Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-07-24
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For twelve months, Observation-Disclosures. 5
Interesting Details of the Battle nea
Gettysburg
From a correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer
WINCHESTER, Va, July 9th, 1868.
The reasons which have detained me her
for the past three days seem no longer to exis
and [ shall, therefore leave this evening fo
Martinsburg, and will get TO the army as sool
q, possible.
Our army is certainly now at Hagerstown,
Boonsboro and Fredrick, Md, and seem tt
be ON the route to Baltimore. My own i'm.
preston is that the great battle of the war viii
be fought st OF near the Relay House, the prz,
at stake being nothing less than Baltimore
and Washington.
The positions which the enemy held at Get
tysburg a the last two days battles quite
imprsgaable, and Gen. Lee has done wisely in
charging his base, aud forcing the enemy &c
meet hun ou fairer field. There is also ancth
ef reason assigned for car change Of position
but, tor prudential reasons, will withhold it.
There has been no general engagement since
Sunday, and all the rutacrs of our successes
since then are, you may rely upon it, unfound>
ed.
1t will be asked, what has been gained by
this invasion of "a tree State, since loss
must os quite heavy. l answer, it is vaiua
ia that il demonstrates to the people of the
free Ssatss our power not only to repel aggres-
son. but it will go further, and assist largely
n bannishng from their minds all schemes for
our suhjugation. Ia full, it is living demon-
.traton Of our ability to act successfully on the
offensive as we'll an the defensive.
4 Golgotha monument to the folly of this
cruel crusaoe has been erected in the heart of
Pennsylvania, near the homes of those who
have been most enegetic in its prosecution
The chalice which they have commended to 9th
ers has been pressed to their own lips. The
draught is bitter, bEt like all healthy medicines,
it must work good results, political and social,
to the system Of our opponents.
| confess that have no great hopes of grand
results likely to flow from sMary land, my
Mary land" She has been SO long held down,
aud go long exempted from the ravages of war,
that believe .he impulse of patriotism will
be merged in the reflections of expediency and
drowned in the calculation Of interest and ne
eessity Had Virginia reasoned; her man
hood would have been long since destroyed
and her fame unenviable.
1t is quite true that the enemy have re occu~
pied Mary land Heights, hutsthey have not as
yet, | think, attempted . foothold on the Vir-
ginia side.
Reports from the army all concur that the
spirit of the men is Hvlncible, ana that they
are nothing da,npsned by the late severe bat.
ties, in which our loss cannot think, fall far
short of ten thousand some two thousand of
these are now here At least three thousand
more are on the road between here and Will
Transport, Md. The accommodations for the
wounded are quite inadequate, aud the patience
our brave soldiers have at the lack Of prepare.
tou is praiseworthy in the highest degree
still, those who are here seem to exert Them
selves to serve the unfortunate. The LADIES',
too, manifest some interest ir the welfare of
the wounded, and only regret tnat cannot
say that it is more general. Perhaps however,
as there are large number in the private resi-
dences that the 'sminis ring angels do more
than is seen, and that their labors, though un-
seen by the public, are not unfeit or unapprov.
cd by the sufferers.
Gems. Heuh, Scales, Pepder, G. T. Anderson
aud Jenkins, are here and we'll cared for. Gen.
Semmes is said to be at Martinsburg. A good
number of the wounded dave gone up the Val |
ley. Just here Jet me ask where are your
Committees for our wounded p
Their labors have been valuable in the past,
and ought not to be abaled now. This cam
paign j. not over, and Winchester is the point
tor them. =. 80