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 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, and making it very difficult to obtain any reliable
information from that city.
Gen. McClellan went on a reconnoissance to-day, to the
Chickahominy. The programme of
operations in front of Richmond will soon be decided upon.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport,
Iowa, Wednesday Morning, May 21,
1862, p. 1
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