Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-10-08
THE NINETEENTH CORPS AT THE
BATTLE OF wINCHEsTER-ITsL LIZ
nELLERs AND ITS VINpICATInE.

We publish, with pleasure, the following
oflcal letter from Maj. Gen. Emory, the brave
commander { tnR 10Th Army Corps. covering
Gen Rheritan's "ffcial dIspS:ch and the letter
of Maj. Gen. Wright, Of the 9Th Corps, In testl-
mouv OF the good behavior of the gallant old
Nineteenth at the late battle OF Opequan and
Winchester, in the Shenandoah. We DOUBT II
any person believed the staten cnts put forth
by the correspondents alluded 10. Ii be did, il
was not long before the ringing rebuke OF
Sheridan Ha'h2d over the electric wires upor
the country that tue Nineteenth Corps, true tt
is great record, was up to time, and that tn,
untruthful historian OF the noble deeds done
Winchester on the 18Th OF September, 1864, hat
been justly expelled from the Middle Depart
msnt.
The SCARED veterans OF Port Hudson and
Baton Rouge, and the other great Gulf battle
hSIds, cannot he dehled by the prejudices OF
malice of one, two or dozen newspaper cor
rcspOH '"r's. CsT"c'e!ly after participating In
AMI passing through tue brilliant couacts o
Winchester aud Fisher Hi, which gave US Tia,
Va Icy of the Shenandoah and covered our
arms with imperishahlc glory. In such a con
t"st newspaper correspondents will Gnd that
the Proyerb is reversed, and that tue sword Ia
Inghtier thsn the peu.
The following is Gen. Enory's letter:
"EAD.' ID. p'r l3lH ARMY CvRrS
-EISOEBUBs.NA, Oct. ., 1864 /
EDITOR RgPUBLICAS-Sr: The original re
port Of the battle of Winchester, of September
10Th ultimo. by Il. l.. Shelley, as published Al
first In tho Baltimore Amc, icdn, and afterwardi
wholly or substantially in other papers, con
tains statement that owing to "miscOn cep
ton Of orders the 10Th army corps failed t.
como up at the proper time" thus Causing q
delay Of at least two hours"
desire fully and emphatiChlly 10 deny this
assertion. II is without n shadow Of fOunda.
tthn, and 10 believed to be purely gratuitous
with its author. Not only was there no % N a.
correction nt orders" on the part Of the lyLh
Gorps, hut tbs orders II did receive were liter.
ally and implicitly Oluyed.
o. arriving at a pninL on the BeTryvile aud
Winchester turnpike, about three miles from
Lhe former place, At O'Clock, 4. IN of the l9tb
Of September, Che 9th corps then moving on
the right Of the lOth,) the latter was ordered tc
halt until the 9th corps ambulance and ammu
uittOn train had passed. aud to follow in real
of the train. This order was given, notwiIh
standing permission was reQu ssted by me L
move the l9sh corps In advance Of this train
Tho best reiutatiOn OF tho report of Mr.. Shelle
is found 10 the following telegram OF Gen. sher
idan aud In the accompanying letter of Nal
Gen. wright, marked A from which 1t will b
seen that the troops undcr my command movet
10 the field of battle with all possible rapidlty.
10y telegraph
H'DgRs MIDDLE MILITARY DIvlsInN, J
HARRIEosBUEs, Va, Sept 26, 1861.
LsweHGrt h'|Oi Gra"t Commanding A'Dlies a IN
tERtG s. fss
GENl hAL! Is'e = paragraph going The rounds o
ths p+peis that the 18Th army corps was late IL
coming i"to the fight - WIN hest'r. Twas en-
Il ely u c1nsciou, Of this until I saw ~ IN tn,
nspsrs. This statement wss made by X. L. Shell
ley. wish TO say that It 10 incorrect and thA
this corresp ndrnt was ArrefteI by nv order n ,
fnry f,,I =. - -,