Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-01-21

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49, giving The rrtrrns al the
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y wLish. were najs, bat u 70
\ Aesly wrong whsre the esl''
)sss o. the wHIss q tho letter arc
iksr Ia lea os he rs,srns-whieb
climate, are pnt ia brackets In tho
sssler ilself This ls.sspsclslly the
sase in regard 10 The eslinates for
ne mouths o. jane saa August,
1889, and for tho mpnih Of June,
1893, Tie rcS Son that no returns
exist for tbfsr months 70 80 10 found
n the feet that, nj the end OF June,
1872 AID los So.no days into July.
Goa. Lees army wr engaged in
bs,,le with, or in pursuit OF. Ne.
clsllank array: thai at the end OF
August OF tho ssmo year HE army
vas engaged with Pope's army, and
WAS i'm as.iiatcly thereafter moved
into Maryland; and that a, the end
al lane, is63, his army was in Penn.
yiysnia, whore IL engaged Meades
army 70 Gettysburg on the LIST, 2nd
aud 3rd Of July. This condition of
,aingss. tho eni,of those months
prcveniol tbs regular monthly re-
iar,s Tom being made; and the
writer of the letter has taken advan-
tage Of Tho fact TO greatly magnify
Gen. eos forces. The greatest
! force lich the latter ever command
oil In 10. field was that with which
Inc a,tac .;cd Mcclellan in June, 1862,
and his entire effective force nj that
time I'D not exceed $4,000, u IT
reach ID that figure, including Jack /.
sons columand, and The troops held
for The immediate defence Of Rich
mond aud AZ Drury's and Chaflin,s
Bluffs. The returns for Jaly, 1862,
show 10 strength Of his army at
tho timo of the movement against
! Pope; and all of that was not car
fried into the fold against The latter,
as ut least two divisions were left 10
watch McClcllsu's army ut lIarri.
sons Landing, and did not get Up
un,il after Pope hal bcen driven
Into Inc Qualifications urSund wash
lington. The Enthusiastically, 1863
fully cover The whole force with
which the movement wee made into
Pom yania, rs no lrcsh troops
ARRIVED, after these returns wore
mad nd taat moycmeut began on
be IL Of Jqne.
Il f''ast not DC understood that
the rel!i'hs Contained IN the iofego'
PMS table, even where Correct, snow
the actual force which SIcn: Lee ear
REQ INTO tho field, ..-StInfso, returns
arc Ia The Department OF North
fern Virginia." ernbraclng an the
troops north Of James hiyer, incla-
ding those usually, w keps, IN the 1ai,
ps sy,'' fss. 7, -, me., Y ~ W. ~
( yirJ,,,i, . this allowance must DC
made Referring now to ,hcrcturns
ibdorino On the ouestion Of General
Lies ! strength nj the OPENING Of the
can n;;i gnJin ITO Wildepn ess, twill
M. q,cn ih.,t at,tbc end Of August
| iaG9 TIA f;rst month nftcr the return
! 9,om ~, (;ett, ,,,n r., til,s,..aign, the
=, ,ir. for.o tor duty ID 9he Depart.
| t,nn, ~ Nor,hern Virginia was
Nils Al lie end Of. Septem'
,s. h IS ] 3G7 = MS decrease Of
tSs,lis caused blythe departure
systreet's,corps from the army
,sE8i Nat month two divisions d
XII 4, 4 ~. 10 (jhieanaauga, and the
4 ssA y. .ipiiicEett's, 10 the south side
"a ncs river, The strength Of
~, sntire ,-oros was then a little
j ". " 4, 40 ono fsr dr,r Che re.
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