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The Daily Dispatch: July 11, 1863., [Electronic resource], Interesting correspondence. (search)
Interesting correspondence. One readers will recollect that some time go the newspapers reported that two Confederate officers had been shot, by Burnside, for offence of recruiting in Kentucky, a State by the Confederacy and also by the Yankees. As all the Confederate States stand precisely the same footing with Kentucky--that , are all claimed by the Yankee Government to admit the fight of Burnside to recruiting officers in Kentucky, was to his right to do the same thing to VirginiaBurnside to recruiting officers in Kentucky, was to his right to do the same thing to Virginia or South Carolina. As that was , the Confederate author opened a correspondence with the Federal authorities, demanding the charge and specification against these men.--The answer was that they were tried as spies. A copy of the record was then demanded, and appeared from it that they were tried not as last for recruiting in Kentucky. Resolved to , President Davis had a couple of Captains selected by lot, as we stated the other day. But, in the meantime, he thought the best to try the eff
The Daily Dispatch: July 11, 1863., [Electronic resource], The position of Bragg's Army. (search)
. Bragg has out-witted Rosecrans, forcing him to follow our army across the mountains, and leaving his base of supplies over 75 miles in the rear, greatly exposed to our cavalry. Our army has fallen back to Bridgeport, with a force at Stevenson, at the junction of the Memphis and Charleston road, thus protecting Huntsville, and preventing our army being nked --a chain of hills being in our from, and the river at Bridgeport only 11 miles distant, in our rear. Rosecrans's has been joined by Burnside's forces, and all the troops garrisoning the posts from Louisville to Nashville. Our retreat for the last two days has been conducted with great skill, the enemy following us up, and skirmishing; having been continuous. The enemy holds Decherd, which gives them Winchester and Fayetteville. It cannot be denied that Bridgeport, in a military sense, is one of the best if not the best, position for defence in the Confederacy. If Bragg had only fallen back to that position months ago, ha