New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-06-30
FROM GEN. FREMONTv ARMY.
Correttions-Thc Battle Of Gross Acys.

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BTHspuho, June "a. itd7.
Part Of an account Of the bstil" Of Cross H~y-
copied from Tie N-lc- York Times in TIE Cincinnati
Commercial Of June Is, was received here thir
morning IL seems 20 DO the concusion Of a letter
dated Battle. Ground Of the Gross Keys, June Q.
written by special correspondent Of The Times,
wbose usual signature is e. III. W. The other part
Of the letter have not seen. This extract require,
comment;
Tile Times. correspondent denies, in substance,
that Gen. Fremont won victory at Gross Keys
denies that his army occupied the battlefield; asserts
that our dead and wounded were left on the field
overnight unattended to, and tina, they were in the
enemy 4 hands. denies with ridicule that three or
four hundred of The enemy. dead were found on tho
field. and unders,ate. concesls, or denies substsn.
staniially and generally the successes claimed 10
bsvs been won by Gen. Fremont. i have 20 say in
repy that every one Of the statements IN the irst
teeeTaphic Dispatch sent to the Associated Pr, I.
was substantially true, except, perhaps, that Col
Cluseret's weak brigade was encamped In the center
Of the eneuys line That was all immateriai error,
20 far az it, ind alton Of real concerned
because Cluseret penetrated the Rebel center and
held his position til long after dark and after the
enemy bad retrea'ed and the engagement was al an
end and late 10 the evening wac ordered TO occupy
/
written the statement WAS exact. Bat II Is tersly
true that our army slept on the field Of battle far IN
advance Of where its line was frat formed.
Dead and wounded were left on the field, no doubt
The fight was not over till nearly dark. Nearly two
hundred wounded were brought in that night Tho
darkness. .tbe nature 81 the ground much Of II
cred with woods aud the want Of anbulances, made
il i,npossiblc to bring ir all Some OF the wounded
Of the Eighth Now.York, which regiment had al
vanced far beyond tho others, were taken by the
enemy carried short distance, and left Ia church
bv the road; and they came again Into our hands
next morning. .
The enemy did leave large numbers Of their dead
, ON the field aud many wounded and Of those whom
they attempted 10 remove they were compelled 10
leave no small part IN houses by the road. AS our
army advanced or Monday morning, every honse
was filed with Rebel wounded, and dead and
wounded together lay by the roadside and in the
wood, on the line Of their retresi.
II is the testimony Of Gen. Blenker Of Gen
Stahel Of Col. Figyilmeri, and OF many officers
uron Blenker's staff that they found the Rebel dead
10 heaps upon the field, IL one place were gathered
many bodies as If for removal which removal snd-
den retreat had prevented The number 30 eeen 1
heard vaTou.Iy estimated at from two 10 FIVE humid
red. That there was large number IA an suthenti.
Gated fact and The Times correspondent, might II
he had chosen, have satisfied himself Of its truth.
The difficulty ia this rs in otter instances, was that
he did no. ChCose The dead lay along The line OF.
Benker advance % the left Of the road. and were
on the ground which was ~ form Of the lett wing
the day before. II WAS here that the 9th Louisiana
Wa suBihilated by Wedrch's battery, AID beyond
the place Of that catastrophe was where the otb ~
T. suffered and inflicted suct heavy loss. To make
the statement ard contradiction explicit, quote the
word. Of G. II. w.
"Chasiug these stories up can only find the
man who has been told by another man that some
one else told him that III some certain spot III al IN
cer;sin field that number was guessed at"
On its face, it is mere Historical negative. 1
oppose 1t the testimony above referred TO- and the
statement in Gen. Fremonts second dispatch; aud
add that, converting next day with q. IL. w. on
this point, gave him my authority for the state
meni, and referred him to the Generals have
named He did not see ct 10 pursue the inquiry.
| have no means Of knowing what other misrepre-
sentations this letter contained but II the ex pede
Herculesn rule eau be trusted may Justly apply
20 the wnole what is true Of these extracts. tx
pleity con,radicting the oisstatemenis before me,
il seems proper to reaifirm the statements IN my
letter TO TnE TGmusr, which was meant TO be, and
think was On impartial and accurate detailed &c
count Of the battle OF Cross Keys said little 10
that letter about my place Of observation, preerlng
One OF tho Letters Of this spondsn which accidentally
OF otherwise has never reached ut