The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-25
Iao Capture or New Orleans..ue.
ClellAAss Orders 20 Gen. Butler.
). sne Following h from the New York Jssyss, u

Clellanss Orders % Gen. Rutler.
The following h from the New York Jsxrvu, q
Cemsesrs:
Mnsoh Brothers, Of New Yosk. have nnhpshcA
.ranons history Of Gen. Butler In New Orieans.
SsscLS.snia1 much new matter. Il SCENE that Gen.
sie niss ~ enssisd TO The credit for laying down
~. -. Psn OF Operations In the eoutAwess, ana Il
zen. sos!er had done all that he WA ordered 10 d.,
We snoM,d have had . very different story from
os;ahs Zen senu. and oesssht are
Gen. 6si,er xa" 70 - the orders under which
saeuIt 70 due to military operations there clearly
ne,onks 10 the young Comn,audsr In Chief. mn.
"aio~tng are The orders:
HEADQUARTERS OF TEE Aaxy,,
Aaior >Casssal B,aler, U. 8. AYmv:
=. 0ene!ai: You are Assigned 10 the command Of
s sso sosccs destined 10 co operate with the navy
"a tne attack npon New Orleans. You viii Us .
evssy meane to keep the destination profound Sc
efrt, even from your staff Officers with the excep
uon o. your Chtct Of staG and Lieut.. we,gei. OF
naps ~. sntrteen regiments named In your urusoran-
dam handed 10 me IN person. rhc cist Iadiana. i.
s.n wisconsin, aud 9th Michigan fold aud good
aosamsots TEX, from Ba!iinorelt three regiments
VIII await your orders at FOr Monroe. Two com :
panies OF the slst Indiana ere well ied al heavy
as1'sefy. flte cavalry forco already ou,route for
sn,P Island Will bs anficient fer yosrpnsuoaes,--
, consultation With officers well acqnainted
.;I, nave arrived at thu conclusion that three
nsnt batteries fully equipped, and one without
hs,,cs, ns,., wi, viii be all that will be necessary:
Ihis Will make your force about IA, 600 infantry,
e12 cavalry, aud $50 artillery: total, is ns5 men.
=, Tue commanding General of the Department Of
key West Is aothoriaed to loan you, temporarily, !,
swo regiments; Fort Pickens can probably give
you another, which will bring your forcc TO nearly
ie,oeo The object OF your expedition y one OF
vital imporiance-the capture Of New Orleans -
Inc route selected is up the Mississ.ppi river and
only one, 10 IN the resistance offered By Forts 81,
Phiiip and Jackson. 1t is expected that the navy
can reduce the works. In that ease you will after
their capture, leave sufficient garrison IN them Il,
mendrd that on the upward passage q few heavy
guns and soMe troops he icft al the pilot station
81 the forks Of the rvsr 10 recover q retreat ia
case OF disaster. The troops aad guns win OF
tured.
Should the navy fail to reduce the works, YOU
Will land joar forces and siege train and rndsavor
20 breach the works, silence their flre and carry
them by assault.
The next resistance will be nsar the English
Bend, where there are some earten batteries; here
II may be necessary for you land your troops 10
cooperate with the naval attack, although It Is
more th?n probable that tho navy. unassisted can
accomplish the result. Il these works are taken.
the city Of New Orleans necessarily falls.
In that event 1t will probably be best to occupy
AIsters with the mass Of your troops; also, the
eastern bank or the river above the city. 1t may
be necessary to place some troops in the city to
preserve order, though II there appears sufficient
Union sentmen; to contr0 the city, il may be best
for purposes Of discipline to keep your men out
the city.
After obtaining possession Of New Orleans II
VIII be necessary to reduce all the works guarding
its approaches from the coast, aud particularly to
gain the Manchac Pass.
Baton Rouge, Berwick's Ray. and Fort Living
stem will next claim your attention.
fefnt on Galveston may facilitate tbs object Wa
nave In view. i need not call your attention to
the necessity Of gaining possession of all rolling
stock you can on the different Railways and of OBJ.
tanning control Of the roads themselves. The oc-
cupation Of Baton Rouge, by q combined naval and
land force, should be accomplished as soon pos
sibie afteryo have gained New Orleans; then en-
deavor to open your communication with the
northern column of the Mississippi, always bear.
ing in mind the necessity Of occupying Jackson,
Miss, as soon 's you can do 80 with safety, either
after or before you have effected the junction. Al!
low nothing todivert you from gaining full posses
sion of all the approaches to New Orleans.
When the object Is accomplished TO its fullest
extent, it will be necessary TO make n combined
attack on Mobile, IN order to gain possession OF
the harbOr as well as 10 control the
railway ne city. In regard to this
will sent I'd instructions as the opera
iions of IT, column develop themselves.
l may simply that the general objects Of
the expedition are: First, the reduction Of New
Orleans and oil its approaches then Mobile and all
It's deences, then Pensacola, Galveston, etc. 1t Is
probable that by the time New Orleans IL reduced
il will be I'm the power of the Government to rcin
force the land forces sufficiently to accomplish all
these objects In the meantime, you will please
give all the assistance in your power to the army
and navy commanders in your vicinity, never los
ing sight OF the fact that the great object to he
achieved Is the capture and firm retention of New
Orleans.
GEORGE o. MCCLRLLAN,
Major Cen. Commanding, &C., SC.