Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-10-20
LATEST NEWS.
FROM GEN. NEEADE's ARMY.
The Seven Days Campaign in Virginia.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE WORCESTER DAILY SPY.


army of the Potomac say there is no intor-
nation of Lees whereabouts. He has lately
materially changed his positions. Such dis
positions have been made with our own army
as will meet contingencies. There is no truth
in the report that Gen. Meades army is in
the defences of Washington. Heavy firing of
artillery was heard this morning in the direc-
ton of Manassas.
The following letter has been received from
the army;
CENTREvILLE, Oct. III employ few
| leisure moments to give a cursOry review of
the last seven days campaign. 1t is pretty
evident now that it was Lees intention tn make
a grand raid in the rear of the army of the
Potomac, cutting off railroad communication
with Washington by destroying the bridges,
securing supplies for his half furnished troops
and horses, by Selling scattered wagon trains
and then by rapid evolutons throwing his
main force upon different points and destroy
| and demoralize Gen. Meade's army.
On Saturday last, when Lees flank move
ment was discovered, Gen. Meade ordered a
rear movement east of the Rappahannock
from Culpepper. Kilpatrick's and Bufords
cavalry divisions with the infantry supports
covered our rear. At this time IlllS corps
had advanced by way of Sperryville and
Little Washington on our north flank, towards
| Warrenton via Waterloo. Our rearward
movement commenced at daylight Sunday
morning, and the enemy reached the east
bank of the Rappahannock the same afternoon.
Finding that Ewelrs corps had not pushed
us to the river on Monday, Gen. Meade sent
three corps and Buford's cavalry on recon-
| a.. 1
Culpepper, and found no heavy force Of the
enemy there. Lee in the meantime had push
ed his main column towards Warrenton in
the hope of executing his we'll lanncd move
ment upon our rear, but our reconnaissance
towards Culpepper led Inn to believe that it
was Gen. MeadeS intention to get in his rear.
| He therefore halted his army to give a defen-
Sive fight. Up to this time Lee had the decid-
| ed advantage. He was as near to Washing
ton as Gen. Meade, and unencumbered with
trains, had every prospect of gaining Manas-
| sas and Centreville and cut off our retreat
and all our heavy trains. He evidently ex-
| pected to be attacked in force on Tues
day morning, and maintained his po-
sitIon in line of battle until noon Tuesday,
awaiting our advance.
During the reconnaissance of Monday
Gen. Meade Withdrew his corps from the
Culpepper reconnaissance, destroyed the
railroad bridge, abutments and ALL and sent
the pOntOOnS eastward before daylight on
Tuesday morning. Sunrise saw the whole
army we'll on the wav tn,vnrds CotIo,t,S s,a0
tion and that virinitv rho c,valr,, anI li,r%t
batteries protecting our rear and r;,,ht AL,
| From elevated points of view the advan1o nf
our army over the Mains of Fauouier NV fo,,r
parallel routes. with Aankinv cn1nmns 81 IN.
tantrv. stretching for miles and n,oviny staa'i
| ;Iv fnrvord ,r.s ,,orrniGo,,t - e
| ti1n Cannonoding and ra1si,o;.,, $3.50 tnp
oupntlv heard on onr now Iet} an ~.
| bodies of rpbal cavalry cama Jonn n,
different noint. rndar rho fxed haI;of tbat tba,'
would roach tho railroad and ant an. lin, 49,,
opposed That they were axtremeIv nn1zIad
is M exuression of their surnrise tTba,, nov,
astoundrd at fndiny a f,rrn .t everv roint
miles from the lines of every travel 70 n,aat
and reneI tbam Nor wos Loo Ios, ',,,1,s,;eoi
and nnnnlnsspd wban ha Learned ,bat We h,G
been 81 sncresstnIIv on,-gennrol,ed b,, cnm
Meade
He nushad off St,ort,s o,volrv fro,, Sr,
phur Snrings nnon onr raar ,Tps,dav ovo-
nino and rnsbed fnrword 1Ier H;Irs corns a.
donhle ouirk tn snnnnrt Them EweII nd.
vanred moro leisureiv HIPS corns dounIo
nuicked "Wednesday from Worroptnn to raor
Bristn,v Statinn to Sunnort tho cavalry and n
light battery who we're vainlv attemnring r.
cnt off onr rear guard The result pf t6eir
efrort has beon herptofore stated Tho a.ilont
and indomitable Warren yaye them hst1la and
lesson that in the history nj war viii not he
easily fornotten' ''
On Wednesday niobt we had crossed Rrr
RIM and formed line. front IN the enemv
from ChantilIv on the north to WOLF Rnn
Shoals on the soutb. Not forthing's worth
of property had been abandoned or destroved
bv The enemy ont of the million dollars worth
transported from Culpepper, about 60 miles in
three DAYS. AT this hour Lee, having been
toiled in his grand endeayor TO annihilafe Con
Meade. has now fallen hack towards tba Ran-