The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-08-01

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the Commanding General for not making
the very DISPOSE ivns he had made
week before.
And just here, le me correct popu-
lar misrepresentation regarding the know
ledge of lie cuemy's whereabouts at ,hi,
tiii'e. Simply because the public wa,
not RECALLED every day with bulletins
from headquarters giving the exact. loca-
ton Of Lees army, ii was generally con-
celved that we of he Army of the Po o.
mac knew no hing concerning the enemy
Never was there more cgrcgous error.
Had il not been obviously improper,
your correspondent could have given
you "A comparatively reliable statement
almost every day, concerning the di>po-
! 81 ions Of the main body of the rebel
army. The attempted strategy of Ice
at This period has never been fully de-
acllbed. 1t is not, | believe, generally
known, that while Rhodes division of
ljwell's corps was tardily pressing north
ward, Early's division of the same corps,
was held III allegiance on the Potomac,
and Johns on's division Of still the same
corps was closely campcd around Win
chester. The two army corps of Long
street and Hill lay for whole week
snugly c.ouchcd down benea h the wes-
ern shadows of the Blue Ridge, on the
banks of the Shenandoah, vlgilantly
guarding Ashby's and Smokers Gaps
with heavy force, and using actively
the whole Of Stuart's cavalry % mask
and conceal heir posi- ion.
The frs; ten days of Lees invasion
was Il mere fclnt,- mere dversion,-
in hope of seeing Rockers army swiftly
rush northward into Pennsy lvania to
stop the rayages of Que small division,
while the mass of the rebel army, pass
ing suddenly down to Lce>burg, could
in less thHn one days march, cross the
| Potomac at Nulan's Ford, and place
i self be wccn the Ma ional army and
| Washington.
There is no feature of the campaign
more positive than Ibis, and Lee was
comp,e civ generated in its attempt-
ed execution. And We the General
commanding the Army of the Potomac
at that time has been abused because he
did not obey the behest of every fright
cncd farmer in Pennsylvania, and rush
to the pro cotton Of barnyarIs and
stables.
Ia this army the ma ter Of :Inyas1on'
is no and never was, cstima ed much
of Il calami Y. The soldiers always ar
que many good results from it, aud the
! faaie of both attempts made by the
enemy has fully justified the reasonngs
Of the officers and men. " Invasion, "
said the soldiers, @will keep the North.
ern people from becoming apathetc in
regard to the war; / will Kill the Cop
perhcads ; 1t will give our own people
an idea OF what war Is ; 1t will give Us a
great advantage IN Ugh ing them on soil
Wl'ere we are aclu"l'tcd' and where
'"cy arc "o' ana IL VIII re'hSP,f'' us
s'Io stronger o"'',c u nome man VIC
'o"Iu , N"e'e every eve "nvan,ase oi sou !, a""
r"'P'e 10 On !"e S'uc oi ''G enemy,
ANU 'ne instincts ol 0iu so4alorS seldom
60 vs. aS''"yi 90,
" nc" Lee l'' ~ '"'leo I" induce HOOK
CT ,i 10 uncover "a'n'"gt'o' ne loSt nc
l'":' III puS"'"s 'o'"a!o i"'o Maryi'n"
Is elua''y 'fne OF iiooNer lhat he
:os' 10 ',lno IN inc pursuit. " 'tnuF a,
'"s us army speeo''y IRON us IAN l'Ne
posi- ron III IRON, o' " aS'l'og,'n' he
e'ooseu '''e i''I' ny we pon'oo,' o'lu@eS
Il, h'M " re'r!' ana IN TWO Gays
m o,.ar,an d;st.rao of 81, W u , w, ~"
A. EroJor;ol, Gnn,ro, yIoot."r,, aSroo,
40 Con,m.,Jor nf .ba A rnr ~ ,bo pato'
moe came ~ srdIo, tarn';nn,;an Wv
f1~,, 1884,. IT,. ~, w. .'.
l uo no: h" , ''I' ~, u, e'Fc'''S 'ances
resulting resulting N oenc'ai floohef $ removal
n " ever ocen give" 10 'ne- puo''c' -
pgl"s aoIg 10 S.a { 'NeH EFec'se!J,
WIZ give '"0'.' o'''ny
From the time OF 'eavlns Frederlcks-
burg Gen. Hooker had been acting under
a strict letter OF instructions from Gen
HaIleck' and was reporting to the lat
ter daily. The letter ct instruction:
ordered Gen. Hooker TO cover Washing
ton a all times, aud when the passage
of our army IN o Maryland became ;
fixed fact, Maryland Heights was alsc
added as point to be covered and pro-
;ccted, and Gen. Hooker was authorized
to assume command OF any troops he