, 1865-05-23
REPORT OF COMMITTEE On
CONDUCT OE THE WAR;
Fort EfaheF-Red River Campaign
The Mine Mt Petersburg.
Correspondence N. T. Trthune. :

| Int virtual C1rc[UEfnp nf III. fn11n 1nf30F3
OF the Committee m tha fnndnct Of fI,e
War, and The substance Of thcir fortheomins
| report. ~ N'1"'1
| / have en,ovaa Tho n-,x,,o,a of a r1arce
| thtoupb The r61,mcs int oiven n the mint
er. ami s,,nnnsa + 49, sns.1v ernnyh IN.
!, ,foim fht. Ti,hi;c th,Gn,b tna h,.i6,,nF 1vh.t
tha testa%nv M % tGsrs; sne as, ~ oSa y
r,iprrnrr fn snne - nana,o's ,hic,s ~ w t,cen
mnrh toiket, nho,,t d,;Ppir5. ~ s iast 4.anr
~e.~o aooat oa4n':s t4c 1ass seaN'
| iaE ooaalT1ER AND THEIR WORK.
| THIS committee Of seven: 1t will ba reuem;
originally consisted of Wade. Chand,er. and
johnson on the. part Of the SenatesS and
Gooch, Julian, Coyode and 0dell, Of the
house. II Was rcappolnted in January, 1858,
ana 5ince mat time huckalew, Of >Pennsylva-
har,,a'a a7 p1as,a y sucGeea 1oauiDa'
ann; snhtt tti,mted ~ "4 DEL E' Loan' ~ H..s-
eIectsd. ~. ooun eo'ooe' HUI is'
LUIS CotnnItete HaIc prosecuted INC "ork
m naEa vain fnoomltaole Industry, folio wing
up nl the campaigns that seemed ut au
donbtlnl N purpose Or result, With great dill
three large volumes lave been given to the
people Of the country to the solution OF
number Of intricate problems, and three mc.o
haye just gone 10 the public printer. 4 sey-
epth volume Il nearly realy, and the eight th
md last will he published sometime Id the
AAll44Hs cAAUAAAA4Ss lC6uuE Q1 Inc NfGAt
campaiens Of Grant md Sherman during the
year, ard containing much valuable supple
mentAry matter. Ihtse eight volumes. pre-
pnred BY deliberate and conscientious men.
iIom c1hcial statements ard records, and at d
peri Of time sufficiently subsequent to the
ocensEerees 1of passions and prcjudices to
nave s1ns,dea ana personal hostt1itics - bc
somewhat a'iayed, and accompanied by copl.
Gus notes and explanatory figures, will be re-
Eeiuea n tle futnts Us lle most complete aud
reta9le e:a9 Il s}ofy o. the military achievements
o. lnls Waf. LIS gi.antic Tork, and re-
ssna4entn a t,,a VAC, anna otner exacttns labors.
~. na'n 'ot!o"s1 up oat Various afn'cs - Astdu-
ont a1u q.neu sts.ny on every import
aa' lsi"t VI W. "nta's eApef'ence'
: TIE RED RIVER DISASTER.
The most ample Testimony has been taken.
bearing on tle Red River cAlnpatSn, aud it Is
Of q rhIIacter most Damaging to any military
pret.uslons Of Gen. l}anSs. 1t demonstrates
him 10 hsva been guilty OF msrIrnary !uo
tive, either for the btnGnt u himself Or
u1ende. IN Ihe PURPOSE o. tAe expealA!n, aha
o. 1ncou'p.unee n euhauctlnE T. y WIN
tu'n ont " " out u. sne t1iost at;S1eu!tapie
Ian:ael!ons =! 1ne Mar. - "on4a seem 10
Iase uso ~ .ss't11naeu o.9sst ahu 70 haVe
@ Gceu T. nsstso anu nsvstcuteu ne!e!3 ~
E.uuu totI - d'. edEsu..E ~ sen.9te 'it ~ pus
monty N toe pogasts u pfl7ats cltlzens. ana
ct1.. ~ snpssise NnatH .ne ulMf auS navy ol ING
81 socal"ss' Melo p1asea unser tns conttoi o.
tae speeusa1els; u may oe aoded that all
.olalsner tse Msa n!seE Exp'a1tlon: secfe.
tas slAnto1 u1a uot ptner zen dfant 1lo
not o.'ect u ano Aaa,ecA s"ea:s tlat ne
t1s kneS oos "0lu aoout ~ nnta a!ss5 II had
!1'cu' 1e1' H,aht eutefta1ns hue IS NOT SLOW
10 express IN these Fo,1mcs tae Wast con-
tne ianGaaee o. & NJ eo1,nseats On the ali1'r.
MES - stFele tn4t INC sonEuttef, u HakMg
Er 1nsr report, preferred not u quote
1o4 IL
IoIl 9lsatE'
The Cc,nmitsce Examined carefully nll the
circumstances Of the l7st fallnrc at Fort
F4ltr, and Gen. Bu;lcr is substantially via
dlcatta f,y the 1cport- But!er, Weltzel,
Iersy, Porter. have testlnet, and the1r' te6l1-
lns.n} all points tn the same dtection-:h3t
1n MS Eartaufsd III declining to make: the
attack for which Ae has been 20 much cen-
sut'd: Terry says IT was f1ir upen military
GH"stton Whe; her to land and attack or not.
Weitzc', the fritrt OF Gen. Graa: slye that
l. Lc bad gone ut the lead Of such an expedi-
t'on, With tnttfe d .screlion in the matter. hs
never "oua navel put man ashore. bnt1sr5
,s,a!.!. ~ ~ nas. o1ea - men.esl ouSt
c,n, e,u,a'n ua l'Gaotto.S oauts tf9u eSh'
T,;. ~ ~ ruu ~ ~ ~, I'LL.
a. ~, ~ ~ ,r 10y ~
Wit. - .i,.otn,s ~, &C. oonnt ~ H.
n.v 4n..st ~ ~ ,fa .Ia.' W. w. ~ ~
~ .nu 4e p'L pt'HHhtas y. aae .t:' 'otce,
~ ~ ~ G.s f noni1 haee peTn Pelnoa=, ana
~ a's ut.a'on "oatu Mse lAuea Ettn great
tuss a,st u = g. ~ - sne lug eAIe'
oaIs . @ uaus u'..,n ~ eatc tnas "no w y.
henuco tnns pu.as' nnotau ~ NV haa' nat-
teI ~" ' nc "ae nnt - ~. ~ tne osDeF
nsna, b",lts s"eats tl'as Il vas in1enaea he
enHulI " aa.u tnat a.@us hue" Ae vas
E"l1s: y seens pIooaole tnat one or me
o.hef u sAese sen'!slntn Is lalstAken; les
s!monS Q! osneF egnssaIs enoSs NAV buiier,
commanding conn ~ re Dspaslments,haai a perfect
nsns ~ a5Ieou,pao1 tnp eAPe%nlun untess
sa..aaaasa 1ei ~ ~ ~ aua iush y was tae
- H. cn,,,aaad :" 1ne "o''o 4es oun Hso
III eoa'al aao, ,,,.- .r,r,r,srn,c
= A4.A" 49,.
a'aon lhat Tue testimony exone.ate5 General
burnside and inyolTes Gen. Meade ior tte
tdseo IN ltont oi fe1ersonfE. den. utnns MN
s-l aonnfa IN hts testimony 1nct burnside
Ttuhd Fsoean'y nave eucceeaea II o. nhc oeen
et a!one Win n1s nes!o tsoops. Ihese Fot-
unlss % seeAl ~ ,ls snoN ina. nen. Aeaos lasHs
cuAEoeHse III Aiihsett apu aaAes .ouEset u nis
tcars and apprehenstcns rathcE than his hope,
aETTysnuR0, ETC.
THIS view Is quite confirmed br the further
evidence induced In considering the GettyG-
bu1g battle, and the campaigns frum the
RapralianDock 10 the Janrs. I'll. investisa-
TIM $ Of the committee into the C :nduct of the
Potomac army ha9o been very extensive ard
thorough, and the whole ttudcncy OF the
testimony is decidedly detrimental to the
r. crulship Of General Mtude. It will show
that tlat after the battle Of Gettysburg, It
wus paf3cctlT practicable to capture Lees
Whole army before re-cros:ing the Potomac.