The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1862-12-03
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Ioi The snsmy. had EucesssfaliS dspeissd kl1
, since the oampsisa bad opened, az ths sIy;,
{ sioa Of Bisuksr ead two shiras ol q cIDowsh
/ corps, wishcat ssnding him ons SOLITARY msa
} 70 6il up The gsp nsds by sicknsss snd 81
tho cssa1hf sfn spits Of fnsst ebylaciez IL
hsA sssshsd ths wills VI E;shmond bkt ks
had 40 icneeg tds snsans ofstrfiinx tts great
n toiow which psohshiy wculd hsss sndsd tks
was. faa koatils country What sppeas .
simple r<eonneissses mag olsea prove ssri-
oW and gehfrai attack. Thets . large bscs
Is needed to guard kssinst snrprisss aud
sdll larger torcs 60 secure lines af communl-
4 cation which can not be broken without dan.
ger. Reiniorcsments were nssdsd. Whsnes
should they eoms2 -, General Wsol rcsa
Norfolk. Burnside, from North Carcliua, ,mighs
send some mem. but very lew. while around
Washington, more than eighty thousand
were collected. Of these abous one half vsns
making head against Jackson in the VALLEY
OF the Shenandoah. The rest were coIlsssd
under Mcdowell at Fredsricksbure. sixty
miles to the north Of Richmond. Thsy bad
rebuilt the railway bridge over the Rappshsn,
mock and 10 three OF four days they might
have joined the army Of Mcclellan, Thsv
covered nothing 1t fredericksburg. and ware
50 notoriously useless to he Federal csuss
that in the Confederate journals they wsrs
spoken OF as tho fifth whesl of tbs COACH :.
III was known that Mcdowell desired Ar.
IDENTIFY to give the Lie to these rsilleries hv
bringing ~ the decisive moment his assistance
to the cause OF the Union Accordingly
General Mcclellan had no sooner arrived bc.
fore Richmond than be undertook to discov.
or what no had to hope for on this side
No Official advice; either from Washiprtor
or Fredericksburg, bad informrd him Of Nc. ?
Dowells presence at that point only ,six,y
miles distant, but rumor and probability ..
greed 50 well in placing him there. that ths
densral IN chiei resolved to make an sttsmps
to establish communications with him. On
the night OF the 26th be sent forward Gen.
eTsl Porter's division with few squadrons Of
cavalry, in furious storm to Hanover Court.
house, village about twenty miles north Oh
Richmond, where the railway to Frsdericks.r
burg crosses the Pamunkey. The troops Of
Porter moved rapidly and about midday on
the 9th came upon the hostile division OF
Branch, at Hanover Court house. 1hia thsy
assailed with vigor, dispersed it, and took
one OF its guns. Assailsd in their turn by
Confederate troops who had suffered them to
pass BY the woods in which they lay hidden,
the Federals turned on their new enemies
and scattered them also. This brilliant az
lair cost the Fcdsrsls 400 men, and left Gem
sral Porter in possession os cannon, of 500
prisoners, and two bridges, one on the Fred.
eriSksbnrg and one on the the Virginia Can.
trail road. The advance guard OF Mcdowell
twas then at Bowling Green, fifteen nilsa
rom thatof General Porter. Ii. needed only an
effort OF the will, the two armies were united
and the possession OF Richmond csrtain!---
Alas this effort was not made. i can not re-,
call those fatal moments without real SIM
king Of the heart. .rse y,s. 4, .fg .r..,
Seated in an orchard in the bivouac Of
General Porter. amid the Joyous excitement
whseh follows successful combat, saw. the
NTH cavalry bring in whole companies al
Confederate prisoners, with arms and baeears
their officers ss their head. But neither The
glad confidence OF the Federals nor the die.
coursgement OF their enemies deceived iAs.
and asked myself how many of. shesa gai.
liant young men who surrounded me, relating
their exploits of the day bsSere, would psy
with their lives for the fataf.error which YES
on the point OF being committed. Not only
did not the two armies unite, but the order
came from Washington To- burn the bridges
which had been seized. This was the clear
est way OF saying TO the army OF the Poto.
mac, and its chief thst in no case could they
count on the SUPPORT of the arm,es OF Uppsr
Virginia. The reason ofthis unfortn-
nate measure was the successful dash of
Jackson. He had driven Banks beyond The
Potomac, and created such o confusion that
he was supposed to be on the point OF enter.
ing Washington. With over iorty thousand
men to defend the city, the line OF the Por
tottiac SD easy to hold, and the vast intrench.
ed camp around the Capital, II was not
thought to be safe jackson hal
gained his point. Henceforth the, Army
oit the Potomac must count upon itself
alone"
The battle OF Fair Oaks, the "Seven DAVE
Battles" and the final retreat to the James
River are graphically described OfGsnernl
McClellan's skill aud coolnsss through shsas
eventful scenes the Prince writes in enthu.
siastic terms. On this subiec. we Hnd che
following. ------..s~ss .v..,, 'sa-s -.
Throughout this grand and daring rnovs.
ment nothing disturbed the serenity sfsh
commander. On the terrible 9th of july
when his aids sank under the heat and ,ex.
cltement OF the task they were accomplish.
ing, saw him. writes the Prince, 'stop 10
rest for moment and sit down in the YER.
andah OF . country house on the road. The
mistress Of the house came up and complained
that the soldiers were eating her cherries. -
With smile the General rose himself and
went out to rtop the pillagersr, :.s
OF the battle Of Malvern Hill the Prince
states: ss.a E f~.lg a6.s M g.sis. ttse
1t was for Tie Confedsrates q useless
butchsry. The federal success was due TO
two causes: First. to the fortunate foresight
oi ths General, who In spite Of numerous
natural obstacles TO the passage OF artillery
had spared nothing 70 bring his on; and next
to the hrmness OF his troops. Men do not
make such campaign ana 60 though such
experience as they had endured without
coming out more or less formed to waT. H.
their primitive organization bad been better
the Survivors Of this rude campaign, ] kar
not TO assert, might be regarded as the squ-I
ais Of the best soldiers in the world"
Notwithstanding all tho mortifyinR biundere
and disasters Of ell the campaign,ths Prince
DeJoinvills still expresses hiss soEAdsnes
IN the finsl success ofths Union cauas. and
| remarks: lal g3Hgsi yssk g
lam not ons those. however, who WIN
thence infer ,hst the Federal csusa is lost,
Compared TO those OF the South. ths ,rsour-
ces Of the North ars hr from being axhaust>
cd, and who Knows oil that 10 dag al peril
can bs done BY the energy OF > arseS psopls,
battling for the right and forhnmAnity2
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