Journal of the War [pp. 319-331]

JOURNAL OF THE WAR.
A grave and solemn man was hlie,
With deep and somber brow:
The dreamful eyes seemed hoarding up
Some unaccomplilshed V(iw.
The wistful glance peered o'er the plains,
Beneath the starry light And with the murmureId name of God,
Hle watched the camp that night.
The future opened unto him
Its grand and awful scroll:
Manassa andi the Valley march
Camne heaving o't,r his soul RPichmiiond and Sharpsburg thundered by,
With that tremendous fight.
Which gave himn to the anrgel hosts
Who watched the camp that night.
We mourn for him who died fa,r us,
W ith one resistless moan;
Whlile tip the Valley (,f the Lord
HIe marches to the'Throne I
He kept tlie faith of mnen and saints
Sublimie and pure and biiglit He sleeps-and ali is xvell with him
Who watched the camp tloat night.
Brothlers! the Midnight of the Cause
Is shrouded in our fate;
The dlem)ii Gothlis pollute our halls
With fire, and Iust and hate.
Be stronrg-be valiant-be assured Strike home f,r tle,i,ven anid Right!
The soutl of Jackson stallks cbalroad
And gala ds the cai2p to-aight!
FroIDAY. Clhalmer sinks enemy's
transports near Memphis. They capture and destroy freight train, near
Brookhaven, Miss. Lyons attacks
Grierson's cavalry in the rear of
Banks' army, capturing many prisoners and a large train of wagons. Gen.
Taylor whipped the enemy opposite
Baton Rougoe.
Hooker's army has reached the
Potomac, and probably gone in pursuit of Lee's columns.
Imboden's cavalry has inflicted immense loss by destroying the enemy's
workshops at or near Cumberland,
and also the railroad tunnels, bridges,
etc. a magnificent success.
Reported that the public archives
at Washington are being packed up,
and that troops and supplies are
thrown into Vicksburg across the
river.
Great panic throughout the North,
in consequence of the advance of our
armies upon Maryland and Pennsylvania, and the greatest preparations
are being made to receive them.
Lincoln calls for 100,000 volunteers.
SATURtDAY, June 27. Northern papers full of details in regard to our
advance upon their soil, and expect
a demonstration upon Washington,
Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Pittsburg,
etc. It is a bold and perilous move ment that we are making, but is pre sided over by generals of world-wide
fame, in whom all have full confi dence.
The same papers give an account
of no less than six or eight of our
national vessels, which are destroying
their commerce upon the seas and
approaching even the harbors of their
great cities. The ocean will soon
swarm with our armed ships, carrying
devastation before them. This is to
strike the enemy at the heart-their
commerce.
SUNDAY AND MONDAY.-Another
raid in the direction of Hanover C.
H., Va. The central road and telegraph are much injured, and the
country around plundered and devastated. We must reciprocate on the
Susquehanna.
Morgan has again crossed the Cumberland with a large force of cavalry.
The enemy 30,000 strong under
Dix and Keyes, are reported as moving up the Peninsula upon Richmond.
The news causes much excitement.
The fear is that we have taken away
too large a part of the army and uncovered the capital; but surely Lee
cannot be caught napping.
The New York Herald of the 25th contains
a telegram frornm larrisburz, June 28d, stating
that the Rebels re-occupied Chambersburg
this miorning. The troops under Knope, who
were at Chambersbuig, have safely fallen back
to the main body.
Later reports state that Rebel'cavalry, 10,000
strong, advanced to Scotland, six nmiles this
side of Chimbersburg, this evening. Tile enenmy gutted all the stores at Chliambersburg and
Gi-reenrcastle, and cleared the whole country of
horses and cattle.
7 O'CLOCK, P. M.- Our forces are falling back
upon Carlisle. The inhabitants are preparing
for flight to Harrisbirg. Many of the citizens
have ilreidy skeldaddled. Our poor farmers
are driving off their cattle in crowds. Several
wagon loads of colored refugees arrived this
evening too frightened and excited to give any
intelligent account. There is great excitement
at Pittsburg. The Rebels are reported at
Union-to an, forty miiles distant. Business has
been entirely suspended, and the citizens en
n?iasse are digging entrenchments.
Baltimore papers of the 24th represent Ewell's force as numbering 85,000 or 40,000, in
BoonDsboro' Valley.
TUESDAY.-General Taylorhas captured the enemy's position at Berwick Bay, La., taking ten guns, one
thousand prisoners and a large am
ount of stores.
A victory for us is also reported at
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