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The Daily Dispatch: July 2, 1863., [Electronic resource], General Lee's (search)
s sufficient to say that he is neither ignorant of the whereabouts of the enemy nor inactive himself. There are strong indications to-night that Lee has not only achieved the grand project of massing his strength on this side of the Potomac, but that he is actually within a short distance of Washington, having moved a considerable force from Shepherdstown and Antietam fords down the tow-path of the cannel, or else along the inner roads from Boonsboro' and Middleton, to the vicinity of Poolesville, Rushville and Rockville. From these points he has direct access to the rear of Washington, and can by an expert movement, destroy the railroad between the Capital and Annapolis Junction, unless he should underrate the force which it is thought has been concentrated to oppose him in this design. A prominent transportation company is to-day refusing to receive valuable articles for shipment between Baltimore and Washington. If the enemy has gained a position of so much importance upon H