Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-01-26
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raacc on R.cLmo~d-l'hy u FGisd~ F~!i
History or Military Opera'L rs an I'uY'a"'
Report Of .MCls'ian of HIS Campa'g"s
II Curious Litter, Etc.
The !Ts,h:n.;rn corrG suGn6eat o! the Ne~'
T.rk 'G3r2ucrc;al AdS"r isey" has hceT per
united 10 see the ,dFanca 9hs.tS q: ti.G report
Of General Mcclellan OF the campaigns On
the Pcninsrlc ard in !iary Lead, nov n ;.?;'-
ceay ii b,:uG printed, cova;in2 ;ao most stir
ring and memorable period % The war. Trir
on1res pendent has given al. absirac; ::'d 6" ly'
sia oG tnn report IN edvaacG oi !tA publication.
waici, 80 highly Interesting. I t.o report ia
da,.l New Turk, Aucust 1, lSp". IL basins
y.th an ;.!:r~inn to the rcsnifH Of the rict4:icG
in W.atern Virginia, arG the. g'c3 I'll to re-
ote the arrival & General Mcclellan st. Wash
ir pt ~ a;tcf Ball EGn the organization oi
the array Of the P,,crlac: TIE grand pIcn
laid on: for the general canpaign Of !56i-22 ;;
the final ii.Sasi.n Of Virginia III 1852 thc
Panncrla movement; the seven days bntsios:
and the sh ri Maryland canpaiyu Of Sepiem-
Der, 1852. Starting ;.u.a ,s,a J.. nl N,vc.D
ber, the time when General Mcclellan wss
given tEe ch;ai command af ali the u"i;a;i
States forces, the report says:
General Mcclellan at once began Gcti7s 2i,a
rstions. The theatre OF tao war had now ex,
tended ahcut the whole circumference Of tlo
S,u.o; and il became necessary, rs we'll C.
practicable, to plan large Gad s57aepinE Com,
hina.ion Of active military Or.rs.i".ls. Al or
gani.atioo Of Nov Englur!t troopa for oaenpyin. /.
the coa,,s liuc 0f tue Sv;i:h ~. the uidd..
Atlantic, which had been se!-ctci by Gen. Me-
Cic:ian IN September, leGl, to"k shape il
r, 1880 ,,pHn- a.
raj Burnside, designed to facilitate mnve;nen;s
Of the main body in E"s,e:i Virgins BY az
occuuation Of TIE coaat.line Of North Carroll
ns, General Burnside bainG ordered, when lie
should have re 3ed New bern, to oc:upY AID
destroy tho Weld u and Wilmington railros.!
as far west as GolisAyro'. and, should crcuno.
stances favcr, 10 push as ia. ss Raleiyh, Will
mington bsing, however, his ultimate ohjcc-
| tive poirt.- "Cau!ion ahaut proclabi.ti"n
| was recommended, the General being urge:
''to sE5 as iitals as p'sdhls about poll
| tits or the negro" and 20 stute merely
"thst the true Issue for which VIC are fight
ing is the preservation cf the Union aud
| uphcldin. the Laws Of tho General Govern
! Ea1nt" at me farae ti!ae letters were Sen!
Z, Gen Hallrcl; ia2Yointcd to the command
af tho Department Of the MisEauril 10 Gen,
eral Bus!, lin command Vl The department: OF
;he Or;o,) to Gen. Sherinon, ieolnmandi"E in
South Carolina and 1ersie.j md to General
Butler, commanding the depar tmeut oi tie
Gulf Ger. Ealictk wac charged with Tie
dusY Of 'rea"c;Eg caao5 ID or.af" IN Liz de-
partaicnt Ia Tesnect to military operations
he was ordered 20 hc,d the Sta:e by fortified
posts and concentrate his i0rCas cn tho Mis-
sissipp. Gen. Buoi was instructed So to tho
vast importance of the military occupation ci
Eastern Kentagky and TenueSecc. In Ken
:urky Itself he was advised the cOncucs OF
cur political c8lirs is, perhaps, moro 'mper-
tsnl shan thcs Of Gur military opsr2s!G0s,' y
ard hs wns urge; 70 bc,- il mi?d ":hat we
s:.Gl. mos. readily suppress tia rebellion ana
restore no authority oS the g.vernu,";.t by
reiigi0ualy respecting ;iic constitutional rights
Of Eli In s. co@3anoe fw;,l ,nc feelings
and opinion ct the President" General No
Clel!an requested General Gneii 10 rs9ure
1.-The people If Kentucky that their d..
mestic Institutions viii, IA no NAPIER. be
interfored WITH" and 60 al!ow nothing
but the dictatca Of military nccess,s. y
to euu,o MIN b depart i,o,n :tr spirit Of els
instructions" In rsspe2t tl Icuar5ste, Ge',.
Buell. was ordered 20 throw the msss Of b;a
troops, "by rapid marches, by Cur! bcr?and CT
Walkers Gap, on Knoxville, i'll order 10 oc,
cupy the railroad at that pon:,' a;d "cat Il:
comm mnnication between Eastern Virginia and
the Mssissippi." II Gen. Buell. was fu:the,
coause;cl to avoid "T;dcuimg he bcesct ea-
listing betweea us end INC 1eb.ls" ~ "cause-
less arrests and prosecutions Of individuals
81 have always found" adds Gen. Mcclellan,
that it is tine tendency Of subordinates Il
make vsSatious arrests on mere suspicion.-