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he route. Taking Fredericksburg as the starting point, from whence the army can be supplied by water transportation, the distance to Richmond is sixty miles. Fifteen miles of railroad connects Fredericksburg with the Potomac at Aquia. This gives an additional base of supply. Gordonsville, at which the rebel army is supposed to be massed, is seventy-three miles from Richmond. The Virginia Central Railroad, from Gordonsville, and the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad, form a junction at Saxton's, which is thirty-five miles from Fredericksburg and forty-six from Gordonsville. The army building this junction effectually controls the railroad communication from the north with Richmond, though there is still a round-about railroad connection between Richmond and Gordonsville. Supposing the rebels to be determined to resist the approach of our army anywhere this side of Richmond, this junction would be the point aimed at by both, and most probably the scene of the first battle in