New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-14

remained unchanged since the withdrawal OF the
amy Of Gen. Mcclellan from the Peninsula year
ago. Attempts by the insurgents TO rctake Will
hamsburg and Suffolk have been defeated but the
garrison at the latter place has been withdrawn for
purely military reasons TO more defensible line.
now return 10 the Army of the Potomac, which
was left resting and reiittDg after putting an end 10
the first insurgent invasion Of Maryland. Gen
McC lcllan recrossed the Potomac and entered Viz
inia in November and obliged the invading forces
under Lee to fall backward 10 Gordonsvillc, south
of the Rappahannock. When the Army OF the
Potomac reached Warenton it was placed under
command of Gen. Burnside He marched to Fall
mouth. hoping to cross the Rappahannock at Fred
ricksburg and TO move at once upon Richmond
DELAYS, resulting from various causes, without
fault of the General, permitted the insurgents to
occupy the nights Of Fredericksburg and when, at
length in December Gen. Burnside crossed the
Rappahannock his assault upon Lees well-fortihed
position failed. lie skillfuly recrossed the river
without loss Gen. Hooker succeeded TO the COM
mand. and il was not until the beginning OF May
that the condition Of the river and roads permitted
crossed the Rappahannock and accepted battle
which proved equally saneuinary TO both parties,
and unsuccessful to the Army of the Potomac.
The nights Of Fredericksburg were captured by
Gen Scdgvicks corps, but the whole army was com
PEELED to return to the north bank of the river Al
ter this battle Lee in the latter part of May and in
June, withdrew his army from Gen. Hookers front,
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words the sources OF the Rappahannock, entered the
Shenandoah Valley, and once more tempted the
fortune Of war by invading the loyal States. A Sc
we're cavalry ongagemcn, at Beverly Ford unmasked
thi. movement. The Army of the Potomac brokeup
,s camps ard marched 10 the encounter The militia
of Maryland, Pennsylvania and New-York few TO
arms. and occupied Baltimore, Harrisburg, and the
line Of the susquehanna. The two armies met at
Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, and after fierce con-
ties, Of three days duration, and terrible slaughter
on both sides the insurgents rccoied from the posi-
iion held by Gen. Meade, who had been then only
four days In command Of the Army Of the Potomac.
On the Fourth of July, the day Of the surrender OF
yicksburg, Lee ro,reaicd passing through Cham
bersburv and Hagersiown 10 Wiamsport, where
the proper disposition TO attack him was made by
Gen Meade Deceived concerning the state Of the
liver supposed TO be unforiablc, Gen. Meade, hour
ly expecting rc-enioreomcnts, delayed the attack
day long and the insurgents partly by fording and
partly BY floating bridges succeeded IN withdrawing
across the river by night With thsir artillery and
great part of their baggage. Much Of this baggage
as well as Of the plnnder which Lee had collected,
was destroy by cavalry, or thrown out OF the
wagons 20 make room .or tho wounded whom Lee
carried II from the battlefield. Ho had buuod
moe, of his dead Of the hrst days conflict at Getys
burg The remainder, together with those who
fell on tho second and third days Of the battle in all
I. 500, were buried by the victorious army. Many
thousand insurgents, wounded and captivcs, fell
into the hands Of General Meade. II is not doubt
ed tha, this second unsuccessful invasion cost the
insurgents 10000 men. Our own loss was severe,
for the sirifc was obstinate and deadly. General
Meade crossed the Potomac. Lee retired again 10
Gorlonsyillc, where be is now understood TO be in
front Of our forces.
While the stirring events which have been re-
lated were occurring In the East and in the West,
General Rosccrans advanced upon Bragg, who,
with little fighting, hastily abandoned his for
tilted positions Of shelbyyillo and Tullahoma,
in southern Tennessee. General Rosecrans
took, and he yc, holds them, while Bragg with Sc
we're loss In hurried retreat, has fallen back To
Chattanooga. II is understood that his army had
been already much weakened by dctachmen,s sen,
from it to rc-enforce Johnston, with view 10 a
raising Of the siege Of Vicksburg.
must not overlook the operations Of cavalry.
Gen. Stoneman, in connection with the movement
upon Chancellorsvie, made rapid and effective
passage through tho insurgent country, from the
Laprahannock TO the York River, which will be re-
mcmbcfed among the striking achievements oi the
war. While our forces were operating against
yiehsburg and Port Hudson Col. Grerson, with Il
force Of l. 500 men, left Corinth on the northern
border of the State Of Mississippi, and made an cx-
pedition, In which he broke military communca-
ton. destroyed stores and effected captures through
the length and breadth OF the State and finally with
out serious loss. joined the army of Gen. Banks,
thea engaged in the siege Of Port Hudson.
John Morgan, hitherto the most successful Of the
nsurgcnt partisans, recently passed around the
lines of Gen. Burnside, crossed the States of Ten
ncssee and Kentucky; moving norihward, and
the Ohio River at Brandenburg below Louisville,
and seized two steamboats,, with which he crossed
into Indiana. Thence proceeding rapidly eastward,
subsisting the country and impressing horses ~
his own gave out, he traycrsed portion Of Indiana
and nearly the whole breadth of Ohio, destroying
railroad stations and bridges, and plundcring the
dciensccss villages. The people rallied to arms
under the calls OF their Governors. Some of them
occupied the most important points, wh,lc Others
barrcaded the roads or hung upon the rear of the
intrudcrs. Morgan found no disanected citizens to
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