Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-06-26
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VOL. XVI.
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Gen,a Gpegy's Plan % Hold the. r ebe
states amer they are Conquered.
The Richmond Dispatch says that IN,
following important letter was found In
the headquarters Of General Casey, after
the battle Of Seven Pines, on Sunday
Whether the Richmond Dispatch found il
or made II we cannot tell; at all events the
plan sOataiRs some good suggestions;
HEADQUARTERS OksRY's DIVISION,
OK BOARD STEAMER CONSTITUTION,
March 81, 1862
TO the Ho6 e. N. IStdntdR, Secretary Of Var
SIN The few short notes which
handed You on the day left Washington,
with regard to the military defense Of the
l country after the rebellion shall have boen
mastered, shall by SOnr kind permits
sion, proceed now 10 elaborate.
propose that we maintain an army Of
100 600 mon, composed of the three arms
Of the service, IN their dhe proportion,
I would assign %, 600 men TO the defense
Of that part Of the country lying west Of
the Mississippi River, including the Pa
cifc coast would assign 1000 men TO
the defense Of the Lake, Atlantic and Gulf
coasts stretching from Lake Superior to
the mouth of the mississippi including
Key West and the Torlugas The remain-
ing GO, 600 men would station on the line
q the railroad fom Memphis, Tennessee,
to Chattanooga, and thence on one railroad
branch to Charleston, South Carolina, and
on one hrOuch TO Richmond, Virginias bc-
cupying, between Memphis and Chatla-
nOoga important intermediate points. say
Grand Junction, COrinth, Decatur, and
SteYenson. 5HuJ vlIl3 vfH.lI
Between Chattanooga and Charleston |
would occupy, say Dalton, Atlanta, Union
Point, Augusta, Branchville, and possibly
Columbia, S. c. aa.a.- .F T
Between Chattanooga and Richmond |
would occupy, say Knoxville, Abingdon,
Wytheville, Lynchbarg, Charlottesville,
Burksville, and Richmond aud Fredefieks-
burg should also be occupied. 81 .
Just Rsis06n as The points indicated are
recovered from the enemy they should be !
parmarently Occupied by a military fierce. |
The important strategic points, such as
Chattanooga, Memphis and Richmond, |
should be strongly fortified without any
delay. -CI..- --.-r 81 ]
have thus, in brief manner, stated
what l consider the best disposition to be
made in Rmilitary point Of view, Consid-
cred politically, I am convinced that the
Lines are not without their adyantagess-.I
They pass, for considerable distance,
through q mountainous region. By the
Introduction Of the superior knowledge and
civilization which D disciplined and we'll
appointed army would carry with it, the
inhabitants lof thatregiOn would become as
much attached to the Union, without con
dition, as any Of the Northern States, thus
placing an insurmOuntable barrier to the
success Of that portion Of the Union which
would be most likely to rebel against the
the constituted authorities
It is very certain that no such argument
is worth a straw with the Southern Rebels
but that Of the bayonet, and we would be
recreant to the cause of liberty on this
eaithiif We do not use it effectively
The President, besides the war power so
TO do, is clothed with the legal power to
take military possession of all the railroads
inAhe Vnitsd4States, The fact that Mill
tary Provisional Governments will have
to be first institnfed in the States contain
ing the lines will render the possession and
control Of them leasy. q .l - y
have the honor to be,
eEiErty Very respectfully, aH u
- b.. ~ 4 our ODD Z servant
SILAS C. CASEY,
sA1Nt H Vtfi9 LGa1r Con,monding