The Advance of Our Army
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The Advance of Our Army
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Union army troop movements
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"The country will hail with hearty exultation the news that the Army of the Potomac is advancing upon the rebel forces in Virginia". Editorial on page 4
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New York Times
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newspapers.com
Date
November 6, 1861
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The Advance of the Grand Army.
Washington, July 17, 1861
The Star this afternoon says, in relation to the Army under command of Gen. McDowell :
The column of the extreme right is commanded ; by Gen. Hunter ; the right centre column by Gen. Tyler. That consists of the following excellent troops, viz.: the Maine Second, the First, Second and Third Connecticut Regiments, under Col. Keys ; the New-York Second, and First and Second Ohio Regiments under Brig. -General ' Schenck ; and the New-York Thirteenth, Sixty-ninth and Seventy-ninth, and the First Wisconsin Regiments, under Col. Corcoran, probably with Sherman's United States Light Battery, and -six pieces of the New-York Eighth, and a detachment of the Second United States Cavalry, under Capt. Harrison and Lieut. Tompkins. Gen. Tyler's column bivouacked last night in and around Vienna, four and a half miles from Fairfax Courthouse.
Col. Miles, U. S. A., commands the left centre column, and among other crack troops has more than 2,500 regulars. He probably moved up by the Little River Turnpike yesterday afternoon to a point within five miles of the Court-house, if not nearer. A portion of the troops forming his column were two hours crossing Bailey's cross roads yesterday afternoon to the intersection of Columbia, with the Little Biter Turnpike.
Col. Heintzelman commands the column on the extreme left, composed of the New-York Fire Zouaves, the Michigan regiments, and other very fine troops including the United States Cavalry : and Light Artillery. Its route was via Orange and Alexandria Railroad and county roads in that vicinity. A portion of it doubtless . rested last night at Springfield Station.
Falls Church was also occupied last night by a. portion Gen. Tyler's rear.
There must be at least fifty thousand troops actually on the march under Gen. McDowell exclusive of his reserve, which is still resting in and around his late entrenchments.
From nightfall last night, the city was full of rumors that Gen. Beauregard had abandoned Fairfax Court-house without firing a gun, but no such information from a reliable source had reached the Department -up to 11 o'clock A.M. today; though that course on his part is not un-looked for.
The Division of Col. Hunter proceeded doubtless by the Georgetown and Leesburgh turnpike, via Langley to the neighborhood of Vienna, and there formed a junction with Gen. Tyler. This .morning the march of the grand column of some twenty five thousand men commenced before daybreak.
The Republican of this morning says: "The general movement was in the direction of Fairfax Court-house, to which there is no great march from the right of Gen. McDowell's line, though it is near 14 miles from the extreme left. The Army will halt for the night this side of Fairfax Court-house, which the enemy will probably take occasion to vacate to-night, and resume their march in the morning. They take with them three days rations. Four mounted batteries, eight siege guns, and several squadrons of cavalry are in the column, which consists mainly of Infantry." '
Washington, July 17, 1861
The Star this afternoon says, in relation to the Army under command of Gen. McDowell :
The column of the extreme right is commanded ; by Gen. Hunter ; the right centre column by Gen. Tyler. That consists of the following excellent troops, viz.: the Maine Second, the First, Second and Third Connecticut Regiments, under Col. Keys ; the New-York Second, and First and Second Ohio Regiments under Brig. -General ' Schenck ; and the New-York Thirteenth, Sixty-ninth and Seventy-ninth, and the First Wisconsin Regiments, under Col. Corcoran, probably with Sherman's United States Light Battery, and -six pieces of the New-York Eighth, and a detachment of the Second United States Cavalry, under Capt. Harrison and Lieut. Tompkins. Gen. Tyler's column bivouacked last night in and around Vienna, four and a half miles from Fairfax Courthouse.
Col. Miles, U. S. A., commands the left centre column, and among other crack troops has more than 2,500 regulars. He probably moved up by the Little River Turnpike yesterday afternoon to a point within five miles of the Court-house, if not nearer. A portion of the troops forming his column were two hours crossing Bailey's cross roads yesterday afternoon to the intersection of Columbia, with the Little Biter Turnpike.
Col. Heintzelman commands the column on the extreme left, composed of the New-York Fire Zouaves, the Michigan regiments, and other very fine troops including the United States Cavalry : and Light Artillery. Its route was via Orange and Alexandria Railroad and county roads in that vicinity. A portion of it doubtless . rested last night at Springfield Station.
Falls Church was also occupied last night by a. portion Gen. Tyler's rear.
There must be at least fifty thousand troops actually on the march under Gen. McDowell exclusive of his reserve, which is still resting in and around his late entrenchments.
From nightfall last night, the city was full of rumors that Gen. Beauregard had abandoned Fairfax Court-house without firing a gun, but no such information from a reliable source had reached the Department -up to 11 o'clock A.M. today; though that course on his part is not un-looked for.
The Division of Col. Hunter proceeded doubtless by the Georgetown and Leesburgh turnpike, via Langley to the neighborhood of Vienna, and there formed a junction with Gen. Tyler. This .morning the march of the grand column of some twenty five thousand men commenced before daybreak.
The Republican of this morning says: "The general movement was in the direction of Fairfax Court-house, to which there is no great march from the right of Gen. McDowell's line, though it is near 14 miles from the extreme left. The Army will halt for the night this side of Fairfax Court-house, which the enemy will probably take occasion to vacate to-night, and resume their march in the morning. They take with them three days rations. Four mounted batteries, eight siege guns, and several squadrons of cavalry are in the column, which consists mainly of Infantry." '
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New York Times, “The Advance of Our Army,” Mapping the Civil War in Arlington, accessed November 21, 2024, https://mtcwia.com/items/show/197.