Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-10-22
The LsureIs OF LItsls Mao.

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4 ~l1st. Mcclellan planned and ordered tt
advance upon Ball's Blnifb and was u
cause OF that slspgbiersxars
2od Mcclellan wasted a. month in b.
sieging YorktovD. defended By gsrriso
of only 5000 meanwhile. be had So boo.
3D.. Mcclellan suffered bis army to /
surprised, with heavy Toss, at Fair Oaks.
Alb. Mcclellan by negieeting to fortif
his tanks and rearTaIlowed his whole pos
tion before Ricbmopd ito be taken in Z,
verse; and ordeted o. disssterous retrea
before siDgel corps Of The enemy.
9th. Mcclellan ordered Q retreat fror
Malvern Hill without cause or Justification
after our men had achieved glorious vic
tory there. sss5.joR II EhoS
9Th Mcclellan by that setreat prevent
ed Pope from coming to his aid by The way
OF Lyuchbnrg, and thus preeipitatej upon
'Pope's small force the whole of Lees army
b McClelap neglected, for three week:
TO obey an order to move his army north
waid 10 effect Junction with RopeY ant
that time Lee used TO move his own arm
against Popes7id sd hsdin1 h8a n1o0 I
9Th. Mcclellan Withheld reinforcement,
and supplies from Pope, which would hav,
enabled the latter to beat back Lee success
fully Gao aaI '''fl1 1'.a3 e9's,lgin"97a y
oh. Mcclellan OPPOSED all the military
and naval .enpeditiopss aga inst the. rebel
seaboard, which he knew we're essential TO
render The blockade perfect, ~ .,.,,ot.
lctb Mcclellan opposed the division Of
the Army of the Potomac into corps, and
only did divideit when paremptority order
ed to do so by Secretary Stanton, although
be must have kown that no army of that
size could be managed without such dyis.
ion. itsa II 70 sslpoa ass1irgB isI9Y3S
q l1th. Mcclellan neglected or refused to
take the field at the heud of ,tbe, Army of
the Potomac and comence campaign ,un-
till compelled o-do so by the orders Of the
President eai i'hui sbaa1oid %
7e l2rh., Mcclellan suffered the Potonae
TO be blockaded by the enemy for mouths,
when he could have prevented 1t. ,i,sa.o-,,
18Th. Mcclellan did not participate 10
the battles fought by his army, but was in
every case distant from the battle, leaving
bis subordnates to manage for themselves
q l4th! Mcclellan delayed his part of the
operations in West Virginia, until the epe-
my. whose retreat from Rich Mountain be
was to stop, had been beaten by Rosecrans,
and escaped. g.. ....-
18th Mcclellan magDified Qaaker guns
and scattered pickets oftLe rebels at Nun.
sons Hill into a formidable fortifcation,
defended by q strong garrison, and began.
careful campaign against it, until an ad
venturous Union man went up the place
and discovered the cheat. 10 sH4o3l.d 5's
10th. McCIelan suffered himself to be de.
'uded in Ike manner at Manassas, and was
undeceiycd in precisely the same way I'D
any accurate knowledge Of the rebel forces,
as he regularly magulied their strepgth on
authority of pretended spies. o' eodH7Bbl
18th. Mcclellan allowed Buell. to keep
an army of l20, 900 men idle, at bay before
rebel force of less than 5000. while Hal.
leck's forces under Grant were doing the
very work coDfided to Buell.. y sis aaai o."
-ol9 b., Mcclellan kept the whole immense
Army of the Potomoc lying idle, through .
long winter, wi,hou ordering the coDstruc
tion Of winter quarters 10 shelter the men
from the inclement weather the ohly ap.
parent reason for this course being a desire
TO conceal the intenlion not TO move the
army .-... F-,.f.- o-...,...
goth. Mcclellan sacrificed $4,000 men
at Harrper's Ferry, by Withholding Frank
liu's corps, either from succorihg them or
reinfurcing Burnside at Antietam. lia ,sus
2l.t. Mcclellan caused the slaughter of
The Corn Exchange regiment by the foolish
crossing at Shepardstown, Md in precisely
the same manner as at Balls Bluff
22l. Mcclellan refused to move his army
against Lee after Aotietam on various
.pretexts hat it could not be moved, al
though upon being superseded by Pope
the latter moved the army with the great.
est clerity ~ can 'asaoa "a 's''an