Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-09-27
Interesting from the West-Lee gene TO
Join FIOyd-The Situation.
From the Richmond Examiner, Sept. q.

The War Department has received the official re-
port of Gen. Lee giving detailed account of his
plan of operations on the Cheat Mountain frontier
and of the recent failure of the strategic movement
against the eneuy's position. The details of the
report, which is very full accompanied by maps
&c are of course not of a nature to be communi.
Gated at this time, to the public.
It appears from the statements of the report that
the plan of operation was Disconnected by the fail
ure of the column led by Gen JACKSON to attack the
enemys position On the Cheat Mountain. Ger,
Jackson had made the reconnaissance himself. but
on reaching the enemys position, found him defend
ed by stockade fort Large quantities of timber
had been felled, and were interlocked that it is
said it would have taken our men several hours to
have climbed through, even if there had been no
enemy on the other side to resist the attack. The
column of Gen. Jackson was withdrawn in the face
of the likelihood of such wholesale slaughter of his
force, and the movements of Gen. Lee, which were
intended to be Simultaneous in their results with
the attack, entirely Disconnected.
The plan of operations is given in the report of
Gen. Lee fully by the aid of maps, and is said by
militery men to have been one of the most perfect
pieces of strategy in TIE entire campaign. As it
has been disappointed, it viii be useless 10 canvass
its merits.
Other important intelligence of later date has
been received from the West.
The intelligence is positive that Gen. Lee had left
the Valley Mountain and was on his way to join
General Floyd. This movement, of which we have
distinct advices is the int resting point at pl esent
IN the complication in the West and shows decided
change in the campsign. Our forces in the West
have hitherto conducted the campaign-very des-
ultory, must confess-in separate divisions, and
their concentration promises at least something
more decisive than has yet occurred.
News has also reached the Government that the
enemy at Cheat Mountain have been reinforced by
three Ohio regiments
Gen. Floyd, together with Wise's Legion. are in
urgent necessity for reintorcements An officer of
Gen, Floyd's command who has arrived in this city
with intelligence some days later than last reports
advises us in the strongest terms Of the necessity
of immediate reinforcements. The feeling in the
West Of growing dissatisfaction, in view of
the constant occurrence of sending troops to Ma
nassas and the Peninsula, in contrast with the spar
ing and feeble renorcements sent to the seat of
in Western Virginia.
At last accounts two regiments, from Georgia
and North Carolina, had arrived out, to join Gen.
Floyds command. Neither was full, many of their
men having been Frustrated with sickness along the
route.
Gen. Floyds camp was at Meadow Bluff, about
sixteen miles west of LewiAburg. Wise was in the
neighborhoOd, in strong position the top of the
Sewell Mountain. The mastery and well directed
retreat of General Floyd had enabled him to take
position to guard the Wilderness road, connecting
near Meadow Bluff with the Lewisburg pike,
The roads were very bad; but our means of trsns-
portation are said to be abundant Lees reported
movement to join our forces the Gauey line will
have to be made over distance of more than one
hundred miles even if uninterrupted