The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-10-07
gHz UNION AND 5evRN1 WEEKLY PAPER BEFeD azac
The LaurelS Of Little Mao.

LIST, Mcclellan planned and ordered tho ad'
vance upon Balls Bluff, and was the cause o.
that slaughter. ,N..
%. Mcclellan wasted month in be,egInS
Yorktown, defended BY garrison OF only ooo0
men. while he had l3J. 600.
ID Mcclellan suffered his army to be surpriseu
with heavy loss, at Fair Oaks. -. ~,
4th. Mcclellan by neglectipg to iorty h h.'
TANKS and rear, allowed his whole position w,
tore Richmond TO be taken in the reverse; I'M; aIu
ordered disastrous retreat before sinS'e
corps of the enemy. "
5ih Mcclellan ordered retreat from MAI
vcrn Hin without cause or justitcation, ai'ef
our men had achieved glorious victory there,
9th. Mcclellan by that retreat prevented
Pope from coming TO his aid by the way al
Linahburg. and Thus precipitated upon Pope's
small force the whole Of Lees army.
7,h. Mcclellan neglected for three weeks to
obey an order to move his army northward to
effect n junction with Pope, and that time Lee
used to move his own army against Pope.
sth. Mcclellan withheld reiniorccments and
supplies from Pope, which would have enabled
the latter to beat back Lee successfully.
9th. Mcclellan opposed oil the military and
naval expeditions against the rebel seaboard,
which he knew were essential TO render the
blockade perfect. ..... ...-. ..ry,.
10th. Mcclellan opposed the division Of the
Army of the Potomac into corps, and only ala
divide II when peremtorily ordered to do so by
Secretary Stanton, although he must have
known that no army Of that size could be man
aged without such division.
llth Mcclellan neglected or refused to take
the field at the head of the Army Of the Poto.
mac and commence a campaign until compelled
To do SO by the orders Of the President and
War Department.
10. Mcclellan suffered the Potomac to be
blockaded by the enemy for months. when he
could have prevented il.
18th. Mcclellan did not participate in the
battles fought by his army, but was IN every
case distant from the battle, leaving his snbor-
dinatcs to manage for themselves.
IA. Mcclellan delayed his part OF the opera
tionsin West Virginia until the enemy, whose
retreat from Rich Mountain he was to stop, had
been beaten by Rosecrans, and escaped.
q 18th. Mcclellan maguifed the Quaker guns
and scattered pickets of the rebels ut Munson's
Hill intoa formidable fertilization, defended by
a strong garrison, and began a careful cam
paign against ii until an adventurous Union
man went up to the place and discovered the
cheat.
18th. Mcclellan suffered himself to be delud-
ed in like manner at Manassas, and was unde-
ceived in precisely the same way.
18th. Mcclellan never seemed to have any
accurate knowledge OF the rebel forces, as he
regularly magnfed their strength on the au-
thority ofpretended spies.
18th. Mcclellan allowed Buell. to keep an ar
my of 40 900 men idle. at bay before rebel
force of less than 81, 900, while Halleck's forces
under Grant were dong the very work conhded
To Buell..
10Th. Mcclellan kept the whole immense Ar
my of the Potomac lying idle, through long
winter, without ordering the cons ruction Of
winter quarters to shelter the men from the in.
element weather the only apparent reason for
this course bling desire to conceal the inten
tion.n not TO move the army.
Goth. Mcclellan sacrificed Il, 900 men at Har-
pers Ferry by Withholding Franklin's corps Ell
Their FROM succoring them or reinforcing Burn
side at An,ietam. .....
2lst. Mcclellan caused the slaughter Of the
Corn Exchange regiment by the foolish cross
ing Mt Shepherdstown, Nd, in precisely the
same manner rs ut Bulls Bluff.
22d. Mcclellan refused to move his army
against Lee after Antie,am on various pretcxts
that il could not be moved, although upon be-
Ing superseded by Burnside the latter moved the
army with the greatest eelerity.-Phiia. North
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