, 1862-11-14

Hs1srz=1 u oN'a Cunrs.
trsnEGLA:;n L.>D1SG. Va. Stay ii, 1SGa-
DEAR SIX: a1a Fury 10 find :1at, very far |
from 1n:!tary tl'c:s b. ing so immaculate that
their suhoscira'es, rri.jng on their straight |
forward ce.,aust and t.uthEulnezs, might lis !
REGARD political inilncnce as ex:rAueoas and
unnecessary, 60 grossly have l Deen outraged
{tEd Ea5 60 as representing my divisi9n1 by |
the intr'gnes Of the general corE,anding this
;rmy, that Eow; ;ppeat to you and MY friends
icr l1otection agaiust inp2siure.
Gtn. Mcclellan is the first commander In
history Go lss either dared CT beca so 1l1-
priIcipltd as 10 ;EEore those under hisa, wao
ha7t net ao!5 1o1sEat good tight but even
And b.'e, reci@e1y, is the point. From
want If fra1Eles= snd rc!ia.cc In h. natiGe
superiority, be fesrs to adult tue services Of
Others tny division in particularly lest he
thereby co.,lemn hi,rs=lt fora want Of gen
eralstip which s:a~e rise to the dangerous
crisis. So great lad Successful hn' tie, where
,Le unprecedented number OF :. Goo have iall-
en, il passed over by him in SILENCE, whilst
The day after that fearful fight lie iores.aiis
tue glcry Q. she rierots by vannFing mp il.
sairn,ieb, wter<. Hancock Il CHARMING officer
and g.E1ltnan) with prerander:atin, numbers
uflvts for all instant L .paltry few OF tbs en-
+ny, ith pittarce Ut i loss which bcspea:1s
the ;itt1t ness OF the Transaction.
Tits move of U:neock's, based IN info7i,a-
minor defenses opposed to our right, to cou-
ccu'rate their forces on our LIFT, was gotten
| ZIP ut ~ p. ra., expressly to relieve from
| pressure the severe fight Of the 81 corps,
| enacted by Hooker from Z u. N. uatn
| MY division, at ncar ) p. n,.,, entered l1n-
dc. 1i1e, ard took the place Of lis exhausted
| remnants, den,ora1zed by fatigue, abandon
| 1uent ard want Of cartridges The fire, that
lasted from, abuut ~, tor sou.e twenty min
utes, and E7hich then ceased, was most dis
| up by aIy advance; and left me. used to the
fields Of battle III Europe, as In Mexico, with
the full belief that an ATTEMPTED succor Ind
beth given ui,, and that must alone loolz to
| myself for my own means Of success. For [
knew well thai, besides the repeated me*sen-
| gers that shad been detached to the right by
Gene. HocEer and Heintzeimau, that all there
ulus1 be aware Of our severe fight, from our
CaunGn ard muskeiry, which Sill rolled with
the fu.l tide Of battle. This fire. tanta-
mount to that Of a half brigade, which al
lnde to, from about ~ to 5 n. NJ, WAS the
only one that took Place vi bin three miles Of
my position aitcr my arrival, at * p. H.
for WIS ever constantly fur In advance on
1le plain, in the midst Ct tue heavg abbatis.
Yet Cen Mcclellan yaucts tue one, AMI as
fumes to ignore the other. Gha engagement
where q similar loss in the artny Of th= Allies
constituted tbs great battle OF the Alma, an
engagement Hhe1c my few uive) weak resi-
| merits suffered more {sane $50 killed and
weuhdcd) than the 12 900 men Of 4 French tii-
vision, phcn, in 1851, it won for its general a
worldwide ia1ne as the victor Of Mont=bsll3.
But wheh Gen. Mcclellan pasees over, as il
IN ignorance, an engagement OF such great
proportions, il proves, beyond the blackness
OF tic Gece, which breaks down BY its iaiqui.
tous injustice the spirits Of his entire soidieEy
1h', 1t has been the re=ult Of q malignant de-
sign II covering up from the ecru1iay of the
American public. eeahuess of his Own. :
1EaW IN bis s:eneralship whacsl he well knows
if once made patent to our people, would
bring him t1o~n from his accidental superior
ify lower than the world ever dreamed OF
Wien exercising retr:busfun towards McDoI
I'll for the disasters ~ Bull Run.
This action Of Ger. Mcclellan has but on:
! palellel in history, his incarccrating S:one
ono Of the abfcst 1ucu cf the army, on the pl,s
that it was dorc on the pressure 0: the aboli
tioniste, when It in rea1itG WAS 10 dasnn. pas
being listened TO- one who, be knew, II lucs
toned l,v military committee, would no
avoid Bringing to Light 'be incapacity, {ant
subsequent contriyauces to smother H. which
had exposed Col. Baker, anu then Left him
heipisss, doomed, aud unsupported, at th'
There Ia . secret in this matter, aud al
though patriotism, on the ere Of an exoecset
sctton. may prevent me from publishing t;
the world the weakness Of the man to whun
are cont1ded aur Union desttnies, it DOES no
rrec1udc the from Eindieating myself an.
. MY command q recognition Of our service an,
!; exposure (ro officer has ever exposed hi:asel
as did, Tor the crisis demanded it, aud IN
burden n myself to friends.
I as Stone has been lniiitarily killed under
!: faltc pretense. so the secret of MeClel1an'
sending an t1llsfaf bulletin on the Glib ms
after entering Williamsburg, in Ehict b
I ignores al but Hancock, and is pc5fect1
silent as to Us, and our battle of s:ricus W:
:, {al1hou=h p+ rfectly instructed BY Col S#ei:
/ ger. his !. D. c., whom b: had sent on III
c night OF the 5'h to nc and Eeiu'zc;mau Tor in
2 formatiunl is this that he might obtain fo
t Gen. Hanctc OK an important character in tn
crisis af the 5tb, the first prestige Of Its cap,
: tility Tor fighting, (which Invariably re:s
I TO 1llisirusf), with which, with the cage,
i ness of the whole North, it was re35
e to greet the fret victor In the army {
:. the Potomac. And thus kill tie militia,
9 sons so entitled, from the fact Of the publ
, being eatiated BIZ the trst news, more scriou
than this, not OILY taking from those Wh
merit the high sentiment Of first prestige, bu
more particularly divert the minds Of the cout
try, that the cu1pahle fact WIS, that he, "
to fight unsupported from morning until u
ar1ival, near 5 ?. m, aud from the fact til:
d his Communications" from this being th
dirt ct AID nearest road from Williamsburg
r 1mktown, we're illus put in jsoplray; 40
TINT had = panic OF even 3 defeat resultc
u Aefet au bis afmy, cOnfussdly hudd:ed Il
I getheF, with an impassab:c, ohstructed singl
6 dehle In his rear, where trains and artftlcr
i pieces were he1p,essly jarn1ned together an
:" stalled, must have BEEN victims worst than
= Bull Run. The case would have been irt,
4 tYityahle.
= In vain won1d he plead that he disgrace
"A Sumner BY sending him back to Yorkto VI
from classification at his not having extr
q Gated Hancock after his pseudo victory, al
for sending away to the rear for me; tha Ia
n frrnns in In far f9ef1es tn Rnnnntr Hn,ho
over pressed in the far 'front.' For It wis u,
0, fur Gen. Sumner. the commander of acdnt
:: command, to Substitute himself for McCls
Ian, the Chief. s. In rain would he iplead th