HIGHLY IMPORTANT: A Grand Military Triumph Before Richmond; The Fall of the Rebel Capital Assured (6/30/1862)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 6/30/1862

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The following dispatch reached this City last night, and was published in the extra editions of the City papers:

BALTIMORE AMERICAN OFFICE.

BALTIMORE, Sunday, June 29 -- 9 P.M.

I am writing for the American a de ailed account of events at White House, before Richmond and on the Peninsula, during the last four days including facts obtained from Washington, having been sent for by Special train to communicate with the President.

If you desire it. I will send it to you. It will make four or five thousand words.

We have the grandest military triumph over the enemy, and Richmond must fall. C.C. FULTON,

Proprietor American and Agent Associated Press.

After waiting patiently for the news, as promised above, until midnight, we were surprised at the reception of the following dispatch:

BALTIMORE, Sunday, June 29 -- 11 P.M.

The Secretary of War decides that nothing can be telegraphed relative to affairs on the Peninsula.

Have tried our best to get it off.

C.C. FULTON,

Agent Associated Press.

As a commentary on this, we append the following, which was received from the War Department yesterday afternoon:

WAR DEPARTMENT,

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- 2 o'clock, P.M.

As soon as the Department can obtain exact information of the state of affairs in front of Richmond, it will be imparted to the public, whether good or bad.

This dispatch is not intended for publication, but for the information of the press.

Jackson, Price and Beauregard in Richmond

PHILADELPHIA, Sunday, June 29.

The Sunday Dispatch publishes the following:

CITY POINT, Va., Friday, June 27.

Refugees taken aboard by our gunboats report that JACKSON, PRICE and BEAUREGARD are in Richmond, and will be assigned important commands shortly. It was rumored in the rebel camp yesterday that JACKSON had turned MCCLELLAN's right wing.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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Highly Important: A Grand Military Triumph Before Richmond – 2-3
Up the James River: Trip to City Point – 3-4
Late News from the South: Rebel Reports of Affairs Near Richmond – 4
News from Washington: Satisfactory News at the War Department – 4-6
Editorial: The Withheld News from Richmond – 6
Editorial: Cotton Burning – 6
Gunboats and Cities – 6

[GreenLanternCorps]

Getting a bit ahead of themselves…

[MMusson]

Here’s an interesting tidbit. The First Federal Abortion Clinic in a non-abortion state will be built on Federal Land at: Ft Sumter, South Carolina!

[Al B.]

For sure but it's interesting how the fog of war and unreliable communications back in those days delayed the facts on the ground reaching the public.

By the time of this edition being published on June 30, McClellan had been in full retreat towards the James River and Lee was making one last effort to cut off the Union Army at Glendale before reaching defensible ground adjacent to the James River, which failed.

[Rebelbase]

“If you desire it. I will send it to you. It will make four or five thousand words.”

In a few days he’ll have quite the meal eating all those.