Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-02-08
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| TIE necessity for Union armies largely
communicating those Of The rebels becomes
evident on a careful scrutiny of the mill.
tary situation. Atthls moment the rebels
are making some, important combinations
and changes, rs indicated by the move.
mfents of Longsfreet aud the mysterious
disappearance of Johnston's army from be.
fore Chattanooga, aud all conjecture as to
what they are doing or preparing to do is
Fyet wholly attahlt. If they mean to make
another desperate effort to ,fnyadelt the loyal
Statebi aslGeny Halleek IhinksltBey Will.
they have choice of several lines of march,
each Of which will be swell concealed until
they have made such progress as will rem
dersit difficult to concentrate troops to re-
stst them. While the government is ex!
pecting and preparing for the grand strug-
gle in Tennessee and Georgia, it is atleast
possible thatthe rebel armies are moving
towards Virginia. where they will be able
TO leave a'sut1iOient army in front of Meade
to keep him in check while they send a
strong column through West Virginia into
Ohio and Kentucky, and so compel another
grand retreat of Gen. Granite 9army. like
that of Gen. Buell. two years before, while
atthe same time the seat of war is trans.
terred tto.tht'lo loyal States long enough to
enable the rebels to, supply themselves by
I plunder. The effect of any such success
would be to waste, another year in .ipde-
cisiSe movements and SO prolong the war
and exhaust the country. How the. rebels
could make such an invasion was descrfb.
led in the Army and Nayy Journal, some
iiweeks ago, and some reasons given for sup
7osing they intend it,: an' .sa5s9i Ia b f.sd7
! ain addition to operations against Grant
/ by way of Knoxville-the Virginia rebel
armies being reduced to-a nihimum and
l'placed upon the defensive4there is an.
other aggressive movement possible for
Lee, ,traughtIwithi more serious dapperl IN
i u.s. and capable of being carried nm win
out its c6je6t being distinctly indicated,
until 1t isiyerY far advanced. We allude,
to an tnyasi9ptof Ohio by Western Virgin.
la, up heiline of the KanaRha. If the
cavalry now covering Longstreeps COM
mnnications, and Eariy's corps, and the
co operative force1 16w1 in the southern
part Of the SheIdndoak valley. were
would be completely masked. nntfI fbs
mountains bad been crossed, and the Al.
lacking force were well under way. The
invading column wopld,rbe composed of
4 Longstreers force, and-GW that could be
spared from Lee, reibIorced, if necessary.
a from Joe Johnston. Thefi recent cayalSv
4 operations of thes eneufy have every an.
pearance of a Eetonn6isancs. of the noun
tam ranges, forStde 5phfpose Aof ascertain
4 lug the difficulties &tteadaat upou their
passage: The possesstouso of the East, Ten.
4 inesses ana n. Virginia railroad, from Cor.
4 aonsEilie I" Lyhchburg, is the geographic
cal taet which ,srepders these operations
possible: he possession of tpHe of these,
4 points at least is necessary. GordonsyiIle,
4 being the only Immediately accessible one
n oecomes, 10 thsretors, Temporarily an OBJ.
Elective strategical point of immense i'm.
IiPortance hs tpnssessinn, o threatening
j L5nchonrg, swa uldI 'reeail,r4Longstreet and
the reducing of Grants iorces d
Ia dstensiye status, Shtl the army ~ of the
N .Potomac aclWasMCeirtorced, to secure the
n possession of Virginia aud North Carolina.
which should be On our part the object o55f
the spring Sa9paigpi Z q Ie2 rf4
II ts.to be noticed that; ihe, advance of
the rebel forces down the sheaandoa6.
valley IS. "a probable mask to The real
lrebel movement, just what is now in
progress, and the aBPareut advance of
Longstreets, army towards Knoxville nay. IL.
! be IN merely = feint Fqt to cover lis real move
ment in the opposite direction, while a
Elarge detachment of Johnstouis army ma5
be on the way to LySdShB55diFg to make max ltl &
ljuuctioua with LougstEeet The article
from which wsshaveS quoted suggests the
means to meetsthsseA probable movements
. of the euemy::A 1855 49, ssS
"If these yiewsibe correct, we have to
prePaFein theensuihg spring against ops..
Eatl9ns s.tig9 81, on Gen, Grants flank by fay6f
Knoxville in force, at a period seaTlier fbsIr !.
that at which it has hitifefto been nossihIa
to moResinl Virginia, OF Af2 iilvasiSnS nj
Western Virginia or Ohio under cover 81
such an attack. To be safe against tie
first We must leave Gin sf${ n a * III