New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-06

influx Of troops from o,hsr pars. and tbs breaksr
| up OF BesufeqarRs army. 10 IJDuY-TS
| "At last tile moment came when action scas i'm.
perativ.. The enemy Assumed the ;n,siatrrs. w.
had Warming Of rtea and wheye he ra, to strike.
HID Porter been With9rassn the mgh OF tie 26it Of
Jane, oar army rouid haze been Concentrated On
the right bank pf the Ckfckahomiay River, .chii~
tsoo corps ct lSa.t, Of As ensmys force. lcere on
me iGs odnk. Whokrer course ace tsen took.
actether to artke at Richssond and the pertion OF
the enesny on the right 6o,ls, or none at once for
tie james, IRE c0uid hare koni coacsntrgtsd arms
and far chance e Lriil.GRt result IN he 6r.t
and an the secoad, u zoe ocecnpLsled hotttSc. acs
uoud haze been ~ the same case on tie moyzi9g Of
INC 2zl@ as ws we're on that Of tie 28h, nta1s iost
battle and compulsory retreat. Or had IRE for.
t.fed A:es, hro,oYGp expressly for Aaso1iest be-.
ted IN p, 900 men, as they could hare be.s' %.
U0uid haze fought oN the oeter side Nth SO 600
men instead Of II 900. Or. .Gaaliy had the ises
been asandonsd, seith our Aold on sac rigkt bamk
crushed the enemy on Tire icfS bank, reopeacd on,
communication, and then retsned and taken Rsch-
n.0Hd. TE no r W. r.
as 10 vas, the Enemy fought NTH his csoh
force-es7cept enough LtI 1c0re or iaes to kceps,
an appeardnce-aad ,c> jought with q 600 s.e.
tsing a battle aud 1900 men, By tbs .dotcat~g r
wsre d9Fsn from our position, our adpoaee for Coz
guest Turned retreat or sg5tty by aorce prot.
ably not greatly superior TO orr OVR,
Iu view OF the length Of time wnich our opera.
lions before Richmond consumed, there |, now ma
doubt that the depot at the White House shoulA
have been fortified, as well az or two points On
the railroad thence TO the Chickahominy; tina, he
tete-de-poss al Bottoms Bridge should have bess
coap htet and likewise tetes-ds.postor strong PED
lions, prepared 10 cover the de6oHch6, from oas
bridges 70 the left bank OF the Cbickabomiry.
WIN tbess the army would have possessed free.
oon OK melton to concentrate either side, and the
d.sastrou5 battle Of the %7sh would scarcely have
occurred.
When tho army reached the James River u
needed prophet 10 predict the disasters which
nave sincs beialeu. our countTys cause. IL the
army bad susl.ined iself molly il canno. be denied
that 80 muoh frui less toll, aud 50 much disaster,
had deprived 10 Of tho Elan hich resuRs from suo.
oess alone., I was moreover, as vel 40 our forcoa
else where, sadly diminished III numbers. On the
Other hand tho whole army from its first low stats,
bad risen W su army most formidable IN numbers
excellent u organization, and inspired by greaa
suceess. Had its numbers, indeed approachodto
tnst attributed 70 it-So9, 900 men-there Is lrale
doabs that a march npOn Washington would nava
speedily followed our withdrawal to the James. .
" From sach considerations, "a well a. those fol.
lowing from the results OF Tho past 0perat0nA
coansoied the immediate withdrawal from ths
James 10 rcunite with our forces covering Wash
lngton." A
Inc report Of Gen. Barnard Is the only report Of
the officers engaged In the campaign OF the Peniosuis
which your Committee have obtained. THe report
by the commanding general has not yet been made
and the reports OF his subordinstes lave Iosibeso
sent by him TO the Department. 'i .Dfo "i
COOPERATION WITH GEN. POPE.
Gen Burnside, with his command, was tho frsa
to leave the peninsula. lie landed at Aequa and
proceeded to fredericksburg, relieving Gen. King.
who proceeded at once TO rejoin his corps (AeDow-
elps then with Gen. Pope. Soon after, Gen Burn
side WA ordered to send all possible assatence, t.
Gen Pope, and at once ordered TWO OF his hires
divisions Renos and oteyenssl up the Rappaban-
mock Shortly after that tie advance OF the army Of
the Potomac, Fitz John Porters corps, reached Ac.
quia, and was sent forward by Gaa. Blrnside "a
Cen Pope. The rest OF Tue Army OF the Potolaao,
except Keyess corps, lett 70 garrison lOrkiown,
rocsedod 10 Alexandra, and from thai jyned Gen.
Pore. Gea. Sumner stopped at Aequia and aebarksd
portion fbis corps theTei but he receives erdersh
re-embsrk them sgain and proceed 10 Alexandria
which he did. .rs ...J..st ..,. rere.1I b
The troops sent to the assistance Of Gen Pope wsrs
cent by orders Of Gen. fIaieok Tor those seat from
Acquh the orders were given through Ten Bum
side; for those cent out from ALEXANDRIA,, she oriem
were given directly TO the corps commanders, until
Gen. Mcclellan arrived on tho 10Th OF August aftsf
which the ORDERS were given through bAia-
The circumstances connected with the campaign
of the Army Of Virginia have been 80 fully investi.
gated by the military courts IN the cases OF Gen. NO
D0well and Gen. Fitl John Porter, tae proceedings
of which were pubic, that your Conilttee nave nos
deemed i necessary TO Lake 30 thorough an inyesl.
cation of that campaign as they would otherwiss
nave done. They REFER therefore, principally to The
orders and correspondence, In relsloo ~ e delsys
10 the forwarding OF Gea. Sumner and Gen. frxnks
Inns eorps from A exandra W the assistance OF Gen.
Pope. aHl III % a.
McCLEfLANs DELAYS IN SEEDING ASSISTANCE.
AT 10 a. M, Aug ", Gen. Halieck ISiegraphs
Gen. Mcclellan that
"FsuslHs corps should march in tia. direction tsa's''
a. soon as vos'ible.T @
AT l0:4O q. IN. Gen. Mcclellan replies:
" have seat orders Eansln prepare to mach with hh
corps and to repair here AeIsnS in Pesn 10 In
=, sppshsnnecki Porer Il Bsalan Kslys Ba,
nets. &c. sanHsr viii eornenss reaching Falmouth ~
dsy" "A
AT II 10. on the same day Gen. Haileck telesraphs
to Gen. Mcclellan: ~ - 49,.
Ts sgsams trom Gen PoI.sr to Cen. Burnside just q,
spd Rcs rs Wsrren,op Reno hi. right Porsf l.
maIcring wsTrenton Pope. Nothing said 81
Ffanus corps should BY ced msrehes eagyss
three ear days pfov'ion to DO supplied as far a. pos
from Gen. Mcclellan TO Gen. Haileck, same day,
sent 1878 .. ~, received l:40 o. n.: ..1Iw DID
Ny aid Jas. I'd on Gen. Prsnkin's camp Re-
ports Gens Ersnkin. Smith, and sioocD, al In
Washington lie gave the order The in rank to place
the corps n readiness T. move 1T once
From game to same, sent l: Is p. m. received
l:50 y. m. H'-
Fraakins artillery has horses e1csp, 70, saes
without cssons. can pick up cavalry In vis< a
by .ter az Iaydly a. possible mako eaiae arrange
FOR placing The works in front Of Washing IN an Ed.
enemys between Pope md Can Frsakln,
without his artillery or cavalry, ebeo! any ued purpose u
fronti should not Burnside take seps 20 eysecato
Falmouth And Acqula as covering the retreat
o. Of PoPes troops who sy fan back ia chat dsreseas
do that force enough hand erra
nection With Pope whose sxaet position we Do not knew
Are Iafe III the direction OF the valley y . 3. rs
Al 1;5O p. M Gen. Halleck replies;
"Yo; blink szmner's corps should to Alexsudia
The enemy has at Lees6ar and the conmAndns
officer at Edwsrss Ferry ssks Tor .ssarY have eng
TO spare hnl The eDeuy TO De trying Psps's
right, Is The no way Of Communicating with him 70
Ga he morning Of the 9sth OF august, Gen. Hal.
leck telegraphs 70 Gen. Franklin: ..' ,-
On pairing with Gen. Mcclellan stsut two o'eisck thh
morning. Il understood that you 10 h yous
corps to-day toward Manassas Juncoa 10 drive toe esny
lAaIhCl lhit haa