The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-03-02


tgtfy tssmaagtsf N e. sfHi ~
NTlhsfn Vlfslam wlll ptsi wllh IN /
isfnss Nha s#ppe Asea p4llm af'
IltmVseafts FrFw " M hattIe VI I.
Hanasmt ehIA w ,gg hgm ne
taad w toss ~ ftbiowyi
Iisigfe entering ulnh . hatmelen |
n the general military slefallaHa IN /
Ehs lreseHte n lhe tneuY IN The qlaf
~ Julf, prTHmu u heps aM M I
fea@nahl -spt N f~Ale seflain |
events whieh beIong 10 lle slgalegy /
of Tie campaign, aad consequently |
iofm M essenilal pad NJ Ne history /
N ne nntninn
Having l,esume satisfied that lhe |
advance ~ the enemy With decided |
superior force, bod ~ 70 numbers
and var eTtIlpage, 10 attack NJ turn
any position IN tlil- quarter wa i'm.
mtdialcly impending, dispatched
Oh thc Illh of July ono of iay stall.
Colonel James Chestnut, IT soutI,
Carolina, to submit Tor th6 toilsIlcra.
ton Of the Presidcm 4 plan II opc
rations substantially M folIowsi
proposed that General Iohnsion
should unite, a. soon as possible, the
bulk Of the army Of ibc Slenandoah
with that Of the Potomac, then under
my command, leaving only sufficient
force 70 garrison his strong works NJ
Washington, and TO guard the five
defensive passes Of the Bluc Ridge,
and thus hold Patterson in check.
At the same time Brig. Gen. Holmes
was to march thithcr, with all of his
command not essential for the dc
iehse of the position at Acquia creek.
These functions having been effected
al Manassas, an immediate impetu-
ous attack of our combined. armies
upon Gen. Mcdowell was TO follow
Y ~
as soon rs he approached my adj
vanccd position at ap around Fair
fax Court House, with NC inevitable
result, Is I lbmitted, of his com
plete defeat, and the destruction or
capture Of his army. This accom-
plished, the army Of the Shenandoah
under Gen. Johnston, increased with
q part of my forces, and rcjoined, as
he returned, by the detachment left
to hold the mountain passes, was to
march back rapidly into the valley,
fall upon and crush Patterson, with
a superior force, whcresoever he
might be found. This, / confidently
estimated, would be achieved within
fifteen days after General Johnston
should march from Winchester for
Manassas. il..
Meanwhile, | was 10 occupy the
enemy's works on this side Of the
Potomac, if, as / anticipated, he had
been 50 routed as 70. enable me to
enter them with him, OF, il not, to
retire again for q time within the
lines Of Bull Run With my main
force. Patterson having been vir-
tually destroyed, then Gen. Johnston
would reinforce Gen. Garnetf sufli-
cient to make him superior to his
opponent Gen. Mcclellan and able
to defeat that officer. This done,
Gen. Garnett was TO form an imme-
diate junction with Gen. Johnston,
who was forthwith TO cross the Poto-
mac into Maryland with his whole
force, arouse the people as he ad-
yanced, to the recovery Of their po-
litical rights, and the defense Of their
homes and families from an offensive
invader, and then march TO the in
vestment Of Washington, in the rear,
while | resumed the oflensivejn front.
This plan of operations, you are
aware, was not acceptable at the time
from considerations which appeared
so weighty as 10 more than counter
balance its proposed advantages. In
formed OF these views, and of.the
decision Of the war department, j
then made my preparations for the
stoutest practicable defense Of the
line Of Bull Run, the enemy having
developed his purpose by the edyancc
on and and occupation of Fairfax
Court House, from which my adj
vance brigade had been withdrawn.
The war department having been
informed by me, by telegraph, on the
the 18th Of July, Of the movement
Of Gen. Mcdowell, Gen. Johnston
was Immediately ordered to form a
junction of his army corpse with
mine, should the movement, In his
Judgment, be deemed advisable. Gen.
Holmes vas also directed to push
forward with two regiments, a bate
! ry and one company of artillery.
I