, 1862-12-06

troops were immediately landed, and the
transports sent back 10 Gen. Mcclellan.
DELAY OF GEN. MCCLELLAN IN MOVING
TO AQUA CREEK.
About this time received information that
the enemy was preparing large forca to
drive back Gen. Pope, and attack either
Washington Or Baltimore. Tie information
was so direct and trustworthy that could not
doubt its correctness. This gars ne serious
unsaeinets tor the safety Of the capital and
Maryland, and repeatedly urged upon Gen.
Mcclellan the necessity Of promptly movin.
bis army so as to torn q junction with that oi
Gen. Pope. The evacuation Of Hsreison's
ts0dlng, however, was not commenced till
the l4tb, eleven days after it was ordered.
GEN. PoPE's CAMPAIGN.
Greatly discouraged ct the. prospect of
timely hid from that quarter, 1 authorized
Gen. Pore to order tie maiu forces of Gen.
Cox in Western Virginia with all possibl dis
patch by railroad to join hin via Washington.
To facilitate the withdrawal Of the army of
the Potomac from the Peninsula, and to gaia
time by demonstration agsinst the enemy,
Gen. Pope pushed biz forces across the Rap
pllannoes, occupied Culpepper and threat
cued GOrG0nsvilIe. Jackson's and Ewelrs
trrcfs were hurried to the Rariaan, and on
the 9Th Of August encountered Banks corps
ut CeGar Moubtsin. A hard-fought battle en-
sued, ard on the arrival :ot re.enforccments
from The corps OF Gems. Mcdowell aud Sigel,
tie enemy fell back upon the Rapidan and
GordoE5vil!e.
On the l5:h cur cavalry surprised party of
the enemy near Louisa Court House, and cap
tured important dispatches, sho wing that Lee
was moving by forced marches tue main body
oi the rebel army to attack Pope, before
junction could he formed between him and
the army Of The Potomac On the 10th, 1
ttleglapled 10 Gen. Pope not to cross the
Kspldsr, and advised him to take position in
ra1 NJ fota t1,n
II ore easily reinforced. He commenced this
movem, Mt On the lTil, and by the morning
tf the 1Ssh had most OF his forces behind that
river, prepared to hold it's passes As long as
possible He had been reinforced By King's
division and part Of Buraside's corps, under
Gen. Reno, from fredericksburg: I also d.
rsc7ed Gep. Burnside to occupy Richards and
Earnett's Forde, which Eere between him and
Gen. Pcpr's main army.
The enemy made severs1 attempts to cross
at diff rent points on the Rsppahannoek, but
WAS always rerulsed, and our troops succeeded
in holding the line Of the river for cigh: days.
It was hoped th.t during this time sufficient
forces from the army of the Potomac would
reach AQn1a Greek to enable us to prevent
any further advance Of Lee. and eventually,
with the combined armies, to drive him back
upon Richmond. On the 24th he made a
| 1ank movement, and crossed q portion Of his
| forces at Waterloo Bridge, about twelve miles
| abuye the Rappahanncck Railroad station,
| Pope directed an attack upon the forces
| which had crossed the liver, hoping t. cut
them oil, but the enemy escaped with 10
| great loss The annexed telegram from Gen.
| Pnre, marked Exhibit No. 8, aud dated the
25tb, gives bis vieHs Of the condition Of af-
fairs at that date. The enemy, however, had
| not tslien back, 8s he supposed, but on being
repulsed at Waterloo Bridge, had moved fur
| 1bet III the river, and entered the valley which
lies between the Blue Ridge and Bull Run
/ hf2nT7?AfDE fr-ff
evidently to get in Pope's rear, and cut of mis-
| supplies from Washington. =,
to Gen Pope On the 2Sa: By no means ex-
| pose your 1a:lroad communication with Alex
andr:a- 1t is Of the utmost importance il
On The 26th, teiegraphed: "lf possible to
attack the enemy in flank, do 80, but the main
object now is to ascertain his position. ~
From this time till the 30th I had no commu-
cation with Gen. Pope, the telegraph lines be-
ing cut at kstne Run BY part Of Jackson's >
corps under Ewen, which had marched around
PoEefs right and attacked his rear. -.
Finding 1t doubtful whether we could hold
Kappahanncck long enough to effect this
junction Of the two armies, had directed 8
part OF the Peninsula force to lnnd at Atexan-
dria and move out b.. railroad as rapidly IS
possible. As soon as had heard that the
cntmg had turned Gen. Pope's right aank
ard forced him to change his front. ordered
the remainder Of the army Of the Potomac to
| Alexandria, and directed Gen Burnside tp
prepare to evacnate Fredericksburg and Aqua
Greek. I determined, however, to hold this
position as long as possible Tor base Of
| future operatlons-
Gen. Pope's dispositions at this juncturc
| were well plsnned. The corps Of Mcdowell
| and Sigel, ind the Pennsylvania reserves,
gnder Reynolds, were pushed for.ard to
upon Greenw1ch, while Hookel's division was
sent against Ewell along the railroad. Unfor-
! turatelF, heEever the movement Was too lste,
| as large detachment of Lees army was a.
ready East Of Tboroughtare Gap. Hooker en-
sharp engagement ensued. The gallant diyls-
! ion drove EWell q distance Of five miles, the
| enemy leaving their dead, and many Of their
wounded, on the field. As Mcdowell, S.gel,
and Re5H Holds had reached their positions,
1he9e 5a vas as 2oT every gesPecE thss
could come to his relief.
uNAecouNTABLE; 4; GoSpgcT ,Sgg OF FLrz JOHN
| On the evening Of the eth, Gen, Pope Or
dezed Gen. Porter ito be at Bslsto vs. Station
By Daylight on the morning Of the 18th, with
Mo1ells, and also directed him to communi-
| cafe to Banks the order to move forward to
Wa1renton Junction. All trains we're ordered
this side Of Cedar Run, and to be protected By
a regiment Of infantry, and section Of ariil-
| EE{. E0E BONG uQ6Ap1A1ue0 lCaH0uA EUTIEt
did not comply with this order, and his corps
Has not In the battles Of the 28sh and 2okh.
! THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS.
Heintze1man's corps pressed forward to Ma
nassas On the morning Of the 2Ssh, and forced
| Jackson to retreat across Bull Bun By the Cen
treyille turnpike Mcdowell had succeeded
in checking Lee at Thoroughfsre Gap, but tha
lstter took the rosd from Hopeyille to New
market and hastened TO the relief Of Jackson,
who vss already in rapid retreat. a portion
OF McDowel's corps encountered the retreat.
ing column Oh the. afternoon OF the 2Ssh,
near .Wa11enton turnpike, and severe hui
successful engagement eneued. Jackson was
again attacked On the Goth near the old battle
ground OF July, 1861: Knowing that Long
street Was not distant: he made most des
day, and was termfnated only By darkness
We bad gained considerable ground but moth