, 1862-10-01

pie jump at The conclusion that the day Of de-
feat must have been the hardest fought day.
It was not 50; the 1oss Of Friday was dTe
times that qf Saturday. The real hattie OF
long. Friday It ragged through all the hours Of
daylight. Friday all the enemy's resources
and generalsh.H were tried and foiled. aatur-
day his very mEt mNeuTer was succesful.
These facts may Ill be accounted for by the
other faet, that while a,gel commanded on
Friday THE first three-four:hs OF the day actu-
ally, and the femainder virtually another
general commanded on Saturday.
Pope's pnblAhed report utterly ignores
SigeTs part in ttese battles, and, Indeed, il
the entire campaign. Yet IN speech at Chi
ego he AYERS th&t he and Sigel are, have been,
aud are likely to be, upon the most cordial
terms,
When he reached the Washington defenses
after the campaign, sigel asked that his worn
and decimated corps might have few days
rest, designing in that time to reorganiZe
thoroughly. HI needed horses, artillery,
clothing, and nae+l- None Of these have been
given him His requests are not only denied.
Twelve regiments recruited expressIk pr his
command, by eight different goVel nofs, re-
main unassigned to him -Four OF these have
reported here, but have been scattered to
other conmsIds.: TEa grycuaors who re-
c1nited them and tse eotonsls Who eommand'
in1portuned Gea. Ralseck and the secretary Of
war that they be assigned to Sigers corps, but
rot men hiss bees given to him. Four other
OF these regiments rs1sed for him have been
ordered directly hcm the camps where or
eanized to other commands in other States.
The remaining four are unassigned. Repre-
eentation and re-tenrEsentation of these facts
meet with no satisfaction. Added % al: this,
troops gre actually taken from him. Three
briyades- -thetwo II Cox's division and Piatts'
are given to aI:'ther corps. Moreover, a
late order changes the number OF his corps
from the lst to the 11tb. which is not . small
matter in the minds OF the priyates.
Now, Gen. 6isel ie too good soldier to
swerve from straightforward course On ac-
count Of mere coolaees and sights from sec.
reta1y or commander-1n-chief. Up to this
| time he had conteIted him.ef by remonssra.
ting, but when g:neral, his junior In rank
CAME to be placed over him, what ordinarily
| tl,at he lid recu Etudiously iglorcd and
| sighted, had the appearanee OF a deep re-
! flectior upon Lis fitness for command. 31irh,
| it not be an intimation that he vas expected
| to plead Sickness aaid ask TO be relieved? Il
| this state of affairs he called upon the presi
cent to ascertain if he still had the confidence
| Of the government: The president declared
he knew nothing about 1t, and expressed sur
| prise that juLior c3I1ctr should be place;
over Sige1 without his knowledge, since b.
w6s the only person authorized to give junior
ranking command Sigel then called u2ol
tie secretary Of war, who was equally iguo
rant ard surprised. he called on Halleek
who refused to listen to him, and backed on
Of his Office, leaving sigel standing there
| amused as well as aapunded.
It will be remem-eted that in Missouri, afte
S;gcl had organfzed the expedition agains
Piice, Hal1ecE, then in command at St. Louis
eent Curtis to sup,rsede him. notwithstaud
ing which sigel continued to command hi
own division, aud, in common with Dodg
| and other Enbordlrates, won the battle OF 2.
Ridge, in spite not ou,y Of Price, but Of Cul
4.e. Were Sigel man hasty to take umbragt
he Ecu1d have deEErred at being superseded
after having becoms acquainted in three ser
a1ate campaigts, ~ita that whole country, b
general totally new to it. If his friends pTt
teet against these later sIigh's, it is becaus
they are not only = reflection upon his Sc
yicef, his nationality, and his mill airy qua!i
catiols, but upon his individual honor.