The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-12-27
Grant, Thomss, Mitchell. meU,eI.
A telegrapbic dispatch from Washing
ton Of the 23d SAYS: -7-.

a telegraphic dispatch from Washing.
ton Of the Esd says: 7-s
General Grants account Of the bat
ties of Cofinth and HafChie is made pub
lie TO- dav, IS is also General Thomas
report Of the cavalry expedition sent af-
ter Wheeler's raiders. He gives the
troops concerned his highest praises for
energy and Endurance. and says, as .
result, theeuenY lost 2 COO prison n and
six pieces Of sriil cry.
General Mitchell, Of TIE cavalry, in bis
report 70 Genetsf Thomas, saws:
I think the record OF the cavalry SER
vice. during the entire war, csnnOt show
more severe campsign than the one my
c,mmand just closed. There was scarce
" an hour during TIE whole pursuit. that
TIE horses were unsAidled. For days
and nights tBgethsr- the men were 10 lbe
saddle, almost constantly on the march,
and some days makiog as high as fifty
three snd lifty-seven miles. Taking into
considerations she fact that the greater
part Of the tins, the troops we're cut Of
rations and Of hasty movements, giving
little or no tim 70 forage on the coun-
try; that toe nights were very cold, aud
the men without overcoats, and I think
the campaign challeDg escomparison with
any service performed during the var.
With ali the severe duty and hardships
necessarily dsvolving upon the men, they
made not a murniur, but, on the contrary.
seemed ONLY aBxious TO do everything in
their power 10 accomplish the object for
which they had started; namely, to
oyertake, and, if possible, destroy the
eDemy's cavalry; and whenever they
did succeed ia reaching them, they
proved that they were ready and comPe-
tent to do this.
Gen. McClellan's Report was submit
ted to the House to-day. It consists OF
765 foOlscsp pages, and is divided into
four parts. de concludes as follows;
shall not nor can ], living, forget that
when l WAS ordered to. the command Of
the forces Toe TIE defense Of the Capital,
the soldiers with whom I bad shared 90
much anxiety, and pains and suffering
Of the war, had not lost their e0nHsence
in me IS their commander. Tleg sprang
TO my call with all their vigOr, discipline
and courage. led them into Maryland
fifteen days after they had fallen back,
defeated, before Washington, vanquishsd
the enemy on the rugged nights of South
Mountain, pursued him to the hard fought
field Of Antietam, and drove him bro
ken and dispirited across the Potomac
intO Virginia. The army had need Of
rest after the experience Of battles and
marches, With scarcely an interval of
repose, which they had gone through from
the time Of leaving the Peninsula to
the return to Washington, tbs defeat Ia
Virginia, the victory at South Mountain,
and again at Antietam; aad il was not
surprising that they we're, in largo de-
gree, destitute Of the absolute necessities
20 effective duty. Their shoes were worn
out, blankets lost. clothing in rags; in
short, the army was unfit for active SER
vice, and an interval for rest and equip
ment was necessary. When the slowly
forwarded supplies came to as, had the
army across the river, renewed, refresh
ed, and in good order aud discipline, and
followed the retreatiDg foe 70 position
where was confident Of q decisive VIC
tory. When in the midst Of the move
ment, and while my advanced guard was
actually in cont.ct WITH the enemy,
was removed from cOmmtnd. am de-
voutly grateful T. God that my last cauI-
paign with this brave army was crown
ed With a victory which saved the ma
ton from the greatest pgril il had ever
undergone.
have not accomplished my purpose,
if the Army OF the Potomac is not placed
high on the roll Of the history Of the
armies of the world It's deeds ennoble
the nation to which IL belongs Always
ready for battle; always firm, SteadfAst
and trustworthy, I never called on it in
vain, nor will the nation ever have cause
10 attribute It's wants of success, under
myself or under other commanders, TO
any failure OF patriotism or bravery in
that noble body Il American soldiers.
No man can istly lharge upon any por-
toa Of hat army, from the Commanding
General 10 the lHiV4.s, any lsoA Of de-
YOU 20 the service Of the United States
Cover N at AID TO the cause Of the
Constltu ION and the Union. They have
proved their feaity in much sorrow, suf-
fering and danger, and through the very
shadow of death. Their comrades, dead
on all the fields where they fought, have
scarcely more claim to the honor Of .
nations reverence than the survivors 10
the justice OF . nations gratitude.
The report covers the period from 10Th
Of July, 1861, TO November z, 1862.