Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-04-18
From the special Correspondence Of the Chicago Times
WAsHINGroS. April IL

plan4 theF Aref MI suCU injuries frc Doottc--
There plans. AMI .npBe Of The men IN au-
thority have had capacity enough 10 form plans.
The war il 70 be continued during this campaign.
az IL has been waged FOR two years past-blindly
and obiectess Mr. L'neoln has a dim and
vague idea that nv sendiug armies into the South.
lac can uproot the Institution OF slavery. rob the
Southern people OF their property. burn down
their houses over their heads. and turn the South
ern States into desert; and that u just what the
men who are his masters here. want him 20 do.
So be will "peg away, keep pegging away TO
use hi- own elegant and refined expression-nntil
dozens Of other plans share the fate Of Freder
cksburg and of those beautiful towns in Florida
which were given up to the plumber of his sol
diers few DAYS ago; until Thousands Of other
families are rendered homeless and reduced t.
poverty: ana until the soil of AL the southern
States is enriched BY the blood and bones Of other
thousands OF our brave young men who have
been lured away from happy homes by the delu
sive idea that they were fighting for the Union
But, as for any plan of the campaign in mil
itnry sense | repeat IT, there j. none Some
months ago. after consulting with Stanton. Lin
coin announced bis Intention 70 conduct the war
himself in future; and he has done so. His nd
visers have been Stanton, Sumner, Ben Wade.
Chandler Horace Greeley. and Wendell Phillips
and he has done whatever they advised, and
made whatever movements they have recon
mended. lie has entirely ignored Halleck, who
has been a complete cipher for M least six months
past The whole country has been convulsed
with laughter at the idea of six civilians from
Congress-Chandlef Wade. GoOch. Covode,
Odeli and Juian-presumng 70 pass grave jndg
ments upon the military operations in the PENN
sua But The spectacle Is not half so udcrous
rs that which is presented by Abe Lincoln direct
ing the military operations OF n gigantic war; and
doing A., too. according to the views and IN obe-
dience 10 the wishes of Stanton. Chandler. and
Horace Greedy This IS the explanation and
the key to the hitherto unexplained enigma ofthe
defeats and reverses OF the last SIX months. With
10000 troops and countless millions OF money
We have been baifled at every point. and are now
kent nj bay By the South. with barely 400. 000
troops with an empty treasury. Why is this
r. is because the war is conducted ON the part oi
the South by soldiers and on military principles
aud on our part by politicians and for political
ends See what the results have beer.
Instead of injurng Mcclellan In the least
the Republicans hoist by their petard.
when they published the report of the Commit
tee ON the Conduct of the War. That report
while il viii not detract iota from the reputa
ton of General Mcclellan, is damaging in the
highest degree to Lincoln and Stanton. but
above all. 10 Haleck. IL shows that, after Gen
era Mcclellan had taken command of III,
"troops for the defense Of Wnshington;" after
he had left Cor Frederick City with the Army OF
the Potomac after he had actually commenced
his campaign in Mar, mi against General Lee
after every Confederate soldier that General Lee
could command had been massel near Frederick
CITY. General Hsleck fully shared the puerils
and hysterical ie,rs OF Lincoln AMI Stanton foI
the safety of their capital and instantly all their
troops were Withdrawn from Richmond and the
Peninsula. and transported with railroad speed ia
the Rappahannock near Warrenton, nv way oi
Gordonsville and Culpepper. Preciptating them
selves there on Pope's army, they totally routed
that vain braggadocio. and followed close on his
heels to Manassas and Centerville. When Hal
leck determined to Withdraw Gen. Mcclellan.
army from before Richmond and bring it up "a
Washington, he entirely overlook ed the impor
tant fact that the enemy held the interior line be
tween the two cities. and could move their army
over to il. while we would he obliged to move al
the way around by exterior lines. Mark the re
suit
On the 25th dag of July Halleck accompanied
by Burnside visited the Army Of the Potomac
entrenched at Harrison's Landing. If he had
had the eve and the brain of grea. General. he
would have seen there Gen. McClellan's IS .000
veterans in an impregnabIe position within p
miles of Richmond. with debouche on both sides
of the James River. while the river itself and It's
navigation were commanded by fleet of iron
clad steamers: and that reinforcements TO the
, amount of 50,OO0 troops, which were easily
available were all that was necessary TO enable
Gen Mcclellan To take Richmond and virtually
end the war But Halleck has proved To the
world that he has neither tire cyeuor the brain OF
great General. He could nothing of that
After his return To WASHINGTON on the Sd of
August, he sent to Gen Mcclellan a formal and
peremptory order to eyacua,e the Peninsula
That vrder was known 10 the inmates OF the FIX
ecutive Mansion. ami To several other persons in
Washington: and the 9Th of that month, il
was known hv the Confederate authorities nj
Richmond On the l4th of August, the Rich
mond newsp ipers stated that the troops compos
ing Gen McClellan's army were leaving II trri
sons Landing which WIS the case: and on the
l9th, the last regiment of that army had arrived
at Fortress Monroe
The Confederate army that was then defending
Richmond. was then moved from Richmond to
Culpepper. by way of Gordonsvile-the move
ment being executed on the llth 5ih and 9Th
OF August the distance ing one hundred miles.
and the troops being for the most part convened
bv railroad The trains ran up in six hours -
On the 18th. General Lee crossed the Rapidth
and advanced towards Pope at Culpepper On
the 18th he came NJ with Pope ut Brandy Sta
ton south of the Rai p1haunuck. and defeated
him there On the 10Th. Pnre retreatet across
the Rapp,hnnnock On the DIST, General Lee
ClD>>tu NJ VIC upitI luluS, alll Hut w rope
rear On the 22l. Pope's baggage Was captured
by the enemy, Mt Manassas, and Pope was dc
feated by General Lee at Warrenton By thi-
time General McClellan's army had got over the
exterior line. which was the only route by which
they could reach Washington. and had begun to
arrive ut Alexandria. General kearney's divis-
ion was N once dispatched To POpe's aid and met
him, in full retreat. ue1r Greenwich. But by
this time. the whole of General Lees army,
thanks TO his interior line. had arrived at War
rentou: and General Lee on the 25th sent Gen
eral Longstreet's whole division up the west side
OF Bull Kun Mountains. in order that be might
march down through Thoroughfare Gap at a
village called White Plains Hooker'S division
had arrived and Joined Pope. and summers corps
had begun to- arrive al Falmouth Ga the 9th.
General LOnsstreets division marched through
Thoroughfare Gap. and, on the 2Sth. defeat Ell
Mcdowell, who hid been sent there by Pope -
On tine 2gth. Pope was himself defeated ~ Bull
Run On the 20th. General Franklin's division
had arrived 20 within twp miles 81 Ceuieryille
but without ammunition or ammunition wagons:
and Summers corps also near. but without
any subsistence for either animals men. On
the 3lst Pope was 1T Ceuterville, supported by
Sumner and franklin: hut on the lsi OF Septem
Der. he relreared towards Washington and the
battle OF Chsutilly took place. IN which General
Kearnev was killed On the 81 of September
P0pe's whole force massed on the right bank
OF Difficult Creek. about twenty miles from
Washington. between Germantown. Flint Hill
AMI Fairfax
But. bv thi. time. General Lees whole army
WIS at his heels and General Halieck ordered