.
| theySay he 1eyrr looked so we'll. Gen. Ewell
was with him, looking cadayefous and wasted
with ung sickness. Though minus lee he rides
his horse. and mounted orderly attends him with
a trntch for his usa when he dismounts. The
citizens report that the rebel army appears in
iine condition, physically and moray--beinp, as
asen.rl thing. well clothed and fed The Caval-
y and battery horses are, however, in wretched
plight being almost universally utterly broken
down The rebes sin passing through the country
took everything they could find in the wayof for.
age aud subsistence and corn fields belonging to
Vlrglnans which our troops bad protected, we're
unceremoniously stripped by thtrebes. The reb.
81 army started out with but fourteen days provl-
slons' and TIE heavy rains Of Saturday had earred
awaythe railrOad BRIDE over The Rapidan, thus
ehtaneering their supplies. Gen. Lee according.
y sent all round tO hunt up everything in the way
Iot food and Ioruge he could fnd At Warrenton
Gen, Jeb. Stuart being Invited to dine by citi-
GU cent PACK 6acs to inquire tho proposed host
could feed bis command On receiving In reply
to this dro lnterOgatory that he could not, tba
ii@us ~lder sent back word, "Then you cannot
fred me-"
... PROSPECTS,.
| 1t remains To be seen what action tho military
authorities at Washington will take in regard to
the Army OF The Potomac in view of the pass To
which uilalrS have beeubrouUht by tho late cam
pal9n Every one in The army here agrees that
artlve operations against Richmond by this huo
ave or for this year. ! my say further, that
eyelgb"dy Is persuaded that nihlNg can ever be
doue ugulu't Richmond by this lina The map ia
against ol' eSpr being able to do anything efsc.
tive in this way by any such force as we now
have fS1y General in the army agrees Tint the
sml'li side ul the Jamts ltirer Is ihr only line on
which To Operate ducctlS against Richmond. II,
therefore, the Army Of fhe Potomac is for tho
reS"nt Ia do nnthhg, W. should at once abandon
This OaVren WILDERNESS, IoIty the ivnls of III,
Pulornac. man lhr d'dencps Of Washington thor.
oushly und sepd two ur lhlee Of onr best corps to
he decisive theitrc Of war in Tho Southwest-.
When the business there Is once well done up IL
"lll DO no longer u question either VI Richmond %
ofVignia, f...t
WILLIAM SWlNToN.
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