The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-10-19
rhe l.nnrol. on LI,lle Mno.

1st. Mcclellan planned and ordered the
advance upon Bal's Bluff, and was the
cause of that slaughter.
I'd Mcclellan wasted month in besieg-
ing Yorktown, defended by o garrison Of
only 5000 men, while he had l53,000
3D., Mcclellan suffered his army 70 be
surprised, with heavy loss, at Fair Oaks
4th. Mcclellan by neglecting 70 fortify
his TANKS and rear, allowed his. whole po-
sition before Richmond to be taken in re-
verse, aud ordered disastrous retreat be-
fore single corps OF tho enemy.
9th. Mcclellan ordered retreat from
Malvern Hill without cause or justification,
after our men had achieved glorious vic
tory there.
9th. Mcclellan, by that retreat, prevent
ed Pope fron coming 10 his aid by the
way of Lynohburg. and thus precipitated
upon fope's small force the whole Ut Lees
army.
7th. Mcclellan neglected for three weeks
to obey au order to move his army north
ward to effect junction with Pope, aud
that time Lee used to move his own array
against Pope.
8. Mcclellan withheld reinforcenents
aud supplies from Pope, which would have
enabled the latter to beat back Lee success
| fully,
9th. Mcclellan opposed all tie military
and naval expeditions against the rebel
seaboard, which he knew were essential to
render the blocka 10 perfect
10. Mcclellan opposed the division OF
| the Army of the Potomac into corps, and
ouly did divide it when peremtorily order
cd to do so by Secretary Stanton, although
he must have known that no army of that
size could be managed without such divis-
| ion.
! IL. Mcclellan neglected or refused to
take the field at the head of the Army of
the Potomac, aud commence a campaign,
until compelled to do so by the orders OF
the President and War Department
18th Mcclellan suffered tho Potomac to
be blockaded by the enemy for months,
when he could have prevented it.
18th. Mcclellan did not participate in
tho battles fought by his army, but was in
every case distant from the battle, leaving
his subordlnates to manage for themselves.
Ia. Mcclellan delayed his part of the
operations in West Virginia until the enc
my, whose retreat from Rich Mountain, he
was stop, had been beaten by Roseorans
and escaped
Is, Mcclellan magnifed the Quaker guns
aud scattered pickets of the rebels at Muu
sons Hill into formidable fertilization, de-
tended by strong garrison, aud began q
careful campaign against it until an adven
turous Union man went up to the place and
discovered the cheat.
10th, Mcclellan suffered himself to be
deluded III like manner at Manassas, and
was undcceiveI in precisely the same way
18th. Mcclellan never seemed to have
any accurate knowledge of the rebel forces
as he regularly magntied their strength oil
the authority of pretended spies.
18th. Mcclellan allowed Buell. to keel
an army of 1900 men idle. at bay before
u rebel force of less than $4,000, while Hal
Ieck's forces unde- Grant were doing til,
very work conii3 to Buell..
10th. McClelD n kept the whole immens,
Army of the p, .omac lying lille. through ,
long winter. ,.ithout ordering the con
struction of winter quarters to shelter the
men from the inclement weather TIL,
only apparent reason for this course being
a desire to conceal the intention not to NOV,
the army.
Harpors Ferry 10y Withholding Franklin
Jorps either from succoring them or rein
forcing Burnside at Antietam.
2lst. Mcclellan caused the slaughter o
the Corn Exchange Regiment by the fool
ish crossing at SNepardstown, Nd. in pre-
cisely the same manner as at Balls Bluff
22d. Mcclellan refused to move his arm
against Lee after Antietam, on variou
pretexts that it could not be moved, a.
though upon being superseded by Pop,
the latter moved the army with the great
est celebrity.