THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA: Highly Important Movements of General Pope; Gordonsville Occupied Without Opposition (7/19/1862)

New York Times - Times Machine ^ | 7/19/1862

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WASHINGTON, Friday, July 18.

We feel at liberty to state that yesterday a portion of the army of Gen. POPE entered the important town of Gordonsville, Va., unopposed, and duly destroyed all the railroad paraphernalia at that point -- the junction of the Orange and Alexandria and Virginia Central Railroads. Three-fourths of the troops, munitions and supplies of every description for the rebel army at Richmond of necessity passed through Gordonsville by sail. The blow is, therefore, a most important one, more especially as it is the first of a series, which we trust will do more to cripple the efficiency of their (rebel) Richmond army than aught that has yet occurred.

WASHINGTON, Friday, July 18.

A letter from Warrenton says that our troops are all in fine spirits at the prospect of active operations. Mention is also made of an important position already occupied. The people of Warrenton are represented as courteous to our troops, and the ladies, though rank Secessionists, treat them with dignified politeness.

The Warrenton White Sulphur Springs, recently infested by rebel scouts, were passed yesterday by a detachment of our cavalry without opposition.

Reports exist in camp, on rebel authority, that STONEWALL JACKSON is at Staunton preparing for another visit down the valley. He will not have an undisputed march.

The command of Gen. HATCH is reported to have penetrated as far as Rapidan Station, on the Virginia Central Railroad, 74 miles from Washington.

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The Army of Virginia: Highly Important Movements of General Pope – 2-3
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 3-4
The Morgan Raid: Capture of Cynthiana, Ky., by the Rebels – 4
Rebel Invasion of Indiana – 4
The Raid in Tennessee – 4
Affairs at Fortress Monroe: Difficulties of Army Correspondents – 4-5
The Trouble in the Southwest: Kentucky and Tennessee – 5
Important Arrangement: Gen. Halleck Placed at the Head of Military Affairs – 5-6
From Gen. McClellan’s Army: Information to Thursday Night – 6
The Negro in South Carolina: Social, Religious and Military Aspects of the Negro Question at Port Royal – 6-7
Emancipation in the Border States: The President’s Appeal to the Border State Representatives, and their Reply – 7-9
Editorial: The New General-in-Chief – 9
The President’s Appeal to the Border States – 9
Pope’s Advance – 9