Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1847-06-24
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TO I'Ilk, pI BIlC.

Nm article IN the Plcayune al the s9ih ut signed ~
Col HASKELL and other officers OF the 2nd Tennessee
Regiment nddrts sed 10 the public, calls Tor some notice
from This article pr essos Ia be "a simple state
mru OF facts aud in advance dlscaims any other mo
i've ~ making the publication than such as afses rotn
desire Ito do justice 10 others aud 10 have Justice ior
themselves"
II ihose gentlemen had made a eerrect statement Of
facts, aud had lc tho public 10 form Its own judgement
upon those facts should have been content 10 hive pass
srd the publication by unuolced-io rum statement vi
fact. have nothing TO fear.
This article faiess.s Ia describe tie n'mys works,
and the oler Of attack of my brigade III the battle Of
ttuo Gordo. II says-"lhere were On HE line Of
works extending from the National Road To the gorge Of
the mountains. through which the rs,r passes three
works known To engineers as batteries Ms. and
T. aud hat by the order o battle iuf my brigade, battery
NJ. |. situated upon the rser blul, vas to have been
assaulted by ca Nynkoop's regiment. supported by
cd. tanptcs; and battery No :. vas to have been
assaulted by Iaskels regiment, supported by Col Rob
eri's reg nlcnt."
Instead Of ,hree works in this line Of works. those
urnlIcmen say there khown 10 be iour beido Tho
battle battery No. situated On lie ryer bnil, and
No > NJ The extreme left ol the onemys hne OF breast
work aud not nearer the point assaulted than from
lOU 10 tun yards, aud batteries Nos aand were SUI
inlher towards tho National Road--ihe place assaulted
made The 9Th battery. Col. Haskell (mho Is lie an-
thor ul this article AID whose motives inf s assault
upon me Will be apparent enough ty and by) says tuf-
der that he was to assault battery No :, aud Col
/ " ,nhuap battery No |.
brvfr was however intended hN me 10 assault Dat
teucs Nus and :, aud order ever was gwen 10 that
effect lie vaa mol ordered TO assault lattrv No. 2,
nor was that battery assaulted Iu Nyuko'p
wa. not ordered Ia assault battery No. l. Tie ps'li
intended 10 To- assaulted VAS What Was believed BON
tho cnoinecs and IN, self be The angie o those ba tie
RES olned y the long line Of stone heastwolhs, about
400 wards from battery No l. In my Official report,
bearing dale 18Th Apu ISL and prepared I'M pfd'aio-
" after The battle hy oiror OF my sail Tor being DIS
anl,d III NY right am could NJ" Mrie' l distinctly
aattlIA
al Of batteries Nos and - But IN the alter part OF
that report for the sake ol beSy aud lur the purpose
of dcsnual,ng The position OF the assulung iorces,
sm ak ii the haleri Ms. aud = without repeat
n,, in each paragraph, the wufds 'adJactnt Angles
AT Tins supposed angie no guns could be seen. and
none were hclcved 10 lie be lhete-lhongh on the last
day OF recon olssanee something presenting The appear
ance f onr gun was Snii 1t Was believed to 10
the vcakcst poin IN the line oi woths, and Was, there
fore. selected 10y the engineer duty with my brigade
for the assault. - -, -,
Agrecably to my plan ofa,,acb, Ilaskcls assaulting
ct WAS IT, attack the left oi this angle, and Nynhoops
the righ, 10 engage, al The same ine me forces
upn both sides If tc angle Gen scott oidef oi na,
ile WAS arp and reached about O'clock the nIsht
of the nh and late for me to have the necessary CO.
pies of II prepared and issued 10 my command tefe.
lore sent ior Coils. Campbell. III skoil, Nynkep ana
Rnbcris aud at ny quarters read 10 them The gene
r., order Of battle my own quarters read 10 them parc-
uarIy the position ol the different batteries, my position
for assault and the order OF movement lo cach ghe''
and the y sltlOn To be assumed ny each, preparatory u
the assault.
The assault was made the place previously deter
mined npop and made known, 10 these officers; aud
,h,uuh his poin tnrned be strong work. mount
inc clpht pieces Of ARTILLERY tdiaely III ifoni ana
lyu more ON A retired line all which wefe to The mo-
mont of attack entirely concealed and completely mask
ed by the stone wall aud brush; YET up to mat time
WAS believed to be an angle III the large stone hreastwoIk
connnectnu the batteries Nos. and :. That such was
the position intended to be and actually assaulted, VIII
+,flif
made almost Immediately after the battle dated 18TH and
18th Amil mark,dA and b, and prepared long before
the appraranco q, the attack Of Colonel Haskell s. and
yet in the face these startling errors, or msrepreseh
laiions Of facts, this assault upon me modesiiS pro-
fesses 10 be simple statement Vi iae's, ahu maui
solely for the purpose Of justice TO the sgners oil that ar
Gle. >. :..
Col Haskell cannot understand why his regimen.
was placed between Nynkoups and Camphell's, ana
CampbeIs between his (iaskelPs) and Roberts regi-
ment on the march from the encanpment.
This Ito hm) mcomprehensihle order OF marcn,
which he seems 10 think blunder OF NINE, Will
perhaps be understood by him when state TO MN 'Ie
object. "
The narrow pathway along which wero obliged
IN march pierced the enemys line OF works just at the
Mace selected for the assault BY my order OF attack
i Wyukoops assaul,ing column 10 firm on the lett
of the path fronting the right side Of The angle, and Has
kelss assautng force to form The right SIDE Of inc
path and was attack the works on he LETT side OF me
anule. Wynkuop's position was further advanced on
the road than irskes, and therefore he was placed In
the advance. When WynkUops regiment reached i,s
position 1t was FORM and did form on The proper side
of The rath. When Haekel's regiment had ioImed II
cleared the d for CD Canpbels regiment TO PISS up
to Wynkoeps support The passage ct Campbeiis reg
ineni left the way clear for bers 10 eune forward 10
Haske's support. Thus IT viii &c seen that me CRY