July 10th.–To-day was spent in a lengthy excursion along the front of the camp in Virginia, round by the chain bridge which crosses the Potomac about four miles from Washington. The Government have been coerced, as they say, by the safety of the Republic, to destroy the liberty of the press, which is guaranteed by [...]
–The Executive Government of the United States and correspondents arrived at a full understanding to-day, regarding the transmission of telegraphic despatches giving information as to movements of the army. So, hereafter, it will be necessary for the distant public to await the arrival of the mails before knowing what advances of troops have been made, [...]
July 10, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Battle at Laurel Hill (McClellan v. Johnson): rebels routed. Skirmish at Monroe Station, Mo. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863