Posted on 05/11/2023 4:43:57 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
The following important dispatches were published in our Sunday edition. We reproduce them, this morning, because we have positive knowledge that one of the reports which they contain is true -- the one relating to the movements of the Army of the Potomac. Gen. Hooker is again across the Rappahannock, and operating against LEE's shattered columns:
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, May 9.
The Bulletin, of this City, publishes the following highly important intelligence this evening:
"We learn from the editors of the Philadelphia Inquirer that one of their correspondents, who has just returned from Washington, informed them that Gen. Hooker recrossed the Rappahannock in force yesterday, the men carrying eight days' rations with them.
We also learn from another source, that is vouched for as reliable, that Gen. Keyes has taken Richmond, having advanced upon it by way of Yorktown. and that the Federal flag now floats over the rebel Capital.
If Gen. STONEMAN has cut off the communications of Gen. LEE, as is reported, it will be a work of time for Gen. LEE to reach the rebel Capital. In the meantime. HOOKER is upon his heels.
LATER. -- We have confirmation from a perfectly reliable source that Gen. HOOKER has recrossed the Rappahannock.
Gold has been falling rapidly, and this fact ha probably resulted from the important movements reported above.
We have no quotations of the price of the precious metal since the reception of this important news.
The telegraph is silent concerning the startling intelligence which is already stirring Third and Chestnut streets, and exciting the greatest enthusiasm."
A LATER DISPATCH.
PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, May 9.
It is reported that private advices hare been received in this city from Fortress Monroe, stating that 10,000 Federal troops arrived there on the 5th inst. as reinforcements,
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Highly important: Gen. Hooker’s Army Again Across the Rappahannock – 2
Gen. Stoneman’s Great Raid: A Narrative of Events by Our Special Correspondent who Accompanied the Expedition – 2-4
The Latest Rebel Reports: Another Dispatch from Gen. Lee – 4
Another Raid by Our Cavalry: Destruction of the Richmond and Tennessee Railroad by Gen. Buford – 4
Important from the Southwest: A Victory Won by Gen. Grant Near Port Gibson – 4-5
The Naval Battle at Grand Gulf: The Preliminary Movements – 5-6
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 6
Editorial: From Gen. Hooker’s Army – 6
Editorial: Judgment of Military Generals – Hooker’s Capacity for Command – 6-7
Editorial: Behind the Rebel Armies – 7
The Eleventh Corps: Correspondence between Gen. Carl Schurz and Gen. Howard – 7-8
Missouri – 8
Department of North Carolina: Refusal of the North Carolina Banks to Pay Their Assessment to the Rebel Government – 8
News from Fortress Monroe: The Arrival of a Detachment of Stoneman’s Calvary at Gloucester Point – 8
A key point that I've not seen before -- Lee's plans for invading Pennsylvania also included his suggestion to Davis to strip the Atlantic coastal defenses of men for an army under CSA Gen. Beauregard, whose job would be to attack Washington, DC, while Lee was in Pennsylvania.
Such a Confederate army would force the Union army to defend Washington and so let Lee run free in PA!
Davis loved the idea of Lee invading Pennsylvania, but he wasn't willing strip troops from coastal defenses and so risk losing Charleston, Savanah and maybe the Carolinas.
It seems that Lee's plan was almost certain of victory, while Davis' modifications made a favorable outcome less likely.
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