WHITE HOUSE, VA., May 19. – The army commenced moving at an early hour this morning in the direction of Richmond and will encamp some miles in advance of this place.
The Advance under Gen. Stoneman reached the railroad bridge at the Chickahominy river yesterday. It is a long trestle bridge, two spans only of which are burned, it can be rebuilt in a very short time.
The pickets of the enemy are guarding the whole line of the river in front of Richmond, making it very difficult to obtain any reliable information from that city.
Gen. McClellan went on a reconnaissance to-day at the Chickahominy.
The programme in front of Richmond will soon be decided upon.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 24, 1862, p. 4
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