Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-11-05

on board 20 work ire gus Several transports were
.dded to he fset a. fortress Mooroe and the entire Az
lantic souadron viii cooperate with the eKp'duon'
The expedition consists In al, OF e'ghy vessei1 w.
N sse three are steam gates SIX others are saD
Of sa twentysix are gun boats twelve terTy-eoas ana
thirty steam and six sailing tr'nfpors'
LIST OF OFFICERS.
RrIssdsr General Thomas W. Sherman, Commanding
DIvIslos STAFF.
Captain Louis q. PslOUss, U g. A., Aetng Ahs'in'
.ns Sso,se Merrill, U 8 Volunteer, Aid.de-csmp
Lent J mes Msgutr, Twenty eighth Massachusetts,
~, RsGs s, x,on' Q. G. A, Chief Quartermss,er
Ssrt H.,bsrt a. HaseAl U. 8 A, Assistant Quarter
v"p. Charles Fuller, Q. A, Assistant Quarter
O. p, Michael Morgan, ASS Com Sub o 8. A, Chief
s,p. Q iincy A. Gilmore, q 8 Engineers, Chief Engi
Lieut. J. A. Tardy Jr o. s. Engineers, Assistant En'
gineer.
Lieut.. P. Il. o'Rorke, o. s Engineers. Assistant En-
81 g,cn George Cooper, o 8 A., Nsdicai Director
Lieut. + J shutk, 8. A, Chi OF osdnaLee
Lieut. james Il wilfop, Q. s A.. Chief of Top IA
gineerS A.,
.
aIsr ]. L Hewitt, h,j,r R PAngbOrn, M'lor Bus
s,l relt, Piynahers.
TheAe vsssas carry sidss their fu crews, force OF
bout thir thousand SOLDIERS, fa OF th' IN the oss
ruined troops Of Gsnersl hcCi Hiu's command rn'
,ry tha, the army Of General Mcclellan needed more
ner which has for so many weeks impatent souls
IS now rxohi'sd was not our land forces but our
uayal expedition that needed more men. When troops
vent o., 20 Washington IL Only that others. better
r Ted and more exporter ced iht be cent 70 Aonspo
n Ia readiness TO embark 10 the ships OF the expt don
Thp from ms 70 time by the p1triotc readiness Of the
sope 20 respond TO cal the Precise puport Of which
hey did not quite comprehend, our gallant Ienera vas
,,be1 20 detsch from bic large force oil IN pee
oldrs he had We need not say that these troops mr.
sell armed sud ally offered Neither care nor expenS'
n,Vs be, spared make their GU h, COM srm,
eli XII d. iu great guns, shot, soet, anmuniou' au'
al the psIsphsra ala Of war.
uEs, RoSsIs MATERIAL, Go.
Tn, Infptry "a qlomen put on board fui ent for
4, eas, lea t6ousat They include eS,rJ thing ne
csssa Y 20 pr pare The soldier.
o. ArtIs N u ion there wssre lily inmsnse var u
es SeysTsl Of the larges Ct nsports are u ary Ger
-h hsse materials aud hUusands OF soe were sent
ON rhis port WI as sio, essiSttr an Try Vsts
= &C q eiiy ui''ileS
rbey are mostly or oo-rd toe Great public, VanS'r
it O.s,n o. or, Bsic and L ics"n. . a snip exec,
4. 50 plies f.r hess animals eight ousapd osg' OF oat
n1 b-des this other vsssei' carry further supplies
nn. and oorn while many toos u hay are divd among
Two thousand bush Ia Of Cumberland coal have been
..ken slorC This coal L. OF toe 6nrly b,oken Il 6
ed by sEitls IN their fo.go because it gives QUICK
tnd vrrv lntepse heat.
B,-des { tso.sheeled dunptiDg carts already men
oped va re az also great LuDb.r Of bandcarts and
NJ tbpl "a
nee Ied 10 const' ucrg earhWoks found In this In
nP~sa ossaiE,v gather1Da.
Tree or tour transports are partially laden With
,,i.k mostly G e.br,k Taese probably 10 be us
CO. iaac lon ~ih the Hae Cuu5en dcoal Tor heatins
hot amp s'ovss are ohespar, handler, and more
quickly set up FIR cooking purposes and the orek ave
Bost probably 10 used in constructing furnaces 10 heat
d.to, shot wiIh which the great colunb!Ads will DE-
good execution.
LAND PoRoEs.
or the army forces we eau give no complete account
p,rtiou Of the troope tail from Senersl NC
Uslans army but other regiments sailed directly from
New York more frou Boston, a1d few We understand,
from o;ber points between these ces. The regiments,
% far a. We have been able 20 ascertain are given De-
low Our lie; u necessarily incomplete
The land forces are under command OF Gen Inomss
w. Sherman an able ard Distinguished oihcer' VINO en-
cred West Point In 1884 He 10 singnshed ss an ar
Iery oficpr aid eVeted for "gelant and merit
,rious conduct IN the battle Of Bsuna VISTA. de 10
u,,ive Of Rhode I.and 80
General sherman's headquarters are on board the
steamer Atlantic which carries over 200 troops besides
her own crew.
Trree brgldes OF the land force are commanded oI
Generals We'll. Stevens and Wright
K bert T. Viele Was grlduted IRON the west rom
Yssry Academy IN the year l642 and was ciassnste
Of General Mcclellan. He sTved la the NJ x'csh va
ana in 1883 resigned bis cmmssion TO sceep' the s
lion of chief gineer of the State OF New jersey dc
~ ATIla Hn NJ
ty.six years OF age, r,nks as BrtgsdieI-Geners
Isaso gals S eveus, who IL General IN command o.
lie s.ooud Brigade vas graduated at West Point 10
$50 and entes1d the corps Of engineers lie resgnsc
~ 1888 10 secep. the SppOn,m ant OF Glvefnor Of WASH
pstnn T. rricrv and elt cted represen awe e
0pgAss in 1857 He WAS 10 Mexico. aud was orevetted
Capt.in fer gallant and orous conduct al OneTphus
e. and hrevettsd II at Ohspult, pee, september 10
lst7 He uas severn y wounded on the same day.
Horstio CAFES Wright commanding the Tnird brlsade
vas rsduats at West Point in 1887, and appointed
uter Ant Ia the engineer corps in lsll. Since bis
,ndua,oa he has been az Asssant Professor and Pro
fssor at The United States MIitry AcsdeEy, and hs'
the pu sion Of being superior engineer and thorough
~ Efficient officer
THE TROOPS.
General viele's Brigade consists Of the Nv lamp
.sbire Third Col z D. Eellows the New York Forty
,ik.h, Col kosa; b, New York FOrty-sevenh, Colon
More the New York Fory.tight, Col Perry, and the
y .ine ghtb, OIL Lee SISTlaud
Toe Bigsde Of Col. Stevens cOnssts of the Psrn'yl
7ania Fliteih Col Benz Chrisv; the Michigan Eighth
Col. VIM N nton; the New York Seventy ninth, Cap
tain Morrison 10 command. and the Rjundhead Pstny
yAals, Col Dan Lsssure, (ides)
q uSEsI VT ghts Brigso- coU,is,s OF the New hamp
.hpe fourth Col rhom-s WhpDie; connecticut eli,
.al John L. Cha q ID Oonuec,icut Seveu'h, Col d.
Perry; sud the Malice Sicth, Col Rutherford Rich.
Bs.,dss those reguents are tbs Seventh and Eighth
Wsoorsiu en- erg,peer battalion Ave hg ldred stropg
commanded Wv Lieut.. Col Sorrell; the hsssaehu@ts'
Twenty asG, col A1gustus Morse, and the famous hsb
battery knoSn Shefmans 10 command OF which n
sherman won bis lau-els 10 MeKeo This is row c'm
handed By Gap ain miltoD, and consists OF six guns
one hundred aud forty men, and Que hundred m. TWEEN
~ horses Besides these aud other regiments, OF whom
we have lot been able 10 Ike count the exp ID Ion
| & one thousarG stout goes as Aeorers on the
forf ,a,ions which will be thrown 10 as soon as the
troopa land Thesa oontrabands who have come IN
Tom VirgnIs at rent Zines, aud their powerful mus
cs sud Wiling besrss viii probably be great relief to
OR soldiers.
,ssd tee: only about BALI the troops are men