Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-12-12
REPORT OF MAJOR GEN. HALLECK.

" ASHiNGION, D@c. L. ile EepVEb VI A'Aa-
! or Gen Ealleck gives . summary q the mlll-
| Tary operations during / he past year. Refer
rjnl TO General Lees invasion q Maryland
| ,n,j Pennsylvania, he says: To General Meade
Te}ongs the houor OF well earned victory in
one of the greatest and best fought battles Of
the war. When the Rebel army was about TO
n,ove nm those States General Dix sent all his
| n,,o;la,le force from Norfolk aud Fortress
Wonroe up York River tor the purpose Of cut
tirv If Gen Lees communications with
Ri<huond. and OF attacking the place, which
WAS lnown to he ut that time defended hy only
> L.n}r, ot militia. The expedite failed to
acnomnIish the single object tor which it had
bren fitted out. The tailure resulted, il was
ALLEGED from the inclficlency Of one OF the
generals commanding.
r. snaaling of the attack on Fort Sumter
an the 7th of April, he says: 1t being unsuc-
r.s.f,l nothing apparently remained 10 be
dona hv the land forces A siege of Charles
fon and is delences by land had never been
contemplated, and, therefore, was no part OF
the plan. -
referring 20 the events in connection with
Vickshurg, he says No more brilliant exploit
than that OF General Grant can be found IN
military history. It having been alleged and
extensively published that zen. Grant had
positively disobeyed the instructions OF his su-
periors. General HalIeck says that General
l3rant never 1isobeyed an order OF lnstrucnon,
but always carried out TO the best OF hls abl!lty
every measure Or suggestion made 10 nm oy
The J4oyernment: nor did he ever complain
| that the Government did not turnirh him all
| the means and assistance IN It's power to taclll
| tate the execution OF any plan which be saw
! flt to adopt
/ While General Grant was operating before
| Ticksburg information, deemed TO be rellabe,
was received that large detachuIents were being
| drawn from Bragg army to reinforce john
ston, in MISSISSIPPI, and accordingly General
| Rosecrons was required TO advance from Muir
freesbcro' in order to take advaptane OF bragg
| dcmoraiized numbers and drive him back into
| Georgia, and thus force loyal Hast Tennessee
from the Rebels; but General RosecranS, ln
dispatch, counseIled caution and patlence at
headQuarters. General HaiIeck plainly told
him that by five or SIX months inactivity IN
bis arm Y, it was not to be supposed that MS
patience was not pretty we'll exhausted: oeYe
raj comm uDicatI0ns passed on this SUBJECT, anu
finally on the 18th Of June General hoSecrans
commenced his movement.
General iialleck says that as three separate
armies were to operate IN the same teld, 1t
seemed necessary to have single commander,
n order to secure more perfect cooperation
than had been obtained with the separate COM
mandy Of Burnside and RosecranS. General
Grant, by his distinguished services and supe
r;or rank TO all the others at that time 10 the
West, seemed entitled to this genera, command
| and therefore it was conferred upon him,
Gen Halleek concluded by saying !
1T IS seen from the foregoing summary o.
operations during the past year that "t have
repelIed every attempt Of the enemy, 70 invaoe
the Ioyal States, and have received from his
dominarion Kentucky and Tennessee, portion