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The Daily Dispatch: July 11, 1863., [Electronic resource], Interesting correspondence. (search)
Latest from the North. Petersburg, July 10. --The Philadelphia Inquirer, of the 8th, has been received here. Secretary Welles had received information of the fall of Vicksburg, on the 4th, from Admiral Porter. He says that Pemberton sent in a flag of truce on the morning of the 4th, offering to surrender if the men were allowed to march out. Grant replied that no man should leave except as a prisoner of war. After consultation with his commanders, Pemberton unconditionally surrendered. The event has caused tremendous rejoicing all over the North. Lincoln was serenaded, and responded in a foolish speech. A dispatch dated Harrisburg, July 7, 9 P. M., says a big fight is going on at Williamsport.--The whole rebel army appears to be on the bank of the river, and is no doubt making a desperate fight. The Inquirer says there is no news from the army of special importance. Meade is closely watching his discomfited but wily antagonist, and an engagement is exp
The Daily Dispatch: July 11, 1863., [Electronic resource], The position of Bragg's Army. (search)
to the conclusion that General Bragg could not establish a better line of defence, and in a more impregnable position than at Bridgeport. The Tennessee is no creek. It is no Rappahannock, nor even a Potomac, but a mighty stream, deep and wide, and across which the passage of an army by bridge, or pontoon, of ferry, would be perilous in the extreme, with a vigilant opponent watching from the opposite shore. If it had been chosen as our line at first, or at least as soon as the movements of Grant it the rear of Vicksburg rendered it urgent that assistance should be sent to that garrison, the army of Tennessee would then have been in a position to reinforce Joe Johnston heavily. A telegram from Atlanta, dated the 4th, says: We have news by passengers from Bragg's army, which we deem reliable, that the most important movements are going on, and a fight is considered imminent. We are confident that Morgan has done a grand work in Rosecrans's rear — destroying his trains of suppl