New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-01-07


therefore started up the RGrprhannock occuph
the caps Of the Blue Ridge. aud pushed his army WIN
NIL possihlc dispatch towar, the fell glanhr.s "i mary
land and PENNSYLVANIA and their capitol ciiics Gen
Hooker fonnd that the enemy was moving !. lhe
and norilward Of arpers Ferry and thai the sarr,i
there stationed would he Of no PRACTICAL nliiy. ~
knew moreover that tho IL lei Gen Lee had been Yer!
largely reinforced and that force should o" cor
resnondiu,Iy strengthened by every available man..
Gen Hallcck insisted that our garrison az thc iefry
should not be disturbed IN any ele'; anu; rs u. go
10 Weld tie point Gen. Hooker withdrew i" t.r con-
maud n tbe mrIny aid on sunday. the 2cth ofJunc,
lGen Meade was appointed his successor ,,.,
Meantime Lee had crossed the loionao hear ~
lu,msnort had occupied Carlisle and ChanheTsbirg'
ard was RAPIDLY advancing toward Harrisburg. his
cavalry had swept around through Hanover and iofk
To Wrightsvc where they were only prevented from
crossing the Snsun,anna by the destruction o the I'M
menfe wooden bridge connecting Wfglisiiue WIN
Columbia On Monday. The .il, our cavalry, Nhlch
had been IN almost constant skiriasbing WIN ,n enc
my since our dipsi ;Ife ION Fflmoafh reported ne
probabilities Of their making stand soHcNhrre AZ 'Hc
vicinity Of Emmtsbnrg New Windsor Cas'r"u VI
Gettysburg and on Tue.day tie Jrrh orr infantry en-
connered the encmys advance and pushed hun hack Y"
the Gettysburg road. On Wcdncsdoy. the Let of July
the preliminary arrangements were made Tor The
" great battle Of history" the TenoSn oil which VIII
cover tie hard fought the hard marched the ever pa
tent, ever ready over enduring and stor. hearted
&" Army Of the Potomac" with lasting gfsiitadt nd
glory The details 81 Wednesday evenings night end ~
lhGrsday and Fridays battles were inl! reported III
yonf columns.
! Gettysburg was hard brave. standup 6g't--a
decided success and victory Never shaA forge, me
eloquent incident Of mild blneeyed boy ~a1se hs'
auburn hair covered brow OF scarce ts.hi. SdhL'
he lay mortaily wounded on that field, and yri fuy
comprehending oil that Wa gong on stont MINI,
advantage that we rad won. A hurriedly passed,
caught his eve already beaming with unwoDt,d luser
of approaching d. solution. when lie said eve given
it to them this iime-haycnt wcr And scarce! Aad
III. words escaped lis lips. when bic spirit FED
Again, listened 10 TIC story Of begrined cannon.
ier MS he narrated With thrilling patho'. tie cutting
away Of tie mangei limb Of another young man. thc
son Of your own fled whilom Correspondent IS W.
How he bore Ms inevitable doom With the fortuie Of
veteran hero buoyed up with the consolation that Ms
Young lie had not been given up ~ vain saw tele
also s stricken fhleT overwhelmed with the unuifer
ahe anguish of his bereavement and thought Of NE zen
thousand Others thfuneh the land. whom he yphed
In hi, way. And We, coud but feel that my poor
friend Wlkeson would ith many Others throughout TIE
land respond with Cato mid their tears:
"Tr.ut. 70 tie sods. NY boy h~ done lie iuiy,
Welcome. ny .oa! I9efe oct him down. m! "'ha''
Full IN my light. that ! n,sy view at leisure
How besutI'al !. deaih when ,sra.l by virtue
Wlo would not be that youth What pi'y ts
fhaf We D.. 5u once to saye our coun'ry'
.hould hsv. blu.h-i 4 s,o', house bad '.cod
Secure. rd fouIish-d in civil wn.'
these were but passing Incident, bat they go 10 show
that those who fought and fell. died not without tAe
In tiuctyc consolation that their honor vindcsted
tina, whatever had bcfnrn might befall the Army
of the Potomac lcnceiorth their courne' hni devotion
10 country and principle stood redeemed before The
.nsn ha noi' ps .nsn PHRASE 20 ihs sd
ration and gratitude Of the ages
AL this must bs impartial history record. And yci
the eIaotion. OF ruth demand the confession that th'
battle OF Getty s5lrg barren ~ ali those oecsli
results which should have been secured o' y, i'a,l'
weary and half famish.d ut Ind single corr he'n
lofi TO succur the wounded and bury the dead how
gladly vouli TIE remainder have if,cipiHteu ~e.h'
selves upon the dofce',d ind refrvaiing ior.
II Dot due "a tiuih SAY thu; orr entire follow ny
up." Isiook 6nore ofthe .cmbisDce 81 scr.e friendly
escort than a Ge.eTinnci effort to annIlilato Zoe
Aud shs, .ha be- said 81 tho crossing u ne svoien
,riyor whefe,or the fret time IL seemed rr' fro'i
denc" was interpreting for ~ al dsy 0'i s.tlf'
dnv SATURDAY night. Srnia,. Sunday night AID MoA.
day In r,Iic esf We sio Ia attack tie diso gan.
ig-d mob flee pushed nefoss FALLING Water lne shii
a. vas the comga-sn did 70. ite Precedent tat" TIE
whole cae ben De- -a.d. " u reminded Liza % holding
90 much q good old hogss Game sl'setto,ing pr
grcse across pond" That opf~irtlritie- were i">i
nons know better than our leader aud Win tAo ia-t
stated W. again hll back upon our aIin..iic t'"s'y
our safe and prudent following ny Of ne rr'f, ANY
Zoe 10 Capelpci .- known to al lee irirr'cne'i
on ~. R,plasn and ~. line via Grange Cont House.
ard our long and patient waiting durinF al The al
months. are also matters ~ r,greiiu llsoIy,
Net come TIE bright page, - Benlion. br,'ow mo-
Then our retreat "a CeLtgeyci our advance The d"
strcion Of tho Orange snd Alexandria Railroad ihon,
brighter r'. tie record Il RryraAnnuock station und
keliys Ford Then follows another rest. ana then our
advance III. kapdan our return. and ne hnmila
ton 81 onaoting ono Of the sianacs comedies o' 1ho
Bu, lere. tonight NJ ihc-e mon siand shiserins
around their camp hra. their weary rounds "a
united fod barrier Of G.sh and blood FOR the pro'ec.
ton %! the citadel 81 nationality protest against
tho a-por-ion and the fccin: too often nduged that
The grand Army Of the Potomac Las been. and Is. aud
ever will be- impatient 81 results. noDlor. truer
bIy If men do not ans where keep step 10 the music
IL tie Union" Never have they fslol their leader III
all that has been required Of them. Let tho country
bless then. with it, proiound,st gratitude for
They arc the w1tchiaen by sn tiaYrc' cradle
Whose youthfr siuew. show III. Honer; whose bead
T.npesiuous seArs an loo . cIustoi cap,
Spsrt ins with polar sl.endof " y. her ssi'ts
Ce,ci p-rfrrn-. ffom Tie Isle; whose 'idrn'ysf
Sb II s~e in either ocean. whose s'fons hand
IEc~dom's ii.nsois banner gaps sud ytio
II, spsnglsd glor~s Der al ~nsyins world
Thus have endesyored 10 give you connected and
truthful narration OF what ha. been done BY this army
during the past year. rapid and brief In detail though II
necessarily be. Al another time. mny Indicate what
In the dgment of close observer and one who most
sincerely desires is oomplciest triumph. might and
should have been done by this army and what yet mny