The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-13

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y Tho eaGps we're historically sntangled--nS&t
70 ny judgment aeely, ltAoughs /, have ~
enough 20 know something about Il, but I hesrd
. General commanding : c0rps dhrmee ~ ~
did not k1ow. and could not ascertain. the relsI
ettva position Of other carps1 II Another GanAfall
q regular ofhceR Of engineers, and famous for b.
biographical, clesrness and skill, said 70 me that
one glance 1t the hillside VA enough ID shov
shst there vas no General q the head ofeh4 AZ
ny eAcsnped thers.iiltiw cd aasel Is blnods II
Er It uas no better NTH the supplies Of food
The troops we're half fed, or fed ,iyregularly. -
Regimental wagons were unloaded, and ordered
70 AlsxindsiA for food shd forge Then the
order ms countermandedt and thsy weea iraioaA.
ed and ordered to the rear. Brieadss Without
and left there without wagons 70 shift for them.
selves-1 suppose to subsist 81 ne country; IA
from the country they might have gathsred
eeanty grass and, if 10 the, woods, leaves for
their horsesEfor the men, nothing, But If q
general on the eve Of battle cannot supply his
troops with powder, Il b useless 20 expect they
shall be fed. I need not multiply instancss.-
There Was Encouragement everywhere, because
at headquarters there was incompetence, confu-
sion, no settled plans, no head ~ OF bsIhlp2f =
u The ermywas not 20 much disheastened Is
enregsd-villing to fight, but not willing to b
eacritced-denouncing with q -unanimity, that
had no exception, the incapacity which had
caused their defeat. No one believed that the
combined fOrpe Of the rebols ware in front; and
- tor he battle Of Saturday, the men, the Ola
GER, the generals who fought, it, confess With
shame and anger that they were beaten by half
their number. The army was not defeated, its
commander was outgeneraled. He neither
knew where bic enemy was, nor weuld suffer
himself 70 Be informed. iHev was warned tha
the army Vas massingg On his left--every soldier
knew it. but he disbelieved and denied Il; sent
batteries and troops to the right, to the center,
to the rear-every where but where they we're
wanted-then, in . moment found himself, sur
rounded, enveloped, crushed, and defeated. ii
Mcdowell was censpred not less severely than
Pope. With the latter his advice was said to
have bad undue controlling influence. 1.-THE
only order Pope gave was to retrest.na NcDow.
ell fought the battle. Pope leaned only ON his
advice-yielded command throughout. It Wa
blunder from the beginning. II IL useless,
said an officer, TO- fight under Mcdowell.
shall DO my duty - an officer, but We shall lose
every battle where he commands. I do not
know whether I have heard treachery or imbe-
cility most frequently imputed to Mcdowell. J.
Perhaps oftenest he 10 given the benefit of the
alternative. i did not hear one suggestion In
his favor-no excuse nor. psllistion.
No order Of battle was communicated to Gen.
erals of any rank. Generals Of corps were not
told who supported them, who was on their right
or LETT, what movements concerned their own
commands or position, OF, on what plan the bat
tie was fought. I asked q question about the
plan. Sir, there was no plan. We knew moth
ing bat what undiscovered forourselyes. 1 do
not know to this hour who was on my right
asked, is it not usual to inform Generals Of
corps or divisions on such pointer" f"Usual =
The General who neglects 70 Do it is an imbe-
A commanding hill in our possession va.
threatened by hostile movement ID force. Gen
Pope was informed, was asked to send snoshe,
battery TO- hold it. s"Ifa you do not, In fifteen
minutes the enemy viii be in possession of, the
bill" He refused to send it. In ten minutes
Rebel artillery was playing from that hilT On oui
troopa ~ gEgol oas 519a gg sHlmqzs O
Generate who fought with the most heroic
onI thA
praises are in every ones mouth, speak of the
battles in which they have Just won honest fame
With cbagrin and remorse. Their own efforts
became futile from the incompetence Of their
Commanding General. -, -. i
Said one to me, II must ask 70 be relieved,
unless Gen. Pope ID removed. cannot sec my
men murdered" st1assI ziEfJ lsorv &c li4It Z
/ met General who had led his division ID
the hottest Of the fight with heroic courage and
| veteran skill. He said, 'T have lost 1 thousand
men; I dare not 60 into the hospital and look in
the faces Of those wounded men who, Ivknow;
have shed their blood bravely and IN vain Il
The successful d movement Of the Rebels upon
the flank and rear Of Gen. Pops must be traced
mot 70 his want Of proper mesns Of Information
but 70 his refusal 70 regard the intelligence that
was sent him. He was officially informed il,
but would not believe il, would not even take
reasonable precautions sgainst ito possibility
He actually withdraw Sigel's corps from bic tx
posed flank while the enemy wsre turning that
point Officers stationed In front on the Kappa.
hammock line saw for three days the constant
clouds of dust which announced the moving col.
|umns Of the enemy, bstIt the eye Of the Gene
raj they gave no sign. Hs persisted il regarding
their success ct CstIetts a. . mere cavalry dash,
and was hardly convinced BY Manassas that the
enemy hsd gainsd his rear ii force. From that
hour HE movements have bean followed b. moth.
ing but disaster. s.a,, s,i,.oo r., s,,.r,i
But it is needless, and have no time to accu.
mulate evidence on such points Half the
strength of an army b acon1dsnce in its COM
Emsnder !, That con6deuoeliss not given to Gen.
Pope. The opinion Of his troops is unanimous.
" against him. saw numerous officers Of Ill
ranks ii almost every corr Of The army. There
ID no dissent Or disserssu,snt. They will not,
cannot fight again under Pope With confidence
The army Of Virginia demands . General. :
T.. state these facts g find them, expressing
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