The Siege of Yorktown

It would not be strange if those who count on sudden and startling news from Yorktown should be disappointed. The strength of the rebel works and the array of men gathered behind them, are more formidable than have been concentrated at any other position. They evidently mean to contest the position with all their resources. Gen. McClellan, as it is stated and seems wise, proposes to subject them to a regular siege. This will occupy days, certainly, perhaps weeks. With such co-operation as will be accorded him, the result cannot be doubtful. Because Yorktown is not at once carried at the point of the bayonet, let no one believe that this is the scene of a Union defeat. – Wheeling, Va., Intelligencer.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, April 29, 1862, p. 2