Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-16
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iul had been the exertions Of the suiboriiie,
ard 30 zeeiously had the people responded &
y their country's call, that the eonsodated morn
It ing reports, furnished your eommitsea By IN
!, adjutsnt general Of the Army Of the Poloma
consisted Of about ono hundred and eighty fv
. thousand men,
Q As to the organisation Of the Army of tn
s Potomac into corps, which General AeClal
!. Ian was not hasty- to adopt, the CemmHie
says:
Gen. Mcclellan stated to your COMMITTEES, q
the time OF their conference With him, that, al
though il might at some time be exBedient 4
divide The army into sTmy corps. the subjeet
! was one Of great difficulty He said it was
delicate matter to app dnt mei0r generals before
they hsd been tried By actual service, eRd had
shown their fitness to Ue selected to command
10000 or 10000 A major general could not be
slowed away in a pigeon hole, if be should
prove incompetent, so easily as brigadiar en-
eral. he proposed, therefore, to himself man
age this entire army ia some battle or campaign
and then select from the brigsdier generals in it
such as should prove themselves eompetent to
higher commands"
Concerning the Peninsula campaign. the re-
port says:
General Hsintselman, who commanded the
FIRST troops of the Potomac, that landed on the
| Peninsula, srrived at Fortress Monroe on the
23d of March. two weeks after the evacuation of
/ HAdadS5Ah 11b u&Q OlOeE8 70 eucamQ uear
| Fortress Monroe IS possible, in order that the
enemy should have no idea of the direction in
| which the army was TO move, whether toward
] Yorktown or Norfolk Gen. Heintzslrnan states
| that shortly after landing, he obtained inforrna-
! tlon that the enemy had not more thaa ten
/ thousand troops At Yorktown and on the Penin-
sula, and is satisfied that be could have ad-
vanced and isolated Yorktown, in which case
| there would have been no serious obstacle in
the way Of proceeding directly to Richmond.
The returns in the sdjutantgeuersl's Office.
signed by Con. Mcclellan and his adjutsnt-g gen
/ ersl, show that, on the 30sh of April, 1862 the
! forces on the Peniusula under Gen Mcclellan
amounted to 1882 present for duty.
"On the lst of Nay the President teleglaphs
Gen. Mcclellan Your call foT Parrott guns
from Washington alarms ms, chiefly because il
srgnes iadsfnite precrastination. Is any thing
to be dSne7'"
Concerning the battle Of Williamsburg,
The battle of Williamsburg appears to have
been fought under many and serious disadvau-
tages. Nothing was known of the nature of the
country or OF The defensive works of the enemy
until our troops arrived before them there was
no controlling mind in charge Of the move
msnts; there was uncertainty in regard TO who
was in commands each general fought as be
/ considered best; and, By the time the general
/ pal part OF the fighting was over"
! Gen. Mcclellan, writing to the President on
the Dist Of Nay, says:
Il believe there is great struggle before this
army, but / an neither dismayed nor disc1ur-
aged l wish 70 strengthen It's force rs much ss
can bat in any event, I shall SIGHT il witd
all ths skill AID caution, and discrimination
| that possess Aud trust that the result may
either obtain for mo ths permanent confidence
of my goverEmens or that it may close my ca
reeTn
As to tbs possible advance after the battle of
Far Oaks, tbe committee says
F" On the morning Of Monday, Gan Hsintzel-
man ordered Gen HookeT 80 make recoEuOis- :
sauce in force which be did advancing to yqifhin
four mics Of Richmond meeting with no rssist-
aace except a litte fsom The ensmy's pickets
Upon being Informed by Gen. HeinIz lmsn Of
what be had dose, Gen Mcclellan ordered the /
troops 20 be recalled. and oceup7 the position
that hsd beeu Asld by Cssey's division
The oficers engaged in that battle, who
have been examined, testify that tAe army could
asve pushed right on to the city OF Richmond
with liste resistance that the enemy were very
much broken and GemoTalzsd, throwing away
arms, clothing, etc, that might impede their
fight"
The following correspondence psssed between
Gen. Mcclellan and the President;
NJ CLELLARS 9 DISPATCH.
JUNE 25, 6:l5 P. Nj have just return
ed from the field and find your dispatch in re- :
gard to Jackson. Several eonirabands, Just in,
give information confirming the suppoaition that /
lscksoa's advance Is al OK nCar Hanover CouEs /
House, and that Bsauregard arrived With strong /
reinfercements in Richmond yesterday. / in 4
cline to think that Jackson viii attack my right j
and rear The rebel force is stated at two hun j
dred thousand, including Jackson and Bsaura-
gard I shall have 10 contend against vastly
superior Odds II this be true; but this army /
viii do all in the power Of man to hold their 1
position and Tepulse any attack. / regret nay
great inferioritY Of numbers, bat feel that sm
in NC way responsible forit, as I nave not failed
to represent, repeatedly, the necessity Of rein
foreements; that this was the decisive Point
snd that all the available means Of the govern
rnent should be concentrated here viii do all
that general can dc with the splendid army I
have the honor to command and if it is des.
Ioyed by overwhelming numbers, can at leest
die with it, and share its fate. But if the 70.
suit of the action which will occur tomorrow,
or within = short time is a disaster the respon-
sihiliEy cannot be thrown on my shoulders it
must rest where it belongs
Since / commenced this, I have received sd
ditionAl intelligence eouhring the supp0siton
in regard to ,Iaeks0n's movements and Beaure-
gard shall, probably be attacked tomorrow,
and now 20 10 the other side Of TIE Chieks-
hominy to arrange for the defense on that side.
feel that there is no use IN my again asking
for reinforcement
"GEoReg B. MCCLELLAN"
THE PREsIpEET's REPLY.
WASHINGTON, Jans 26, 1862 Your three
dispatches of yesterday in relation to the affsir
ending with the statement that you completely
succeeded In making your point, are very graft
flying.
- The later one Of 6.15 P. n, suggesting the
probability Of your being overwhelmed BY 200
goo men, and talking Of TO whom the Responsible
ty will belong, pains me very much. [ give you
all can, and act on the presumption that you
will do the best you con with whst you have
while you ontnues nngeDerously, think to
assume that eoald give you more If / would.
have omitted, shall omit, no opportunity to
send you reinforcsments whenever I possibly
can. A LINCOLN.
AFTER tue BATTLE OF GAINES MILL.
General Heinizeluan testifas thsi The night
after that battle be was sent Tor By General Nc
Clellan; that be found every thing hacked
ready TO leayss that General McClalap said
that there Here two things 20 be dons-to con.
censrate his forces and risk al on battle or to
withdrsw to the James river that II he Tisked 8
battle there. and was beaten, the army was de
stroyed. General Heinfzelman advised him not
to risk battle under such circumstances, for if
that army was lost ths cause would be lost
that i were better to 60 TO the James river and
await reinf0rcements. General Mcclellan re-
Piled that he was Of that opinion himself and
that was determined upon Thet aiehf at u 20
n General heDleilsn telegTaPhs The sscrsfa
- Of War thai be (Gsnersl McClsllanl s nosra
spopsiple fuT the result bat feels .hst the gav-
egDment has not sustained bis army.
To this the Presidents replies On the 29.h;