, 1864-10-06
McC1EIIAN'S Loyalty.
more Test1moHy-Tr+Achefy to tho
Union dnuse-He uQcrea 10 Servo the
lie bellJUft. ~

NEDell1V1.
To The members Of the National Upton Club
| Philadelphia
GlS7LEMES: am in possession OF your
1ote, IN which you ask me ii remember
havil made certain assertions at the rooms
Of the National Union Club In January last.
on Dy rttnrn from the rebsl ltnee. in regard
tD Gen. George B. Mcclellan aud Clement I.
falla. d}gham, and desiring to know If /
Wonld Ielterate sAld statement,
I recollect perfectly we'll having made ccr-
Tain statements In regard to the tTo persons
Damed .. M % and in presence Of several members
In response to your inquiry it would re-
pest eald st.tenent. I would answer b. say
1nond, Va, In 1863, wea still progressing.
snd Immediately after Gen. Mcclellan ha1
fallen back from before that city, in COMPANY
With friend. an officer In the rebel service.
who wak .prevtnted from joining his com.
mand in the Bght in question, on account: Of
g wound received 1t the battle Of Seven
Iait from the War Department at Rtcamond,
visited the fortifcations around Richmond
aEd advanced to distance Of about two
miles north OF that CITY, where we NIT Col.
Gayle, Of the 18th Alabama {rebeD regiment,
Who was particular friend OF the officer IL
whoEe company was, also Lieut. Col. Dick
ebs. ct the same regiment, with whom had
Lhe advantage OF pere0na1 acquaintance,
The Colonel was euperlntending the lfsinter-
msnt OF a-number of cases of United Seates
rines, which lay bur1ed in the ground aud In
rowR, the soil heaped over them "a II thsy
we're graves. Four Of the cases Of rifles nere
a'resdy ncburied when I reached the spot, |
END had the ito ma uDp1easaut) satisfaction |
OF handling some of thoze guns, which had |
al,ead5 been taken out Of the cases.
| beard Col Gayle say that the intsrment |
OF these aIps was known at the Wor Depart
nent (rehel) even before McCl=llan's rc5reat
from before that city.
On the inquiry of my friend and Dr.. Kelly,
Ct the rebel army, from Col Gayle, If lie
thought it bad been intended that said ru,s
shenl5 fall into the hands OF the CorteJer-
ates, the Colonel answered in the afIlrmat}ye
and concluded By saying ''Mac's Ill right."
mol more than hundred y.rds distant |
from this spot, Lieut.. Col. PickeQs pointed
our to ne nnaber Of ambulances-two
hnnored and ten In number-nad said he had
sured, the horses belonging to said ambn-
lapces we're bitched, some to trees and some
TO the rear>of the ambulances. And l was
then In the employ Of the United States, It
vas ny business to gather as much informs
siop sn IN regard to minta1y matters As possible,
thought these ambulances had been Intend
cd to be In the same t'bargafn'' ss the rifles. |
be said, II don't zee what else they should
have been intended for, they were juat where
Sou see them, and the horaes hitched where |
{oa 1;a thsm, while the fight was going on
Presently come whisky was handed round,
aGd We all drank toast to "Lftt1e Mac"
About the month Of April, Of the eame
5ear,. as Was going from Richmond to No.
oile, In company with Lieutenant Witt ind
Dr. knoed, ot Missouri, and Dr.. Fouileroy,
# Virgins, the two latter gentlemen being
# the rebel General Price's staff, Nc met
With Bsigadfer General Watson, Of Alabama,
General Watson said in my presence that
her, or at any time after the war, he would
lye satisfactory proof that Geo. B. AcCiel-
n, ofthe Federal army, st the outbreak OF
he rebellion, and during the preliutnary are
for the organization of the Con-
entrate army, had offered bis services to the ,
Confederate Government, but that ns the
Government had resolved to
Ire 1ankin preference TO officers formerly
d the United States service, according to
eniority OF rank, they could not give to Sc
;ftllan what he deElred. as other Lff1ceIs
apkea him In se- iority; and that General :
1cClel]an having become offended at this.
ben offered his services to the United States
In December, 1852, had occasioa. to cali
hen sojourDing at the Huntsville Hotel
huntsville, Alabama. Governor Shorter i
rem Introduced me to Gen Watson. who
'as present. The General recognized me
And, as the Governor resumed
conversation VIII anotAer peFHou In the | p
oom, !, while in conversation with The :
enetal, had occasion to refer to our tin to i;
Lobile, and pnrposely brought about the |
in reference to General M +
lellan, and General Watson reiterated the
:atement be had previously made In regard
, Mcclellan. :,
In regard to Clement L. all2ndIsham THIS y
hio traitor, I will say that during bis So =
urn at Richmond he Has repeatedly clos-
ed with JEFF. Dsvfs, James 4. 9edden. the !
min, the rebel Secretary Of State. B
During m5 visit to Richmond at that
poeb, learned from reliable sources (eeoei G
Is Wcrd to the rebel authorities that It the \,
emocratlc parss at the North succeeded Ia VI
ectIpg their cat didate at the next Presf- ,
ential election he would use all bis IN
1epce to obtain peace on the basis ofa g
.cogDition OF the Confederate States a. z
cafate ard ix4'trtndtnt government
Moreover, during my stay ut Richmond.