Another day of intense anxiety and suspense. We are without
any official information, and the inference is that the Government has none to
give. Every kind of rumor is afloat. It would seem that Hooker has beaten Lee,
and that Lee has beaten Hooker; that we have taken Fredericksburg, and that the
rebels have taken it also; that we have 4500 prisoners, and the rebels 5400;
that Hooker has cut off Lee's retreat, and Lee has cut off Sedgwick's retreat,
and Sedgwick has cut off everybody's retreat generally, but has retreated
himself, although his retreat was cut off; that Longstreet has left Suffolk to
re-enforce Lee, but that Longstreet has not left Suffolk at all, and, again,
that he has never been there. In short, all is utter confusion. Everything seems
to be everywhere, and everybody all over, and there is no getting at any truth.
SOURCE: Morgan Dix, Memoirs of John Adams Dix,
Volume 2, p. 57
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