Posted on 12/20/2022 4:43:53 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Thursday, Dec. 18, 1862.
The Richmond Dispatch of yesterday contains the following:
GEN. LEE'S REPORT OF THE EVACUATION.
HEADQUARTERS NEAR FREDERICKSBURGH, Dec. 16, 1862.
As for as can be ascertained this stormy morning, the enemy has disappeared in our immediate front, and has recrossed the Rappahannock. I presume be is meditating a passage at some other point.
Signed, R.E. LEE, General-Commanding.
GEN. LEE'S OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE BATTLE.
The following official report of Gen. LEE was received in this order on yesterday:
HEADQUARTERS NORTHERN VIRGINIA, Dec. 17, 1862.
To the Hon. Secretary of War, Richmond, Va.:
SIR: On the night of the 10th inst. the enemy commenced to throw three bridges over the Rappahannock, above Fredericksburgh, and the third about a mile and a quarter below, near the mouth of Deep Run. The plain on which Fredericksburgh stands is so completely commanded by the hills of Stafford in possession of the enemy, that no effectual opposition could be offered to the construction of the bridges or the passage of the river without exposing our troops to the destructive fire of his numerous batteries. Positions were, therefore, selected to oppose his advance after crossing. The narrowness of the Rappahannock, its winding course and deep bed, afforded opportunity for the construction of bridges at points beyond the reach of our artillery, and the banks had to be watched by skirmishers. The latter sheltering themselves behind the houses, drove back the working parties of the enemy at the bridges opposite the city, but at the lowest point of crossing, where no shelter could be, had our sharpshooters were themselves driven off, and the completion of the bridge was effected about noon on the 11th.
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