The Advance on Richmond: The Whole Army in Motion for the Rebel Capital – 2-3
New-Orleans and the Gulf: Details of Recent Events, from Our Special Correspondent – 3
The Mountain Department: The Fight at McDowell – 3-5
News from Washington: Anxiety Relative to the Pending Battles – 5-6
Editorial: Emancipation in the Slave States – 6
Gen. Butler Among the Money-Changers – 6-7
The Army in Front of Richmond – 7
The Bursting of the Naugatuck’s Gun – 7
Editorial: A Martyr Missionary – 7
“The enemy, whom it has so long been preparing to encounter, and whom, in behalf of outraged Liberty, it has been so anxious to meet, is now at last confronting it apparently for the final struggle.”
Despite having a larger, better equipped army, Gen. McClellan proceeds to sit in place for a month - until the start of the 7 days campaign on June 25th, that resulted in his retreat back across the Potomac.
Amazing history, almost humorous boosterism, knowing the outcome.