Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-10-19
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10, 1861
creek and reported to General Halleck f,
orders.


/, GENERAL MCCLELLAN WITHOUT COMMAND.
, As if not yet satisfied with its attempts
to lDjure General McClellans reputation.
the administration kept him at Acquia
creek during General Pope's series of de.
feats, and at one time lie had bafely one
hundred men under his command Eve
ry fresh dispatch from General Pope bro't
sad tidlrgs, the brave men of the Army
OF the Potomac who survived the PENN
sula campaign were hurried into battle
only to be sacrificed, and the general
whom they loved, and in whom they trus.
ted so implicitly, was kept IN his tent al.
most within sound of their guns because
OF the Washington strategists. At last
Mcclellan could restrain his feelings no
longer, and in d dispatch to General Hal
leck, dated August 500 80 p. NJ, wrote
these words: II cannot express TO you
the pain and modification have expert
enced to-day in listening to the distant
sound of the firing Of my men. as can
, be OF no further use here, | respectfully
ask that, if there is n probability Of the
conflict being renewed tomorrow, | may
be permitted to 50 to the scene of battle
with my staff merely to be with my o7n
men, if nothing more; they will fight
none the worse for my being with them.
If it is not deemed best to entrust me with
the command even of my own army, /
simply ask to be permitted % share Mcr fate on
| he. .feld Of battle.
"PlesSe reply to tkis tonight"
i GEN. M'CLELLAN AGAIN IN COMMAND.
That same day. unknown TO Gen. Nc
| Clellan, an order had been issued by the
War Department placing him in command
OF the troops not sent forward to General
! Pope's command and at 10 o'clock on the
following evening, Gen. Halleck, in dis
patch to him, besought his aid in these
wold5
81 beg of you to assist me in this crisis
! with your ability and experience"
On the lst Of September he repaired to
Washington the shattered remuns of
Gen. Pope's army fell back to the fortif-
cations of that city, and, Just at the time
news came that the rebels were crossing
I the Potomac. Gen. Mcclellan collected
a. speedily rs possible the fragments Of
! the army, and, on the 7th of September
left Washington to find Lees army and
! defeat it.
| THE INVASION OF MARYLAND AND THE VICTo-
ny OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN.
/ BY series of forced marches he occu-
pied the strategic points along the line of
the Potomac, and compelled Lee to retire
from Frederick City on the 22d. On the
pass, pass which resulted so gloriously for our
| forces, " hich were commanded by Gen.
Franklin. The same day Gen. McC.elIan
was lighting the battle Of South Mountain.
The position held by the rebels was strong
by nature, but. after most obstinate re-
sistance, they were driven from it. Our
was one thousand FIVE hundred and sixty
eight; that Of the enemy was not known
beyond the one thousand and five hun,
dred prisoners that fell into our hands.
THE VICTORY At ANTIETAM.
Orders were issued the night after the
battle of South Mountain for an advance
at early dawn of the next day, but the
enemy fed during the night, and took up
a strong position on the heights on the
west bank of Antieiam creek. The l6tE
was spent in getting our forces into prop
er position for attack, and early on the
morning of the 18th the battle was open
| ed by the skirmsherS of the Pennsylvania
! Reserves All day long the battle ragged
with VARYING success, till at last the enemy
was forced back, and our ,roop5 slept on
the field which their valor had won.
Our total losses were 2,OlO killed, 9,4l6
wounded. lob missing. The rebels left
. 700 of their dead on the field, and we
captured Is guns, 80 colors, over $4,000
stand of small arms, and more than 6,OOO
nrisoners. But for the unaccountable de-
| law of Gen. Burnside, the results OF the
victory would have been even more com
plete.
EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO TIE BATTLE or AN
T.ETAM.
Immediately after the battle, General
Mcclellan pushed forward his troops, a
norton of which occupied lIarper'S Ferry
and The Maryland Heights on the 10Th
and 22d of September. The army was
worn out, for it had no rest from the time
that it lett Harrisons bar. Since that
time it had suffered series of defeats un-
der General Pope, and hurried through
Maryland and gained the two brilliant
victories Of South Mountain and Antie-
tam. For this reason General Mcclellan
deemed it necessary to give it some little
F respite, besides supplying it with clothing
of which it was in sore need. His cavalry,
100, had suffered greatly in the loss Of hor-
ses. On the 7th of October he received
orders from Gen. ualleek to advance lip
medately, when, as yet, the acquisitions
for the much needed supplies bad not
been filled. This order General McClel.
lan set to work to obey, but on account oI
the failure of supplies to be sent him, Il
; was twenty days before the grand advance
could be begun. The army marched vi
; the Shenandoah valley, through the gaps
into the valley of Virginia, and portion
reached Wanenton and Culpepper Cour
: House, when, on the night Of Novembel
7, General Mcclellan was ordemd 10 turr
Q over his command to Gen. Burnside ant
report at Trenton, N j.
! CEN. MCCLELLAN DEPRIVED or his COMMAND
/. The same night he penned the follow
: ing farewell address TO his brave soldiers
+. uEADouARTERs Army OF TnE PoToNAc, !
T,un RrrTnnTOWN