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WAR MOVEMENTS IN VIRG VIRGINIA INIA ot of the operations of the mighty washington from the time that gen pope pole f 11 II back with the army of virginia to the rappa hannock on the lath of august 0 ti t I 1 the nothing was announced general Il alleck caused all the re reporters portera south of the potomac to occupy the right bank cf that noted stream forthwith after it became known that the confederate hosts were marching northward and a great dearth of news from the immediate scenes of strife was snoa announced throughout the north it is believed beli bell eved eyed that some very important movements J were made b by y both the federal and I 1 Cn confederate federate arrn arin armideo lelh ieti during the four or five days immediately following the anival cf of general popes army on the banks banka of the Rappa hanock from the Rap idon but the public were kept in ignorance of what abat was transpiring for pruden ial reasons as d 0 on the it became generally known that the army of virginia had occupied the right bank of the rappahannock Rappa hannock and gen gea pope hait had made th t stream his line of defense that the enemy wee in great f ace on the kouth side and making daily efforts to gt futher coith that desultory fighting had been go going it el on for several days that the enemy had wi bout doubt been everywhere repta hed that for three days heavy filing had been heard beard on the left and it was believed that the confederates bad had been repulse repulsed a there and that general s success had attended the federal arms A subsequent report stated that on the night of the 2101 th the confederates constructed a bridge across the liver in front of camp and the next morning an attack yas vas was made and three regiments of the enemy rushed across the bridge which aich stcl so son n demolished and took most of the men arlson ers who ba had d the he aubac audacity ity to cross the brid bridge e into his encampment under such biting circumstances an attempt was subsequent y made ad to ford the he rifer river at another point but success did not attend atten dilie the eart eff rt ald slid the llie enemy wab waa A as te alsed on the it was reported that the federal army occupied the horth north bank of othe atie nnie rafa alipra hannock from fredericksburg Fied ericksburg to varr anton a distance of forty miles thich aich line was fifty six bix miles from th the fhe e capital and that mc clelin clelan was as organizing reorganizing re the he army of the potomac Poto inac in the vicinity of alexandria it was also that it was believed in it washington that fi fighting halg was still stul going goiri onon the 28 h it was as made known through the medium of letters wt wl ich found their way into the public jo ja that on the there was the hta heaviest artillery duel fought across the rappahannock Rappa hannock ever fought on the american continent contin nt as supposed the northern chivalry attacked the southern early in the morning alon aion along t the entire line of defence to vh chahe southerners were not slow to reply shells were t ere principally used it was waa stated during euring I 1 the day aud and the firing k was kept up till nine in the er evening euing the casualties have not been reported the next heard beard from froin that sanguinary t region was that the confederates had bad turned the right of popes aimy simy and aad had occupied bianas Blanas sas junction Jun cion vion following which a series of battles were fought of a most moat desperate and bloody character the details of which hav llave rot been maa a public with sufficient certainty to give eive any accurate statement in rela tion Uon to alem it is bell beli believed be lived ved bo however wever that when the facts in relation to the eprat ons lf a the federal and confederate arms before Washing washington ton tou during the ten ay d S preceding the fot oot fit day dai aber shail shall be made known it will be fully made to appear that more blood was ivas shed and more men killed hilled and wounded during that time than during the sojourn of the army of 0 the potomac on the peninsula |
