New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-12-29
The Med DWELL Court Of Inquiry.
wAsulyeroy. Saturday, Dec, H.

session to-day. |.
The cross.examination Of Gen. sigel was re-
rumed Il
Question by Gen. Mcdowell You have stated in
the twentyseventh day proceedings ihaI yoa pro-
posed TO Gen. Pope to march your corps 70 New
Market. instead OF Mauassae as ordered by Gen. \
Mcdowell State therefore whether II was not at
your own proposal that your troops We're counter
marched ,
me to march 10 Centgeyie, and it vas my proposal
10 Gen. Pope that shotld be permitted to march by
NewMarket, SIS was near the road leading by 1t TO
Centreye. This wss the oVGer by which came |
back TO nearly the same place left in the morning.
asked Gen. Pope to be allowed 70 march by New
Market. 70 avoid q circursOus road 10 Manassas.
O. Was or was II not, then, on your proposal that
the troops were Uade to back to the point they
departed from
i. Certainly, becanse thought that the enemy
was not at Ce'LtTeviie, but somewhere between Cen
treville, Gro',e.on and New-Market, as though. it
was my oolsct to toarch against the enemy by the
shortest route,
@ YO1 state in reference to your being under the
command OF Gen Mcdowell that ,ou did not apply
10 Gen. Pope Tor orders when you your AdOtsnt
TO see lIm at Manassas, but thar Gen. Pope gave
you orders on your proposal. Did You report the
fact 70 Gen. ficDowelll A. | believe that first
received the order from Gen. Pope 10 r,arch to Cen
teville, and aite!ward seut my officer back to BIN
asking permission 10 march by New-Market, Instead
OF 10y Manassas. believe | ent 10 Gen. Mcdowell
"iAt We Ncit va we NlAICD, dt sOOu hS VIC nhu
arrived neSz New Market and became engaged with
the euemy. slow that conversation tooS place
between an oihcer Of Gen. Kings Division and one
OF nay own st"f ofS-ere. i do not know whether
this was She fame officer whom | had sent 10 com
mnnicate with Con. Mcdowell. j refer to M
official repcTS, which think will give the eircuIn-
stances.
e. Was your re port, proposition, or application to
Sen. rope, whlci YOU Gent your Adlut8nt 10 make,
sverbsj one or was he the bearer of written dis
patch, IN which you yourself made directly to Gen.
Pore The props sitiOns referred to, and was Gen.
rope order q written or verbal one a; am m al
most certain that the communication OF Gen. Pope
was verbal one; whether my communication to
Gen. Pope VI 5 verbal or written cannot say; Capt
Meysenoery, my Adjutant-General was tie officer
who carried 1t aud brought the reply.
g. With egard to the cooperation between Your
corps aud q eneral McDoweA's have yot not stated
III your ok IA report that you were ordered TO take
position az Manassas with your right resting on the
road eadr' * from Narrenten to Manassas Junction
Who gave you this order A. | received that order
from Gen .McDowell understood il 10 mean that
point In the railroad which is between Manassas
Stations nd the junction Of the Manassas Gap with
the OraI iee aud Alexandra Railroad. This order
was IN writing and was received at 81 minutes past
a. M, the 2Sth OF August.
c. v illnesses have stated it was still dark wher
heieit ainesville Was it not two hours after sun
Ise v ne he so left A. can I answer thls cues
ton IT ectly because l don't know how long j
took ne to reconnoitre the country before me- ad
NIT a. las two hours after sunrise, or u O'Clock
when / was at Gainesville and wrote the dispatch L
Ger. NJ cDowell; witness could no, remember nov
lorg h' remained at Gainesville after he wrote TIL
dispatS III he only waited for Gen. Milroy 10 call il
Ms ~ ekets and come into merchiug order; Gen
Mlr0,T continued bis advance witness dld not know
bcw ong he was away from GAINESVILLE in his per
sonal Reconnaissance on the Centrevile road; j
was is cavalry escort who had met the ensmy
pickle Is and reported TO him the fact he did moi
know how far he went; he did not personally see
the nemy; his cavalry reported to bin tina! Of
the t.nemy's cavalry were the road 10 Centre
N!le. he received another afterWarQ the
part Of lis cavalry which he had sent to the right in
The woods, that they had met the enemys cavalry
in ID az direction.
Q. II these reports Of his cavalry scouts are oil
fbe fitness received how did he acquire the EuOw-
edge of the eneny's train being between Manassas
and Fairfax and Anderson on the DortheTn road and
the cain force Of the enemy at Manassas junction
A. / remember that had with several Of
my coass one by the name of Sweitzer, who accom-
PAM ID me on the march; do not exactly know from
what source received all this informatiOn II must
have beer, 20 my best knowledge, that the enemy
Was near Manassas JGncion with portion Of his
trooI vs. while the n ain force WAS 10 the direction Of
New Market and Centrevile.
Gle Il. Mcdowell did not think the witness had al
eli al severed his questions about the train, &c
WI aness resgming-lt was e matter Of moment
with me; 90 not remember where got the infor
matiO Of the enemys force; i may be that i re-
ceiye, Il from ny officers prisoners had taken;
can say tha, received It at all; have proof in
writI " that enc Of my officers saw the enemy
train; he sent out BY me with cavalry TO dscov
er it; /. DO rot know whether be reported back to
Die VIII ether ii IN ..he place; have ind-
Gated in my dispatch to Gen. Mcdowell whether il
WAS or wes not bety cen Manassas Junction and
Fairfax.
C. w ZEN j: left Gainesville, did your head of col
umn 20 o the right orCouth side, or to the left
north sitle Of the Manassas Railroad A. We
marched beVOEd Gainesville some dstance-three-
fourths OF, mile j belieye--when took the
road winch leads parallel and north Of the Ma
nassaf Gap Railroad We crossed Oh the south Of
the RI lroad, and marched Oh that side TIL re-
crossed il ia the march 10 NewN Market an not sure
that yec parsed by Bethlehem Church
., Does the witness not remember. On the coca
sion Of his coming 20 McDowells tent on the
Ing of tie 2Sth, prior TO hls leaving Bucklands
Pope;
MAJ-GKs. MoD5wIIL' At daylight tomorrow noininA
resting gouf RI t the Nsnassas Gap Reirost aud throw
in- y6u lei. web 6nitbe east Jackson EweI, and A T.
I{s ave b,f eeu Gainesville and Manassas Junction Ne
bsd sersxe fight with them to day driving them several
mile aleuz the rjlrood. II you VII march promptly and
IDS a. ~ law, o. day upon Manasaas JUNCTION
mach irc5 Greenwich az the hour upon Manassas
Junction and Lesrney, ~Ee Is IN HE Ti to march to lis
towa az Geybrsgk lie ezpe5t and ue dey IS our on.
JOHN POPE, Msjoy-Oeneral Commanding
A. lam rot sure that this was shown to NC, but
it my have been.
O. cgVhy DID you fail 30 obey Gen. NcDowe!ls
order which required va 70 Harch on Manassas
JuncicD with your night resting on The Manassas
Ko!d1 A. [ dc not ,beieSc that i dlSobeye0 bis
order because ] Understood that should march 10
Napassss Junctioz and having arrived there formed
NV corn so tina, the rgL rested On the NaGessas
Railrosd. If / wozlG have undertaken 10 march 60
Manassas Junction with my right always on ;ae
railrOad H. would have been jIupossitilry, accord
ing 10 my best judgUent. There seemed also TO be
IA Contradiction III the order III saving tLat should