Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1862-10-16
LETTER FROM GEN. KEARNEY.

General Philip Kearney to .. 5. Halstead, jr,
Of Newark, New Jersey, which has been made
the subject Of comment:
HARR1soN's LANDING, 4th of Aug, 1862.
DEAR PET: [ thank you for your kind, long
letter. You extend to nle hope. lou suggest
withdrawing me and my division out ct this
ignoble position. With Pope's army, would
breathe again
We have no Generals Mcclellan is the
failure / ever proclaimed him He has been
punished Just as [ at once cOmprehended the
moves of the parties He will only get Us Iii
mere folies, more waste Of blood fighting by
dribE,Iets. He has lost the confidence Of al. -
Nor has he single officer about him capable
Of bettering u.s. Sumner is s ''bull in a china
shop, and q sure enough blunderer.
lost his corps gratuitously at Fair Oaks Hels
NOT now IN his right place. and will be much
worse. - is small brain ossifed in a four
company garrison on the frontier He was
not of II" in Mexico but III rear column
once saw distant flash in guerilla fight. His
skill is myth,s poetcal version OF his own
part at Bulls Run. Porter is good in nature,
but weak g, water-the apparent cant OF all
5his disaster for his want Of generalship on the
(;hickahominy. = and Franklin are talented
engineers. They might make good Generals ii
they understood the value Of elements in their
calculations; as it is, they are dangerous tall
urcs.
When was drunk re had some few men
drowned before Yorktown | know Of no other
feat of his Franklin,s battle at West Point
was most runaway picket fight of ours. Lis
part on the Chickahominy was unpardonable
He sent over division This own was present
on that side out Of fire. and never interfered
20 prevent them from being sacrificed by drib-
lets, and rendered a prey to their. false posi-
ton was Mortified att as described by Gen:
Taylor, and all others. Is it surprising that !
want TO get out Of this mess? Besides, they
have sent me a Major Generalsh]p, Ike all
these others, dating from July 4th, mud1ledn
GERS Do they forget that [ was appointed
twelfth on the original list? That I, on the
heels Of Bull $ Run faced the enemy with 4
Jersey brigade. IN advance Of all others, Nc
Ciellan> Mcdowell, ct al on1ne genus, nearly
forcing me to come back to the 'Scminary?''
Do they forget me at Manassas? My Jersey
brigade that injected with panic the retiring
enemy? Has Williamsburg never come to their
ears? Oh, no! I really feel aggravated be-
vond endurance Discipline becomes degrada
ton if not welded with justice. Patriotism
cannot, amid all her sacrifices, claim that OF
self-respect. Generals, victorious IN the past,
are not called On to expose their troops, unless
those brave men are acknowled ged. Their
identity ia their chiefs promotion, claims
date Of their own high acts, Oh, no, | am
nearer returning 10 the home have given up
10 the interests have sacrificed, TO my cher
isheci wife, whose anxiety Expresses me, than
ever dreamt Of ia war for the Union. But II
the infatuated North are weak enough to let
this crisis be managed by ''small men Of
small motives, ala net willing to be their
puppet
nv dear Pet I am TOO lazy, and too little
interested. to dive into the future Of this lit
RE box Of heresies,' SO TO tell ulo--what do