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McClellanss Report.


Clellan is from the exhaustive review OF his
report now in course of publication by the N.
v r;,,as 7, ,,;,I raoov oarae,, ,,arr.a, 7,
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must DC reniemoeieo 'has rope was simply
obeying instructions TO stand FAST to fight
like the devil and contend every inch of
oround . until the army of the po,omac
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couio JON MN o'o AieAaiuiia'
With the view OF giving effect to this pur-
pose, Gen. Halleek, on the morning OF the
2ith OF August, telegraphed to Mcclellan,
who had arrived in Alexandria the day before,
and through whom all reinforcements to Pope
must pass, that franklln's corps should
march IN the direction of Manassas as soon
MS possible. had TINS order been oDeyed,
Jacksons forces, defeated and driven by Pope
on the zith, would have been met near Cen
trcviile the next afternoon and crushed.
NOW we ask OF the reader 10 brlng all the
attention ana all the patience ne can COM
mand, whlie we snow with what fertillty oil
aeVice ana wnat proogahty OF ingenuity Sen
MCCLELLAN contrived so 10 arrange Things that
Pope should not get man OF these reinforce
ments put shoulo o oe ielt WIN ms ieepie iorce
Oh less tnan 4u,VVo men 10 ueatn-grnpple
with the enemy that had lately defeated Nc
Clellan's once splendid army of 10000 men,
In other words, should be LEFT to-we use Gen
mcclellan own cnoiee pnraseoiogy-''get om
oJ hts scrdpe. AND we snail see that so
man erer reached Pope after Mcclellan a,.-
rfred at Alexandria.
In TINS expose we shall take up events n
their chronological order beginning with the
date ~ tho drst disnatcb N 90, McrIalIa,
.,',,l .aeorsroa =, .,,e $500
men,s' We shall see what was the state of
f,cts In front what were tho nacassi,;e. os,ba
occ.sion wba, orders Car Moclaiian 80
ce;ved and now ba carried them ont r.,
ma ada that we sbal, not draw from ,he ,es,i'
monv nS Cen pona nor from tha ovarwhal,n-
ing srrav on Facts deyeloned bv the conm,tee
on the conduct of the war We shaIl caraoo
ourselves 10 the simnle setting forth Of The
text of the series of teleprams Thai nassed he
tween headouarters and Cen. Mcclellan
,honah NO - ali he soreaS q, H., s.o,',
Si.ns,cbes which Can MccJailsn sar ,oasnns a@,rs
hest known to himself has not seen AZ 70 20.
nrodnca IN b;s 40 csIIaa aPanort ' ~
The 9th of 1uqust.-At 10 AN. Gen. Hal
Iack teleoranhs MeCIellan.
.oi.An'
ranknns Corps should march IN that direction
AT 10: 20 Gen. Mcclellan replies.
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march, and 10 repair here iAiexandris IN nerson ~
TO inform me as 10 his means Of transportation
At noon Gen. Halleck reiterated with en-
phasis, his order for Franklin to march.
msches carryng three or our san oy
&c.
To this Gen. Mcclellan replied al l:l5P.
M:
four ana asdy n.ie no S a except ios
force enough IN haad to rorm a connection scifk
0bserrdtioa.-It is very strange that In
order that Franklin should march with his
. 60 rrTIu 80 50
him sway from II n Franklin's .rtilIars
which were In ah,ndanca IN aIa..nS.;a
WHICH Which "erc W apuhuahce Ia Aiexanufia9
rms was SO, we shall presently establish con-
clusiyeiy; and we shall also show that neither
Mcclellan nor frdnkltn, erer applied for
pditsportottoh 10 ue Qudrtermdster'S De-
purtmeht, schtch pdsfeddy instantly TO JRr-
aish IL.
The 2skh of AugusL-On the morning of
sno @osA AAaieSA seiesi aPhs unecuy W fTdHh-
hn:
"on p.rting with Gan Afccl.I.n aho,, ,o
o'clock this morning. 1t was understood that you
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asa hava r.. 70 na5 me me enemy i rom ne ra
retnrnea 70 Sisxandria NJ xon NJ" ha me-, saa naJ
bis order srf on rms - ''N "A'e NV i'os'eu
To this atlp MccIallan ma, EronLln
renles.
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been doing ali possible to hurry sTtiery and cav
airy. The moment Franklin can be started with
reasonable amount OF artillery lac shall go.
BARNARD. and he sure the work. ,owsrds chsio ssu
Bridge are perfectly secure / look upon these
works, Ethan Allen and Marcy, as of the first i'm
PonAnce'
At ~ Pm. haiieeK impauentiy telegraphs
Mcclellan:
- Not moment must be lost In pushing large
norce as possible ssh, % tosafds Manassas SO a. to
Forced . Sf0 0'''' '"' s"s"s 70 '''H-
,ro ,h,s N.c,.r.n rar,;as =, Am
' i.p"e' A.
,u s mnatss ,he cona,,am me ~ sere WIZ NOV
slry We are not vet in q condition 10 moo
be by fo-morrop morning"
AT S:40P p. NJ, Halleck still more impera-
lively telegraphs:
"There must be M fortbo, DELAY i, movinv Franz.
lin corps towards ;fheg 81 40 10 porro,o
morning, ready ready, live delay to get ready
.neie w " no necessity 10 20 at All Tor Rope 'on
there Il wsnt Of wasons he ,a ,.t e as@
visions with them till the wagons can come TO their
relief"
To which Mcclellan replies at lOP.M.
Your dispatch receiyed. FranlIin,s co,ns IN.
been ordered to march at o'clock tomorrow morn.
ning. sumner has about 1900 infantry, without
'A'a'' " A."''' au,e'
history Of the 2sth ~ Apans, ~ sne
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Mese rs PuOttShed W Ten. McCteuda IN his
Eepo,. Iney snow tse reiterated orders
oen. McS,enah received 70 send reinforce
inens " oPc, anu tnc ihhhinehce OF the cri-
sis thas was upon lnal General They show
on the part OF Mcclellan the shallow subter-
fupes he emDloved In avoid oha vim thesa or
aars Tn hjs ,.LoIa sar;a. ~ s IT,
Is but one that presents even the shoio OF sub
stantiality namely the supposed lack of