Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-12-12
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From special dispatch to the Cincinnati
Commercial, dated Washington, Dec ~, We
take the following:
General Mcclellan testified again today In
the Mcdowell court of inquiry, which ives
crowded. His evidence is highly imporIans
General Mcdowell put questions, and General
Mcclellan stated that the substance OF the
communication from the President was, that
the President assumed the responsibility OF the
change Of McD6Well's corps from joining the
Army of the Potomac, regarding IL % necessa..
ry for the defense of Washington. He learned
from Gen. franklin that Mcdowell had moth
ing 10 do with the change. Franklin, at that
| time, was commanding . division In mellow.
ell's corps. The allegation that Mcclellan
had stated that II Mcdowell had not failed to
reinforce the Army of the Potomac he would
Ihsvs taken Richmond, was denied by MoClel-
Ian. He then said ut has eper been my
opiniOn that the Army ofthe Potomac tcOuld hare
taken Richmond had not the corps Of MeDo,o0Il
been separated from It, II 10 also my opinion
that had The command Of Genera! MeDotoe!
Joined the Army Of the Potomac in May last oy
4 Ffe0EIlGN 0NV AA9Nvttt sisss
zoe should hspe had Richmond in one tOssk from
de junction do not hold General Mcdowell
reasonable, in my own mind, for the failure to
ioin me. | think shat General Franklin, on
lioipipg me on the Penlnsula, brought verbal
nessaRs from General Mcdowell, expressing
o wish to aid me by demonstrations from
Fredericksburg" A 9@f q
General Mcclellan then proceeded to cay, In
answer 10 question, that il was not any part OF
his plan, after the change Of base at yorktown.
90 90 20 fredericksburg, All the active troops
were to move In the direction Of the Peninsula
!, General Mcdowell here introduced mum.
ber of communications between himself and
the President, Secretary Stanton, and General
Mcclellan, showing that he acted under orders
in not moving to the support Of General Mo
Clellan, though every way 80 disposed himself
, Among them is Ia telegram, dated May "a, BY
the President to Mcdowell, instructing him
to Law aside the movement to Richmond, TO CO.
operate with Fremont in the destruction Of
r EWell and jackson; a telegram Of the same
Z date, from Mcdowell to the President, sayiDl
that his order had been obeyed, but was q
crushing blow to him; Q telegram, OF the SAME
date, from the President 10 Mcdowell, express
ing himself highly gra.ifed with the alacritl
with which he had obeyed the order, and saying
that II was painful; telegram, OF the SAINT
D date, from Mcdowell to the President, saying
q that hls order would be carried out with all en-
ergy, but pointing out the lmposaiblity Of eject
ing the purpose, provided that he could effec
|. nothing in the direction 10 which he was being
: sent, and would lose much where he was, ant
: that bu the mouement all our arms uOuld bs par
alyzsd, from Richmond to the Shenandoah. . "
General Mcclellan then again testified thai
he had known Med. twenty years, and hac
} known that he abs.Ained entirely from th'
use Of liquor, and he believed, tea and coffee.