New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-06


OF our cause" He called again and avaiu for re-
endorsements, asking for Frsnkhn's and Mccall
Divisions .pt McllpweY,s corps, ie be under com
pand Of franklin; insisting that Franklins Diva
Ion, at lesst should be sgnt 70 him. On the lltf
of April Franklb's Division was ordered TO Alex.
andria to rerlbaiS for toIt Monroe. Or the l4.b
Gen. Franklin reported to Gen. Mcclellan meas
IoTNown, but his troops remained ON board the
transp2rtSu site the epeuy sv4cuated The place,
w1en they were ordered to Yves Point. f
III WANTS TRANSFORMATIONS.
On the CIR Of April Gen.. McCleilap te!esraPhed
10 Lire President, 81 have by no means the tFsns'
po!tation must have 90 move 10y army even lew
miles, and asks that ell be ordcs for wagon trins,
&c, may NJ once be complied with. All was cent
80 hiIn as desired until even Gen. Mcdowell found
himself stripped of the transportation designed
Tor his corps, that when be moved % Fredericksburg
II was with the greatest difficulty he could move
supplies for bis small force from Acqua TO Falmouth
until the railroad was completed. . 'u
month WIS spent before Yorktown, our army,
IN the opinion Of zone OF aDlest officers, beeom-
ing more demorabzed by the Iabors Of loBg siege
ttan II would have been even by an unsuccessful
assault.
aligned by Gen. Mcclellan aud his Adutapt. General,
show that on the Both Of April 1862 the forces on
he Peninsula under Gen. Mcclellan amounted to
1'2,3y2 present for duty.
He WANTS GUNS.
On the lst of May the President telegraphs TO
washington alarms me, chiefly because il argues M
f4haite precrasoin Is any thug to be- doneT'
fOkkTowS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CHA
GRINED.
On the night Of the Sd and the morning OF no 4sh
OF Nav. tie enemy evacuated Yorktown Wlthopt
hss. Oneof The witnesses testdes that Cea Mo !
Clelian was very much ehagrined and morfihsd at
tie evacuation IS he had made bis preparations TO
open from his batteries on Monday, the 5tA Of Nay.
PURSUIT OF THE REBELS.
Tho avafnafpn WIS ffiscoyereC bV daylight the I
SnoInIng Of the 4th. Between 10 and IL O'Clock,
Gen. StOneInan, with the cavalry and soEe fight
horse artillery started In pursuit. Abous clock,
Gen. Hooker, with bis DIVISION left Yorktown, VITA
orders TO support Gen. Sioneman. Gems. Sumner,
HeintzeLaan and ksyes also moved cut during Thea
day, with the whole or portions Of their CORPS |
About five miles from Yorktown the diyisionof Gen,
H9oker was delayed for some time IN consequence of
other ro0Ds, coming from another direction, getting
Into the ROAD before him. !.
IN the meantime Ger. Stoneman had Overtskon \
the Of the enemy with has cavalry, and followed
them up closely, keeping up a running FIRE all the
aime until the enemy reached their works In the |
nsighborb6Od of williamsburg when the pursuit was
checked Gev. Sprague was sent b2ek 10 hurry up |
fhe infantry support under Gen. Hooker. After con-
siderable delay, finding it impossible to pass the |
troops ahead Of him, Gen. Hooker turned off and |
proceeded by another road of which he had obtsned
information from some OF the inhabitants; marched
Sl II o'clock that night renewed Gre march at day
light, and came up 10, The advarEed works Of the
Fort Magr0der aud at once sngai red the enemy.
BATTLE or WILLIAM lSBU2G.
There seems TO have been gr Igt misappzehensl0n
and confusion in relaSion to tIe management of the
troops AZ Williamsburg. Wlle A the pursuit first
commenced on sunday, Gep. HcinIzslman was IN
staeted By Gen. Mcclellan ~ take charge OF oper-
ntions in mont On the mo rIAing Of Monday orders
were sent 70 Gen. Suinno' to take tbs command;
Gen. McClclIaR rsmaiHed behind IN Yorktown to
sapersatead the scading of spo divisions up the
forS h'per 70 West POM =. A heavy ruin act IN on
cunoay, rsnOeIln8 lhe U ads almost lmpractcaDle
sor the passage or troops. The troops Of the disr-
'eni commands became ingad-divisione and brig
eoes, 70 some extent, were separated from each
e'nef-an0 seems TO ave been difficult 70 get the
sroops mp IN time.
Turing Monday fore aoon Gen. Hooker, finding
ninssn LARD pressed - the enemy, and understand
aug tnSI ueh; sumner had 81, 900 troops with hun,
seut repeatedly Ior ssnforoements. SO did Gen.
otonelnan tno Gen- Il elntzelman, but reinforce
'naen's ariayeo. zen Sumner states that, having
sons 1on- HancoekN the right he had al the center
SnI ABOUT o,OoO infs atry-tne cavalry there not be-
any s'sou icr opera. lons against the enemy, on &C
~oucN Y. sitc coun1 Z being wooded. Upon re-
SVnS tns can lor REQUIREMENTS to be sent 10 the
ielt 70 Gen. HOOKS /, be sent staff officers 10 hurry
up tSooPs nom ms rear, bis own corps being some
Ten niles on, ah ordered Kesrney to re-enforce
Hooker Re-enH rcements coming up 70 Gen.
RtoOkeT DIS soon sneeded, OF perhaps expected, the
Prince De Joinra lie and Gov Sprsgus went TO York
town TO urge Den. Mcclellan to come up TO the
front, ana ta4 a charge Of matters there. Gov.
SPTsgue aInVs at Yorktown about o'clock hav-
mg been aoom an hour in going down. He testines
fh9t ao@ei. o1 Mcclellan toas told the condition Of
0Eaus az lss front, he remarked that he had sup
posed "toS an front could attend TO that htte mat
eer. AttS some lime Gen. Mcclellan started from
aorkto"n and reached the vicinity OF Williams burg
ADo"s ""s lock in the afternoon.
LOCKER DOES THE FIGHTING.
BY tef . time Gen. KeaDey bad reached the
Geld and REINFORCED Gen. Hooker, taking command,
beng % senior in rank to Gen.. Hooker. Gen.
Hencos had been engaged on the r1ght, but, upon
being e-enosced had succeeded III repulsing the en-
smy,' Using about forty men. The principal l9h'l9e
~hs' one by the troops under Gen. Hooker, us d.
yisle sustaining loss Of about 700 men, Before
hoy ,asIe-enforced, has troops were Obliged to hoic
tie II position with the bayonet and such ammnnl
40 as tue men could obtain from the bodies OF those
no had fallen, fhe roads being 80 muddy that II
las impossible 10 bring up Trash ammunition
RETREAT AND PURSUIT.
That night tho enemy evacuated their position a.
Williamsburg. Gen. McClelan states that after bt
arrived on the field he was sotsfed that the enc
my had been besten and would be compelled to evac
nate their position that night or De taken at a grea
disadvantage that he countermanded orders 10 tn
divisions OF Richardson and Sedgwick and sent then
back 10 Yorktown.
short distance by Gen. Stonsulan and the cavalry
with g small body Of infantry Several Of the Gen
erals testify that had the enemy been promptly f0I
lowed ssp after me battle of Williamsburg, the
could have been foIioped right into R,ehmonacom
of them says without Jiring gan. Gen. Michel
ban says that the roads were 30 bad, In consequence
OF the rains, that 1t was mpracteable 70 make
vigorous pursuit.
Inc battle Of Williamsburg appears to have bee
fought under many and serious disadvantages
Nothing was known Of the nature OF the country o
she defensive works Of the enemy until eur troop
arrived before them; there was no controlling
mind In charge OF the movements; there unceI