Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1864-03-16
From the Springfield Republican.
PROGRESS OF THE WAR.

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7 spring campaign--so to be spoken of in
: military courtesy--have been completed.
: Anxiety for Sherman's army is removed by
its return to Vicksburg. 1t did not
| reach Selma or Mobile, but it broke up
. the Mississippi railroads extensively, de-
: stroyed large amounts of confederate sup
plies and brought in crowd of contra
| bands, at cost of about 800 men we are
told. Gen. Fitzpatrick and his fast riders
, did not destroy Richmond, release our
| prisoners, or hang Jeff Davis. but they
; did considerable damage to Gen. Lees
railroad connections, entered the suburbs
} of the rebel capital, alarmed its riest of
/ traitors, and got safely out again and
, within our lines on the peninsula, with a
, loss of only some two hundred men, The
reconnaissance In Florida proves to have
( been quite as costly as first represented,
and the loss was not less than fifteen hun
bred men, twelve gus and great NUM-
Der Of muskets and equipments, the re-
suit being to delay the occupation and
reconstruction of the state Gen. Thorn
: as army found the rebel position at Dal-
l ton, Georgia, too strong to be forced, and
E has fallen back to it's old line in front of
Chattanooga. Longstreet has not retreat
ed from East Tennessee, but only fell back,
, and Gen. schofeld is watching him.
: There is nova pause before the opening
Of the actual campaign, and reinforcements
are going forward rapidly to our armies,
causing the hope that when they advance
it will be to decisive victories
..- IN VIRGINIA.
The close of last week left the country
in suspense as to the result of Gen, Kill
patrick's bold raid through Virginia
though it was the suspense of hope rather
than fear, for there was little doubt that
he would bring his men out safely, and at
least a possibility that he might surprise
Richmond and do some mischief there, if
he did not actually take the place. Pub
lie expectation has been verified. Gen.
Kilpatrick's men went within the outer
Notifications of the city, bivouacked for
one night in the suburbs, and threw q
few shells towards the city, as an indica-
ton of what they would like to do in
that line. The most difficult part of the
work was assigned to detachment under
Col. Dahlgren, who were to 90 around the
city on the northwest side and attempt to
reach Belle Isle and release our prisoners,
then cross the river and attempt to make
u junction with the main force within the
city, which they were to consign to the
flames, and seek in the confusion to cap
ture or kill Davis and his cabinet. They
took along the combustibe materials with
them, and the scheme was feasible enc,
provided the soldiers and people in Rich
mond could have been first chloroformed
!, or in some way made to keep quiet till
the thing was done. The only real chance
of success was in suddenness and audaci-
ty, but both Fitzpatrick and Dahl@en
found distractions chat delayed their ap-
proach to the city, and the rebels were by
that time thoroughly aroused and at their
!. guns, so that escape became the first OBJ
.ject. If the raid had been made in con-
nection with an advance of Meade's army
it might have had very important re-
suit. There are at present no signs of
movement in that army. Gen. Costar' s
cavalry has made another reconnaissance
-across the Rapidan. but the army rests
quietly in camp, is being organized into
!, three corps under Generals Sedgewick,
. Hancock and Warren; and balls and 9TH
!. er amusements of winter quarters are
busily enjoyed as the time to leave fun for
work approaches. Nothing has been done
in Gen. Kelly's department lately besides
the destruction of some saltpeter works
near Franklin. ln'Gen. Buffers depart
ment the rebels are. scouting around the
outposts of Norfolk, gobbling up some Of
our pickets, and behaving generally as il
! they took a malicious pleasure in annoy
ing the commander of that department.
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