The New York Herald Newspaper, April 6, 1863, Page 1

20et 2 aiwtA NAGHOM GIANeH ALOT War 5 “ © eRe we NM ; " — THE NEW YORK HERALD. WHOLE NO. 9700. NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1868. ‘PRICE THREE CENTS hominy, and the next day the movemont to the James zation broken up, but also unwilling that the Commandi moralized by the labors of a than it would have | attack commenced. Report to ovme in of the THE WAR. General” chal "bs Miranmelled ioe my int aequal Deen oven $y am unsucneastel saeastt approach of the enemy. rte continued We Cralled out and | river was determined upon, General Heturmelinan tort 2 ys ‘the returus in the Adjutant General’s office, signed by | formed, the working men caved in, and preparations made | that the night after that battle he war sent for by itz John Porter, in the centre, all, General Hooxer tes- The Report of the Committee on the ‘expected great baitle. You, therefore, may tem; wus | G, q that ization in ‘army under your immediat jeneral McClellan and his Adjutant General,show that,on | to meet the Coming atta wo lines of battle were | MoCiellan; that he found everything packed, ready to Pg Py a |e SOR OF eet ioe hutant Generalisbew Atteder | formea.-one ie the fla ia any’ saother about one-third | leave: that General hetelian said there were two thing ders, He also writes you privately. General MoCiellan amounted to 112,302 present for duty. | of a mile io advance—composed of five of six regiments | to be done—to concontrate his forces und rutk all on 4 hat isional corps of General Fitz John Porter and | | On the ist of May the President telegraphs to General | and four pieces of artillery. A regiment had previously | tle, or to withdraw to the James river, that if he risk Franklin were thereupon formed by reducing the | MoClellan—* Your call for Parrott guns from “Washington | been sent out to support the pickets. About twenty | battle there, and was beaten, the army was desire wore ty be attacks made simultaneously on the right, | left of our army acked at dawn; but Dorueide om the left was not ordered to attack : uotit Conduct ef the W. other corpe from three wo two divisions. alarms me, chiefly because it argues indefinite procrasti- | minutes to one o'clock the enemy commenced the attack | Geaeral Heintzelman advised Rim not to risk a battle on k, aud there was no attack made in the ar. Your committee endeavored to obtain as accurate in- | D@tion. Is anything to be donet”” gm force, supposed to amount to about ‘men, attack. | der such circumstances, for if that army was lost the Ceulre by General Porter formation as possible in relation to the strength and po- On the night of the 3d and the morning of the 4th of | ing in front andon both flanks. After eating for some | cause would be lost. that it were betier 1 go to the Jam, n regard tothe manner of oonducting the attack at nw sition of the enemy in front of Wasbington. The testi- wer he enemy evacuated Yorktown without loss. One | time, the continuing to come on !n the forces | Fiver and await reinforcements. General MeCleilan re Abtetam AL Sariner testi lems mony of the officers in our army here upon that point, of the witnesses testifies that General McClellan was very | in front fell to the rite pits, and fought there until | plied that bo was of that opinion himself, and that was Ys believed that Instead of sending these trooy fe they were vent, IP General march these Vorty thousand however, was far from satisfactory. Early in December | Much chagrined and mortified at the ‘ vacuation, a8 he | nearly surreunded, Re-enforcemente had been promised, | determived upon. That night, at twenty rainuter past fan order bad been issued trem headquarters prohibiting | bad made his preparations to open from his batteries on | and ‘Casey had selostod the position to whieh they | twelve A. M , General McClellan telegraphs the Sec: etary THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. the commanders in the front from examining any persons Monday, the 6th of May. were to be assigned; bu re. ments caine up to | of War that he (Genera! McClelian) 18 not responsible for y. we could pot have fatied eee who should come into our lines rom the ‘aireosien, of the The evacuation = discovered by daylight on the | his position until juet Ramee wag forced to fall back the result, but feels that the cevernment has aot sustained ae every: but all such ‘were to be sent, without ex. meres of the 4th, Between ten and eleven o'clock his line, when @ single regiment arrived. | bis army Aw it was, we went it a! it pone , to the ‘Seaaquarters of the army. Reatrio. | General Stoneman, with the cavalry and some light horse | After about tare hours’ fighting the division fell back | 10 this the President repties, on tho ‘26th— one of wy own a! was forced @ul, he ober SIEGE OF YORKTOWN, | ticas wore siso von the movements of scouts, | artillery, started in pursuit. Aboat ove o’cloek General | from its second line with a lors of 1,489 iu Killed, wound: | _ If you have had « drawn battie, oF « repulse, it tx the price Oe one we col’ Raoenas Waa ae Hooker, with his division, left Yorktown with orders to | ed and missing, Inthe course of an hour after Casey's | we pay ot Wan lnston. | We pro ret. oat halnoiae aime nial te Teaeal Bieaoeaie Had we % uy a support General Stoneman. Generals Sumper, Heintvel- | division had been driven back, the remainder of our forces | ed Washington ani the cnany tor man and keyes also moved out during the day with the | were swept beck from a mile and a half to two mi pow phy De he ‘efecmaal they were allot whole or portions of their corps. About five miles from | from Casey's first line, when the enemy were Svante. Will send reinforcements an fast as We fat headquarters, ‘he strevgth of the enemy was ya- | Yorktown the division of General Hooker was delayed for | and the fighting ceased for the day. ‘ they cannot reach you to-day, to morrow, oF Fiously estimated at from 70,000 10 210,000, men. Those | S0me time in consequence of other troops, coming from res the battle Gen. Sumner, whose corps was on the ‘The 28th of Juve passed without an who formed the highest estimate based their opinion upon | nother direction, getting into the road betore him. left of ickabominy, was ordored by General | Cojone! B, @. Alexander testifies that rf tnformation received at headquarters. As tothe strength BATTLE OF WILLIAMBBURG. McClellan to his forces in readiness to cross. Gen. OF the enemy's position, theeneral impression seemed | 10 the meantime General Stoneman had overtaken | Sumner not only did that, but at once called out his forces rig yy eormpnpetged be almost entire): ignorant ve posed wo nd all escape for the wither eT Stak vo. Nhe battle cloned at dark, our army havin rained some little advantayes, ata heavy low, but eothing decisive. ‘The attack was ve wed the pext day, the two armies Occupying the positions held by them at the close of the yertorday 's baitle 4 nemy would have been impos BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBUR by General McC Savage's Statio to be founded upon information obtained from the same the rear of the enemy with his cavalry, and fol. | and moved them until the heads of the columns were at | 4), M m to ley of attack UP THE CHICKAHOMINY. Bource, that it was exceed! formidable. Subsequent | owed them up closely, keeping up a running fire all | the pridges to cross, thereby saving Detweon ono pes neg npebtien psc Yor ote on i rere en tan = events have proved that the force ot the enemy was be- the time, unti] the enemy their works in the | and two bours. When the order came to erosd he imme: | o¢ ‘men to act as guides for tho diferent ‘ee he 18th) 1 found that lore bat Hee eS ae nee ieee ncetrengen | Relghborkiood of Williamsburg, when the pursuit was | diately moved his forces in the direction of sbe tleld of | S10 "comenunicate with tbe Kunboite, and rer, sup. ioe ye mee, ai Of their fortifications very greatly overestimated. checked. Governer Sprague wee seat back to Burry up | Ratile,semenn with and engaged the coeniy and Te- | dies to be brought up the river; to examine both shores hat T did not cone B ‘Your committee also sought to ascertain what number the infantry support under General Hooker. After con- | leved the pressure upon the troops engaged on fs left. Of the Jamon tothe mouth of the Chickaheminy 3 oper k that day, espe: attles of Seven Pines and | of men could ve spared trom this army ‘or ollensive ope. | Miderable delay, finding it impossible to pass the troops | "The next day, the Ist of June, the enemy attacked | corisin the landing placer; proceed up the Chickubominy Wap thre ot tie re valrtht day of two fre mand eR, AR AO {he trope Wink morn Tewe af the fret corpa-ta® Of the LSth, by wie there present for duty. Four dar rations elsewhere, assuming that the works of the enemy | abead of him, General Hooker tarned off and General Sumner at Fair Oaks. General Hooker, who had 4 ing 10 a ant fiftees eee eo oer on taeacter that it would not be ad. | DY another road,of which he had obtained Mubermation | Deen ordered forward the aay before. by General telat. | ‘2,the heed’of navigation and ancertaln the paces, wher eeciues of visable to move directly upon them, ‘Tho estimate of the | {Fm some of thé inhabitants; marched tll eleven o'clock | zelman with one-half of his division, hearing the fring of | arg to Grats cae. ae Serge. tae force necessary to be left in and around Washington to that night, renewed the march at daylight, and came up | the enemy upon General Sumnor’s forces, proceeded at | tion that night, and reached the James river Us nt - Fair Oaks. ~~ act entirely on the defensive, to render the capital secure | the advanced works of the enemy a iittle a(ter seven | once in direction and . \ Biter that the returns on rpa showed bf. scaintt avy attack of the enemy, as stated by the wit. | O’okck, about half a mule from Fort Magruder, and at | short time the enemy were ia die | SRE, She tne ha has canned ee | Bad arranged however, to renew the attack at dagbte QUESTION OF REINFORCEMENTS, |e esmined upon that point, was from 50,000 to once engaged the enemy. fusion, There was no communication between the fore: sink Westaearier | roasts oo ee the bth, bit Ties 4 f + | 80,000 men, leaving 100.000 or upwards that could be | There seems to have been great misapprehension and | under General Sumuor and those under Genoral iieintzel- Metra oe de eatlanac es cack coker, a Seca used for expeditions at other points. confusion In relation to the management of the troops at | man (Hooker's), but each fought ax he deemed best un- | Mam “hon: an Ne lection, f Betiul onl. anc, Bos bel 4 In connection with the same subject, your committee | Williamsb the pursuit, est commenced on | der the circumstances, General McClellan was with the | SU! directiiK the destruction of te Dagens of Milla or Y Latore we ould sl@ Dlin aMy se inquired in reference to what had been done to render | Sunday, General Heintveiman was insiructed by General | main part of the army on the left bank of the Chicka- = ry fo phe es eetieae thie eh iry. TL think that taking Inte consideration what BATTLE OF GAINES’ MILL. the fortifications here, which had been constructed at | MeClellin to take charge uf operations in front, On the | bominy. After the fighting was over he came across to the pat ad, sealing.) Sao thar 44 nee es wpe had gone throvgh we got ea mich out af Fein ie tucb expose ana with so great labor, moat ellective for | morning of Monday orders were sent to <euoral | right bank of theriver. on, Ae: Ws would? OB daly temporary—_/ouly fore few | this AStolam campaign ae bulian endurnaae wen bear the defence of Washington. Your committee are con- | Sumner to take the command, General McClellan | — Ou the morninig of Monday General Hetotzelman orde ee o vomenroaner with General MeClollan againat | 1h¢ testimony eral Hvruaide,on the subject of Straiued to vay that adequate provision never was made | Femained behiud in — Yorkiown to superintend | ed General Hooker to make a reconnoissance i for | coe on mga en anh eno We tateg ier eee. | Tonewing th spon the enemy the day after the ae theartay, ‘ ating: Seay met battle, 18 ae f to properly man those fortifications and exercise men in the sending two divisions up the York river | which be did,advancing to within four miles of Ric! the maragement of the guns. Several of the witnesses | t Weet Point. A beavy rain set in on Sunday, render! mond, meeting with no resistance exoept a little from the testified that they had repeatedly called the attention of | he roads almost impracticable for the passage of tro: enemy's pickets, Upon being informed by General Heint neyanet | Meclell the authorities wo the matter, bat without success. And be troops 4 the different commands became mingled— | velman of what be had done, General MeCle taa ordered | 04 N00 meio? Jatinronty pron eeahemag a that he has | when the movement of the army commenced in March visions and brigades, to some extent, were separated | the troops to be recalled and occupy the position that had The retreat to the James river having been decided | rubjet lainly than they could be told in any other Hoy were defeated and runing (or their hives. The order | 108 to General MeCiell re ation by renewing (he at did 0 oxpreast Q Did you express any ¢ MOVEM TS ON THE JAMES RIVER. r aud if > Thetew regiments that bad been placed in the forts and | from each other—and it seoms to have’ been ditticult to | been held by Casoy’s division. " : t | pine OPERATIONS OF GENER OPE, | zarsally mstructoa in the ue ot the uns, were almost | set the trcops up in time. The officers. engaged in, that battle, who have beea ex- | "DOr, thoarmy took. up its march, belny sttecked by | fou! See AL P 1» | entirely withdrawn, leaving the fortifications to be maa. During Monday forenoon General Hooker, finding him- | amined, tosti'y that the army could have pushed right on | Me enemy in the day Aine, wae an vorname: | 2 General. ned by raw and inexperienced troops. eel bard, pressed by the enemy,and understanding that | to the city of Richmond with little resistance; that the ie thelr wnieaar Peg Fn oi | be rene gi the ‘nen hig at E ‘The subject of the obstruction of the navigation of the | General Sumper had 30,000 troops with him, sent repeat. epemy very much broken and demoralized, throw- aationejof Savages Station, Glendale und Maivern wore roc. h em? oe mion to ote their Potomac naturally demanded the consideration of your | edly for reimtorcements, So aid General Stoneman and | ing away arms, clothing, &c., that might im) committee. Upon that point your committee would call | General Heintzelman, but no reinforcements arrived. | flight. General MoClellan seems to have contems the attention of Congress to the testimony of Captain G. General Sumner states that, having sent Ceneral Hancock | immediate movement upon Richmond; fer, the d: my tailing back, under orders, duriag the night of the « “é . pinion We Whinny. . , i an. told bim that if | cond have five thou an’ freas (oops V. Fox, Asnistant Secretary of tho Navy. Upon reereuco | t0 the right, he bad at the centre only about 8.000 in | the battle, June 2, he writes to the Secretary of W : shar Abe Wis ttimny i wil ejpaar that ir Jone, Tool, the | f4ntry—the cavalry there not beng ited Tor operatins | ' ye enemy autem force and with eeu priser | toca ehiny ‘tat th baer wore fowhty tn roope | than te psn na” Haan Re ha be fought during tho movement of the army to the James, | General 1 eral Mol lela e cnomy being repuleed in each day’s fabting, and our | #F 1» SOUTH MOUNTAIN. AND ANTIBTAM. Navy‘Department proposed to the War Department’ that | #ainst the enemy, on account of the country being #0 | day morning, but are ever; where most siynal ! onen chan wo su U' measures be adopted to take possession of Matthias Point, bang pea bag Tayi el ot reiniorcemeuts to = or lose. Cae cone share freuen on both dasa, pts red ihe. pa! mppacornborpen cone aueot ae tiees | . ga. ait ee , “ 4 ark bP: he ‘ ; , without direet ions fro: BSEQUENT MOVEMENTS, | 10 order to secure the navigation of the Potomac from any = o General Hooker, he sent staff officers | 4nd uniformly brake the thems | The ray waittorthe river | the Cotamanding General. He ‘would place the troops 1n | to over mighty danger of being interrupter, From some cause no steve | t0 burry up troops from the rear, his own cor ae ares eirpose. "The satject war agen | Dei0K some ton miles off, and ordered iceariie | to fall to cross with the reat of the force and make agencral | the morutog, then leave the fald and seek the positiow fur Drought to the altention of the War Department by the | ¥ rienforce Hooker. Reinforcements not coming up to podiiion iy woh for wont sco T Gn, “Sra | Gepre au Chad Heth seeder pede meh ip Nove Departinent in the month of August, shortly a(ter | Geueral Hooker as soon as needed, or perhaps exyected, | tip from Fortress Monroe. But the moral of ny troops tn | GA%," Siar iigpeirgis Sy ome tee comrd athe ae dattle of bull run, Nothing, however, was done at | the Prince de Joinville and Governor Sprague went to | now such that I cap venture much, Ido wot fear for odde | Pine Quine tit Aun oe} on y that time in regard to it. Penta pe sree _peoral eee toclens up to, the in The vi negremcte, angen credit isdueto | Dim. In that ne Oro ha tor om James river. In October, 1861, the Navy Department again urged the idles je charge of matters there... Governor . ars fs - re Wat matter upon tbe Consideration of the Ward Departaears: Sprague arrived at Yorktown about one o'clock, having The movement Was not Tai, however, as General Pi eA ee ea ys pais padre | Tag the 8,00 fgeth, keoope ‘The eo al expedition was tae in preparation and bv bee 4 [ott song i ion b merhagepe te —_ Sociol states, because of the bigh stage of water and jae etn cid so hs gla ae i head ; ag Genera! More's division, 9 git that sire, th tn fe ‘would soon be ready to start. avy Liepartment re- | G “ eo ire at the roads. cperee lested | port Teme’ present i mark poned “those — suvontnaars. ‘enemy. The subject of the future operations of | Gen ‘ with feat a pealtion, MiP eran Mi aeacel tia ie outa send to Shas, Ilsle nansen’ "after pons On the oun of "Jane Mecalrs division pf General Mo- tho army raw a matter of much eliboration om the part QeWorn you consulted ta reintion tw resewing the atiack > = A of the government, General MeCletign claimed that the | the next day?) a—-When General McClellan *istted the OPERATIONS UNDER GEN. BURNSIDE. cess, the rtion the Potomac flo. | Generaf McClellan started from Yorktown, aud reachea | Dowell’s corps was ordered to join the army on the penin- becenpe bag very bap He, versels, flo’ | the vieinty of Willkamsvurg about five o'clock iu the | Sula, On the bth of June GencrabMetleliaa telegraphs: | James river was the true line of approach to Richmond, | Peht im te, afte be apn fl 4 : ‘ught, with their machwery protected, they | #{ternoon. “1 ahall be in perfect readmena to move forward and take | #4 that he shouldbe reinforced in order to renew the | Si, vay ihe Du WHAT MUST BE DON cris that service thin any other yeasels | By that time Genoral Kearny had reached the field | Richmond the moment that McCall reaches bere and the | Sunt againat thas The President visited tbe | the wood. ? y * noth é poseeasion of the Navy Department, And if apy- | “nd reinforced General Hooker, taking command, bei froana will admit of the pessage of artillery.” Un the | ®'™y 1 the 8th of July, but nothing was then dec enemy fro &., 0, &e, thing was to be done by them to secare the unioterrupt | the senior in rank to General Hooker. Gomera) Hapsook ‘Oth and 11th of Jape Movall’s troops commenced arriving | WD eames vine! that we CA at geowlndwobdpoge Che tewensthedpere 9. duns Mdetsita in vessiona ene ease wate rolatanenh, | Mee reece emt 6: te minke, ©. Weill eee ey cieeseh Up Goupeal Deretaey tt t. lt was to the President and War Depart- Li in repulsing the enemy, about forty le ington : ud of ark beeriag proposed par id from Fredericksburg the remainder | bad'come from North Carolina, with the greater portion | th Ae tis arunrmoon, aid { ha! no. donb thes» ine Genater Wade, from the joint commiltee of the two | ment the gunboats should take and dest: men. The principal Gghting was done by the troops | to send down by opener aed cnr phn er ne Late Ghder General Hocker, his division sustaining «ives of | Of General McDowell's corps, he being directed | Of his force, to Fortress Monro. The general olllogrs | shat piace the next in upon the river, and which even then endangered tue | Sbont 1,700 men. Lefore be was rein‘orced his troops 10 co-operate fully with General “but retaining | Wore called together, and the question of withdrawing | cover the whoie If. of pavety of yeesels passing up and down the Potomac. | Wee ODliged to hold thetr positien with the bayonet apd an indeyendenteummand, This dres not appear to have | thearmy was submitted to them. The council was of | 1 that hy when that had been done’ it was propo-ed that a suficient | Such ammunition as the men could obtain from the | ben in sccordance with General MoCelian’s wishes: for, | Father an informal charactor. The majority of the off. | ss number of should be landed at Matthias Point, | Bodies of thove who bad fallen, the roads being so muddy | ou the loth of Jone, he telegraphs to the Secretary of cers expressed themselves in favor of a withdrawal of | # Mie ely were, gly Do-, to intrencll themevlves, ‘under the protection of the | hat it was impossible to bring up fresh ammunition. War: — the army. Genoral Buronide towtifion that, as he under. | > neg) moening? A, Laid aeabote. until they should be abic, with the assistance | That might the enomy evacuated their position at Wil- | It ought to be distinctly understood that dicDowell and Stood from the officers there, the army was not tu a god | the General commanding bal | have umlerstool tat the Se the smaller bonte of the Potomac tlotilia, to hold their | iamsburg General McClellan states that after he ar- | his troops are completely under me control. I received ie, aa was ose. many oo Cee penane wae aa Sor tes Se, ae nee deme Besition again any force the enemy would be tkely to rived om the field be was #o satistied that the enemy had | telegram {rom him, requesting that McCall's division mig wore withvat shelter and consi uteunlla and sonny of | Wrovtethvne win arid ‘nebo tls anlecs on thovtges ngs atet thought that would we nem, been wade amt that point bed beew ald have been the cert apon the enemy? g £ GF : | 2 5 2 3 Fa z 3 that Unies some | Leen beaten, and would be compelied to evacuate their bie wep eee Hew 1100p» Came, « the conduct ” ‘ing against them. It was represented that un Th request does Rot breathe the ‘spirit: what ressed by the leading officers was that the men had be- Sweep ee » of the present war” depended the issue of such otoge ware taken the ‘ture of those vessels upon | Position that night or be taken at a 4 troops came 1 nt ba dapesed ctvas ax to do the mont Ly me very much enervated. One.of the leading officers | gskpa 4 Heat ‘delay the enemy an opportunity to the experiment inaugurated by our fathers, after so | thePort Royal expedition bethe: for the closing | ‘hat be countermanded orders to the divisions of Richard: | I do not fee) that. in cireumetances ag those in | guid that his command could not, in hie opin- bar ye gt Bey ber | aban 8 ane ae omnes ngnan abies. Thue fon’ | anne teuit peotsen ghd Rumine lors bes Petoame Inte Vir on of the troops was one of the reasons axsigned for ym without wolewathon Oor artuy sewly [ollowed and the navigation of the Potomac, which representation | #2 and Sedgwick and sent them back to Yorktown. ‘which | am now placed, General MeDowell ant ‘wish the much expenditare of blood and treasure—the establish. | Of the result proved to becorrect. As was well urged by the The next day the pursuit was continued for a short ia command of Reamon fy onion eto reaslng ¢ of them: emi 4o1 ment of » nation founded upon the capacity of man for ait ‘p& pawtion along the fovarnvae, on the ‘moun! distance by General Stoneman and the caval with a self-government, The pation was engaged iu a contest tha? Wend the army oe cbetbaa, wick ity bees: mall body of lafantry. Sever al of tbe guneruie testify Perper eeeinte erent | Cocca Mrettolan apetied | + ta,pa0 eteforees wot y3igg Maryland Heuhud ow the Sab amd Mrfer's Perry te lef ciihinces & vaallaae Be pe BA Of the Polsiuac, of, | Sst had the enemy been promptly followed up after the . Lnctoene ted enl ge eCillan applied for 60,000 reiniorcemente | ose very ty ubparalleled ime: . jn hod that ‘at that 1 °F V pattie of Willimasborg they have. bee followed | . UP the 16th af General Mo leilen ranbs to | to enable bim to resume active operat! General Hal- | "Ge Mi non the 2h of oar tory, Waneatened tho overthrow ef our free instaations, | 2Y "iunuolding thet cooperation at thas time, permit 66 | Petit, Richmond—sue of ibem says without friog a | the Secretary of War that be at received inforimatiin | Kt. whe, Ne Val eee armed turniah him only one Mornttnin at 230m, at Ratiotaas: fRoab suena ead the most prompt and vigorous measures were de Tier ryesuietoria, General Merion romined hat gun, General McCiellan says that the roads were #0 "Sea Pais tak tee enor Bie astnionsl Sonera teucietan eopanated to | a stag v4 H movement 1 20 In relation to the of the enemy to both thowe bat manded by every consideration of honor, patriotism, and | 4000 men should be ready, & tase matted ted’ the ne. Lei ee eee that it reesntercements hero | reuew operations with that nimnber of reinforcements, | ties, in kied, wounded, prismers and xtraggiors, Weneral a due regard for the prosperity and happiness of the peo- a et Paap rl peprises tha oe ‘he Asatte efcidilinesshag uppedon.te have bese Soughe to Jackson, they are probably not leas than 10,000 | and General Halleck left with that understanding, But bs pee 8 © © 8 we ee pment Neng cid Mody ” pom bel notified te | under ‘and serious disadvantages. Nothing was 5 ‘ent, | the day that he left General MoClellan wrote to hito, ask- { Ti rey be safely concluled. therefore. that the rebel ps ~ roy uae being Basie ane Misha of tos nature of tbe country or the detensive | it weema pretty certain that it ie believed in | ing for 15,000 or 20,000 troops from the Western army, in | army joni ai leas: 0 Uo! their beat Woope in Wher uriet Soon after the battle of Bull rum in July, 196t, General | flotiia atthe time named. The troops did not arrive, and | Works of the enemy until our troops uFrived before them; sod among the febel troop. To this the Prank. | Sites v abouts be proagba here ienrpstiyy, io bere. | alver we bate ot ‘Amtietam Weneral Molelian exiled were te mre, td Ui Uno | Wes fren nel ey Gs | Serie anu nic ' | erstnhy earuck rome Mme ices | ent tain ea dares | fhe psa geo er x *follons. The campaign io Westero. Virginia, the | McClellan why the CEE ee eee ending | command: each general foughi as he considered best; aud Arkh —if ‘Unis Ie true, itis as good aa | taken. As thi could uot be dove, the order was given | {irl 7 Marylin Hingis, MatiiK tte i a ands ee ne ee ea oe | ee cagrecment, was’ informed ‘by. his that. hie ong | BY the time te General commanding appeared on the’ | * Yt came e cee al Secietan ie foe, he wiibtrawal of dhe army, 68 rapidly ns pessitte. || Nr inet perpen sep hucmabnaeeas MeCielian: the, tayor with, which % wan ungersiood be | neers were df the opinion, that 10 larso_ a body field, the principal part of the fighting was over. (leer ar oo talegraghs 10 the | Srerin the presence oF & paperior force of the eustay,” S [Tite Colton cammunteatnns tw regued v0, shove and ‘one iy of pA United States; even Lis comparative | had coucluded not to send them. § Cuptain Fox replied | Some three Phy Fg bom pa spont at Williamsburg | , A eners! engagement may take piace at any bour, Ap sits, Foy ae maanae, aa bt ol Tho mopemcut of the army serene tis (tver, waish-«ae youth, holding out the FT coulve Sod gorous | that the landing of the troops was a matter of which the | for the purpose of bringiug up supplies, Ae., and thenthe | tuemy exhibit at every points readi ~ Tree | Prominent ar.ong the causes of ultimate faulure way | eorumenced aon (he 201 of Oeteiwer, coutinsed slowly , seseiies—all' heme cenaidrations vndet to ature hope | Nery Department bed, Chart ist Rey oad eye ae eee wate arb lt Wiktaoarg that Nor, | Srrsiacs Woskond. men Nave iol'Ricamend to reapiores | RO” Nn nn cn ance Svs to tho Premident that tho let vorpe, of ws. army Solas pondency rd had followed the disastrous issue of the fall ; Kody inquiry baa bene ante of then ih regard | tolk was taken and the Merrimac destroyed. But prepa- Ppetoen, 1s Minetenten Relp stronash, an | contidence Aiur At last the moment came when action was imperative, | ¢rossing on the 3d of Nuvember, just (our woeks (rom the campaign ended. matter, and no nobi! troops were | rations had been made before these events occurred to a as Vrovi- | a6 enemy assumed the initiative. We had warning of | Hime the order to cr am was given oc eebioeec nerwelicboaphe tins ts ne Hed in WY) ee tho agrood thas tbe shsushiy We: sand: a [Wek tants nrverearie toletch oun eacbend. tances’ Situs, ule earth Sndahy, an the’ completion of some | $080 and where ho was Wo atrike, Had Porter te ithe eae ee ee an as ee M) <n & —— BP Apt oe Basten A pr “4 ioe vo = rok haa ag tong The con- | necessary preliminaries. drawn the night of the 20th of June our ariny would have | Gener . gol (erties esiner another arsnp aad pot themes com, | hed it Goulla to readiness for tbe arrival of ibe troos, | or. 00" service in’ the gunboats wore of little | tye returns of General MeCiellan to the Adjutant Gene. | beet concentrated on the right Naok of the thease | couse winch driers at a from 9 a ho Ey state of ‘so tliat offensiveoperations might | But no troops were sent down at that time ore Saar | Oe adand veciahied: entirely inaetive,: Goeipe tm ‘ones | Tarn cee cive tne telewinges the strengi of tiv army | Sn’ while two onrpe, Ob lenat, of the eneray's force | Fig explaining my Teanene Und firing Fos. time to owe Glrssasiodas thecrrliisr practiecite cottons: Too Asay | over cont dawn Tor thet par ‘ Y | Operations against Fort Darling, until’ they were called | O0,{20 Penineals os aoe ae tae reat 12.228, aback OO ae ae ae hakad ed Ue 1K snabrvewinis au’may seem beat Wo Jou Eicinass eeromtnrreatee ced | "pacts mary ecm | ert wy win ye | Bargin we ms TH | tinea ha Se | wy oad Raa eats Sw ta 4 About this time the rebel , Stuart, with his cay. | St once for the James, we would have 8 ounces j a, ryt Senn, opts er mde avr | en ie ee ete ta | nga nse yt | ay men conn mange eat | ned tees We red age | sinned ‘Washington, and izing. there, an army which | MeClelian feared that it might bring on ® geueral FL eer cad the seniy wed Manet te women ik moves 1 een nee and discovering the nature of our | SFs\; and ih the second, If we ei worming of the arom, DC. hoy, b, tae. | - - ae rae | eos Gere) connate, Fine Beng Bsr wi moving | communications with the York river. would bave been in the same case on the morning of the gr s1—On receip: of the order of ike Preadrmi, emt seeelee everrener Oe. Sasa a Sie Sie, (See | Me. es ccsases, wha ted wnliah with thé Noty grt. | omar wentha onrye of General Regen wows eremed |. ONia unecesmat Wyte, comin, Moca, tae See a a ices recent. OF tad tbe tertile’ Wess, ; aft Ore Caer yest penne Se Febels might cherish. Kr-r when the Army of the Poto. | ment in urging their proposition, first upon General Nott | on the 24th of May, followed My tes carve et Goncees | Eraphe the Secretary of Wat that be Je laformed by de- | thr, Oey tS toe tal parish, boum bela. be Mccl pase be lola for We Hise bad stinined dimensions never. betore contemplated | and then upon General McClellan, manifested great di ae 26 Ot May Lele OF se eos cimy recneined | S0rters and coutrabands that Jackson ls contemplating an | '0'-co men, ‘ag ancy could have, been, we would ave sreithn tered akun fm the course of military erat cyan’ this contvont, | polntment’ when he learned that the plan liad failed to | on the left bank of the Chickabomin ur army remained | gttack pos his Fight and rear. As this dexpateh of Gene. | 70.000 won. At hoy Si ag too" mie “tes HW WA: Laie w. Oemerel tw Obie’ ad seldom, if ever, eqvatiod io modorn times, no portion | consequence of the troops not sent, And Captain Bee oa een ey Deiaee cmmacs to, | Tal MoClelian, and the one of the President jo reply, sre fought on the other side with 90,000 men inetead of | weor General McCLei tas Commaniing, de, Oe. Sf i rapiply increaainy numbers wan permitted to be dl. | Oraven threw up hie SE Fesccnas cat ap, | she settee of Gomer Het $0 | Gated Srneeed ntaty preriese © the “ooven: Sage’ bate,” Frei oe ee tise banie of the Checnabenatagy, we iatgae Gamenss onrmus—no, 1M Tariad, eves for & Uriel peri: to the sccomplichment of | plied, to ve sent to nea, saying that, by remaining bere | |G McClellan covtinued calling for reinforcements, | “ie7,s°6 €\ve0 pose in full. Save tought and crisbed the enemy on the loft bank, re- Wan Darantaner, Au/orant Uannnan's Oprien, 1 @ther enterprises: geuerale tv charge various os A De, = oy bis lege wom that the force of Mov ns, June 26—6:15 P.M. opened our commuuteation, and theu returned and taken By direction of the President « time ae ogee wad pause ty Sotllie wo lockaded | front was ‘superior to his Ihave nah penne trees ee tee see oe your despatch | Richmond. dered that Major General Mer would be impu' under bis com. | under eee ee | Re i ae —— oe << jac my aie Pranes nagn fi boyd OmvBRAL roms sis pause compen of Oe bray ot toe Tos a aes, ee General « ‘command, 5 ruside r ‘Upon the failure of this plan of the Navy Department, ‘any other position in wi Vance is at or near Hanover Court House, and that Beau- | iesve the peninsula, He lauded at Aquia and proceeded | 8 the effective vessels of the Potomac fotilia left upon the | « lewer written on the 21st Seeerany. i toglne so tn that Jarkaom will cttscn ‘ty | 0 Fredericksburg, relieving General King, who proceeded B.D. Se can ened . Port Royal avigation of the river wee | McDowell’s corps be sent to hi Fight and rear. ‘rebel force i stated at 200.000, Incinding | a 000 to rejoin bis corpe (MeDowell’s), then with Gene- oremarwne page aL OCR Oe almost thereafter closed, and remained | land, as the more ex; deckson and Bewaregard. T shall bave to contend again ral Pope, Soon afver, General Burnside was ordered to Upon assuming command of the Army of the Potomac closed. eatll tho weruatarily evesuated their bat- | forces goa hs oes y rapee Sepete ee ALN | send all possible assixiange to General Hope, and at once Genoret Sern = — aoe ee id * tories in the Marek following, no slope baving been taken. | ary way. Moe a oan. h rogres may grvet tafeniaitiy of numbers, | ceased wo of Bis three divisions (Reno's end fhovens’) | SPieilaa—this 10, 10 make preteuiinn tp tame oe in the meantime, for reopening communication by that | 11 see tere 7 oat ett em fo te eriority of numbers, | yp the Rappabannock. Shortly alter that the advavee of —thte 16, (0 make, Vrederwesbarg, (he am neither 4: ot failed to represent ‘the necessity of re-in. | the Army of the Votomac, Fitzjobe Porter's corps, reach- his eperat oe. -~y Ay hy de ted ng ‘On the 10th of January, 1862, the President of the | {iSforce as mach as Pot ents; that this was the decisive point; and | ed Aquié and was sent forward by General urraide to | of November, and on forwarded to Wastingten ‘United Btates, as Commander.in-Chief of the army and | with aii ihe skill and caut that all the available means of the government | Goneral Pope. The rest of the Army of the Potomac, ex- bis proposed of operations On the 12th of Novem Bavy, issued orders for a general ‘movementor ail the fens. And I trust that the result may either oviain for'me | sould be concentrated here I will do all that a general can | cept Keyes’ corps, lolt to garrison Yorktown, proceeded ber General Halieck came Wo Warrenton, and wih Gene arintes of the United States, one result of which was the | the peruanent coulldence of my government or that it do with tne splendid army I have the honor to command; lesandria, sad from there joiced Gener: Meigs, had a conversation with General Rarnade v0» series of victories at Nort’ Heary, Fort Donelson, &e., | close my career. may | and ie enreres by ererwhe be bers. can at w Al cankt onipek peg ‘dane in movements f the army , which 90 electritied the country and revived the bopes of | In reply to the request of General MoClelian that General | {'C.cr'%li occur te morrow, or within © short time, twa dis- | tion of Bis corpe there; but be received orders to réem | (Here (olkw statements and watimony ta regard vo the oar aera ss a é > : pavotge toy rt phd Soroms andy the fooong sever, the respons ‘canbot be thrown on my shoulders: | bark them again and proceed to Alexandria, which he | Postoon ee ae Led — Here follow copies of various orders in regard tothe | lind sooner than he could get aboard of boas yf | since | commenced this I have received afditional Intell! 4. troops seat to the sestetance of General Pope were | General Pornside then begsn to make preparations for movement and estimates of Generals MoCiclian, Wads | the boate were ready at Fredericksburg, unless Ker po tion, in regard to Jackson's | sent by orders of General Halleck. for tise sect from | Snhother movement, bringing up the pease ax rapdiy ‘orth, Adjutant weneral Thomas and Major General | his march bail be ted, in which case | ind now ger to the wher side of theCricke. | Aquia the orders were given to Geveral Hurnside, for Sicuues con ons teams Ur enenes T fee that | those sent out from Alexandria the orders Tectly to the corps commanders, wnt! Ge arrived,on the 26th of August, after whicb U wi Hitchcock, as the forces requisite for the defence of | the force resisting bim will not be confronting you at | hominy to arrange for the defence on that pose. | Richmond. By land be will reach you ‘in five days after | there is no use in my Ip asking for ree published before. The report then | starting; whereas, by water, he would not reach you in GEO. B. meade mM ar. ide. the right wing lo crams oppemite Frederiete wen from (bree te four miler arrived at Fortress Monroe on the 234 of Marob, two | to leave Fredericksburg on the 26th of May to join Gen. neal Fita,Jobn Porter, the pr fair, ending With the statement fea ‘continues: — two weeks, judging by past experience.’ Frankiin'’s | Hon. B M. Stanton, wree given through him | oe STRGR OF YORKTOWN. single division did not reach you in ten days after | or: ‘The answer of the President is as follo ‘The circumstances connected with the car, | General Heintzeiman, who commanded the firat troops | dered it” asnineton, June 36, 1862 Army of Virgina have been so | of the Army of the Potomac that landedgon the peninsula, | Preparations were accordingly made for Gen. McDowell | Your three despatches of yenterday in relation 10 the af. | military erurte ip the case | Se as eee roein nade © ay at both powetm, but | wing Oe on ; “ } ‘wooks after the evacuation of Manassas. He had orders | MoCiellan, Juet at that time, however, Jackson com if YOUr poinl, are very 4 blic, that Your committee baye not Jermed | With mack opymition fre * to encamp as near Fortress Monroe as prsible, in order | menoed bis expedition down the Shenandoah valley, avd wold RN gd Pe make po thorough an jovestigation of that can . . . ie for active military uperations. As mouth after | that the evemy should have no idea of the direction in | Gen MeLowell, together'with Geo. Fremont, from West. al | they would otherwine have From the testimony it would appewr that the attnes passed 'withont a: ytbhing belug done by the Army | which the army was to move—whether towards Yorktown | ert Virgiuia, was seLt to the assistance of Gen. Banks principally to the orders a wan in realy made vy o Vw amalient Civiehne & Potomac, the peuple became more aud more auxious | or Norfolk. weral Heintzelman states that shortly | and t. intercept Jackson in bis retreat, Upon being in. | bo ub yen the forwarding ‘ Kile Co mAnd the dIV Om Hf Omen ab for Whe ennouncement that the work of preparation bad | after landing be obtained information that the enemy bad | formed of this, Gen, MoCie\lan replied that the movement « Frankia» corps from modria W the ane | ymbering ebew 44 men The divigien « « | ance of General Pop camera bovn completed and native operstives would seen be com- | But more thin tee thousand troope at Yorktown, aud on | of Jackson was probably intended & prevent re enforce A men ° the peninvala, and {s satisfied that that he could | meni being sent to him The President replied, giving be LAND. | From the testinony before your committee it appeared | have advanced’ and isolated Yorktown, in which case | him {ull information as to the condition of affairs in “ Very noon after General Pope ao6 hum army fell beck on | forming the ext that the Army of the Potomac was woh armel and | there would have ben no serious obstacle i the way of | valley, aud closed by say ing:— Mericsf MATTE OF Game wrt Wudiogioa the revel ermy entered. Maryland, wre | line by | proceeding directly wo Ricbmoud. | (m the 27th of March | 17 McDowell's for wav nur beyond our reach we should On the afternoon @f the 20th of June, between two sed | tious were immediately made by tue wuthoritien In Want rae are men went ut Teconvottering par tice far ae ing Hotes be utterly beipiran, Appre' evens of something ik or Md porte ayy fod ox On Seca nates | iagton to follow ‘bem commer operat ya cre ane mi ear ie if wo jon willingness to # wn yoo, baw el proses ge of Con of n re om to the comman tn r Te cane SMCS SetIve operations. | oi Wy about four hundred of the enemy ana eiitile artil: | ressom lor withholding Mclvowe{ « foree from Jou 'Plensy | sion, stati a i Fe ag te 4q ‘aud the most of | lery were seen, Hie telegraphed to General Movieian | Undermund tui And do the best you eau with the forces you | brigades of brig ob ohn lian and Geveral Halleck. | ow have. neil pighttal wemy w ; In reference to the proper nomen of so large an That ho moeral McClellan } hoped thet nothing had bees be S100 oF hay ane 0 fet ef on Wore sant up by Gaweral Porter ts the On the 14th of Garhomber the battle of Bath Mowstate | army a4 that about Washiogton, in order that it might ve | done to give the enemy infurmation of the line of, opera even Praca tnd Vor Ose were foaghe. an there bes pe om pecan to onppers the F | was fought—the troope at Turner's Gay bene woder oom | wwe betier able to aot most eilectivety in the the | tons of thearmy. The reconnoiseance was then with | joe so much controversy in regard to the conduct of About welve o'elock that the t | nd of General Burnside and those at Cramton’ Gap | Deine wnder the command f Genera! | rok! \o—resuitiog m the enemy retiring W the viomity of Shepherdswwn, | On the 17h of Beptamber the battle Af Antietam wan | fought, It was commenced by Geveral Hooker on ibe pmerrrnn AaB, Lymn <rtroope continued to arrive at Fortress Monroe, and on | Sms Of ihe troupe engaged ta that bettie, your commit | to fait of the wimest importance | the 2¢ of AprilGen McClellan himself arrived. Gn the 4th Te eee disaed de nara ee ee, | Pe of April the army commenced jt# movement in the diree » Sone sof ith age 0 Gaines’ Mill, which was scoomptiatied the battie of Gaines’ Mill was foogbt, prin too. in time for the inatrnction of the troops ’ | tion of Yorktown, andon the 6th appeared before the tack was first made, (Gemeral Carey atates | cipaily by (he troope under General lorter, Jur \orees there | Ry 4 * driving the enemy be ore | seein eeranary to render Saab GR GYpAEieaAiaN Go taems’ | enemy's ites. Ceneral MeCielion states thet be moved | i)’ ren “oceetsiie rricciprity’ of nee cea Tee eee een ee eee te ee tncs nember, Theenemy Se Sa Somme tn tapertent geallion. hon Oeseal his divimion consisted principally of raw and inexpe | my being from two tothres times that number. The enemy ‘eieotive. Your committee deemed it go vitally neces. | from Fortress Monroe sovner than he otherwike would | rienced troop, They had sullered greatly {rum the la | were in such superior force that, although our troops Heker waa weunded and taken (rom the fod, ( ary thai subject to the | have done, upon hearing that the enemy were sending | tory aud ox . Bumeer took oonmand of our right, General butwner hed | of and xp sures incident upon the #irge of Yor wery, driv noe waar pegs oer ti nes a | atianth m of tbe ite immediate | down re ehforcemente and the advance of the troops up the peor hore | FoR wi eee aey ‘a uilled: wounded and | been ordered to bold hin oorpe in readioass to advance eo ‘adoption with powor The | _ Ail the testimony gues 10 prove that when our troops | fem tad been for weeks without Coe hour before daylight, but did not receive the order to President and the secretary ‘er ‘red with them | @rat landed on the peninsula the force of tbe enemy there pelied w lave their ante cnn wae ieee on we i sey of leay. | MYance until twenty minutes past seven ome wo the renewing the seem | consisted of Magruder's o-mmand, variously esti penthe pursuit of tbe cocmy aster Gen. Mo b mre Pee too nan, | Morning. General Mansheli, who bad come up Wo the creme We river - Ds ied woanded e he ¥ of only «he from 1,000 to 12,000 men, except by Gener Yorkt.wa. That division took the lead accona the (hick pee Oued eee ee lice of tin emery ta. | CUMS of General Hovker, bad bern Kiiied. Our trope, | Indeed, General wtated our lan, who estimates it from 15,000 to 20,000. - | their bead: li, and being very heewhiy pr ft might at aome then living within the rebel lines, near William-bur SS eee . ments and cut- | bominy vefore the battle of Gaines’ Milla, Hix Weatimony | Uh” ivanend’ pomitim Gener! Hecker had reached, but | py oy 8 aienity. | ieee aeteees Met ew dave before the battle of Seven Pines, contrary | “yl wkuicrer might hove, beew th | Seay, with the axewianne of the trove brought up by * o of Ge v "* | ~ Bomner, chee ene, ro ye mio , Within six miles of Mehmend side A the Uhh \Quoming pf “ On the left, General Murseide, shout ten o clock Faden 5 3 extendiog within five mi They bed ub uppers LV At do Bui LilnK they Out tO way ordered 1 attack th eBeMmy a & br dive avons coy ae | how right Or Uhelr IR, ORS fomeIeE Gr Medes te | ANCE Le at | Ge Antena fo Ste tent, Gas © ae 8 oe los us sears tesenenn, Simson winch they bek ned (Keyes) being in their rear. tu-y 7 1 by lenvtog he r ‘ ‘nee, The G@vases of General frerseise * reeew (ee wtlaek igo, and at once commenced digging rifle pits and cutting abate / Aly superbe f met by & mest Sarg wate reetiance om the as shou! b oie the pickets at night being attacked by the euemy, «ty he enemy, and ls wee not 4 | 3 “m8 reyor 4 } . 18 do # mb mvs tl bad or cor | $0 ieneral MoCielian the application of General Hamilton, | Ly gee Aap mlpaw Me pat pon ged rxplain wat was : ; - f= th ofl the Soren whieh General ft» A 2 only jn | commanding & divinion, tor 14 mie » forge the eve: | Wien important ys spun ham. Geoerel Cusey’ he ¢ hgh + thet perpose, the General MoCiellan, however, coviwued to oppewe the contrary to the desieo th r a re nek omnes ehim. Geue Pg & . ganization of the army into army corps, x6 will te geen the Mth of April, wrote © SS ats General be tells veneris 4 ony he attoct he way P an tt \rdey cor army remanet wo - Ly de mele Ma (rom the Secretary of lowe Die hinen ute the theater ing attitude of the iy bo bie veosocaet | Pa ae . ' aie w chi, whee home waber ; A A menth was spent before Yorkin, a arty iy the IY, and urged that (etaral fy 5 00m 06. oan, During the mug ¢ afer the ba sine’ Siti ail ome wt he hed ® ; ‘ ‘The President ie un} 0 Reve the army corse orgeat- | opinion of some Of One abies uffcery, Keeiniig more de | ee ote eee a an eter cttl wilar tae | forces were comentrated ow the righy Wamk of whet hws | oral Mecaetien fer reteferromens , OG Veeived te Got commen Weve neice 6 emmmmtias Ve re