Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1862-07-25


GieIlan lost more men N the trenches. i've
70 Oce, than ever fell fromthe enemy since
the army were AZ YorktoEn- At last Ehsn
the army whipped the eaemy NJ Williams
burg, Mcclellan, At \ long distance tro0
the hgla,of baule, Wrste dispatch % The
SeersrArE of War, that he shDuld try 70 hold
the enemy in check, but they we're 100 fast
The road 20 Richmond Was oPea. aad all be
had TO do was 70 march ont OF the sBSmps
and nto Richmond, but he found The most
swamp he could, and set night dom Ia the
middle of IT, and vent 70 work digging
trenches and thus tens of thousands OF
brave men were lost there by sickness
TaeE., Rt last, after waiting TIL the enemy
chose, for It Eoald not be strategy TO attack
then I'LL Their were ready, We kept on Dig
einE trenches, till at last the batIle Of Fair
Oaks Eas fought. when the whole Rebel
force Eas hurled on 3 small portion OF eur
army, EhO whipped then, and drove them
back psIl-mel into Richmond, and across
james River.
But OF course Ne did nots follow then
that would not be fair 10 follow whipped
enemy. aad 50 the battle Of Fair Oaks was
lOSE, that Is 70 say, re Eon brilliant vic
tori, but II dose rs no good. Il would
have been unfair 70 take advantage Of a
ropted army, 50 we m4enAnimonslS stop
Ped and commenced diggiag. There was
no army IN our front, and no iatrenehae1ts
in front, bat re did not know Ehat else TO
do, and 80 ne began 70 dig = ditch, and We
kept digging bitches until they had impress
ed and drilled an ATmy of soldiers from
Their entire PopuIatiou, and they seat JACK
sun On n raid to Winchester, andeEe wait
ed for him 70 come back with his q, b0o OF
81, 900 men, AID We heard that COrinth
Vas eF2eRStAd Bot Il would have been
unfair 70 oOmRenee "A attack until they
Sro1eht their troops IRON CoSiath, and so
We waited for the army from Conuth, aad
when Their got in AL the troops they ever
hoped 70 raise, then We did u0i attack then
al al
Their attacked as, as NE had reason 70
Suppose theT Eoald- They attacked our
right Wing, and JheY hurled their whole
/ force on our right wing of 81, 900 ren, and
| daring the whole of that Thursday orr lit
Tie armr OF 81, 600 held their ground and
reppised that Tast horde over and over
lsEsin, and held their ground At night
We'll, Sir, Of eourse reinforeemsats we're
sent 70 those brave men, 70 enable them 10
send that dRstardly army back into Rich
nond the second time. No, Sir, they di5n7t
! do anything of the kind Alright. instead
OF re5nioresnents they were ordered 70 re-
treat Wen. Sir, that was strategy The
moment We commented orr retreat, then, il
/ Is said n tie dispatches, the enemy follow
Cd as like demons Of course they Eoald.
/ Whoever heard of an array retreAfIng that
vas aot followed, aaless they we're Rs5sls ?
I Oar lsR and eeater renET1ed intact
A feint Ess made on oar left wing and
ieeaber as hare heard from one OF The
brarest nen IA that whole army of the Po-
tonae- he said when his regiment was or-
i dsrei under arms he had no d0abt ihat he
I Eas goiag 70 march on Richmond Eifh his
regIneat BE believed The whole fo1ce Of
/ the enemy had attacked or right wing
BE bslfsTed there Sas nothing II FROM.
BE belieTed thai our hOur of triumph hR4
cone his na sprung into line with
aTldity, prepared 10 rush NJ ths point OF
the bayoaef into and oEeE Richmond Aud
he never diseoFerea his erro: all he saw =
million aad = half Of dollars Ro.9h Of
properly bum before his regiment Then
he began 70 think II did not wear the a.
peef Of a Advance on R5eh15ad TAey
had been working there and LIST Io.e90
mea digging trenches, and spent months
bringing mp Sege GINS. Then they let
their treaehes without firing gun
Oar array vas ordered 10 adr4nce On the
EnabobtS instead of on Richmond. This
! Cslonel tod me thsi hs foEghr TIE eaeny
/ three days sid whipped thea each EaJ-
sad then rna eT=J night liks-. aSi1g
/ \ Eicked word No portion If tint yasl
army EAs IN the fgA1 except the man m
der Perez. ard thsy EaIPPed abe enemy
ths 6rs1 day Wen sir, this Is called strar-
egg NoE, sir. again I saE why ERs this
! great army 81 The Potomac Of tEs baEdred
and thirty IaoRsAnd men, divided HaB4a
iiaEeaaIty, sad scarcely divine wisdom
cS7l3 have deFised any olhe- var 10 have
I that army defeated fhRa - 2 var thar WAS
Aiepcea. Isinp!E eEa-gz tia: grave e.
rors have beea eblamiIisa; But, IS / said
osFsre, no other way could have been de-
vase5 70 5sfeaf thai army have thought
II Necessary that these facts Should 70
/ fOrfA 70 tie People know 1521 / sbzlI
! be deoouDee7, but oalF by Two classes Of
/ Pseple-Sne. traitors. ana tie oihsr fools.
/ N0boiF else VA desoance ne