Washington telegraph., 1847-06-30

lHloflnalllh lhah slth Is lheN lhust haNe
got from Col. Haskell himself, for never
held any conversation with any of them
upon the subject, nor did issue any writ.
ten order ol battle, for The reason belarc
given, anl ny personal interview with the
Cololcis aloga. am bound, therefore,
under all the circumstances to believe that
these ollieefs acted haslilf aud without 10.
lection, and under the Influence ollalse i'm
pressiuns, produced by Col. Haskell. WIN
abused theif confidence and graiiiel his
own malignant feelings towards me, BY
masking. under the cover aud influence ui
thelr nlme, an attack npan my character
remarkable only Tor It's iabaeSHy daa ab'
surdhy.
Ii further appears from my report, that
Col. Haskell, in the heat ni the battle. ul'er
his field officers were cut down, anl hi,
regiment brat back in confusion and disor.
der LEFT his command anl followed me
nearly To MAJOR Cnuper's poslinn-=la re.
port in person iis condition; and that | i'm
medialely ordered him 10 return 10 his con
mand. | did not pass upon this conduct
OF Col. Haskell, in preeipilaley reifealing
from thu heli OF action, without his cap,
and in advance Of every officer aud pfivae
Of ais regiment; anl passed Il over in
my report. BY barely speaking OF the lael,
without any remark or observa,ion-and |
did so, from u desire 10 spare his repnia
ton; and roget, that as he AMI these
other officers have voluntarily borne public
testimony - my personal courage and
gallant Jeazi8g on "a. Md gf bi'lifr that
cannot aecaul the same 10 him,
The question is distinctly asked-awby
assaulted battery No. si-why did | do
so before vas ready, aal with 50 small
l9fccl' Is an answer ia lhese questions
feier 10 lie following portion Of my dc.
laied repofi:
"l pon arriving At nv position i1r assault,
! commenced the formation Of my assault
ing forces, without the loss oi moments
time. hal myself placed Col. llazkeli's
regiment IN position iuf assault. upon the
LEFT side Of The anglr-hal placed enlanel
Rahrrs's regiment the supporting lafce
Of HASKELL rsgimrnt) in position a shou
distance in ihe rear llad onJcTed NAn
koop's regiment-the advance Of the oiher
assaullins iaree-to ils position (ani il was
On lis way 10 is position, with Col, Camp.
bells regiment as It's supporting lorcrl
when the enemy, discovering our position,
directed a mos, CALLING fire into the CON.
mand. This dre was 50 destructive, that
i would have swept away my entire com.
mand, had 4 rrmlined in iis position even
long enough 10 have completed the lnrma.
ton OF the forces for tho assault. Owing
to the impencirablc chapaual which GOV
cred the whole acc Of the country, il was
equally impossible To fall back aud com
p.eie the movement, even II such move.
meni would not have thrown the force en-.
iirely out Of position. Seeing that no alter
native was lrll mo bui 10 rtircW, with the
whole command. IN hc facc Of hf eacay'S
frc, and brra. up he order oi bIuic. aud
riola'e hc orisrsof he Gnpdi.m Gict, !
aud thus bring di,rdcc upon the whole /
brigade, or 10 dash rapidly forward upon
the cncmy's work with the forces which |
were in position, instantly sent my aid de.
camp. Lieutenant Rains, with oriers 10
bring Col. Roberts regiment as quickly u-
possible 10 tho support of Col. Haskell, 1
and directed this last regiment To charge |
the onemy's works. also sent my aid I
dc.camp, Lica,. Anderson, 10 Col. Wyn |
koop, with orders lnr similar movement |
upon the works in front oi bis position, bo.
ing on the opposite silrol ;hc angle. Has.
kcl's regiment dashed nohy iprward. with |
4 shou, VI enthusiasm Hence il will be
seen that the course which took of char.
ing The works, was the only ono LEFT mc.
II is manifest, therefore, that the effort
to throw upon me The responsibility ol the
failure 10 carry the wor, assaulted a, Ger.
TO Conln, is aiiogetier Hgjai. The al.
legged errors ia my orders aud dispositions
OF the assaul ing forces have shown were
not errors; but that they were, on tic con.
trary, the proper orders aud dispositions
lof that purpose.
most vigorous aud determined effort
was made To carry them by Col. llaskoll's
ltIliItUl. " was NV bNttirrlllt N''hHH'
OF the strength of The rOrks assailcd AMI
the almost insgrmDuntablo obstacles aud
barriers to its approach. Though Col.
Roberts was in close supporting distance
of Col lIashell-bcing within 100 or 300
yards--and was ordered 10 his immediate
support, before the latter was ordered 10
charge, yet he did not get up in time 10
sustain tho assault, made by HASKELL
regiment, before il was cut down ana forced
10 retire. Upon the report of the fact To
me, though al the tine was entirely dis.
ablcl in the use Of my right arm by Il
canister shot, Immediately formed the
whole command to renew the attack,
aud had ordered tho charge, when tho
enemy ran mp tho While dag aud sur.
rendered.
While am not disposed to charge the
fault of this failure to the misconduct Of any