The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-08-23
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Gen. Wright did not nako.a full and
formal investigation at the time IL was
ordered" And yet, when Gen. Hal.
leck penncd the expression Of that re-
gret, he knew that the Investigation was
asfull and formal as it cotld have been
made. except by Court Of Inquiry 6r
Court Martial. He says that such an in.
yestigation twas due 10 General Morgan
as we'll as to Gen. Wright and the Gov.
erumsnt." If due to me, why did Gen.
Halleck refuse to grant me Court Mar
tial or Court Of Inquiry? II due to
the Government, why did not General
Halleck procure an order for Court Of
Inquiry; or himself order Court Mar
tial! Gen. Halleck ought To know that
Gen. Wright had not the power TO order
Court Of Inquiry; he (Halleck) re-
fused me Court, and did not order one
but, on the contrary, he order
cd the investigation to be made by q
single oficer-selected that officer him:
self, and at the late day he grudingly and
privately justi6es my conduct on the re-
port of that officer. r..
Gen. Halleck further says: "Gen. Nor.
gan represented his force as able to hold
Cumberland Gap against any number Of
troops which the enemy could bring
against him. He was almest boastful in
his confidence that he could do this
On these assurances the Government be.
lieved that the post would be held BY us,
and serve rs serious obstacle to the re.
treat Of Gen. Bragg's army"
General Halleck strangely confoundf
aforce" with "subsistence." ! did hold
nay position against force more than
four times greater than my own--the en-
emy completely surrounded. but did moi
attack me. And had not Gen. Hallecl
failed to open communication between
Lexington and Cumberland Gap, as he
promised to do Exhibit H }, that strong
hold would be ours to day.
l had sufficient force to beat the enc
my if he attacked me, but had not sub
sistence sufficient to keep my troops tw'
weeks longer from starvation.
In his report of Dec I'd, 1862, Gener
al Halleck says that just before the cvac
ution, 1 reported that had "severa
weeks supplies but in bis letter o
February s, 1858, hc asserts that in |
dispatch Of Sept llth, 1862, alledged t.
have been written by me six days befor
the evacuation, I said that bad supple
for seventy or eighty days. But in tha
same letter General Halleck says: g!
is true that he (Morgau) stated in hi
dispatch that his supplies were limited;
How, then, does Gen. Halleck reconeil
the assertion of seventy or eighty day
supplies vith his admission that ! report
ed tbat my supplies were limited I II
says that I so stated in my dispatch Q
September IL, 1852; but l deny hayin
written such dispatch to General Ha
leek, Generel Wright, or any other pei
son. No such dispatch was ever write
by or for. me; and if any purporting to b
such is in existence, denounce 1t as
forgery. r..
| In my official report to Gen. Wrigh
October 10, 1862 Exhibit y, ! said
"0n the 9th Of September last (Exhib
y, I addressed letter to j.,Gener'
Wright, by one Of my aids de,camp. wit
q verbal message that by eating mules v
could hold uut sixty days { Exhibit X }
but on the 18th Of September, the ab
and energetic division quartermaster IL
formed me that it was impossible loDg'
to feed the mules, and suggested th'
they should be sent to the Ohio river
I further stated that my troops had bee
six days without bread, and that l.
Courcy had failed to obtain the hopet
, for supplies at Manchester. These fac
were all before General Halleck while !
was writing his report Of December 2n
1862, for which he 80 uneracefnlly apol
giIes 10 his letter TO Gen. Wright Of Eel
ruary, 9Th, 1863. rcp ,.tr.u ,i ~
Il -
General Halleck further says; INA
, his (Morgan's true condition bee
known, measures would have peen 'ake
: to relieve him." grti,s
) Does yen; halleok mean % ssy 'na, ~
ga not 40 oil no was aoIe 70 40 a. D
Hin, Richmond aud Lexington 4, 10 Z.
! no admit that no ald nos cause P Dras y
\ and smith 70 De driven from hen'uc' ts
: g the earliest pos,siple moment !, !, !, :
I then itis certain that Generar hsIleck seN,E
I responsible tor the los: Of Cgmcerlar y
Gap ; for the enemy nalntAined ms POI
/, ton 10 the heart Of kentueky, one nu
}. dred miles this SIDE Of oumosrlanc 10y
( until more than TWO months s,.er y
!, troops had been starved out 81 oumoe
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