New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-27

we were waited AZ ffederlcksourg Nosnouiu mai0n
there. But we af'erward came up by wafer.
TIE VICTORY or MALVERN.
O. Were you a: tie battle OF MalverDi
A. Yes, Sir aud at that place we won great
battle. |
by Mr.. Chandler:
@. Could you have gone Into Richmond after that
faust
a. IhCr. no doujt 10. eoald. The day before !
had fght at Glendale, and under the orders i bau
10 leave my wounded behind ms, and ! ieN Two
surg cons 20 take care OF item, The enemy L. co,s
to Malvern bad to march right by my be. pitH' W.
surgeons afIerwaId reported 70 me '1as iii TIE
3 o'clock on the day Of the battle Oh M"t e'u al
enemy commencei falling back, and kel' ~ 80. d
that night; that they were iotuly "a t,v,
Miny Of The rnen going od ilto me woOoss I'D
ING 10 conceal ,Lemselves from their oIhcers anu
that thew were two days collecting 'heir ioi'e'
together.
o Id9 bS 0'i ,ca, tho Geue,slin- CHIT during the
00t''' y ,dsr,,ood that no was on board the gun.
'0 o. Did Won sec anything Of HIN on the ground
thai day 4
! A. saw him orce.
| o. After the firing commenced
| 4 I think | cav him about o'clock In the after
noon. / I'm not certain that saw HIM, bus | WAS
/ told that he was in party Oh The netd: ""ou
kLaf rad Occasion to c0Ia naH'cote vhh k'", on'
J co,lG gct no repl,es. / wanted Kesrneys d.
vision put in little different place from where
was. -.
Q. Had the defeat Of the enemy at Malvern been
follow eli up by our whole force what would nave
been the probable result
A. R.ekmoad you'd haze been ours beyoHd
doubt.
Q. Instead Of that you fell back to Harrison's
Landing
HOW MCCLELLAN REITERATED.
A. Yes, Sir. We were ordered to retreat,
and 4. ,oas Tie the retreat II a VhtpDed army. we
retreated Ikea parcel # sheep; tverybody on tie
read al the same time aud fey shen from the
Rebels tcould hare poaIc-styickes the pkoie com
mGEd.
M'CLELLAS's DISCRETION OF POPE.
Q. Do you know auy reason why the
Army of the Potomac did not more promptly sup
port Pope
| A. l do not know of any reSsoui l have
only conjecture. / always felt thai be wss not
supporter promptly.
! @. As : military man, knowing the con,
dition Of the Array OF the Potonsc after they landed
at Aqua and AlsyaGdrla, would Is have been pos
sbe for them 10 have formed junction sooner IMAM
they DID, 40 Ms to have co-operated sdvaI 'ageousiy
with G-n. Popef
i A. know Of no reason why |. was not
done. myself felt as though Pope wa, not sup
ported. But IL was a matter OF feeling had no
opportunity Of knowing the ilcts in the case.
Il THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN.
! O. You participated in the Maryland esmpaign
/ A. Yes, Sur.
l o. Will Won give us biief account of that cam
pnign, and what the reason was that we were not
| more suecessfulf
1 A. was placed in command Of the frat corps
ldarm6s-McDoweirs old corps-as it passed through
| Washington TO 20 on 10 the Upper PotoDsc. Dc
the 18Th Of September came up TO the vicinity OF
the enemy. AS / did 80, at little place called
Mddletown, was directed by Gen. Mcclellan to
20 forward where Gen. Burnside wss said 10 he
. cd Sgith n Mountain
look vt the ground there. Ills was OIL the Cumber
land road-ths old national road The object was
10 force passsge that road, thsn in the pos
session Of the enemy.
! BATTLE OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN.
/ INVENT forward and found Gen. Burnside engaged
on the south 81 ie Of the road with his batteries and
with Reuo's corps forming TO attack The enemy on
the mountain, Cox's corps bad already been an
gagged and judged, from tho numbers that pissed
/ 10 going 10 tie advance, that they were retiring
from The attack. From the pont at which the
bsttere. were planted had good opportunity 10
sse the formation Of the mountain and the position
J Of the enemy.
While in that position received orders from Gen.
Mcclellan TO advance with my corps on the north
side Of the road for the purpost Of making tetn ~
fapor of BHrRNde's troops. AT that tine belong
{ ed 10 the right wing Of which Gen. Burnside bad
been placed IN command. Feeling that an attack
on the south side OF tho road would not result favor
ably 10 Us, after putting my column In moton di-
! rected my troops 10 advance TO the base OF the
mountain on the north aide OF the road, and es
rapidly the divisions arrived had them deployed
! for battle Ar soon az they were deploysd l d.
| rected an advance, which resulted In our gaining
possession Of the Ppiral ridge OF the mOunsin that
night where directed my troops 10 remain until
further orders. Il was dark when we gained those
bights. In the moInirg the skirmisbefs took POS
session Of the road which enabled our army 10 ad-
vance.
THE PURSUIT.
As soon this was communicated 70 Gen. No
Clelan Was instructed 10 follow up the rstreGting
army, and If my troops required rest, to let Richar-
sons division which bad been sent 70 report 70 me,
take the advance, while my meu were making coffee
AID getting something 10 eat. They followed up
the pursut vigorousy taking prisoners all The way.
and about 10 clock that day they came up 10 the
post on which the enemy bad taken to make
stsnd, This was about midway between ADtietam
Creek and SbsrI sbufg, on the road leading 70 the
| ford Of the Potomac. The enemy were formed In
| two hines each Of which judged 10 be about nix
miles long. They were formed perpondicnlar 10 the
Shnpsburg road. directly across the Ioad; about
! three miles Of line one side Of the road hnd
about three les the other. judged thai they had
IN those two lues about 81, 600 men. 1t seemed 10
me at the time that they were drawn up and dis
PLAYED for effect. WAS already informed that they
had falau back from South Mountain hastily and ia
disorder. AZ that time only Richardson's division,
some of Plessantons cavalry, and one brigade Of
nv CORPS Gibbons, had arrived within about mile
and half Of tho enemy. The creek was between
me and the enemy.
\ About o'clock saw that the Of the eneuy's
line was breaking into column and marching to the
rear Ia the direction Of WiiiiamspOft, where there
Mss another ford across the Potomac. fully ex-
pected tha, they wero on the retreat immediately
sent an officer OF the Engineer Corps-Major Hous-
tonic ascertain II there any forrls across An
! tetam Greek by which could Cross when the Rebel
forces should 10 80 much reduced shRt ii would be
safe for me TO attack. was prevented from cros.-
ing Antiesm bridge by OF the batteries which
the rebels had planted 10 defendit. Probably not
les than 60 guns could hsveswept The bridge had
.,taunnted 10 ero.s there. BY o'clock thai day,