The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-01-07
Longstreet and Gen. AverilI's Ex-
HJItnY7

| LOngStreet and Gen. Av6rill'S EX-
peQIClOn.
| The New York Heralds correspondent in
Western Virginia, under date Of December
goth, writes as follows:
GEN. LONGsTREET's FAILURE-HIs SIEGES
1t does now seem from present and past
events that Gen. Longstreet, as the COM
mander of besieging force is s failure
Less than a year ago he appeared before
Suffolk, Virginia, and set to work to be-
siege it with large and well trained rebel
force. On this occasion his movements were
slow and badly timed. He made no moves
that were not promptly met by Gen. Peck,
who fought Longstreet on this occasion more
with the pick and shovel than anything like
the bayonet or ordinance power. AT one
time Longstreet by sacrificing few hun
dred men, could have taken Suffolk and the
greater portion of its garrison had he only
been prompt i'll making the assault and
plucky enough to press all his available
forces into the line of attack. AS it was,
after toolishly delaying great number OF
days, he had to raise the siege steal away,
by stuffing rebel uniforms and fixing these
dummies in the places of his picket guards
and make rapid march to reinforce Lee,
and at the same time to sandwich Sedgwick
to prevent Gen. S. from turning the right
of the rebel line.
Almost the same thing occurred at Knox
vile, Instead Of pitching I'M at once, he
delayed to carry on the siege on scientific
principles regular approaches
In the mean time Gen. Grant attacked
Bragg and whipped him. Now we find
him making instead Of his scientific regu-
lar, the most irregular approaches, on sew
eral points of the compass. lie, too seems
to be troubled with the Onward to Rich
mond," and the complaint is so violent that
he is attacked at all times with spasms Of
Union cavalry, and bitterly complains that
the rebel siege pills did not work, and may
yet be the cause Of fatal results
TIE RECENT ExPEDIuoN-Irs DANGERS.
TO cut the Virginia and Tennessee rail
road was no easy work; the distance to be
travelled great; the plan Of operations too,
with all its combinations one Of great in
terest and ingenuity.
1t must be understood that the whole
force moved in four columns, AverilPs be-
ing the main one, and the other the strategic
ones They all moved about the same time
| the 8th of the present month, SulIivans
/ forces moved from Harper's Ferry Averill 8
from New Creek, Mooro's from Beverly and
Scammons from Charleston. Moore and
Scammon made junction at Lewisburg,
while Averill advanced toward the railroad
| line-these latter movements tending to
threaten Union from two sides. At Woods
borough Averiii sent off a command under
Colonel Thoburn to threaten Stanton. At
this time Sullivan forces advanced to Harri-
sonburg, and threatened Staunton from the
other side.
BY what is given above, it will be seen that
while Stauuton Was threatenedfrom the north
and west, and Union was also threatened from
two directions, AveriIl pressed on to execute
the main object for which the expedition was
organized. Of course there are many interes-
ting details connected with the minutiae OF
this affair that can best be explained in the
full account Of the operations Of each column