New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-06
vpwv WORK DAILY TRIBUNE MONDAY. APRIL 1863.

Il hHNEted. 49,
| ones changed, entirely by the corps eommanders
t-ittout directions from the Commanding General
lie rouid pirce the troops tsthe morning tacH eaet
the ted and seek the position for ne nsIt dey g'e-
ing no directions until the close 81 the aay Fghy'
inc trhsa The troops tcOpd be ordered 10 JdH bach
! d,yisp the nsght 10 The new position seiected "
hi,a. In that manner the army reached the James
River
/ BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL.
The battle Of Malvern Hill, Of the lst OF July,
WIS the rost fercely contested o. any apon the
psuinsua. The sroops were placed III the morning.,
Under direction Of Gen. Mcclellan, wL0 then iet me
6eIi returning to ii 0gdin IN tie ctter'iooS. Inc
ifrst action of the day commenced about lO O'Clock
in the forenoon bus did not continue long. lie
luineipsl action, when the enemy attacked moet
vigorously and persisently, commenced Ate NJ sne
aisrnson, and continued till after dark, the sremy
being reptsed and beaten at every point Many OF
the offers examined by your Committee are OF the
opinion that tue enemy were 70 severely Punished
on that day that they could have been followed into
Richmond had our army followed them up vlg'r-
susy.
L. is trus that our army had been severely tried
c,urng the preceding week, fighting, as they did,
n~srly every day, aud retreating every night. In,
cops commanders and the troops under them fought
most brayeiy-no troops better However disheart-
enos they may have becoms by what all must have
regarded AZ prcciptate retreat daring the night,
thew still fought with the most obstinate bravery
when attacked in tie day tins by an exulsant and
succsssial enemy.
It MCCLELLAN STILL RETREATS.
Tbs commanding general however. determined to
fall back from Malvern 10 Harrisons Bar, 1ctwith-
standing the victory won there by our army. ne
seems 70 have regarded his army as entirely unified
10 mec, the enemy, for on the Gay OF tie battle az
Malvern evidently before that battle took place he
writ.c TO tic Acknowledgement Of the army fsom
Hsxaiis plantation.
u AND STILL WANTS TROOPS.
hand
we arc sscxed to-day Dy rssk II possible, shall
.e sight HsiSous Bar where the gonboas can rem
tbs; not an hour should be lost q .OndnE s fresh troops
More gupsssts arc -such needed"
On the I'd Of July the Prehidsn, telegTaphs to Ten.
McClellan:
lour dspeioh Of yesterday morning indacss 10 hope
your army \. bs,ns rest, In this hope allow ms TO
With yeu mocnt When ask for ~ go men
\, be y senl you you surely labor under
oss mistake CT fact Recently Jon sen, papers showing
Ws.hnsop, ssd advising return u tina, paA. md In
eaded enl about Washington 70 coo men. Now Please DC
Seos "a o. Ca. srssosSs 10 as -ausy, 81 II Gss
HsaIss; eli Of Gsa. MsDpdls not 9TH y0uj and a.! -
S' csS @s . saS Gen aSls4 ssain.a
aare NOS es,,,ds amy CO.. men sa, 1' sasr su
sdsrahs lores promptly 10 simply aosurd IT. in your ire
sasnt eo.u CT you had the impression thai
s,ss Of such mpro.,os only beg .ha, in Ike manner
you will not ssk inp0'sibIlitiss OF ma.
III you tnk ysu not strong enough 10 tase iaennohe
Inst now DO not ask you try just now Save inc ny
material srsoaael AID viii strengthen oI tho onea-
On the Sd of July, after the army had reached
Harrison's Bar ecu. Mcclellan writes to the Secrs-
tory Of War:
II am IN hops that hs enemy as I0n IN tbs
nw..te' be "" oer,a'nI vary ''.'j PHh''h.a IN :n'
n 81 coers mpossbs to estimate Losses but
aoub, whether there to-day more tha 'eOVV men WIN
,heir oolora -, :. ...,.. p,.h,,.nd and
,.s AZ ed 10 This isbsion re onioresB. SHOULD be
rather much ever than less tbLn loO''V IH'
| 900 THE ARMY HELPLESS
| The retreat OF tho army from Malvern to Hsrri-
,op's Bar was very precipLate. The troops, upon
their arrival there, were hudded together IN grsat
confusion, the entire army being collected within
space OF about three miles along the river No or
| lers usre eipea the frst dog for occupying me
Nights oAieh commanded tie posItIOH, nor reTf ne
treops 80 placed as 10 be ale 10 resist an aitaeE
an force ~ the enemy, and sot1iag but keauy
raia, thereby preVeRfrrg The eseny frors 1rtaging
E9 ihe,r s'taLeTy, sased ne army faeTe Jron De-
/ sfruetIoA. Tho enemy did succeed IN bnpging ny
rome Of their artillery, and threw some shells into
the eAnp before any preparations for defense had
bsen made. On the Sd of July tue highs were taken
possession Of by our troops and WORKS OF defense
commenced, and then, and not until then. was our
army secure in that position. . i.....ar r
II NUMBER or TROOPS. r.,H I
BY reference 10 the testimony Of Mr. Tucker. As
sisiAnt neeretsFy Of War, viii be seen that prior
F,o thb Bah Of April, b02, IL, 900 Soo. had been
4 landed oh the peninsula SHORTLY afteTward Gen.
bdiflhaOn % peh. uSboHoAA tVtprt nun
hang about l10o0 men, was sent down. In the
carly part OF June Gen. aeCaiis dIvisioa, OF the
came c0rps, OF about 10000 men, was heut down,
together with about ii 700 men, from Baltimore
aud Fortress Monroe, and about the last Of June,
s0me 5000 men Of Gen Shieldss division were also
sent down Total, 1853, 500 men.
On the 10Th of July 1862, according to the returns
cent TO the AdJutsnt-G eneral Office By zen. Nc
/ C.elan, the Army Of the Potomac, under his COM
mand was "a follows: Present for duty, l0l ,90l;
eick and "A IL SlS: nDafnt .S,
1oj; toa l5S, 3l4. THIS included the corps OF Gen.
Dix amounting 9,997, present for duty, or in all,
! ll,0o men.
\ MCCLELLAN IDLE.
/ The arnv remained at Harrison's Bar during the
month Of July and part OF August. liz engaged
In no active operations whatever, and was almost
entirely unmoestsd by the enemy The subject Of
! the future operations Of the army wa mattS Of
much elaboration on the part OF tie Government.
| Gsn Mcclellan claimed that the James River wIS
the true line of approach to Richmond, and that he
should be REINFORCED in order 70 renew the cam
paign against that place. The President visited
She army about the 9Th Of July, but nothing was
| then decided upon.
| HIS ARMY ENERvATED.
! On the 25th Of July Gen. Halleck visited tho army
at Harrlson's Bar, accompanied by Gen. Burnside,
who had come from North Carolina, with the greater
portion Of his force TO Fortress Monroe. The gen.
oral officers were called together, and the question
! of thdrawng the army submitted 10 them.
The council was Of rather an informal character.
The majority Of the officers expressed tnemselyes in
favor OF a withdrawal Of the army. Gen. Burnside
testes that as he understood from the officers there,
the army not in good condition, sickness was
increasing, many Of the regiments were without
shelter and cooking utensils, and many of the men
were without arms. The general opinion expressed
by the leading officers that the men had become
very much enervated. One Of the leading officers
SAID that his command could not, "a has opsn.oR,
march three males and 6ght battle This condition
Of the troops was o. the assigned for the
| final Withdraw wal of the army from tho peninsula.
M'CLELLAN's DEMAND FOR RE-ENR0RCEMENTs.