New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-25
Rebel Review Of tho Recent Operations La
Western Virginia.
fsoru the Richmond Examiner, July a.

see aid Kentucky lines How thu. country pas esrhl u
inter desolafon under the military direction Oh The
Auhct hioh Ill recently l-suei oruers from III
otr seems now ynfithomgIle inlstcTy. Inc Nehtiiu
Directuy seems TO have been tisiy pnAa'I W go.
TO the enc ys schTEss both for Nay and june n thAt
ousrter aud nothing bnt pundeT aud dttiuC.oh
marked the progress oi the casapl2 nni thee IA
nee armies combined were ectnJly Numbering NJ tao
gates Of Lynchnrg when our Generals u that @ir'ef
fortunately and "a the 10Y of IL, Inhabitants bsan io
receive orders from another voice.
That the designs of the enemy upon Dc western conn.
try may b. fully understood II " proper "a rrFntis a
sketch of rants plan o. campaign for tins ies'o. rs
dynlged by OF heir military correspondent. wlncb
was once before given IN those oonnrs and vlnoh Les
been completely authenticated by the acnhl hoFu'ehe
Tie writer several weeks ago, soolnf,i foil0sei
The theory which limits General Grants pan oil Vc
campaign TO the capture Of Richmond does nh hsli
Justice lie NAV capture thc Rebel onprtsd without
capturing the Robol government machinery, and Nth
out oyerihrowing Lees army. In that event faFtei
active and prompt operations viii h. neoessary Oen
| Grant foreeees ,his ard has provided Tor 70.
The second NOV smeut (0rsnt's bcug the hrtj Is
that OF hige and Stalel ny The ShenaiesA N-l.i y"
wards stanton witt the view first a taking possession
Of the Virginia Central kahFoaa. ana runaway es",i
ing a lodgreIt npon the Virginia and Tennessee htl-
road at LynchbuTg The third u Tat or ~ UrN NOV
Tag towards The same great rsiToad. viii q 9n o.
stirling IL at Salem 1he fourth that Of GENERAL Cf0ok
wko 81 moving with . strong force AL ~arse SUPPLIES
from CharlcstoWn yards Newborn dublin depot Oh
tie same railroad. The fifth, thai q Major GnLpp
moving up on the Virginia ride Of tie Big Sandy 30
wards Abingdon on The same railronG-
| In enc sagl9 particular dld uls NTier COMMIT an
| erryr Tho movement fTOc keniuciy by Nay u tho
BIZ SANDY WAS a much nofs important one than q BE-
entrusted 20 a Major. IL WAS N have b-sh mad, by an
ARMY If seven Thousand troops-,niAi, mounted u
fsntry cavalry and artl.Lery-undor command a u
! N.isr neral and ,lye General has since become
| known 70 fame sBder the name Of Bmhicge. Ia
another particular ,he plan altered And enhTftd
namely. IN tie movement nom WIlclestJ tnuAstu
% Sgel IL vas Ghorcd by the dctc"i which Tat
Gensr.I received iu Ma, ~ Newmarket rom Iseelin
RIDGE enlaI gcd by 40 sslsc tucat .rIntz@ilon
Of it, forces by several thousand tloy drawn Nom he
extreme NufthN sstefn dAtes. and by The appointment
Of General Hunter An officer Of glcr rank. % s con
rannd-he same Hunter. BY u, hy, Who luau,'u at@l
negro enhstuent aud misc gehsds,n II Tie Department
Of beaufort, South CAoiina As eafly rs y. inst W1Hig
| OF the 49,
The Invasion thus planned for Western Virginia oon-
prehcHded heavy aggregss a forces f1itt there
were Tie seven thousand II Bufhridg- from k.ntgety
twelve hundred az whom actually eS iEt9 virginia
through Pound Gap next there peTe the ELK thousand
of Crook which came from the Lower AnnaSha- ]hose
last were Joined by Ayerl. with twenty i've hundred
! cavalry coming from Northwest Virginia, and
finally there Was the AMY Of s,sel. Afterwards CON-
manded and REINFORCED By Hsntr. whose s'EengA
vss yariou,y estimated but was not lees than twelve
uossand The grtns aggregate ftrcOi- prepared for
this invasion not sss tsLn Isehs seven ,housand
men. 81,
me design was that shcsc different corps should
strike the Iynehburg ard Tennessee" and tie Central
Railrosis simultaneously az Abingdon. WytAe'lle,
Dublin depot ard stanton and Should Afterwards unite
centrally vest o. lyRchburR ard navel against tha
town. Subsequent oricfr fion Gen Grant - Hunter
directed him 20 lake and hold tie tOsn at any ss nnd
NJ all hAaIds and assslanoSs were given OF speedy ~
endorsements and nuplilos 20 he furnished ~ that point
| There were two movements the tr,t IN Nay, which
H,csTried and The plan wac AfierWgrd amended lnd
for June In Pursuance Of tae original plan al We
vary momen that Grant crossed the pidsn about tie
9th of Nav II Wa announced thai Sg.l motion
upon SAgnton. Crook upon Dushn Dspot and Aveiil
spsn Wytheville, with design. after destroying that
town and the lead nine " phite with Crook OF Dtbn
for a march TOW ard Lynchsug; bat 40 news came 81
movement ~ tat es1iy day BY M. Ga4ap.' alas
Msl Gen. Burbrdge spOn Abingdon 70 Sdtlihe- The
] 4 al. VfV "A -. fna.
ths csu.e it'd asssult BrockArdge hsd been srsrsi
away from Dabhn IN hurry. WITH al tie troops he
could collect at abort NOTICE, aad seAt down no alley
10 confront Sige leaving nothing bat b'W scattered
troops aterwsra collected together by hcCsaslad b.
oppose Crook nj DubAh.
'Breokinrdge defeated aigd and drove him back "a
t3ismsy AID rout But HsCssaaud. al DssAs (Ebo
~ Junior to Jenkins for sief PERIOD. tef that EN-
Ger received mortal wosLD. aSd pvt ]. so men with
which to resist Crooks 0Oo He Sught hssely. how
ever and shattered Croof'r army a. destroy his
design of proceeding toward Iynohburs AMI eospsl
retreat ~ lar EeSdow Bluff. N Cfeenbrlx AZ the
purpose OF rsoru.ting his tssssnhpt army nd rcpsir
our hands and eli his ~ssnset sst sscceeded before
leaving the region OF the bsse in desnoT M Ito
portant bridge over New Hyo<
| IL happened tbst nd 4 larRg iDrea at vi II
\ In the extreme soutk vest hAn anywhere eAe Va NC
line Of the Lynehbwg and Iesnesses Railroad. The
fact fortunate, for IL enabled Geu. ". T. Jones
thon copEasAsg tAars " spare Geo. hsfsxAt cssn-
mn& for services fastior cost Thss il lGppeR.d Nst
Gen Nergan making u fercod naxSh from saft,ine.
arrived at Wytlevils with his notRs< Een. in hne "a
| ave nat town iron Av1sX. and " ooMple>-ly dcfcst
that bssssed crvalry ehe,I with Aoavy 49, VI KILLED
wounded prisosers aad sRss. Ihs defcss N very
important, for ~ preveskd AIerN nom joining Creek
bofore tho battle u Dsbla and before ai Geaorl ID
foHnd u Necessary 10 fa1 bse4 W Meadow BlAd Avcr1
arrived at DsbliI two dsgs sfter CrS~4 had gsle Ii
Yves ~ further fsrssHs.e that Gea. h0gaa ~ d.
| sane tns that 10 IasieA ftou h.AtvAe vita hs
| mounted Inea against AvSfi. Ut Wytseyiao wss sbt
to send bis sSsnosnse< aen By TO railroad ~ DsbR
which force mrved there jx.t l. xAe ~ take ssrt ~
n - (x,~k l.srk q.
/ Neslov Blsd
TLese ovcatenoeA toak place in the early part u May
Simultaneously w.ta Grant operations In Sposyiya.
MIA AiolYsnB lght az Wytbevillc. Moo aas,ands o.
Dsbg ard BrsckinridEcs al New Market oil occurred
lboat the sane ;no with each other and sinultaue
ously it'll TIE great bates OF the Wilderness between
Subsequently to acse eveGta for several weeks, o.
We have foo nj oai to Crook and Aver
were relitns aud preparing at Meadow Isun for a0
advance on SsaultOn and Lynchoug, Hunter, sspei-
seding Sige. organising at Winchester heavy re-
erfo rcruents for "a second advance upon IynohbuYg
by war OF Stanton aud Burbrdge. Ia Kentuoky WAS
getnng ready 10 descend upon eKtrone south West
Virginia so as to prevent any advance from that d.
rocon upon the rear OIL zoe conoined nrnio cheat 10
move on Lynohbue.
lis frghtfsl oven nev. Ia recouect hsw Inadequate
Our preparations TO meet these formidable eater
Ialses oi Ne enamy BScokinnd6c with the only army
h at could DO called SUCH utAcA wo bad wet OF tho
BIuo Ridge ordered ciseyte leaving nothing 10
CONFRONT p. 90 troops bat few so1 brgsd- u pnr
rist cavalry. obput two rcshmoHs Of inhsntry and
anal brigade (VaughaLs) Of dsmounted troops acting
as Infantry. To supply he pace OF Brcckisndsc Nc.
Csasands little force from Dublin seat TO tse rvn,
al Stsuutou and Gen. William T. Jones Wa ordered to
tako ali the sroops he could from SSeth West Yr
enia TO the same position in the lower valley. 40.
eordingy Gen Jones not only got together ali the In
fhntIy west OF the New Rive. but dsmoants vaaShans
brigade of cavalry also. aud took all to Staunton eay
ing nothing In the extreme southwest but few d.
jointed bodies Of cavalry. and Morgans command. to
moet Burbridgc. coming In from Kentacky. We al
know what befel the heroic Gen. Jones q, stanton.
commanding the Little Heterogeneous Amy. thus hastily