Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1865-08-24

hao pccn '"''"S' ''''" ny NY ohhClal ~
port OF the occupation m OF that stronghold
uhder GATE OF ouhe - iooZ, That Nv hlle
AZ Sumperland rofd l was compelled to
haul forage Exhibit j. distance Of ninety
miles. ana that during the months OF April
aud May, the roads were so bad that train
OF ten wagons couid only advance three or
ionr miles per day.
mat on the 3Oth OF June, lSO2, tele-
graphed TO Lieut. Ool; swords, Assistant
Quarlermaster Uencrai-
we are IN want OF everything. We are
destitute OF forage.
That on the 2ist day. OF July, 1862, Chief
Engineer Craighiii, acting on my staff, telc-
graphed 10 Drlgadlcr Uencral 1otten, at
w asllngton Clty-
-, me country IN our rear IS exhausted
lgat M IN our iromt soon VIII pc
mat on the <ou on guy, teiegfahhe6 10
the secretary OF war ana TO yen buell.
my suPPetes are rery snort. q
lhat on the 2yth orJnly' IN my letter o.
Instructions to Chief Engineer Cra,ghill,
about 10 proceed TO uen; iai'cfk head
quarters, hENhipit hh l s,1leu ,hat
~ ie,.ncosoc '': anu 1917 - " 'ne
Diue ue uraao rcS,oii are eAhaus'Iu'
may on lne io.il on august r'clegpapmeu
u .ne ouo.o''! u, /" " al , anu W @ ool,' ,i
nj nave apout 'hree weeks IuPpnes.
ihas VII ',,o ~ 3i Vi
W .Ig .eu'csa,y vi W AT anu W 1Gn' ~, ,;,
N'roy nnl'h cannot possibly n lInia'II
tnreG wiehs NJ; III my ill',heo'a.e rear, Wn'ie
eau noiu .oas p'nGe hNe "ccNS VII" III!
P'11chI.I Ia II,,i',',hu Ia,d .hC t o,.. ,1 Cue
l ,u G,,, ,tu H. .ie dn, ioti l;'.t'h
uaTS a.on, ,h .ho ,", unte VI Ana. u,s hod
n NAY III H. .no III y, >usu''' "iieO
"v.1,a, .nan hnnG.nl i,",n ',ia j co., ns loodod
WIZ, WIN ioi'Sc anu supsistencc ianc "iiHcu'
J ihose s9PPlie" were pIihciPaly VI iorasei
when had been hauled over one hundred
miles, ana as the teams had TO be fed, Whle
: on the road, from the wagons, the amount
was greatly reduced.
Here, then, Is the proof that Gen. Hal
lack was repeatedly. informed OF my true
condition as to supplies, and that It he had
= the means to have given me relief, as he
5 says he might have done, he is beyond
all doubt responsible Tor the loss OF Cum
: berand Gap
= Gen. Hallack says that the Government
believed that Cumberland Gap would form
Il serious obstacle to the retreat OF the cne-
t my.
| If the administration so believed, it was
the duty OF General Halack to have correct
ed so erroneous an Impression. lie was
, aware that had invaded East Tennessee in
XIX, Sm;rh had I'm ;uvoJnJ add v"ptncl~ t" hv % the
same routes in Augu>tnftLat year., Hence,
enn o,',' haI I'1 Gnnnr m U,ccI . mem, Tuu ,n
w;th smnrI;eS as ba .nvS bn n'i,ht ha"o mo
DANA tLa Inrces of Rr,%g and Smith wnnlJ
Io~e ratraoteJ br tw% o. ,brnn rn,dy Inv
.taad n", ~ h., ouo y WV u '''''0 i'"''' III
In ohod;en@,.n @ r. instructions from, ,bo Soc.
: rotarv of Va lont lin, al r;ind ~ M,
m"vcments, and on The Iitb day Of Nav.
, and twice afterwards, | suggested the i'm,
, portance of nrotec,inr the lines Of commu.
+ nication between Lonuisville and Nashville
a and between Lexington and Cumberland
! Ford; and afterwards + Ss.on,iy recon-
!. nended the occupation of Rogers and Biz
!, Greek gaps But both these lines were lei
f unprotected; the cavalry had repeatcdl,
asked for was not furnished, and the natu
! raj result the weakened and exposed condi
i ton of Kentucky, were the raids of Johr
f Morgan and the invasions of Smith ant
I Bragg.
Regarding the occupation of East Ten
nessee as of vital importance, in vain
, made every effort to have a rail or othel
good military road constructed TO Cumber
/ land Gap, and from thence to be extende,
to intersect the great road from Richmond
which connects East Tennessee with Vir
ginia, the Carolnas. Alabama and Missis
. Sinni