, 1863-06-13
soasET11INGFom SOLDIERS.


It has been ehrewdly said BY those well
qualified to judge that the Army Of the Po-
tomac Was never properly educated, and that
its radical detect is want Of proper company
and regimental discipline. Tho men arc brave
willing and enduring: and they hare corps
commanders, and q Chief equal to all the
emergencies Of battle, but unfortunately the
minor rivets in the great machine, have been
improperly put in, and in the jar and strain
Of series Of conclusions, 1t does not work
as well as the more compact and orderly Or
ganization Of the rebels. The following cx-
tracts from letter written bya Union Colo
mel who was captured at the late battle Of
Charlottesville, bears directly On this point
ofview. Tie letter appears originally IN the
Springfield {dnss.) RtpnXican. After de-
scrlbing the Incidents Of his capture and ex-
charge, the writer Gays:
Doubtless great many reasons are given
for our disastrous defeat at Charlottesville.
There Is only one real reason, and that tue
simplest possible. Our army didn't light as
well as that Of our enemies. We had every
po1slels; I.;aa advantage. ant, We had ths aasaatags
intrenchment. Gen. Hooker p1an WAS admt-
rnb]y arranged aid ezce1lently carried out,
until the lighting took place. lie exposed
bimsGlf in the hottest place Of dnnger, and
set m electTityiug example of hcEoisn to the
enr Gnon,s,s sh,.ws 1bat ~ 4be - ,rhn,. tpoS3,
were not found wanting at their posts Of
duty. We bad men enough, well enough
equipped, and well enough posted, to have
devou1cd the ragged, imperfectly armed aud
equipped host Of our enemies from off thc
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