Washington telegraph., 1847-06-30
TO I'll. PUBLIC.

an alhNlN w NHu iNa lHht ul ihn ~uln
ull, signed by Col. Haskell, aal other Off
GERS Of the 81 Tennessee Regiment nd.
dressed 10 ihe public, calls iur sumo notice
from me. This article 1rolesseslo To be "a
Smple s'aifmcai Of taeis, aul, IN advance.
disclaims any other motive in making he
PUBLICATION than such as arises Tom de.
sire ito do insliee 10 others, anI to have
Justice for themselves.
II thosa gentlemen had mtls 4 elrrsei
statement ol iacls, and had LEFT lha public 10
form is own judgment upon ihose facts,
should have been content IN have passed the
publication by unuofiesd--lor, iraIna state.
menl Of facts hare nothing 10 frar.
This article Processes To drseribe the en-.
,mg's Farks, aud the olcr oi attack ol my
brigade, in the hattie ol Germ horlo. Il
says--"lhcre were an the lin ni works,
c,leniina ifam the Sationil Rlal To the
gorge al the mountains, through which lhs
river passes. three works, known 10 our en-.
gineers as batteries Nos : and 3. aud
that, hy tie older q hallo for M brigade /,
battery NJ. l. situated upon the river
huff Was 10 hase been assaulted by Col
Winkupp', regiment. Supported By Colonel
Camphe'fsi aud btlfafy No. : - 10 have
been assaulted by llaskeli's regiment, sup.
ported by Col. Robefls's regiment"
Instead Of hrfe works in lhis line Of
works, a lho.r gentlemen sagt tzlep were
known In be iour hrioJr the baH.e. Bat.
icn "a |, situated On the rivef bud. anl
No. n tic c,'rrmr lri OF the rncm,
iiae 4 blsniro /. aud not nearer 10 the
point assaulted Than from 100 10 600 yards.
aud batteries Nos. and {, were sill far.
thor toward. The Nalinnll Rpal--lhe Place
a,aaltsl made Tho ah battery Colunel
lla.aaII lah, .s tie amhor ol tbs article,
nrd saase motives iar this assault upon
me, vii ba apparent enough by aud hyl
says further, that he vas 10 assault battery
80. :. ani Col. Wyhkaop battery No. /.
II never was, however intended bY ne
u Assault batteries Nos and 2 anl no
order vas ever given Ia that effect. llr
was o.; orlrr,l 10 asslui; hlcp No, :,
nur was lho battery rrsr assaulted. Col.
Mynkoop was not ordered 10 assault bat.
icfy so. /. The position intended TO be
assaulted was, wha was believed by both
thr eng ntcf. and mysr.I, 10 bee the angie
ol these batteries formed hy the long line
ol stone bicaslwprks, about 100 yards from
battery No. I In my official report, bear.
Ing daic 18Th iprii. lsi7, ani prepared
Immediately airr the battle ly an officer
OF ms sla0 (ior being disabled in my right
arm could M, wrilc). distinctly stated
that The pint. Of assault were "ihs ada.
cent argcs VI batteries Nos and -
But IN the after part Of that report, Cor the
sake ol brcyily aud ior the purpose oi dcsig.
mating the position Of the two assauIing
forces, speak Of batteries Nos. | aud ,,
without repeating in each paragraph, the
words "ad llccnl angles"
At this supposed angie no guns could be
seen aul none were supp srd 10 he there
90 though on the last ,lay OF Reconnaissance.
something presenting the appearance Of
one gun was seen. Sill, il was believed
to be the vcdkcd point on the line oiworks,
and was, therefore selected by the engineer,
on duty with my brigade, lar the assault.
Agrreably to my plan Of attack, lla'k
ellis assauhing force was toa'laek tho lclt
of this angle, aud Wynhoop's the right, 50
as 10 engage, at The same time, the forces
upon both sides OF the angle. Gen. SCOTS
forces OF battle was long, and reached me
about o'clock, the night OF the l1ih, aud
too late for me 10 have the necessary copies
oft prepared aud issued to my command
|, therefore, sent for Coils. Campbell, Has
kcll, Wynkoop aud Roberts, and at my own
quarters, read 10 them the general order Of
battle, and explained to them particularly
the position Of the different batteries, my
position for assault, aud the order ol move
mcnl for each regiment, and the position
to be assumed by each preparatory 10 the
assault.
The assault was made at the place pre-.
yiousy determined upon, aud made known
TO these officers; and though this point
turned out to bo strong work mounting
eight pieces Of artillery Immediately iu
front, and two more Oh retired line, all
which were, 10 the moment oil attack, en-
tirey concealed and completely masked by
the stono wall and brush; yet, up to that
time, il was believed to be an angie in The
large stone brcstwork, connecting the bat.
tories Nos. | and ,. That such was the
position intended to be, aud actually dssdHi.
led, will concusycly appear from my Off.
cial reports OF this battle almost immedi.
aiely after the battle, dated 18th and 25Ih
April, marked A and d, aud prepared long
before tho appearance oflhs attack Of Col
Haskoll's; aud yet, in the face OF these
startling errors, or interpretations OF
facts this assault upon me modesly pro,
lesses to be "a simple statement OF facts,
and made solely for The purpose ot Justice to
the signers Of that article.
Col. Haskell cannot understand why his
regiment was placed between Wynkoop's
and Campbell's, and Campbcl's between