The New York herald., 1862-12-24

Killed, wounded and mssingp
oss think ten thousand woold cover oar whoe
% u mas been stated over that number, nut thsea
",ngs are always exaggerated.
ensmyl - /.
An:yerA great less than our own, from the fact
'nSs ny sney were covered by their works.
a. nUuesuon-in your Judgment military man, were
that aasL faults or mistakes in bringing on or conducting
Answcr-l think not. The General Commanding con.
.o,rea gIeat deal with mo about IL. II no made mis-,
ONE by onc hs hoo S Sr certainly approved the s.es
for ordering the attack not know what orders tn1
.o ns o "y sSs received from wh
gram from the President did not vish the arav
sacrificed think myself would have made but sngid
attack instead Of making two attacks, | would have
made but one, massig everything upon point That
Is point upon which military men may dnler
Grand Division concur ali OF them, 80 Tar on you Know.
in tho movement that mado2
Answer.-I do not know, but suppose they did
Question BY the CHI hrman--Wbai IL your opinion ei
tho general condition and efficiency OF tho army since
the battle2
Answer Il consider that within few days, with suf'
hccn exer'ion this viii be in exceeut order again.
TESTIMONY or GENERAL FRANKLIN.
Major General Franklin sworn and examined
BY the Chairman.
Qaeston.-You have seenihc resolution Of tho senats
under which this 'onamitteo are now acting. Will you
81 on and state IN your own way what you deem neces
sary to state.
just before We moved from warrenton, General Halleck
and General Meigs down hcre and had conference
renee, as understand it, was ,ha. General @ Burn Burn.
siio was to move this army from Warrenton
the rvsr hers g as an mr ssr sa ana moSs Ss.
meut. | understand from General Burnside that when
the advanco Of bis army arrived IN ont OF Feierieks-
burg ponocn train enough build bridges,
meet him there. ! know the Of tho army did
arrive at Fredericksburg at the time, but there
was no ponoon train to meet II thcre, and in consc
duence OF that the army coud not oss at the
time expected TO We were, there ore, delayed
several days IN OF tho deay the arrival Of
provisions for twelve days Then General Burnside
called council. In which IL the unanimous opinion,
J think, of all the generals present th.t II this river
could be crossed IL ought 10 bo eros. ed, no
Of crossing was not then denitey determined upon bn1
thought al the time were 20 sewers miles fur
tber nyn Afterwards gene al Purfs side called ss V,
geber again. and informed that he had do ormined u
cross ~ the two points at which We finally did
cross. had no objection to that, but thought they
good as tho point farther down. knew nothing
mt ALL In fact, about the defences the other side. IL
was not my business to know anything about them.
made at tho ,ime doubted power and
do not believe could have crossed hld the enemy
chosen TO prevent 1t. And know from what have sincs
seen, and what be suspected, that they I'D have
prcvcted our crossing at thse two p ints they had
Ing successfully made under Of fog and far "a
my wing concerned We got into position safely with
,he loss Of very few men st we were !, saSn pGss
the guns they had bearing upon think that IN the
Of an hour men would have been 81 citurad
that 1T would have been impossible TO rally hefi For
unaccouGiblo they did lot open their bat
teres. On the morning OF the 13th instant made an
attack according u tae order Of General Burn-tde
Oar Falmouth Correspondence.
FaIxouTH Va, Dec. 20, 1892.
Quiet Agai- Our Losse,-7he Loss ~ the Secosd Army
Corps-The Loss in Bareocks Diuision by Bri9ades-
Ra,noral cj the Woundsf-Cdralvy AOwnsens dc.
The army has again settled down s old quiet along
tho banks Of tho Rappahanock and who had visited
It ten days ago would, rsvisiting 1t now hardly
hiatt riya had hpau a
fought and tho army brought back 70 i!s old position
again.
The lpsses On sido are, am happy 10 state
brought down by tho official re,urns. When o .Se'"
footed up tho number viii be considerably c M an
thous nd and this y nj include many whov ~ ~ .s'
bruised not sufficiently to require the 'ere
from duty over twcnty-four hours, an 20 DO aosen
'ng Of this I mus, mention thatr - AL Wnho sp saA
practice often rcscrted to the Iers rcprensnsoI
ting down the slightest injury part OF onicers OF pus
in ,be lst Of casualties 40 a.wound, thereby syel
rlication tho yalor o. IN order 70 snow oy in
The appearance Il II 'her pattcuhr commands
appearing in tie ror names Of the men thus wounde
The loss in tho oynnce 10 the reported wound cd man
principally eng Second Army corps. which the on,
lows '-so' '''' 'p' W omc'"i repor's, ~ iol
FRS, div Killed. Wounded xsssssa
aIp@' ;rnir@ division, Howard's. css .,
-" division irench's....... IS el2 2l'
Total. al.......................3T 3O03 k<r
! Making total Of 3,9si in the corps
Hancock division, will seen was the srossest suS
fe:ors, and e that division Cadwcs brigade icss ~
most The loss being -
! Caldwels brigade - 81 o82 i1a ~
s::s. ,s::: ":::: .: s :; :;
Total. ,:.ss g. ;, 2. - i,sss
A ag Of truce weni o - osr SIDE q the river tA
aid de = ,,n 10 q nn ~ - io ~srdng Thsd bSigsAss
haHcoeks division The object l. w.s I'LL -
the safe conduct through the rebel lines - VI
aseeession young lady Of attractive sppcaran. -
sufficiently captivated General sumner 10 procure
There are remais Ing now in the Second corps hosoas
put one hundred and forty1ve men, all the havinn
boon sent TO Northern hospitals those remaining -
There slight exception tho general quiet q SAs
army exhibited By the cavalry, who constantly ss
moving y various directons This movement hoxsvsr
Is probably only thorough system Of scouting shc an
rounding country.
For tho past forty cch. hours the weather has bsan
intensely cold. Ice forming In the running streams
The camps have been made quite comfortable By Do9.
sag ana imp IN -. o%pu a, ~ 1srnssss mac anS with little
OF the men would be qte comfortable. Paymastsrs asS
beginning TO make their appearance much 70 the gratis
cation Of the soldiers although there yet many red
ments who have not been paid for six months. THio
neglect the part Of the government much CON-
paint IN the army aud much suffering In the families a
the soldiers. Strenuous exertons should Be made 70
fuln the obligations the part Of tho govcrnmens snd
greater eHcicbcy ubuoupteoy Tesut 8ucn
curse
Our Dead from Frcdcricksburg.
Tic remains OF several officers belonging 10 New York
regiments killed. at tho recent engagement about Fred.
expected 70 arrive here few days,
and the Common Council Committee National Affairs
have made arrangements TO give them grand funeral
Friday the 2e,h inst has been axed for the obssquiss
Among these deceased officers
Colonel James n Bull, Of the Sxty-sixth New Ysrh
Volunteers y"
Capt. John P. Dodge, OF the same regiment.
The bodies will lie 10 state in the Governors wbsn
hey arrive until the funeral takes place. The Seventy
list regiment, N. N. G., will acs As guard =
,onor Capt Dodge assistant surgeon of the seventy
lrs regiment during their frst campaign in VirSsh.
Marine Disaster.
HArrAx, N. g., Dec q, 1eeo.