Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-05-27
AWARE, OHIO, FRIDAY. MAY. q. 1870.

August a.-McClelian teIeerazhs
/ HaIleck! IF IS not possible for any one
/ to place this army where YOU wish It,
Ireadvto move, in less than month. Il
| Washington is. in danger now, this army
can. scarcely arrive IN time to save It II
IS IN much better position to do 50 from
here than from Acquia. on maizzIal
cen onL' be Sag'ed 81 As5'lg NJ 71Hols
army 10 c0zer ii If az age pressed. If
sensibly weakened by detachments, the
result might be the loss of much nlateti-
| al and many men.
That is. in .AcCIellan's judgment the
| protection of his baggage was of more
/ importance than the protection Of the
| National Capital! The likelihood that
| he would be pressed was by this time
very slight as Lee, while Mcclellan was
killing time, was making. haste for Cor
louisville.
August. 1.-Two army corps {Por-
! ter's and Heintzelman 81, were put in
motion for Fortress Monroe and Nc
Clellan telegraphs. Movement has
commences by land and water
/ don't like Jackson 5 movements.
August I5.-Lee's Headquarters are
at Gordonsville. His whole army was
rapidly assembling in k5Gt Of Pope.
August I6.-McCieHan, left Har-
rison's Landing withshis rear guard.
August IS.-Generat Pope now con
fronted by Lees whole force withdraws
from the Rapidan.
August 2o.-Lee drives in Pope's
pickets on the Rappahannock and en-
deayors to force the passage Of that riv-
er.
August -Halleck telegraphs again.
''The forces Of Burnside and Pope are
hard pushed, and require aid as rapidly
as YOU can send ii. Come YOURSELF as
soon as You can. BV az a1e4glS see
kztzf he z@006S Sezf Iznzie I1e7iLt of 1,17Hzzl-
liitz05t. We have no time here to sup
ply them. Moreover they may have to
fight as soon as they land Mcclellan
answers: Franklin is here. =:
had already ordered all the ammunition
forward. have ample sup
plies of ammunition for infantry and ar
tillery, and will have it up in time. I can
supply any de5fcieHcfey KhatsgglaV cylSt i5l
GeR. P06e'S army.
August 3.-Franklin's corps sailed.
August 24.-Stonewall Jackson
marches for Manassas. All the rest of
Lees army -confronts Pope at Waterloo
Bridge and Sulphur Springs. Mcclellan
arrives at Acquia Creek.
August 26.-Jackson strikes the rail-
road at BristOw Station.
August .2z.-Jackson captures Man
assas Junction. General Pope marches
for Manassas and Gainesville. Mcclellan
reaches Alexandra. Halleck telegraphs
him at that point Porter is marching
on Warrenton Junction to fe-enforce
Pope. Nothing said of Heintzelman,
P0rzer reb01ZS n eeHe1aI bafk2e imminent.
Franklin's corps should move out ~
forced D1arcJzeS, carrying three or four
days provisions. and 10 be supplied, as
far as possible by railroad. Mcclellan
at 1920 a. n, replies: Il have sent or
ders to Franklin TO b2-eba5e to march
with his corps at once. and r7ebaiz- here
III be7SO55 to inform nle as to his means
of transportation.
At 1915 p. m, he telegraphs againeto
Gen. Halleck: "Can Franklin without
his artillery and cavalry effect any useful
purpose in front Should not Burnside
at once take steps to eyaCuate Falmouth
and Acquia, at the same time covering
the retreat of any of Pope's troops who
may fall back in that direction 40
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T<ooAttf'SE
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Again, half an hour later: Il think
our policy now is to make these works
perfectly safe, and mobilize a couple OF
corps as soon as possible; but not to adj
vance them until they can have their ar
tillery and cavalry.
Again, an hour later: Il still think
that we should first provide for the i'm
mediate defense of Washington, on both
sides of the Potomac. l am not respon-
sible for the past and cannot be for the
future, unless I receive authority TO dis
pose of the available troops according
to. my Judgment. Please inform me
at once what my position is. do not
wish to act in the dark. '-s sfs
At 6 D. m. he telegraphs again: i
have Just received the copy of dispatch
from General Pope to you dated 10 a. m.
this morning, in which he says: All
forces now sent forward should be sent
/ TO nv right at Gainesvile.' now have
at my disposal here about 10000 men
of Franklin's corps, about ?, 300 of Gen.
/ Tyler's brigade, and Col. Tyler's Ist
Connecticut Artillery, which ! recon-
mend should be held.in hand forthe de-
7 fense of Washington. 4 you 7o'iSh me to
orzzer aaty 6arf 0f this fozce 10 hhe fz0ai
I (he had been ordered in the morning TO
/ send forward FrankIin's corps Instantly,
! it is. in readiness to march at a moments S
notice to any point you may
/ indicate. In view of the existing state OF
things in our front, have deemed it best
to order General Casey to hold his men
from Yorktown IN 1e1yaiHeS5 to move,
i hut not to, send them of till further or
August 28.-Halleck sends a, dis
tpatch direct to Franklin, to move to-
ward Manassas. Mcclellan, not Frank
lin, replies. Il think the enemy is in
so much force near Manassas as to
make it necessary for us to move in
force.
Halleck telegraPhs again mot a mo
ment must be lost in pushing as large a
force as possible toward Manassas, so as
to communicate with Pope before the
enemy is REINFORCED.
At 4:4o p. m, same day, thirty hours
after Gen. Halleck's order for the i'm
mediate forced march Of Franklin's
corps and twenty-five hours after Nc
i Clellan had reported that corps ready to
move at a moments notice, Mcclellan
telegraphs "Ge1z. Franklin Is 70'ifh NE
here l will know in few minutes the
q condition of artillery and cavalry. We
are not yet in a condition to move may
be by tomorrow morning. Pope mus
cut through to-day (Gen. Pope was now
pursuing Jackson toward Gainesville) ,ol
adopt the plan l suggested. l have or.
dered troops to garrison the works al
Upton's Hill They must be held al
any cost. As soon as / can see the way
to spare them | will send a good corp,
of troops there. -
At 4:45 he telegraphed Gen. Hallecl
: , again .--'tlN Neither franklin s nor Sum
ner's corps risy now ina condition t.
move and fight battle. 1t would be /;
sacrifice to send them out now. hav,
sent aids to ascertain the condition o
the commands Of Cox and Tyler.
L TO these dispatches Gen. TIalleeksre
sponded at $40 p. M: There must b.
no further delay in moving franklin
corps toward Manassas. They must 2,
I tomorrow morning, ready or not ready
& .--, tor 1Or1rr 70 ~-ae ,..-zl.--as A.