Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-10-08
THn FALL OF 1861.

e, When l speak OF Mcclellan / speak Of a
nan L know, for vas on u CommIFtee to
watch him. When he took the reins OF
ommand, the fret thing he did was 10
iraw on the Western armies 10 swell his
nagul6eieut army in the East He took
rs, 900 from FIemout 10 reinforce his own
grand army in the East. For this we have
tie oath Of his officers, ard you can read il
your leisure III the book. ...... tao g-.
Thmgs passed on un il October, When
oenu,oi Chandler aud myself. feeling that
ue nation was disgraced by the inactivity
d The Union Armles-;he largest and most
nsgnfcen,ly equipped that the world ever
,aw-bigger than those Of Bonaparte-
nile the rebel flag across the, Potomac
asunled the Presidential mansion in the
very face, went to him aud said For Gud's
axe save this nation frrm this intffacable
llsgrace. Take your magnificent army
very man in II as god as Bouaparle's
I'd guard, [applause, better and truer
nen never marched 20 field OF battle tenew-
d cheers aud attack the enemy. lie
said Oh, / csn't do that. They are 220,
900 trODg So o gentleman, fresh from
Bvuuregards headquarters. Told me when
ne dined with me yesterday. Thai gentle
man was PROBABLY back TO Bsauregard the
itxr day. g.r wa, ,,,-
Well. affairs ran on, and there McClel-
an lay before The Quaker guns iaughter]
Munson's bill, frightening him into sl-
| ence. There they stood, in all the majesty
4 paint |! They really looked like caunon,
| nd Mcclellan never got near enough to
mem to see whether they were wood or
ron Received laugh er,] He was again
,lt pod 10 cross the river. But no. Nc
U,rIIarl said it would bring on general Ell
! 5agemen,-wby, in Gods name, was that
20, jus. what he wau'edf--snd be badn''
deh enough, aud the rebel iorthca'ion'
we're us sIrong ss SebastopoL &
| So passed the fall aud winter. In ih'
meantime the rebels made raid on th'
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. and carried
a alf tie rails for thirty miles, and ihlr
etn,. locomotives. no. more disturbed D.
McCleIlan's army than by shepherds tend
no their flocks. Meantime the rebel bat
erles below Washington, on the Potomac
olockaded our Capital At last The Nav
Department. slung with sense OF sham
At being thus beSeged, got Mcclellan I
agree 10 the Arrangement of joint exped
tion. against these batteries, The nava
force sailed at the lime appointed, but whe
they arrived in front Of he rebel batteries
there was no land forces there. The
thought some terrible accident must haV
befsllen Mcclellan aud his army. and ser
back heir courie.s 10 hot haste TO kno
wat The mailer was. Mcclellan told the'
ltha, be bad concluded after all that
wasn't safe 10 move, for he was afraid ibi
4 they couldn't Sud . good place 10 land
they S,d move. But MeCiellan knew ih'
nv all laws Of military etiquette. the nav
! commanders having planped the expedil 70
8 it was their business, and not his 10 sele
! a place for landing the troops. Well. th'
|; agreed on another time 10 make the attac
. and the naval forces sailed again, al
. again Mcclellan failed TO cooperate. Al
y so the Potomac remained blockaded a,
Z our capital shut 10 by rebel bate les, al
{ EuVlaud aud France we're on the point
recognizing the Southern Confsderscs,
cause they were strong enough 70 blocka
M in our Capital.