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Great Potomac And Rapidan Through Route!

PROMPTNESS AND DISPATCH!

Meade & Lee’s Through Express weekly line, between Alexandria and Culpepper; connections with principal points North and South (especially the Old Capitol and the Libby Prison.)

The subscribers having completed their arrangements and gotten their line into running order, will hereafter, until further notice, run their machines (the “Army of the Potomac ” and “Army of Northern Virginia”) every week through from Culpepper, Va., to Alexandria, Va., and vice versa, giving their personal attention to the running of each train, Lee preceding Meade at a proper interval on the out trains, and Meade preceding Lee with similar regularity on the in trains. The perfect familiarity of these old stagers with the whole route in question, and the frequency with which they have traversed it, enable them to calculate with perfect accuracy the time of arrival at the indicated points. Having gotten up all their locomotives and rolling stock regardless of expense, and putting them through night and day alike, they are enabled to disregard the ordinary drawbacks of weather, state of roads, &c., as those who do a smaller business cannot.

Photo of the Commodore Maury while in USN service, c. 1917-18
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Crab War Inquiry Is Due Tomorrow

“Things Not So Good,” Says Virginia Officer on Trail of Marylanders.

NORFOLK Va., July 24.—Investigation will be begun Monday by Capt. A. B. Hudgins, commanding the gunboat Commodore Maury, flagship of the Virginia oyster navy, into the firing by alleged Maryland crab poachers upon the Virginia patrol boat Marguerite, in Tangier Sound, which was reported by Capt. Anderton of the Marguerite to Commissioner of Fisheries Harry, R. Houston yesterday.

Commissioner Houston, at Hampton, late today, received from Onancock, Va., the following cryptic message signed by Capt. Hudgins: “Found things not so good. Will stay several days and start investigation Monday.”

Photo of General Robert Milroy. He is in a US uniform, has a mustache and full beard, and full hair swept upward in front.
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June 20, 1863 – Pennsylvania Invaded!

ADVANCE OF THE REBELS UNDER GENERALS EWELL AND TRIMBLE.

BATTLES AT MARTINSBURG AND WINCHESTER.

EWELL REPULSED AND MILROY HOLDING OUT FOR REINFORCEMENTS

Ewell, Erans, Early, and Rhodes in Command of the Rebels.

Milroy Surrounded at Winchester, Cuts His Way Out to Harper’s Ferry.

THE REBELS AT CHAMBERSBURG.

THE NATION TO THE RESCUE.

HARRISBURG, June 15.

The rebels entered Chambersburg at 9 o’clock to-night.

HARRISBURG, June 15.—The telegraph operator left Chambersburg at 9 o’clock to-night, some time after the rebels had entered the town. His instrument is now in operation five miles east of Chambersburg, at Scotland Bridge. A. G. CURTIF.

THE STATE CAPITAL IN DANGER.

HARRISBURG, June 15.—Midnight. The rebels occupied Hagerstown at noon to-day. From there they advanced in three columns: one on the main road to Chambersburg, and one to the right, and one to the left. Each column has 5,000 cavalry, besides infantry and artillery.

Illustration of a large body of cavalry crossing a river.
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June 19, 1863 – Movements Of The Confederates

HARRISBURG, June 18.—It is stated that a body of Confederates has gone from Cumberland, Maryland, to Romney, Virginia.

The authorities are busy organizing the troops, who continue to arrive in large numbers.

The work on the rifle-pits and fortifications on the other side of the Susquehanna is still going on. Much activity there, at Camp Curtin, and everywhere else in and about the city.

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June 16, 1863 – Whereabouts Of The Rebels—Invasion Of Maryland

MONOCACY JUNCTION, 2 P. M.—While there is no doubt that the major force of the rebels which had besieged Winchester are still in Virginia, it is generally believed that the cavalry and artillery, under Jenkins, who had the fight with Gen. Tyler at Martinsburg, have crossed into Maryland, either above or at Williamsport. It is asserted here quite confidently that rebel cavalry were in Hagerstown at 8 o’clock this morning, but the only positive fact I have been able to learn is that the telegraph line between Frederick and Hagerstown has ceased entirely to work. As there was no storm to damage the line, the inference is that it has been cut, and of course that the rebels have done it. It was a so reported at Harper’s Ferry that a small force of rebel cavalry had been in Sharpsburg. The stage which left Hagerstown early this morning, passing through Middletown, arrived at the usual time, having met with no interruption; nothing having been seen or heard of the rebels along the turnpike.

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June 1, 1863 – Richmond As It Is

From the account published by the correspondent of the New York World, we extract the following description of the rebel Capitol.

So soon as we descend into the plains of beautiful Virginia, we observe the change in all that distinguishes an old from a new country. Richmond is a model of that exterior respectable convervatism which is the chief boast of that people. It is in its natural site one of the most picturesque places in the world. Richmond of to-day is, however, the Richmond of two years ago turned out of doors. With the seat of Government came also the troop of sharpers, gamesters, politicians and adventurers, from which the South was never free. The hotels are anomalous, and do not court comparison with the hotels of even Washington. On the streets may be seen the same string of tawdry men and women, a little the worse for wear. Handsome women we saw, however, whom fashion could hardly adorn. The stores are still open and equally crowded, but the shelves are very lean and bare. There is a certain effort of dress on the part of the military, but is far from being a success. The vehicles are faded and shaky; the horses poor and jaded; the streets, naturally beautiful, neglected and overrun with war
traces. Some of the private residences look quite old and comfortable.