The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-09-19
tsen. Pope's Odic inl Report.

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Gen. Pope's Ofici iai Report.
We have no space for the Who'll,
OF General Pope's official report o
the recent battles in Virginia. o
his first forward movement, on tn,
9th OF August, he says:
81 moved from SperrYville, Littl
Washington and Warrehton, will
the corps OF Banks and Sigel, an,
one division OF McDowell's corps
numbering in all 32 900 mon. t.
meet the enemy. who had crossed
the R'pidan and wero advancing on
Cnlpepper. The movement toward
G rdonsvile had completely suc
ceeded 10 driving off large fore,
from Redmond and relieving th,
army OF the Potomac from much o
the dagger which threatened iti
withdrawal from the Peninsula.
After the battle Of Cedar NJ ount
ain he says:
Meantime my forces had been
much diminished by actual loss il
battle, and by fatigue and exposure
80 that, although | had heen jninea
by u detachment under Gen. R,nt
and the other division of Gen. Me
Dowell's corps. my force barely
numbered 40 900 men"
In describing the battles in the vi
ciuity o' Bull Run, he thus speak,
of Firz John Porter, Mcclellan ant
Griffin in connection with Friday's
fight:
the action ragged furiously al
day, Mcdowell, although previously
in the rear of Porter bringing bis
whole corps on the field during the
afternoon. and taking a conspicuous
part in that days operations. TC
my surprise and disappointment,
cuiv,d late in the af eraoon from
Porter n note saving that his ad.
vance Lad met the enemy cn tie
flank in some lo"ce, and that he was
retiyin, upon 'anasses Junction
without engaging or coming to the
assistance OF our other forcee, al
though they were engaged in iu.
rious action on'v two miles distant
and in tu'l hearing OF him. a por
ton OF bis force fell back towaro
Manassas, and he remained, as hc
Afterwards informed me. where he
was looking at the en- my curing
tho whole ofthe afternoon Of Friday
and part of Friday night, passing
over in plain view to reinforce the
troops under Jackson without an eli
fort to prevent it or assist us. Onc
at least of his brigales nnder Gen
Griffin. got around to Centerville,
and remained there during the
whole o. the nex' DAYS battle, with
out coming on tho field, though in
full viow OF the bait Q which was
ragiog. while Gen. Griffin hims oil
spent the day in IN king ill'natured
structures npon the G.n command
ing the action, in the presence OF q
promiscuous assamblage.
II do not hesitate TO cay that i
the corps Of Porter had attacked the
enemy in flank on tho afternoon q
Friday. as he had my written orJel
to do, we should utterly have crush
ed Jackson before the forces under
Lee could have reached him. VIII,
he did not do so | cannot under
stand,
"Our men, much worn down b,
hard service and continuous tlghtin!
for many previous days, aud YER
short OF provisions, rested on thei
guns. Our horses had no forage TO
two days. had telegraphed al,
written urgently for rations and for
age to be sent US, but on Saturds,
morning, before the action was re
sumed. l received letter from Gen
Franklin, written tho day before a
Alexandria, stating to me that h
had been directed by General Nc
Clelisn to inform me that ration
and forage for my command woul
be loaded into the cars and availabl
wagons az soon as l would send
cavalry escort to Alexandria
. bring them up. All hope of bein
able to maintain my position, whett
or victorious or not, vanished wit
, this letter. My cavalry was utterl
broken down by long and constar
} service in the face Of the enemy, an
, bad as they were, could not b
{ spared from the front, even II thel
had been time to 60 back thiri
miles to Alexandra and await III
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