Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1862-07-16
craat Retreat Of NICCIeIl-
ans Army.

- EreAN
4 ans Army
r. following is the close of long, de-
account of the retreat of the army
i III, hanks of the Chickahominy to
&C River. by correspondent of the
kladelphia Press:
TIE RESULT OF THE MOVEMENT.
rborob accomplished at an immense |
Irfee of life and property, it is plain
N General McClellan's movement has !
= grand success. He has changed
mt and source of supply. BY the
- he has rendered entirely useless a
g rebel earthworks built at an I'M
expense, and securing IN impreg-
POSITION. BY the latter he has re-
thirty thousand troops from the
Of guarding his railroad connection
White House, body of men never
4 in the siege of Richmond, but who
,an he employed with great effect in
r. operation against the enemy His
3. position l. s;ron" one. White
swamp fIanks it ON the right: the
. river. aided by 1hc gumboats, on
f. The distance between cannot be
than EIGHT miles. He Is rapidly
-cin- up the Peninsula, being to-day
nd Turkey Station, and within TWEEN
I've miles Of the rebel capital
b. r,~uIt in our Immediate operations
& n,t the enemy has also been most fiat
g No one can conceive of the I'M
:. slaughter we have made in their
4 in the constant battles from Friday.
b p. to Friday, the 4th of July. Our
re was TO fight the enemy all day and
n at at night. Thousands of them were
Del and captured. Every one of our
h,lcs was 4 Federal victory. The con-
e at White Oak Swamp was one of the
e,diest battles on record. -Four lines
\ rebels were drawn up in front of our
knn. The second urged the first upon
"a OF fame and smoke ut the point of
D tavunct. hu: il WAS Of no avail.
y rcrlv man survived to tell the tale
s irh,r line, and the third AMI fourth,
I'm. ali the curses nf' their officers,
mixing only Of the misery they wished
q avoid. broke and fed. and Left Ills mas
"a, o.. IIc field Muskct shot, and c;n-
p ball, ard gunboat shell poured con
Ent.y into rchcldom for week. 1t al
p ,ickcns mn to write ii. bat Napo!eol
p ,.r caused more blood to flow than ha
'.rrnrd from the rebel army during thi
FanI retreat.
bm the saddrst story i the one whicl
our own losses. Millions OF propert!
z re destroyed. Forty pieces Of artilIer,
o@cn, Of course, fell into the enemy
iani>. These, however, world hav
Il m sacrifices easily made could the,
f'0' prevented any loss of life. rcgrc
'''e'i'ngty that my duty compc!s me I
lhe truth with regard TO this matter
lIrty thousand soldiers. and there is tn
chest military authority for stating il
sTe Killed or wounded or captured by tn
elny IN that one short weeks retreat
'e constant battles brought their too ric
'TTest Of dead and diving. Hospital
nialnng thousands of wounded wei
'rnup bodily to the enemy. Sick an
''dled soldiers, too fired to proceed
Il 5p iartncr, would crawl into out-of tn,
/" places. be overlooked by our rca
-'ra' and only wake up from their slee
'e captured by the enemy. Ten thor
4 'l4 sex and wounded were sent 10 no
alS down the James river. Our 10
: been fearful: but, thank God, Ge
NILS troops, who are hourly arTivil
'''iorcements, go a great way in fl
2. up the void.
NI~NNNiGFRIFNT
cannot close this letter without e
s'sSSing my firm belief in the mismanae
-''i' o' things among subordinates in I
my OF the Potomac. The Governme
country provides everything on I
'''>' ample scale, and hundreds of offic,
appointed especially in the mcdi,
Pa''inent, 10 carry out its wishes t
,"ea' was great emergency, and show
~ utter ncompetency of that departme
''''y an ambulance could be found