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

was conp0sed If te geJs'i,lr commanding ire gran,
liavisons-sIi bnt Cen. Flanbip, who nd IL could
IVt lsayetlwa, as be was eEreeiIng M anack--iud
shme of tue .orps cpn,inaIidsrs. The ofIDiou Of
% Il Of the council W 49, ,hl, tire place could no, be
taken ut ell Fly own o. iniuir was thar, If there
was any chance 90 tke he plscs II was by 70 ming
q heavy column Of attack at nj hi, wien The enemy
cDtd 30, see 10 u~e their aril cry.
By NJ. Chandler
.. Whit was there 70 prevent f1nkirG them on
our ri ht, beyond their Uiilerie, ... AID.
A. Wat.r--ihe lake and a mIl-race, which was
repor ed 10 nus to be impa cable.
By tie Chairman:
o. Was the strength of their poel'icn tnch as
could be asceriued from this side OF the ryer, be-
lore making The attack
sTKEfGTI OF THE REBEL POSITION.
A. Yes. Sir. We had preci.e Information Of their
position from TIE welirfjrmcd Germap pr'sOntr
have before spoken OF, who told us where their bat
teri s were, OF the bitches AID tue stone waii
and the officers who INSIDE tho stttck IN me
forepart Of the day .tod NE the same thing
bsto.e l MADE nv attack; and The troops ms esed
behind hsd been seen from tie BALLOON. Bat IL
was ordered 10 make tie attack, j was Tsitctiy
willing to make it; for il made no difereu'e wbh
became of ne. ] made tho attack, aud suCn an
attack as believe has never before been ma1e Ia
this war.
@. What Is the length Of that stone wsllf
A. | should tbak u w.s some SOD or $50 yarssi
and riae-pits continued all al0ag, amounting
to aluost the same thing. This wall appears TO Ge
not simply plain stone wall, but support wall
Behind 20 wall were rhe.pit., and T. ere was earth
between tho rife-piis and the wall. 10 batter
down that wall wac Ike ba'tering the msronry Of
for iEca,ion. Ithought II frs ina, could knock
the wall to pieces, aud drive the Rebels from
behind it. My batteries we're served as CALAMITY
rs batteries could be served. They fred JUS ~
well as batteries could be fred. But their fire made
no Impression at oil. 1 de- not think one Rebel an
from Behind tie wall or from the rihe-prs. All
wanted 10 do was TO make one io!c through TIE
wall, and brought to boar all could to do that
OTHER PLANS.
O. What prevented crossing tue whole force al the
upper fords, some II niles from bere-cro1slng the
river there aud getting into the eneny's rear'
A. do not know that anything prevented II,
except that whenever move VI that sor!
should be attempted, the enemy wonld
know Of il sVOn as we commenced ",
aud the ford, lhere are Of such character that few
bours' work with g. many men As tbey have wOrli
make those places very formidable. Bat tuna
that that would have been much better
move than either Of the others We're
I havo not seen the works down below
here. Da, il has always BEEN my Impression t1s'
Franklin, who was down there With = meD, ne
own grand division, and - OF mine, could hdse
,reyt ersrytting 6cfoTe him. lie represented tie
position down there very forms liable. Bat nave
10 dea although have never seea II. ont tha' -
men could have carried everything down there'
large portion OF franAhns ioIce was h'' eos'keo
THE ESCAPE OF THE ARMY.
O. After ire light, what prevented the enemy
Gro Sding you into the nysr, iney MAJ n1os AL
attack
division Of 600 THAI had MOI been engaged, ahd
another division o. mine IN toe upper eGd OK The
town that had been seut there TO relieve Gen. How
ards division. i had full eonhdeLce III ibose TWO
divisions. because they had not been engaged.
O. VIVA. WIS the number, 81 together, OF onr
forces that were engaged
A. should think there mG.t have been Do esh
- and - meu under nre.
O. What was the namber Of the whole army thas
W. had across the river
A. Franklin had nearly - mea. ! should think
that we must have had altogether over the ristr
we'll on to- men.
o. What Is your estimate Of tho Rebel forces over
there
A. think they had about $4,000 men. Inc Ger,
nan prisoner SAID that ihsy esined 10 have 100 OOl
men. Once in that pOsiton they are great deal
stronger resist than we are to attack Ia an open
field 10 my opinion, they would not be match Tor
vs. il our army WAS IN good condition.
GALLANTRY OP THE TROOPS.
O. How old tue men behave durilg the stack ]
a. They behaved WE'LL There Heper Has 0Hyth'ng
more glorious than fbe behavior Of the mes. No
ear.psrga a. tAs world ever mare gallant od
rance tkaa Hamphrsy's men made h>re. But they
were put to DO q WORK that no men could do.
THE POSTooNs.
O. What do you know about the delay IN making
the attack after The army srfiyed bere
A. Their. was a delay IN tie arrival OF the pom
toou. aud there was al.o delay in getting the pro-
VISION, ~ bore.
@. Do you know at VIVA. time the pOutoon, were
expected q be heref
4 A. bays be ore stated I beard Gen. Meigs, |
or Hsleck, nsshre Gen. Burnside that they would
b. herr IN three days.
O. Would that have been as sooo as the army |
could have arrived here
A. TLat wo III have been Just tie army |
eolId mArch here Tney goI ready fully As soon M
| thought thew could. when we had possession |
lere before the Government bull. valuable WHAT
which would have answered every pnrpose to land
slorts for an army of 100000 or 30 700 men. But
when the army left here that wharf was burned,
although the euemy had no vessels on the river and
the wharf could not have beeu used by them.
knew q, Warranton that transfer Of the hue OF
ope atoms OF this army could rot be made IN three
DAYS, or in three tunes three days. There were
wharves 70 be built before the stores could be
landed for even If the stores Were brought here they
could not be landed until the wharf was builf, ex
cept Is was done by lighters. Then there were
bridges 10 be built. think il must have been ten
day after got here before tho bridge over Potomac
creek was builE.
Q. Had this wharf been burned when the CONVEX
sarfon between Gen. Halleck and Gen. Burnside !
took placef
A. 1, was burned long before that.
BY Mr. Go0eh:
O. From the conversation TO which you have re-
ferrtd, who did you understand responsible for
having the pont0ons aud the other necessary sup
phes tor the army sent here :
A. supposed that was the Quartermas,ers basi-
mesa.
o. As the matter was left at the time Of the con.
veroaton did you Understand that the responsibility
OF having tho poitoon, and supplies here rested
upon Gen. Burnside, or upon Gen. Halleek and q en-.
heigs
nd Gan "A .iys ha anse in was bevond The cont ,oi