The intelligence of the capture of Harrisburg and York, Pa.,
is so far confirmed as to be admitted by the officers of the Federal flag of truce
boat that came up to City Point yesterday.
Of the movements of Hooker's army, we have the following
information:
Headquarters, Cavalry Division,
June
27th, 1863.
general:—
I took possession of Fairfax C. H. this morning at nine o'clock, together with a
large quantity of stores. The main body of Hooker's army has gone toward
Leesburg, except the garrison of Alexandria and Washington, which has retreated
within the fortifications.
Very respectfully,
Your
obedient servant,
J. E. B. Stuart, Major-General.
The Northern papers say that our cruiser Tacony, taken from
them, has destroyed twenty-two of their vessels since the 12th inst.; but that
our men burnt her at last. Her crew then entered Portland, Maine, and cut out
the steam cutter Caleb Cushing, which they subsequently blew up, and then were
themselves taken prisoner.
The President has decided that the obstructions below the
city shall not be opened for the steam iron-clad Richmond to go out, until
another iron-clad be in readiness to accompany her.
Capt. Maury, at Mobile, writes that the two iron-clads,
Trent and Nashville, now ready for sea, might take New Orleans and keep it. The
President directs the Secretary of War to consult the Secretary of the Navy,
and if they agreed, the attempt should be made without loss of time. So,
probably, we shall have news from that quarter soon.
The militia and Department Guard (soon to be called the
National Guard, probably) were notified to day to be in readiness at a minute's
warning. It is said positively that Dix is advancing toward the city. Well, let
him come.
SOURCE: John Beauchamp Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's
Diary at the Confederate States Capital, Volume 1, p. 366-7
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