Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-15

and the expedition to move before the 22d O
February. This plan was objected to, IS di
yiding cur army by too great distance L
enable the two portions to support each other
The commanding general recommended insteaC
a movement by way Of the RapDahanaoek ol
Fortress Monroe. 70 this proposition the
President pTOpounds certain questions IS TO it.
practicabiltiss aud advantages, and finally
movement by way Of Annapolis snd the Rap
pahannock was agreed upoH bat the rebss
/ evacuated their position at Manassas, Fetreasing
to the Rappahsnuoek, thus rendering the plan
futile. On the 18th Of March, council Of gen
erals decided on 3 campaign BY the navy ol
York aud James rivers, which the President
sanctioned directing. that enough force be Jeff
to hold Manassas aud l@4vs Washington secure
General Mcdowell was assigned the advance
but transportation not being adequate, bis
division was detained until the last and subse-
qusntly retained for the defense Of Washington.
Previous to leaving, the commanding general
addressed 3 communication to the s5jutaut
general, showing be left ffty-four thousand four
hundred and ffty-six men At different points. at
sYsrTenton, Manassas, Shenandoah, aud on the
lower Potomac, with eighteen thousand for gar
risons and in front of Washington. The next
day General Wsisworth stated bis force for the
defense Of Washington was inadequate, and the
subject Was referred TO General Hitchcock, who
reported the same evening, which concluded
with the opinion that the requirements of the
President that enough force be left to secure the
safety of Washington, had not been fully COM
Piled with. The President next day ordered
McDowehs corps to remain. This brings the
commissioner report to the PeuinsUl campaign
After landing near Fort Monroe, the army moved
towards Yorktown on the 4th Of April. appear
ing before the rebel works on the 5th The
icommistee say the testimony proves the rebels
Yhad from 10000 to 1900 men at Yorktown
then, and it is now evident that our forces could
then have pierced the rebel lines, cutting off re-
Inducements, but s siege was determined on
contrary 10 the wishes Of the President The
commanders Tshearse facts relative to the evae-
uation Of Yorktown aud the battle Of Williams
burg, and say one Of the generals testified that
after the latter battle, if the enemy had been
followed, our forces could have reached Rich
mond almost without firing gun, but the gem
eTal commanding states the bad roads made pur-
suit impossible 1t was decided to send Ne
Dowell via Fredericksburg TO reinforce the army
of the Potomac, bat the operations of jackson
in the Shenandoah valley prevented his being
sent. The committee give details Of the battles
/ Of Seven Pines and Fair Oaks in which II is
stated Hooker made reconnaissance to within
4 four miles Of Richmond. Certain officers testify
that the army then could have marched right
into Richmond. The committee then continues.
relative TO the seven days battles, giving num-
l Der Of kilograms which passed between General
/ Mcclellan and the President, the former tele-
/ graphing on the 9th of June that the govern
ment had not sustained his army
/ On the night Of The 25th Of July Generals
/ Halleck and Burnside visited Harrison's land
/ ing, soon after which il was decided TO withdraw
the army from there, which was done to REIN
I force Pope The committee devotes some SIX
pages to kilograms and extracts Of evidence
relative to P0pe's defeat, and then gees On to
the campaign in Maryland which is also mainly
composed Of extracts from letters Of Mcclellan
and Halleok, and telegrams In relation 70 An
tietsm. Mcclellan testifes that after the battle
be found our loss had been great, and the com
mands much disoTgsnizsd, and did not re-
new the attack that day. but arranged to
attack the day after, whea the enemy sbsn-
doned his position. He says: I think, tax
ing into consideration what the troops have
gone through, we got as much ont Of them in
the Antetam campaign IS human endurance
would bear" Several letters and dispatches
sre given that passed between the President,
Mcclellan and Halleck--the former urging Nc
Clellsn to. move on the enemy from his position
near Harper's Ferry. Mcclellan shows cOnelu-
sivsly, from bis dispatches, that his cavalry was
IN poor condition in October, but moved on the
25lh, and continued until the 9TH of November,
when be received an order from Halleek depO-
sing him from his command
The campaign of Burnside is then rehesrsed.
The testimony makes it appear that at Freder-
icksbdrg the attack By Franklin was made by
Mesde's division, which pierced the lines Of the
enemy, but were driven back. Several witness
sss testified that had The attack been renewed
by the whole of Flanklin's command, It would
havs been successful.
It appears that Generals Newell and Corco-
ran, in an interview with the President, init
mated that the army lacked confidence in Burn
side, which led ths President TO send dispatch
to Burns d., the effect of which was 70 stop an
expedition against the enemy then started. Sub
sequently Burnside visited Washington, and re-
turned, shortly after, when he planned a second
attack on Fredericksburg, which was thwartsd
by a storm, aud IN consequence of certain Off
GERS expressing dissatisfaction in the presence of
inferior officers.
Burnside had orders written dismissing some
officers, relieving others from duty, and SEN
fencing deseTtsrs to be shot The President re-
fused to sanction the orders and Burnside offered
his resignation which was not accepted, ana he
was relieved by the President from the com
msnd. The report recapitulstes what has been
done; reviews financial and other sffsirs of the
rebels The committee say the reaction which
followed the recent slight manifestation of a
willingness on the part OF = few secession sym |
petaisers to offer terms Of ofe0mpromise, must con-
vince them they have no allies on whom they !
can rely, and that the present condition of /
Europe must forever crush any delusive hopes |
they might have entertained Of intervention to
accomplish what they know they never can OBJ |
tain unaided.
The committee say we must obtain uninter- |
rupted eontrol of the Mississippi We must
reach those great railroad arteries, the one bor-
dering The Atlantic, the other stretching through
the valleys of Tennessee and Virginia to the |
west and south; we must IS soon as possible, |
take the few remaining fortified seaports the
rebels possess, then we shall virtually dlsarm
the rebellion; cut it Of from all external
sources Of supplies, and destroy their means OF
interconmunicstion, by which alone they have
been able to meet as in force, where We have ap
peared. and by which alone they have been able |
to supply their armies.
We must destroy their armies, and 70 do this
we must concentrate and not scatter our forces.
It is better to operate successfully against one
stronghold or one army, than to attempt three
and fail
The indications now clearly sre, thst both in
the East and West, the campaign Of 1865 viii
give Us brilliant achievements and decisive VIC
tories. Oar generals now in the field have tuil
confidence Of the soldiers and people, and the
armies will 60 forth knowing that their ranks
ara to be made full; that every day taat passes
viii add to aud not diminish their strength.
In conclusion. the committee say al men who
hold high positions in the army and navy, and
have rendered valuable services 70 the country
with whom they have held intercourse, unite ~
tbe oninion tbsf fighting, and only fighting can
end the rebellion Thst every traitor IN the
and rnusk and shall b made to acknowledge
and weld absolute, unqualified and uncondi-
tionsl obedience to the Constitution and laws
and your committee believe this to be she sentl-
menf not only Of the srmy and navy, bat OF
every man in the country, traitors and eoWaTos
alone excepted.
EF= We yesterday bad the pleasure OF q visit
from our old friend Major General T. C. Hind
man, now in this city, who briefly narrated to
rs the ups and downs, the trials and trsbulations
Of his campaign in Arkansas. His labors have
besn srduous, and the obstacles overcome great
and whether or not bis official conduct m every
respect, meets the eppFobanon OF the Punhc' az
met admit that he has shown an untring zeal
.5 s-,orer,y n, fba eanse OF his country.