The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-05-27

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From Ohio Statesman
General ,NxcCIeIan.s Report OF the
Maryland Campaign.
Il has. been charged by his Abolition Will.
herr. thatGen. Mcclellan made no renort- of
either his cappaign in the Peninsula or in
MaE8lanlsssBu Gut itsnow comes to- light that
both these nports were promptly made and
MED n ~ Rar Departmene. but for some rea-
son have peeb studioasly withheld from the
P1elc eye. The preliminary report of the
Maryland campaign, made about the middle of
October last is, however, now published for
the 9rst time. The report of the PeninsuIar
campsigp still remains in the War; Department.
end3ts appearance viii be looked for with.
deep interest. Ii is understood that the more
extended and detailed reports of beth cam
palgns, though not yetnade are nearly com.
We give The report of the Maryland cam
paign in full in this paper, and trust it will be
read with the deepest interest by an our rea-
derss IL, ns described BY . contemporary.
"brief, clear and satisfactory in its statements.
sumping a q nunb Der OF the most important
events of the war in a soldierly. and, at the
same time, in q scholarly style" Il is, how
ever, mainly for its facts that the report de-
serves and should receive 4 careful and thor
ough Nexamination. It efectually disposes~ OF
the slandeFouE charges the Abolition Disuniou-
lists have sought to fastcn on our young Gen.
eraI, the idol of the army and an honor to his
country Two of these charges were-frst,
that he did mt a1npark po1a nth olaor;&,, i.
and s. condly, that he was respdasible fer the
loss of Harper's Ferry. The Jo9rftalof Com
mcrce in a review CT rhe report thus refers 10
fhesesfw coun s In the Abolition indictnent
against Gen. Mcclellan:
There Is an overwhelming eloqusnce in the
maple descriptions Of the late com ander of
the srest army on the Peninsula, at Alexan
-dria on the Both August with only a hundred
men under his command, having exhausted
MI the means at his disposal to forward sup
lilies TO Gen. Pope, even to his own headqnar
ter teams which he had dispatched on that
service. Those few days in August and Sep
trnber list, will in intnre years be material
Jnr song and stirring description in story. TIE
sound of the battle was in his ears. The very
dust Of the conflict was visible on the distant
horisSu. The men that he losed-and sadder
still, that loved him-were going to death in
the tempest of war bet he might not be with
buem, ri Nc y SIuk IO.kOit'n Wy u5 Wv
srEment,i in his tent by the Potor1ac his srr-
ices ignored, his sword declined, his loyalty
even impeached by base and ignorable parti
sans, whose motto had all along been 'the
Union is 4 league With hell" Upon the un.
fortunate issue of that campaign" of Gen
Pope lMcClellan does not tell. US it was only
the day after he thus sat deprived of command
disgrnced .snd alone1, "he received an init
.matieu that his services were desired H.
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do with the troops under G6n. Pope" but the
very next day made it necessary for the nation
to call ON him to take command of all those
ttrcop, and save the capital. There are nearly
n hundred thousand men living to day who,
If they survive the war (as God grant they
smay), will describe TO Their children and chll
.dren s children the e~xulting joy of the army
when the news fcv from regiment 20 regiment
over the Virginia hills that George was in
the feld.O The name of the young General
himself the very heart of the army, saved the
capital. The shout vert rolling Town the
suoiumus Il crossed the breaks in the shattered
.issssss, Il rang through the forests, It sped
aren shiil 20 ALL, uniif the rear guard caught
IL mp, naat-wd heard by the enemy far il
rear, By the old fields of conflict towards Man.
sesar. The tide Of battle was stayed in ia
How. The soldiers besenght leave to turn
back. They were gifted with new life. They
were DO 1o1keE y uyiuk uoEoc, O4b lucy hSts
.gain on army. Who can aeabt it, when thir
teen days later they SO calamity carried The
crest of South Mountain, . d two days alter.
wards won the bloody field of Antietam
against tie same enemy before whom they had
been Ietrealing on Washington .
Il sppears clesrIy that Gen. Mcclellan hai
nothipR WhateysT 90 do With HarPeT's Ferry
He advised the Government nevertheless wha
course ought to be pursued. but General Hal
=. .-1 nawHowa aEnp-u
Was lost. 1t has been raid he should have re
leyed Harper's Ferry. After all his commu
n:cations Herewith were cut of, on the 22nC
he VAS authorized TO take command Of tha
place. Had his advice beeh pursued, ther
rould eifher hare been no garrison there, o.
thew wouldh have been securely posted on Ma
rvlasd Heights. Instead Of this, it was in The
hands Of untrustWorthr men, and nl that h
eould do uas to send Franklin to- fight his Eay
through Cramptons Pass and relieve the bel
eavured garrison. Franklin did his work brave
1v and veil. On she same day that Burnside
carried South Mountain, right gloriouslJ
Frankhn swept through the lower pass, drove
the enemy before him, and the next day
vbils pressing down the valley to the relief
of Harpers Forty, learned of its disgracefu
enrreuder BY the cessation Of the eaRnen te
which he bad been listening ns to the voice o.
brave eomradss calling for aid but CALAMITY
maintaining their own against the fos. II
docs not concern - ROW to say who was char.
eeable With the loss Of Harper's Ferry. The
President has seen 81 to Senoxe the disgraee
ef d;smissal fron the officer Who was inculpa-
ted. Itia not necessary TO- ask uhoat Mash
inetes wss respessibe for NOT taking MeCiel
ton's adxiee ct first, and fer su~bseqaeatly keep,
Spr tAe essitiea out Of General McCieHsu
eas.<ol o. ordsr ustl the 18th, Wien he exer-
tee every sexse 20 save St, ard would nave
-~-<a "a bne for The eouar3iee o. tyeaeheyy OF
49, eae ErasgA that 6enezal MeciellAn
- no SHADES al ssepsasl6abty In the matter
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