The New York herald., 1863-06-17
Oar B.l,lmore Correspondence.

bALnxosx June 15 1862
General Lees Preparations for he Present koremen,-Hn
Forces Are Aoring in rco Csl,~n,1ey Are to Join at
Hag1xo,n and Mow Thence on Hcyrisurg--Deai,ed
Statement Of General Lees Forcss, dc. ,r,
The invasion Of the North by the rebels has now com
menced. The movement Of the rebel troops towards
Maryland and Pennsylvania, which now in progress
is the summer campaign In the North foreshadowed m
my letters for time past and for which General Lee
has been preparing ever since early in the spring The
administration has been slow to believe that the rebels
had the ability TO undertake such campaign The state
authorities Of Pennsylvania have been more wlse and
have begun to make preparations defend their state
But their preparations too ate for tho
hotdss Of the invader will be their soil before single
brigade be organized Under tho proclamation
Of Governor Curtin and, organized what viii raw
recruits he compared with tho veterans OF stonewall
jackson and ronsstreetS r
All the preparations for this campaign have been made
with The sasacity that has always marked General Lees
movements He has waited iii an unusually long period
Of drought has dried up the that lie In his way
TIL they easily fordable and until Hookers army has
been depleted much It win be by the departure Of
ali the old regiments. In the meantime he has caused
those Of his troops North Carolina and on the pennsu
Ia sublk and Richmond, 10 be brought up 70
cuIpeppsr and his recruiting officers 10 the various
States acting connection with the conscription autho
rites have forwarded 70 him enough nl up oil
his old regiments He has therefore, ~ will be seen be
low 1o4 900 troops with which 70 commence thIs cam
pagu. And these will be joinsd-at least such 10 hs cal
cuaiionby the 900 Of his troops which hs sent 10
Chaisnooga weeks since, and the nscessiiy for
whose presence there no longer exists.
send you the following facts derived from the same
source those my letter OF this morning, as additional
thsreio- M
For weeks pass gensva Lee has been ccnoentrst.
ing his army 10 position that ne could move from
Culpspper whenever he was ready His intention ID 10
move In two columns, which 70 unite o. Hagsrsowu
The arst column sft caipsppW sous days ago crossed
the mountains spsrryvis fordsd The shsuaBdoah near
Iuray, end then moved on Winchester By the way or
orasburg This column CONSISTS f two q the divisions
of General Ewss sorps Qass ssonswsl Jscuoas oorps,,
one F which s ossssA Trinb,s's These two divisions
are fully 1880 strong, nd Asy eoasAssts oss Of The
columns mentioned above. Ths othse division Of Rwss
oorps viii probably march WITH Ne second column Tbs
reason Why thh arst esiumn vas MADE 10 Stronger n
believed 10 shas 0sosS lss had sAlisasd himss thss
General Ewei, with 10 80 troes could ovsrooue all the
opposition hs could possibly meet with west Of the she
nsndoAh river The event has shown the accuracy Of b
Judgment. This morning received the intelligence OF
the defeat yesterday evening Of General Nroy at win
chester and just acnnrmaiicn of the report tina,
hxtnsbarg also s N sessra Fwclis pcssessou. Gene