Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1863-11-12
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and repulsed in all their efforts, they gave up =
the attempt. The rebel army was nov ses to
work to destroy tie railroad, and tho sifsstusis
manner in which they did their work aas ale 4.
ready been mentioned. Thursda, Friday and j.
Saturday seem to have been employ cd in ths !.
manner, and then Lee began his retrogads
movement-the rebel army passing through
Green wich on Sunday, and Warrenton on Moa
day, and thence down across the Rappxhanaoek 4
their rear covered by the cavalry.
In the mean while the Union army lay at
Blackburn's Ford, Boil Run Chantilly and Csa
trevilie. awaiting the development of the sxs- 8
my's plaGs. Headquarters were the old
Bull Run battle field, by the woods thrsagh
which the regulars made their charge.
| On Monday, the 10Th, the forward moves
mens was begun, the army crossing Ball Run
on pontoons. The I'd corps took the road to-
ward Auburn, the 9th toward Warrentoa, the
Sd toward Catlett's, the 1st and 5th toward
New Baltimore, Tuesday, Goth, found the ar
my on the line indicated; the line Cedar Ran.
1t had been expected and hoped that we
should NEE. the enemy, but they were tar a..
head, and nothing but small cavalry parties ap-
peared. On Wednesday, our cavalry return.
ing, gave the intelligence that the rebels were
all across the Rappahanneck and the RaPidsa.
la this situation, pun suit was, OF course, hops-
less, and has for the presen. been given up.
As to the imputation that Gen. Meade, was,
during the retrogade movement, trying to get
away from Lee, and mansuvring throughoat
to avoid battle, it is utterly false. He tried
repeatedly TO get battle, and would have fought
the rebels at SperryvilIe, OF Winchester, ut
Centrevlle anywhere else in which he could
have brought his army into position. had not
the willy strategy Of Lee and his own ex-
ceedingly defective Information rs to the posi>
ton of the enemy, banked his designs and de-
s.res. Referring last night, we sat around
the camp fire, to bis disappointment at not hay
ing oeen able to get battle out of Lee, he said,
to report literally his own pungsnt expression,
that it was like pulling out his eye teeth nos
to have fight" Whether man of q differ
eat stamp would not have been able to compel
a battle, know not; but Meade was not only
willing but eager to tring such result about,
and did all he could in this view.
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Oar Losses in men during the campaign have
been inconsiderabls, and in material very slighs
but tie horses have suffered severely. Ger
Pleasanton, CHIEF of cavalry, tells me that the
number of killed, wounded and broken down
horses during this campaign will reach $780,
Ii remains to be seen what .otien the mill
tary authorities at Washington will take in re-.
gard to the army of the Potona@y ia view OF
the pass to which affairs hsv@ bsea brought oy
the LATE campsign. Every one in sha army sare
agrees that active operations against Rlch,aDna
by this line for this year. may say;
further, that every body is Pursuadsd that $ oth'
ing can ever be done against Richmond by sAis
line. tn map is against our ever being asls
to do any thing effective in this way by any such
force as we now have. Every General in The
army agrees that the South side of the Janes
River is the only line on which to operate die
rectly against Richmond. If therefore, the arr
my of the Potomac is for the present to@de
nothing, we should at once abandon the barron
wilderness, forsify the foras of the, Petomas,
man the defences of Washington thoroughly,
aad send two or three of our best corFs 20 ths
decisive theatre of war in the Southwest, Vines
the business there is we'll done up, itaWllI
be no longer question either of RiehmOndor
of Virginia. f>e1 so - stsssssA3
The RuMoRED EyAoU ALTON OF NoKFoLKs
We copied. some days ago; from = Petersburg
paper, paragraph stating that Norfolk had
been evacuated by the Yankees We have
since learsed that, SO far from this being the
ease, that an additional New York) regirnsnt
aas been sent to that place. The nnovement
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