Posted on 07/02/2023 6:23:14 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Tuesday Evening -- 8 P.M.
I am just in from the front, and send by a messenger to Frederick a brief dispatch of the occurrences of yesterday and to-day. The rebel force which made the said on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad consisted of STUART'S whole force, with eight pieces of artillery. On Monday night they arrived at Westminster and interrupted the Western Maryland Railroad. They threw out strong pickets, and shot two citizens who attempted to escape and give us information. Early this morning, Gen. GREGG attacked STUART and drove him all the way from Westminster to Hanover, Pennsylvania -- a distance of eighteen miles. During the forenoon Gens. KILPATRICK and CASTAR drove STUART out of Hanover after a splendid fight, and they are still pursuing him; part of his force going toward Gettysburgh and part toward York.
During the day Gen. BUFORD drove a regiment of rebel infantry out of Gettysburgh, who also retired in a northeasterly direction.
You may expect to hear of brilliant news.
The whole army is in splendid spirits.
The rebels are reported to have burned Cashtown, Penn., yesterday. It is between Gettysburgh and Chambersburgh.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY POTOMAC. Wednesday, July 1, 1863 -- 8 A. M.}
Gen. KILPATRICK captured fifty prisoners, including a Lieutenant-Colonel and a Lieutenant yesterday afternoon. They belonged to FITZHUGH LEE's cavalry brigade. The rebels retreated by way of the road to York, which is the nearest route to Harrisburgh. The column of infantry which was driven out of Gettysburgh, also fell back east toward York by way of Berlin and Abbottsville. This looks like a concentration of their forces near Harrisburgh.
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The Rebel Invasion: Defeat of Stuart’s Cavalry in Three Fights – 2-3
Gen. Rosecrans’ March: Manœuvres and Counter- Manœuvres of the Two Armies – 3-5
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 5
Editorial: The Opportunity of the Militia – 5-6
Richmond – 6
Cool and Considerate – 6
The Right Spirit – 6
POSTSCRIPT-A Heavy Battle in Pennsylvania; The First and Eleventh Corps Engaged with Longstreet and Hill – 6
What a Postscript. That is a cliffhanger.
Rosecrans, using maneuver, conducted one of the most brilliant campaigns of the war driving the Confederates back to Chattanooga. Union causalities were measured in the hundreds.
Have reading them since you first started posting them.
Pennsylvania 1863 Engagements
Date | Engagement | Military Units | Losses | Victor |
---|---|---|---|---|
June 29 | Oyster Point (Camp Hill), PA | Union Dept of Susquehanna (Couche ~200?), Confederate ANV 2 companies (Ewell, ~200?) | Union none, Confederates 2 | USA (Confederate attack failed) |
June 30 | Hanover, PA | Union Army of Potomac Cavalry Brigade (Kilpactric ~5,000?), Confederate Army of N VA (Stuart ~6,000?) | Union 216-total (32?-killed), Confederates 117-total (18? killed) | inconclusive (Union held their ground, Stuart bypassed) |
June 30 | Sporting Hill, PA | Union PA & NY Militia (Couch ~2,000?), Confederate Army of N VA Cavalry (Jenkins ~2,000?) | Union 11-total (none-killed), Confederates 45-total (16 killed) | inconclusive (Union held their ground) |
July 2 | Hunterstown, PA | Union Cavalry (Custer ~2,000?), Confederate Army of N VA Cavalry (Hampton ~1,000?) | Union unknown, Confederates unknown | inconclusive |
Summary of Civil War Engagements as of July 2, 1863:
Engagements in Confederate states:
State | Union Victories | Confederate Victories | Inconclusive | Total Engagements |
---|---|---|---|---|
South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Virginia | 11 | 33 | 14 | 58 |
North Carolina | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
Florida | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Louisiana | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
Tennessee | 11 | 7 | 1 | 19 |
Arkansas | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Mississippi | 8 | 5 | 0 | 13 |
Texas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total Engagements in CSA | 62 | 53 | 21 | 136 |
Engagements in Union states/territories:
State | Union Victories | Confederate Victories | Inconclusive | Total Engagements |
---|---|---|---|---|
Maryland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
West Virginia | 9 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
Missouri | 14 | 13 | 1 | 28 |
New Mexico | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
Kentucky | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
Oklahoma | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Pennsylvania | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Total Engagements in Union | 39 | 33 | 9 | 81 |
Total Engagements to date | 101 | 86 | 30 | 217 |
Ah, well, won't hear of him again, anyway.
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