Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1862-08-22
THE UNION ARMY WITHDRAWN
FROM THE VIRGINIA PENINSULA.


McClellan's troops evacuated Harrson's
Landing on the 10th. All the public prop.
erty was removed in safety. In commenting
upon this move the N. Y. Times says:
Another important change is on the tapis.
A movement which is rendered absolutely
necessary by the situation Of affairs looking
to the preservation of the army, for future
use in the suppression of the rebellion is
about to take place No ono can mistake
what it is. With its strength gradually but
steadily being reduced by sickness, the ranks
enervated by the terrible heat of the climate
which is equally fatal the operations Of eth
cr side, and with the mpossibility of strength
ening the situation by the addition of fresh
troops, which experience has demonstrated
cannot be safely sent to this peninsula in Au-
gust, there is but one course left for the Gov
ernmcnt to pursue-but one which the coun-
try can approve, viz To rescue the army
from its present inactive and unsatisfactory
position as soon as possible, and wait the de-
velopement of events.
In another article the same paper says:
I'VE now see the explanation of recent dc.
monstratens Of our forces on the south side
Of the James. Ii was to make the enemy be
licve that Pctersburgh was threatened and ia
duce him to send heavy columns of his
Richmond army thther. The scheme sue
cecdcd Next came Popc's rapid advance
upon Gordonsyille. 1t was to induce the
heavy reinforcements Of Stonewall jackson
from the army OF Richmond. The scheme
succeeded. And then came the feint Of
McClellan's advance upon Malvern Hill. 1t
was to alarm the weakened garrison at Rich
mond with the fear that they were to be i'm
mediately assaled They were completely
deceived, and while they were excitedly pre-
pairing to resist McCIcllan's. expected attack
he was marching away to new and more fav-
orable fields ef contest
This Withdrawal of our army from Harri
sons Landing, if accomplished, as it seems
to have been, not only without loss, but ev-
en- without attack, we place above any other
similar achievement of the war, on either side
for wise conception and brilliant execution
As for Richmond, it is ever menaced from
the East by our gunboats as long as we con-
troll the waters of the York and James rivers
so that the withdrawal of the army of the
Potomac does hardly relieve Richmond at all
from its state Of siege. And while the rebel
leaders must still watch and defend against
attacks from these rivers, they will have the
dlshcartening knowledge that the heroic SOL
diery that sowed the Garth with their dead,
from Mechanicsyille to Malvern's encrimson-
ed hill, is loose again to fall upon their front,
their flank, or rear, or wherever wise Gen
eralship shall choose to hurl it." E#
The following is an extract from an article
in the N. Y, World on the same subject:
1t is the purpose of General Ualleck to
mass all the Union armies in Virginia, and
bring them within supporting distance Of each
othor. With the enemy in central position
and our ferces divided, we are constantly ex-
posed to DO defeated in detail The division
and separation in General McClelhn's army
about the time he proceeded down the Pe-
tomac has been the cause of all our recent i'll
success It enabled jackson to drive Gener-
al Banks out of ths Shenandoah valley, and
cause an accumulation Of troops in that Sec
ton, whose pursuit he s<illCully eluded to re-
Join The rebel army at Richmond, which was
hurled in massive strength and overwhel-
who by the aforesaid division and diffusion,
had been left without an adequate force. 1t
is the evident purpose Of General I1allccll to
TefeTSc tHs Ipolcy WtliciI mas Cauoen SO Ii1ucI
disaster The chances are that he will now
speedily bring Generals Mcclellan and Pope
within supporting distance Of each other, and
then stand on the defensivcuntil the army is
reinforced by the new levies. With the Ger
tainty Of having 800, 900 additional men in a
few weeks, he will not unnecessarily throw
away the immense advantage they win give
him in the fna! encounter with the rebels.
The same general policy which leads him to
unite the armies of Pope and Mcclellan will
also cause him to combine the new army with
the old, and march against the enemy with
an overwhelmil & preponderancc oc numbers.
If he can do this in September, with the ab-
solute certainty Of dealing deatl.blsw to
the rebellion he will hardly run the risk of
possible defeat by bringing on the final con-
flict before he is fully ready While it is
good policy for the rebels to fight before we
can get the new leyies in the field, it is for
our advantage to deal mainly in feints and
demonstrations until afterwards. The move
ments of the enemy may render early fight
ing necessary, but the fewer battles the en-
suing month the greater our csstainty Of ulti-
mate success