| From the Richmond Dispatch |
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| June 18, 1862 |
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| Jackson's army |
| It is no longer a secret that heavy
reinforcements have been sent to "Stonewall" Jackson, in the Valley, and that he now has an army sufficiently large to
cope with any force that can be brought against him by the enemy. What
the exact number of these reinforcements are we are unable to say, as
they have all been carried over the South-Side Railroad
from Petersburg, and thence to Staunton, via Lynchburg
{using the Orange & Alexandria RR and the
Virginia Central RR}. Although just on from the South, these men are not raw recruits.
Many of them have seen service on the Southern coast, and were
withdrawn only when their posts were occupied by others taken from the
different camps of instruction. They are in a measure veterans, and
burning with ardor to join their companions in arms, to share with
them the glory of the brilliant campaign in the Valley. |
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