The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-25

New Harkct cross roads II is tact well known chat
alter RAEpALL's Battery takon BY the enemy
and rotabon by the Receives lsee Colonel BoLIis.
gKp'e reportb the guns could not be removed for
want Of horses, ferty odd those belonging 20 the
battery lyinP dead on the ground; and am autho-
rEed to say that RANDALL applied TO Goneral
HEIHTzELSAE, attor nightfall, for mon TO drag MS
guns OF the ground but was refused by that offcor
the plea that "it would bring a renewal Of the
| battle" For instance, General Meade SAYS TO mo
/ In letter dated Hcad-qunrtcrq Army OF tho Poto-
mac, March 1894 :-"i have aivavs maintained that
/ these guns RAEDALLs Battery were not lost by
| the division, but were abandoned by tho armv
ut notorious that they ancd all ight IN their
original position the hed outside tho line of the
| encmy's pickoia the enemy having withdrawn from
! tho field attor dark and not returning till eight
| O'Clock tho next day, whom thor skirmishers ad-
vanccd in order OF battle. aud finding these guns,
! took possession Of them. I have this from RAN
DALI, who, being aware OF il ut the time applied TO
| kEAEEEY, and think, 10 HErErzELMAE, for au-
thOutY qua men TO drag his guns OIL but was refused
! on tho ground IL would briug on n renewal Of tho
battle, and at one O'Clock the division with the army
| moved on 20 Malvern Hill. When 1 say ] had il
iron RANDALL, mean the tact that the enemy did
not take pOssgssi0n OF them tho Runsl the evening
OF tho battle, but Tell back and lett them Tor Us 10
| drag on il we chose. Tho fact that they took pos.
| SESSION Of thom tho next morning about eight
| o'clock, got from Dr. COLLINS, THIRD Rcgiment
! J.. X. e., who remained with the wounded, and
l saw the advance OF the enemy the next day."
Again, Mr. j. Il. SYPHER, of Lancaster, some time
| tiuco with the Army OF the Potomac, statos that
| he was toll by RANDALL himself that "he had ap-
! piled TO General BEtSrzELMAN ior mon 20 drar or
bis guns, and was refused" on the grounds stated
| by General MEADE in The foregoing lettor.
Now hero is satisfactory testimony thai these
guns lay on the outside O. the enomy's lines and
were seen there long alter sunrise the following
morning by Surgeon JAMES COLLINS, OF the Third
Regiment Tenus lvania Reserves lHEADEs Bri-
gndel and by many others who renamed to care
ior ourwounded tas since reported to mo-. and were
not in possession OF the enemy until by the retreat
OF tMUCLELLANs army, they tel', Encdrcd for, into
the hands OF the enemy. It must Hso be remembered
that al tlis tmo Col. S. G.. SIMMONS, Commanding
the First Brigade OF the Reserves, was mortaly
wounded General e.. G.. MEADE, commanding tae
Second Brigade, severely wounded and COM
PEELED TO leave the fold, and General j. SEYMOUR,
commanding Third Brigade, was not to be found,
while had myself about dark whilo moving ior-
ward wh the purpose OF recovering this same bat
terry, been made prisoner Remembering this say,
1t Will be seen that Generals hEARNEY aud HEINZ
zELhAN were the proper officers to whom RANDALL
should have applied for the means TO save his guns,
which could without loss have been done after the
enemy had retired. I therefore do not hesitate 20
assert that the SIX guns OF RANDALL's Battery were
shamoully abandoned b. MCCLELLAN's army--not
lost by NE. As regards the German battery
let behind by whose authority l know not
and found on my ground by me, and unfor-
" II
in consequence OF finding 1t there, position
in my line OF battle is guns could not have been
included IN the twenty-Ono reported by MCCLELLAN
lost bg my diUis;oa g,Utng icdy under the onset Of
superior numbers, for the best OF viz. they
id not diCdt the onset, but vigorously fed, and
over and tramplod my men (tour companies !
Fourth Regiment placed in their rear for their sup
port and protection. Colonel Roy STONE, COM |
maHding the BueAtails FIRST Regiment Reservcs) |
stating in his report 10 me- "Ihis advance of tho |,
Ivtrha sv,N
have been checked by tho Dutch battery belonging |
to PoErER's corps, and temporarily with your dvi-
that day, but it deserted by It's gunners ON
the Jirst appearance OF the enemy" Some OF these
guns however, were saved, and brought off, In To
terring this incident OF the battle have not in
tended to speak shsbtnEy, although the whole affair
in that connection was rather ludicrous
To sum up think may say | have established
the following points,
LIST. That my DIVISION was attacked at o'clock !
r. NJ, june 3Oth (batte o. Nelson's Farm, ON New
Market eros, roads, not at O'Clock, as stated by
General McCIELLAE.
I'd. That it Gd not give way in less than an hou-,
as stated by General MCCLELLAN, but fought till
mghtial tabout four hoursb with what result let the
country judge.
Sd, That the New Jersey Brigade was not sent to
occupy portion OF my deserted position, as stated
by General MCMILLAN, but was sent to tho roiof
OF General KEAESEY, who had called for aid.
4th. That General MCCLELLAN's report TO Presi.
| dent LINCOLN, that "hc had lost but twenty-five
| guns on the field OF battle, twentY-ono OF which
| were lost by MoCALL's Division giving way under
| the onset OF superior nnmhors'" ts "oS :" "o0OTa-
/ dRce With tUcts.
Tho statements I have made in the foregoing pages
are the record part, the operations OF my dvi-
/ sion iu the battc OF Nelson's Farm, or Newmarket
! Crosr-foads we'll known either to General MEADE
or 10 the colonies OF regiments ard other Ofic]is OF
! the DIVISION and can be proved before any military
! tribunal in tho country.
| On the 2jth September, 1854, sent TO General
McCIrLIAN n COPY OF letter written to a friend OF
| nine which letter was in substance and almost in
| language identical with the foregoing statement In
| full This did wishing TO afford him an opportu-
nifty to correct his oihcia report rejecting
upon my diyrisn and myself If arising from hastily
examined reports OF Ina subordinate and as hastily
| written and published IN n,S own
This should have done at an pNrner GATE haI al
the materials desired TO coliost bcea earher in my
pOss ssion. INDUCED the nope That on being made
acquainted with tue mc,s here stated he would have
accorded to the reunsyvaaia Reserves the need OF
praise earned with the bcst bood o, the State. This
he has declined OF .aed 10 doi and reluctantly
compelled in justice TO my brave associates to make
known their claims 10 their cOunuy's gratitude. My
object y yindcGton and justice attack. Tho re-
pO,ts Ot Genera HEINTzELMAS and others I have
necessarily IeCned TO, take II Tor granted were
honestly mGuu though probably without as strict oy-
animation OF the jcct as should always -, A.,
ofc al reports 0! mi itary comnand- .rt" 80
proved their gal artry in ii" esd, and entertain
no mkindy iocInsi '.,wsrds tlon, their orrors
| have been lcIe'~ IN o,,,o,c
GEoRGE a MCCALL.
Bellar, October o. 1862