Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-07-23
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ern Virginia lett and maohed Directly ria
CQlpepper .. H. to Front RoTel, tie henandoah ard
proached Be-r7vile the 10Th Yves opposed Dy 1900
Yankees whc lied il Is minutes, leaving their enie
Winchester with Iomenss Qlarter1naasers' Comm
snd Ordnance stores, including pieces OF heavy
he balance command OF the notorious aJroy fed
into the woods in the direction Of Hatoer's Ferry nl
tation of the example Of their commander Winchester
very strongly fogtifed, and yet net that
single rebels LIE lost u its Ca The march
then continued through Bunker Hill and EarCsblre 6ry
ing small command from each place, and capturing
era field pieces, and cutting the Baltimore ard Ohio Rail
Road at the latter and finally the Potomac crossed
this place the 10TH WiiamspoTt is Immediately
the river between The ClmberlaDd end South Nouna n
RANGES, each of which in lines nearly perpendicular
to the Potomac, forming the Cumberland Yaie7.
The march soon continued this Valey among th"
Dutch, through Chambers51rg, Pa and various smaller
towns until the 27th when rested N the barracks at
Carlisle 20 miles from Rarrisbarg having marched
zoo miles During march through Hcyan0 end Penn
WIS orcanized and bV authorized agents oniy
cry &C. thus stized a1d eerttc except such
way. Positive orders issued eganat
interfering wit9 private property, and generally Wei OBJ
avs dopbn a on MAD he oSns
advent than the ezistng tyranng under which
they living This account thus far refers chiedy
Gen Ewel's corps wLich left Carlis and approached
Gettysburg when the corps Geos e Longreet and
burg is immediate on the East side South Mountain
Range about 80 miles from the Potomac river. On the
lst inst the two grand armies engaged a GettySbrge
enemy driven from the town and retired behind bis IN
qeIious and extensive works Gettysburg Beghts These
Heights were formidable by Ia ure and were strongly n
trenched and fortified.
The contest continued at tas point during the 21d ed
3rd nstsns and the damage was heavy oa each sd9te
enemy still holding the beRhts Our loss including killed
the enemy at least so COO statement as to these num-
bers not Of knowledge but based the best
maEds made n tle evening O. the 3rd IEs the ciah
Of ceased end on the 4h each army retired down
scuth Aourtan-Gen'I Lee above and neral Hooker
@eade below which positions they now occuPy-ve On
the river. unable, Cisposod, to Indicate the
cations are inconsistent with the dea OF re crossing ha
Potomac river again Whilst Maryland sits trembling
in the scales she likely 30 become the theatre OF
people in this portion of the Stale much GgiCed
in choosing the future position Power will decide their
destiny
Our VI 1ndod and Yankee prisoners are being sent to
Winchester and the entire transportation Of this army
centered around this place.
The Commander nChet Of this army has the u9bounded
confdenee of h;s troops and has expressed great s3se
ton al ten sodsFy GGn594 @ dafn a a
ways odious, will that the North Carolina infantry
boys haze gaanty sustained their well earned ion
on other fields
1t reported and ouderstood here that Gen Meade
percedcd Gen 2oker and commanded his army at eys
burg. The Yankee prisoners cptured at Get huFg re-
fu ed to be parole supp6sing they could ee5y D. es
will probably re Gisap pointed.
give you tie above brief statement. without details
Mr. kaior under the impression that not ia
iar with the moVenent5 OF tnls army ard that You
st least wiling to bear from IT. may write ? aGaln
t1HU: th stats. 'lS Yours &C. NGTG AEoLISisN
GEN LEES SITUATION AND MovEMENTs.--T,H~ m
easiness and suspense which have existed in the pobc
mind for several days with reference to Gen Lees my
are fast giving way to feelings and COnhde ice II hls
ability to not only maintain ns position bat The
offensive. Accounts by variOas sources OF a ve2y en-
Coursgug character have been nc ;eived.
We learn from the Richmond Examiner that ln0T-
nation certainly authentic is 10 the hands of the Coy
ernment which leaves doubt f the safety and tri
u1aph of our noble army Gen. Lee victorious IN
all the combets which have taken place He 1as been
gagged with the whole force of the United States aud has
broken it, backbone. He has approached Hagerstown
only for the suggested yeserday-namely that
he must reopen and establish his communications,
which have been rnenaced and partially interrupted
He is burdened with thirteen thousand prisoners. and
has on his hands all the wounded in the late sangunay
batses OF these he must be relieved AID he could
not either weaken his army by detachment sufficient
to convey them into Virgine, entTast them TO al
ordinary guard in the presence OF the Yankee cavalry
Hence he has drawn near to bis base with his whole
force In few days these arrangements will be COM
peted and bis losses will be replaced by renorcements
nearer to Washington than Gettysburg.
Lynchburg Republican, 18th INST
GUERR1LLAs on THE MIssIss1PPI.-Ihe ease with
which guerilas operate the Mississippi IS thus
stated by correspondent OF the Cincinnati CONNER
cial
At present all the gunboats cannot keep the gueriI-
las from the bank protect the transports thai bear
us supplies. How could they if there half dozan
batteries of dying artillery different places? There
is the Srader, with hundreds of boxes of ammunition
piled on her DECK and hole from al 2pourder through
her barroom, only two feet above the nberlng vol
cano Two other holes arc through her. The Prima
Donna has over twenty canno-. shot through her-al
this with c1e battery at Cypress Bend thirty-6ve
miles below Napoleon. What would it be 1t Johnston
should go there? In places the channel comes
within few feet of the cahe-ined shore All the gun
boats cannot keep them clear When the river is low
steamer is almost hidden behind the bank-sharp
shooters can fire down upon then but cannon cannot
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