The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-12-04
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IN NfAtNNNltNt ION tIN " tn0 tthOWi1G tNNtllul
titIeF-- Bombshell, Gr,rIie, Rocket Shrpncl
GraPsshot.'
Mcclellan and Beaurrss ri iu NTrSi o.
Doing guard duty on one ui Nicsc clrit oU
! nith,s - wh.t call Z" hig titiu." Slanlipl
before huge frc. whose glnuns ,iRg rays -uo1
into the deuce pine forest Which Surrounds you,
, a. u they, to-, had pl'takcr Of she spiri u
! vigilance, arl wcr' s'trShing for fOmo hille1
To- one MIND naturally is aic.tcd. aud ever,
! shadow and trCc has an asso ia iCH " hich tw.k-
ems the sul ucr to - full appreciation Of his som
| tincl duties Bat ruch nj .ht ~ last night
dhk, drclry, wet, ADD di.alsrco .Jle in thI OK.
! trcnc---h,s an entirely different effect, anl W.
clustered ounl tn fire, pl lish wi,h Sc.
I c'sf tal', which At times - mcd 10 oNeEt ia
bcsi u -ht aud most genial rays to .proad tVSnor
and IN" among those who stood smoking nrs,ud
. y. Then, ~ II cNlsrcntcl q; tho failure IL
Would Spluitcr and crNk, ciu cud ~, iuriouty
, with every drop OF rain. anl hi,1 uuL etrory
rSPrnoi at the element which VAS milking tLH
7rniincls 80 uurOm'urtglla. Bat tlr ,usrt
iru't bc visilIutly IN ,lincl lro1 Ii tho night
ani we Garc no, slc,p; lcr yOa must kl0w Mr
| Lhf.or, tha' loep courts thc sIllicrs cy,lls ~
swrcily under the dropping rain ~ il dira IN his
! tens II, pcichIncc, hr hasa gum blIuk Tor q
ted and hs knir'''k ior sp.ll0w.
| Prolo'cd sou,s, hut tho only music that
| conli hr fAscd was IN dc w l. tlo corporal,
/ Whh 'o'ct out IN mot m"A,urhuly stylr,
Som. days must he duk ant dr,lrv."
1hi' scouul o. be the orly ser. tht' IN, corpo-
raj knew and tbs nilN ol' 90 ,hIt kni wiich
We wUlic to hear. lplrr tlt ~ iy.prcs pro-
posed story, and the sergeant ui tho quad an
old MuAic,n sul iier up sri told the follow
ihs story which quote, a, nearly as can re-
coll c.. iu his own words;
Sruci ir my ten, one cvcnir', Just before tho
batuc ct Ilia city of M,Vicp, IN, captain cam, to
me with, corporal have been requested 10
SOM 'Iu-,Y uOu-Chmmi .,iOnbt Oil 'er to tho
general council toni shf ~ 4 messenger VIII
You 90 p rcpli"i In the Alternative thank
INK thu captain iur h,,coi,iiru .. oar company
was, at that tim', detached from ia regiment,
ani was doing special duty At General S'ottH
| hc1d luart'r'. ~ the dischar:, of that duty I
hh made n rSint OF being ~ cIliy attentive,
AMI hat thereby gaincl tho cDldi,ncs of our
Cip'ai1, anl once or twc, WI, pUnmrnlI by
old " Fuss aui'Felthrr4 "h'mi,lL | bri,hcl
upmy ol clothes, and Frightened my shr,s aud
lts' plates ia tha nc1tost manner pos, ,lc that
evening, 1ui presented mys,lfto tho A jutant
General for iustru tious. fuull thlt tn coun-
tll about to meet for tha consideration Of Gen.
Scott plans lJt taking the city, was to he COM
posed OF all thc Uloncl, IN tho division ant that
my duty would he to go errlui', Hnd a'icLd to
bringing charts, paper or whatever might he re-
quitcd.
Wei, the council met, and wus at my post
II was the finest body uf military mon I hal
ever som together, and whom they assembled
around thai talho, nuI tho oil general stool
luN'illlk ulih AZ &c the ttnIs 1 Cp4ll not ~
uut Adui ~ him mlrr than ever. Alto. the Gus
towarv silutIton and or,lpi alton. thcy at
down In regard tu rIgk he .inuius wi,h e. neral
w ul, anil succeed Il each u hcr IN .ua'-, ~ Sc
uiority of rank gave ia IN privilege. IL WAS no
time tor delay, and TIA, General ,ppk' uuily
| anl with cItncstno 49, o'rtsoully ri,rii. to
some one on the ;ht or Lett for inform ,,i,' r
cl-rphOraion. Thus clreiully aud cNpi lily
were tn" movements aud mIryhs, tho RdlirS,
| and torti's, the Who'll, plan Developed 10 that
all seemed to unicrstnnl. Bat prcscnnya plan
| was discovered, som, thiug was wrong, aud |
saw by the pcrplo Vcl lock of thll, arounl the
| table that very serious mistake hal been ma lc
but from what cause, my knowledge of military
| affairs dill not enable me to jui e, A dispute
arose between some colonel and tho cngneri-in-
| chief in regard TO the position inl strength OF
some battery, and the topography of tho sur
| rounding country. Tho culunl said that frr-
! queut reconnaissance Otthn l:rOu ID from tn fact
| Of Ia, being cncampcd near tho plac nque Nioi
| lri him, oven In direct opposition 10 the chtrt Of
the en- inccr, to protest .tinst I, tru hllnr.s
and h, would urge upon the general to max
himself sure OF the condition ui affairs before hu
| fully completed hi' plan. Bat this wDlll not
| do II was necessary that very i'm 'Orttut nnl
I vigorous movements should take II pltc'upon t'ut
| very section Of the defence, and vi hout a cpr-
re,t knowledge Of tho pll no ac on could 10
carried on with saic'yor certainly 1t fccinod,
in fact, to lc mIiu point AT which positive
sucos, would have tofdl 10 the American forces.
| finally, the colonel said that there wasa yuung
lieut. nant in his regiment whe had a correct
chart oi the deirnccs, and tho mp of tho d,mos-
! nc thereto adjacent. Tho engineer. in-chief
sGcori1Ely said, " Wy w-V SIR you hal bet
| ter send for your authority, and let us Sec this
| great map. The general rOllrd his approval
and the colonel gave me the name and al lrcs5
oI the Lieutenant. The oncimpm MT wasno very
| lar away, and | mounted my horse ani rode OFT
in haste TO tho reSlmcntal headquarters, AMI
found the very man was in search OF in the
| COlOnels tent, with drlIghting paper on u table
| before him, and sketches of the city and it's sur
| roundnSs scattered everywhere. handel him
the note, which ha read anl hastily tore ",
| asking ma IL could wait until he could borrow
a horse. told him | could, but had not long
to wait, for he came back In iew moments, AMI
carefully wrapping up his surveys hc placed
them in n long tin case, and mounting, prepared
TO follow me. On tho way ho conyersel with
40 much oarnostnes', and in such mild, inter-
estng manner, that / felt encouraged TO talk
and chat, contrary TO my usual practice whel
on horseback. lie informed me that he was a
graduate Of West Point and that he hal there
fallen 50 much in love with the science of ge1mc-
try that he Ind made il m almost constant study
and that now he iouud il very interesting, in
the interval Of duty, to make sketches and sur
ytys OF tie city,
When we arrived a. the gCneral's quarters
again, III, lieutenant was in rolured aud, at
his coloncls request, produced hs charts. The
party were asionished at their finish and fine
.Necution, and when, afcr examination. they
were found to be Perfectly correct, General
Scott came forward, and grls ing Tho Young
lieutenant by the hand, personally complim'n-
to him on his skill, and thanked him for his efi-
,ency. Tie chief engineer, somewhat cha srinel
at this di.pny Of learning on tho part OF hi
Young rival, sne ring'y said Gen raj, per-
haps this young man has soma plan by which
this part Of tho dciences may be attacked -
Upon inquiry, II was found that he hdi plan,
which was produced with some degree Of reluc-
tancc and liil before the assembly. II was read
aud criticised, and corrected AMI finally, to
make long story short adopted with some
amendments hy the council. This displga- Il
the engineer, who se'mel TO think that the
lieutenant, though but very few yeas his lu-
u.or, had no right to display 20 much knowledge
Of science which did not belong to his branch
Of the service.
" need not tcll YOU" continued tire corpor-
al, " that, in the taking Of Movico few days
after, the plan olcrcl by this Lieutenant was Of
signal service, and that ho was Lgcy1tod soon
afterwards
Here the story ended, and the sergeant re-
ltpscd into his ppc aud silence. We all
looked for Will, inio the fire, when ono of the
srntincis asked him hat the name of his young
Lieutenant was. lie slowly pulled tho smoke
from his mouth. AMI answered
believe il was GGorge-GEoRGE g. Nc
CLEIrAN."
And who was that engineer ?"
believe his name wn George, too