Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-05-21
WAR NEWS
The latest adviccs from Cen c.

to Thursday Iast the 18th inst, at " r1; up
time he reports that bis forces were winch
vanced as they could be without hrinn ;s''' ad'
general engagement. The Federal 11l asa on
battle near Raymond was fftv-ona III 1;5 At the
one hundred and eighty wounded. The ca! Saa
hundred and eighty-six taken nrison ncaa one
sides the wounded. 1t is supposed that ~ ",
late demonstration Of General Bragp's arun me
Tennessee was to cover a movements to ~: Ia
force Vicksburg There seems to ha !" rem rem
doubt that troops have arrived from ea n'.E
Carolina and Georgia. '0u'n
With the exception of the force Of I,on,..,
Morgan on the south side of the C1mberJ1ae,na15
river, all reports of the movements Of P't 1a
Confederates with the view Of the invasion u
Kentucky are discredited at headonarters' a'
Louisville. It is believed that the reports If
other move ments were put in circulation Nv
the Confederates with a view to prevent rein.
forcements being sent to Gen. Rosecrans.
A skirmish occurred near Winchester, Va
on Tuesday, in which six Confederate cav
airy we're killed and seven captured. There
was no loss on the Federal side.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says-"H is be-
lieved that the Army OF the Potomac will not
make an advance for some time. It's DUTY
perhaps, will be to hold Lees army in CHECK
while offensive movements are made elsewhere
Meanwhile General Hooker is free to u4ature
his plans for the next campaign.
A letter from one of the Surgeons Of sh
Federal army, who lately crossed over the
Rappahannock, on a mission concerning the
wounded, SAYS as foIlows"W bile in the.
vicinity many Of the doctors took advantage Of
the opportunity offered to make an INSPECTION
of the mammoth battlefield, where was fought
what is deignated as the "ChancellorsylleBat
tle.'. We use the term mammoth, V1sn
speaking of the battlefield, for the reason thai
It covers an extent of gound from east to Vet
| full five miles, and from north to south over
three. Upon traversing this space, 1t Fa
learned that all the dead had been buried, and
at the head of many of the graves some marx m
was placed, inicating whose remains were 1ns s1
buried. All the wounded have been remoee 81
vet there was strewn from one END OF /. Ine nsa
to the other every description OF military a.. az,
coutrement and clothing, from cannon y w.
canbox, Two thirds Of the batte-held ~ Guy
| cred Dy Wooos' ncaloe'y a. oonA;ct which had
mark Indicating the terrible connlc1 "p''' '''
there taken place. y e,utbor nar,
Letters from Suffolk give few y tnrta 15a } =.
ticulars of the late skirmish at Cassval 1 pos.
and the tearing up of the Seabrook ana he % re-
| noke railroad by the Federal torces' anu VIZ y
moval of the rails to Suffolk
The President of the i. 5. yesterday ~,
doned Albert Horn, convicted IN the y, ~ :" !,
court, N. Y, upon the charge OF htnns o o,srs
| vessel for the purpose Of engaging IN 'D' ''"'
trade. u,odorats
AT Georgetown there is only :, no S1s AZ.
business doing in the markets nc c ~ cnra.
rivals by canal at present are coal !lo,u ar Ion.
berland, wich is quoted at 2oaS 40o ~ from
A contraband named Louis Brown limit.
Wastmore]and county, Va, has pee' oo'N aof