Posted on 09/19/2023 5:18:06 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
WASHINGTON, Friday, Sept. 18.
The editor of the Star, who left Culpepper yesterday, says, in his paper of to-day:
On Wednesday night the Union line extended from Stevensburgh through Culpepper Court-house to the Stone Mountain House, four miles north of the Court-house. Yesterday morning the line was changed, the army having advanced to a close proximity to the Rapidan River, where the rebel corps of A.P. HILL and EWELL are believed to be now strongly fortified.
The Army of the Potomac never was in as fine a condition as it is at this moment -- so healthy, so cleanly clad, so well supplied, and with so much elan. It is worth to-day in a hard fight twice as much as it ever was before the battle of Gettysburgh."
A letter from Darnestown, Md., on the Upper Potomac, dated to-day, says: Early yesterday morning from 200 to 400 rebel cavalry, said to be a portion of WHITE's command, crossed the Potomac between Watt's Branch and Muddy Creek, and started toward the cross-roads, two miles from the river, where there had been a rendezvous of Scott's Nine Hundred. Gen. HEINTZELMAN, who had arrived there on a tour of inspection, pursued them up the towpath of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, pressing them so hard that they were compelled to recross the river below Edward's Ferry.
It is certain that the rebels committed no depredation son the Maryland side, either for want of time, or because their object was only to seize few horses which they discovered on the line of the canal. They probably concentrated and started from the vicinity of Dranesville before making their excursion to this side.
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From the Army of the Potomac: The Whole Force in Motion on Thursday – 2
Interesting from the South: Details of the Fight at Limestone Station, Tennessee – 3-4
From the Southwest: Martial Law to be Rigidly Enforced in Gen. Schofield’s Department – 4
The Siege of Charleston: Battery Gregg Repaired and Sending her Compliments to Moultrie – 4
From North Carolina – 4
The War in Arkansas: The Occupation of Little Rock – 4
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 4-5
Editorial: The Mysteries of the War – 5
A Year’s Work and a Contrast – 5
POSTSCRIPT: Highly Important; Gen. Rosecrans’ Army; A Battle Imminent – 6
News of the Day: The Rebellion – 6
Huge battle in Tennese today.
“Huge battle in Tennese today.”
I don’t know about Tennessee, but see the new Harper’s Weekly thread, with 7 replies related to Chickamauga Creek, Georgia.
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Oh, you are right.
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