The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-03

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rapid movement into . log ant dsssssss
campaign. " subssa.ns sPssatisns :
"ws ssss hsrs twenty. .ssus miles irss
Yorktown, and We could oct learn wha
works ths enemy had throNn up. nor cha
vas his iorce within them. This was d
mets smaixing. fhat Kcrsssss Msuroe b
always bsen,b bed hy stso1g crstsetS khiel
eaght TO hsse bseh able V ,obaain sonA. in
ibrmstiou or b make selns rseoohoisssncs B
this direetisu. Bat, by Q strange sbevra
ton. this brtrsss, now becsms ths base Q
operations OF the Army Of the Potomac, hs,
been specially sequestered from tho command
Of General Mcclellan. together with its gar.
rison. although the General ia command o
it was his Inferior in rank. Hence arose mill
tary suscer tibiIties, which were by no mean
favorable to the exchange Of confidentia
communications. .. 10 .- .....
80 the Army OF the Potomac moved OF
in the dark towards Yorktown. We wers
two days on the road. The column of thu
General IN chief had passed some fortified
positions abandoned by the enemy. A few
horsemen were occasionally seen at rare in
tersals. No sooner had We come under the
walls oil Yorktown, than we were arrested
by the cannon" #atA ..aa.z.s
The difficulties Of the situation caused BY
the flooding Of the country by the rebels are
graphically described, but with these fscta
onr readers have been familiar long since.
We are then afforded an insight into Gen.
McClellan's plans, aud their arrangements
by the blnndering Of Washington oficials.---
The Prince says:
ain order to gain time and avoid the te-
dium Of q siege, General Mcclellan had
thought out the means Of tnrning the posi-
tion. The enemy held the James with the
Merrimac and his gunboats; the York was
closed by the Yorktown and Gloucester
Po,ut batteries. Nevertheless, by di sem.
on the Severn, beyond Gloucester,
we might carry the latter position and open
the way OF the Federal gnnboats into the
river York. A subsequent movement up the
left bank, in the direction of West point
would put us 80 far in the rear OF the army
charged with the defence of the lines of
Y Yorktown, that it would been in . peIilous
position. This accomplished, the COnfeder.
ties must have abandoned Glouchester and
allen back hastily upon Richmond. The
execution Of the coup de main had been left
o corps Of the army commanded by Gen
Mcdowell. This corps was to be the last
o embark at Washington, and it was calcu.
ated that it ought to reach Yorktown in a
body on its transports at the moment when
be rest OF the army moving by land should
Ippear before the post from Fortress Nom
90. r e9 fE 4 +@a tg
Instead Of finding it, we received the in.
applicable and, as, yet, upe xplained intelli-
,ence that this corps, $1,000 strong, bad
,een sent to another destination. The news
vas received in the army with stupefaction,
'ltbough the majority could not see the de.
,lorable consequences of the step taken, it
must be supposed, with no evil intentions,
,ut certainly with an inconceivable reckless
less. Fifteen days before, this measure, al
hough it must always have been injurious.
would have been much less go. We might
rave made arrangements upon new basis.
Taken when it was, it deranged the whole
ystem OF machinery fairly at work. Among
he divisions of McDowell's corps there was
me. that Of franklin, which was more re.
,retted than all the others, as we'll on &C
cunt OF the troops themselves as of their
The Geners..in in chief had be-
towed special pains on its organization dur
ng the winter and earnestly demanded its
1t was sent back to him with.
'ut word OF explanation, precisely as 1t
lad been detached from him This fine di.
'ision, II, 900 strong, arrived, and for mo-
sIn nonaroI tba,,,xht Of a
lone the Gloucester expedition. But this
Intention was Tenounced." taH \
A regular siege OF Yorktown now became
necessary, but we omit the details Of this
10 already familiar to the public. The Prince
hows that Gen. Mcclellan was always anx-
Gus to bring on a decisive battle, as he re-
,arded victory as a necessary means to Sc.
ure peace. E...- .... ..,
The constant interference to his designs to
his end induces The belief that there existed
dominant power at Washington which "a.
'ored a prolongation OF the war, and there
ore tbwarted the intentions of the General,
n this respect, by crippling his resources
md weakening his command.
The battle Of Williamsburg, and the cons
luct OF General Hooker, who is eulogised as
an admirable soldier" are then described
md full merit is awarded TO Gen. Kearney.
After the battle, the siege of Richmond fair
Y commenced, and OF Tho stu .tion OF this
lime we find the following:
"Cavalry reconnoisances pushed in all di.
'ections demonstrated that nearly the whole
hostile army had crossed the Chickahominy,
md every thing indicated that we should
meet o desperate resistance under the walls
II the Confederate capital. Prisoners had
been taken who belonged to corps which
rad up to this time been stationed opposite
General Burnside in North Carolina. II was
,lain that this crops joined the Army of Vir-
,inia. We soon learned of the evacuation
If Norfolk. It was manifest that Davis
,ould only have made this sacrifice in order
10 bring Huger with his 18, 900 men to Rich
nond, Finally the Confederate chief had
ordered levy en- masse oil every man able to
bear arms. re* a.-. y s-vr- y ia y
"The result OF all this threatened the
army OF the Potomac in its only superiority.
that Of numbers. Unhappily, too, while the
enemy was cenlrating and strengthening
his force, ours were fading away. We have
aires dy seen at AlexandriXa division under
Mcdowell. We had since left garr,sons in
Y Yorktown, Gloucester and WILLIAMSBURG.
We had lost men under FIRE and disease, as
we'll as by struggling. Nothing came to fll
up the gaps. When an American regiment
to the war it goes as whole, and
leaves behind it no depots OF recruits to re-
5 ore its ranks as as they are wasted awy."
After the news Of the ruin OF the Merri
mac and the evacuation OF Norfolk, the Prince
thinks that General Mcclellan might perhaps
advantageonsly chsnged its base to James
river; bnt here again the evil Of depriving
him Of the supreme command BY precluding
any cordial cooperation Of all the forces BE-
came manifest, and rendered the success of
the movement more than doubtful. Besides
it was impossible for General Mcclellan to
foreses the June ireshsss, or thst eighty
men wonld be detained idle around
Washington and not 90 operate in any way
Tor the reduction OF Richmond. On thin
subject the Prince De Joinvills speaks in