The New York herald., 1862-12-07


time certain that IL would have been n The power
Of the accused 10 turn the encmys rieh' Ganx !
knew The position Of tho epcmy. occ ryine
Ire perpendicular " the tu-npi'e Vt the town
Of Groveton. from the orders had gwen him
that ten Porter must bo somewhere on the foa'l o.
Gainesville. My bette thnt tho road from Manassas
Junction 20 Cal esvillc either passed or was ne.r the
riyh flank Of the enemy and that Con iorter's mt'ci
would. II pursued. pass 10 his right Hank or nus re
(Gcn Pope hae pointed out the position si his osn and
the enemys aud tho position he supposed Gen fortcrs
forces occuped)
that time Longseets forces had oned jackson In who
IN parts A had feared this junction of corps atany
moment, as knew from Information that Iongsfreei "as
pushing forward TO join Jackson; General Bffofd wth
his cavalry IN that direction. ana knew that no
was watching for that movement, and expected him t.
report about II Al hafpast four O'Clock bad no. re-
ceived any report from him. He was undor tbe com
mand 0f General Mcdowell
q. DID you know then do YOU know what line
of march Lougstreet's corps taking 70 unite with
JacksonY you do state whether that would mos have
carried him to tho right OF Jaclsons ne as yon have
described u on the map. A. expected then, ana
understand that the advance of Longsreets corns
passing through Gainesville would seek TO Join jackson
by the Warrenton turnpike. According TO my under
standing Of bis postion this would have brought Long
street TO the coDtre Of line though IL was easy
any point between Gainesville ana GTovetoD 70 have
changed the course of his column and to ays brought it
in the right The left of JacksOn's column as they
thought proper
c.The accused desires you 10 state, assuming
L6ngstreets corps had arrived on The right cf
Jacksons line, from what you know of the actual
position Of the accused ana bis command al half past
Tour r. M on the Zptn, what uRbanco Woutu nc
have had 10 march in order 10 strike The enemy on the
flank and in the rears Al do not assume that LongTect
on Jackson's right You require me 70 assume GER
tain things which do not. Unless could know how tho
command OF jackson formed, and what dispositions
made by him, il is impossible 70 tell how much
ground his line occupied know far General por-
ter woud have been required TO march. The distance
world have certainly been much less than from MANASSAS
Junction 20 Gainesville.
indicates state you did not know al the time
when the order Of half-past four p M was given how
power Of the accused TO strike the enemy In flank or rear
-Would the accused be kind enough ~ state what facts
am ignorant Of declined in my previous answer 70
that Ionrstree was here at haf past four l. III
This is not a fact stated or proven.
Q-Did you ascsrtaa, when you issued that order TO
accused :" attack TN the enemy Hank INK and I rear va a' M =
pected to have attacked If possible as understood, tho
right flank cf Jackson and possible his rear and to
have prevented his junction with Inngsrset. did net
then believe do believe that at that time any
considerable portion cf iongsreots forces were 10 the
vicinity OF the icld.
0fIow long after the order referred TO was issued
did you think II would take place It into the possession
of accused2 Al did not then know precisely st what
point the road from Manassas TO Gainesville the ac
cused was and could not how long il would take; bu
know that an aid riding rapidly ought TO 60 TO any
Q-Do you know whether AT 1--WE thirty p. ~, or be
tween that aud ssven tho accused had the enemy me
datey in his frontS Al don't kney except from ths
sSssnsn ss u
the road between Gainesville and Manassas Junction o.
! my own knowledge do not know u, however
QWin you point out the position OF the other corps
the map? A.-There Is no difficulty in doing that
with the exception OF McIowel's which had not then
reached the Hed but moving from Manassas. (wit
ness here pointed them out) General Mcdowell was un.
derstood to be on the Sudlcy Spring road. occupied
the hill immediately In the Of the line the eas
side OF the Sudey Spring road and the WarrentoI
pike. In front OF mo was the reserve OF Renos com
mand M.8..fs
Q-State If the line OF march Of Mcdowell, made unde
the joint order the Goth Of August, towards Grovcon
does necessarily him to the Of the column
OF the line OF accusedp A understood Mcdowell TO say
subsequently, that General Porter with his corps, was
forks OF the road and that Mcdowell had passed aknl
1 rear OF General Porter's column
OFF McDowells statement is correct, was not the &C
cised obeyng the order of tho 29ththe Joint order
Alto was at o halt when Mcdowell passed
Q-Are you enabled to say that you were informed
or knew that seven O'Clock in the evening the 29tl
that Loagstrcet was up with Jackson in force? A-A
seven O'Clock learned from Buford that portion Of hi
force numbering half the forco under Portercer
tainy not twothirds-had passed through Gainesville
and bad probably Joined Jackson II 10 be implied
by the accused in putting these questions that hav
stated somewhere 10 my testimony that did not know
that portions Of Longsrests forces had joined Jackson
have stated. II is not my intention so To do
Q.-State in what particular the accused failed to obe
the order dated $50, August 2o Al thought he fac
to obey il because two Of the brgades OF his comman
! were not brought up with him, but by some means o
other had struggled from II and were at CeDtrcvie.
After few unmporant questions the Court adjourne
/! until Monday.