Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-04
The Cheat Mountain AfGaIF-Letter ITt
Gen. jackson.
IRON the Richmond Examiner, ssIt 80.
e have received the following letter from
Zson in relation to the alleged discomfort Q


We have received the following letter from Gen
Jackson relation to the alleged discomfort Of the
lately reported movements of Gen. Lee upon the
Cheat Mountain frontier. The explanation, il any
is due on our part to Gen. Jackson, is simply and
obviously that the statements Of the hxdnsIneF were
derived from the official accounts of the affair, the
justice, impsrtiality even truth of which, were
not subjects of any interference or judgment our
part in = relation OF facts Information Of which
was obtained under ali the usual circumstances Of
authenticity in the news department. Of our paper:
CANP BARLOW, GREENsRER RIVHR
.-- September 10Th, 1851
-TS the RditOr Of the Rr0minW;- SIR: have read
with much pain the following paragraphs in your
issue Of the Path inst: % '.s's 81 % h.s5 . -
The War Department has received the otRciGl
report of Gen. Lee, giving detailed account OF his
plan Of operations the Cheat Mountain frontier,
and Of the recent failure Of ltratsgetic movements
agGinat the enemys position. The details OF the
report which are very full, accompanied by maps,
&c are, Of course, not Of . nature to be communi
Gated at this time to the public.
1T appears from the statements Of the report
that the plan Of operations diaconcerted by the
failure Of the column, led by General jackson, 10
attack the enemy g position the Cheat Mountain.
Gen. Jackson had made the reconnaissance hims elf,
but on reaching the enemya position, found him
defended By Q Stockade fort. Large quantities Of
timber had been felled, and were 90 inerlockSa
that il il said it would have taken our men several
49,
been no enemy on the other side to resist an attack
The column of Gen. Jackson was Withdrawn in the
face of the likelihood of 90 much Wholesale slaugh-
ter Of his forces, and the movements Of General
Lee, which were intended to be simultaneous in
their results with the attack, entirely disconcert-
ed.
"The plan Of operation Is given in the report Of
Gen. Lee fully, by the aid Of maps, and is said by
military men 10 have been one of the most perfect
pieces OF strategy the en- ire CAM aisn As it has
been disappOintsd it will be useless to canvass the
inertia ---r---....t.a
deeply regret that while the 'propsr reticence,
to which you refer in the same column of your
paper, has not saved me from figuring 30 proni>
nently before the public, having been mainly
strumental in dIseoncerting Gen. Lees plans Of
operations, l am prevented by an article in the
Army Regulations" (ses clause 1919 from going
into discussion of my psrsonal relation to that
"plAn Of operations" Hsw exc .sdingly rsjoieed
should be to challenge sHd to have fall nVestiga-
ton Of that relation is well knswn to all who are
officially connected with me here, and who are
thereby advised of what havs really done. Az
sured however that 1t cannot be contemplated Il
Representations false TO history, should 90 uncoL.
tradicted to the world and, therefore, i claim q
place in your columns for the following simple cor
rections as to facts:
lst It Is not true that 1.-THE plan of operations
disconnected by the failure Of the column led BY
to stack the enemys position on Chest Mountain"