The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-06-21
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CHANCELLORSVILLE.
A Severe Attack ON General Hooker by
General ANeriti.

|. A Severe Attack ON General Hooker b
General ASeriti.
l. NEW YORK, June 1.-THE Heyal
publishes long report OF an interview
with General AveIill, who said i
: substance that lie DAD rot wish t
revive the memories f the war i
any shape lfwe~a .r,d monument
OF II, the graves oil cur dead woul,
suffice, but as he and Lis cavalry ha,
been impugued by Cereal Hooker
remarks, he thought it duty to ex
plain his own view al the battle O
G Charlottesville. As for Genera
Hooker, said he, people don't gener
ally know that he has lest everything
but his inordinate vanity. The soresl
spot in poor old Joe's life Is the terri
bic fiasco at Charlottesville. He
denies that it was failure
but 1t was 60, and TO III ooker
alone is due the fault. lie failed to
embrace the opportunity to make it a
success Howard say his subordi-
rates were dIsafected, and Hooker
refuses to accept that as any exoner.
GRAFTON, but st the same time assumes
to exonerate himself through How
ards culpability. Ii Howard was
responsible for his salordinates, so
was Hooker. But / doubt the whole
story. II he knew Howard was cul
pable, how came he to swear before
the Committee on the conduct of the
War that the defeat was altogether
due to Gen. Sedgwlck's failure and
the negligence of the cavalry leaving
out the llth cOrps-,hat was How
ards corps-tolding the right? You
know Hooker ought TO have beaten
Lee. He went across the Rsppahan-
mock with over one hundred thous-
and mtn, and Lee didn't have more
than half that number of men, and in
four or five days he came Lack bea-
ten, with twenty thousand killed or
wounded. There were just two causes
for this disasteT-Lee's capacity and
Hooker's incapacity. IT Hooker
could realize the truth CT it ard say
no more about it, so much the better
for him, but he keeps trying to resur.
rect himself, and the fact is be is as
dead as Hslleck, only he isn't buried.
Hooker was Eerciless in The
ABUSE OF HIS CAVALRY.
He obliged 1t before the battle to |
maintain twenty five miles of picket
line aI an average distance of eight
miles from the army, when these lines
ought to have been held by infantry,
with the ususl cavalry patrols and vi
dettes. Consequently third OF his
cavalry WAS disabled when the time
for action came. Out OF three di-
visions two were organized for ag-
gressive operations under Buford
aud myself, while the other, made up
Of broken dow n and disabled men and
torses, was lett In camp under Gen.
PleasOntOn. started cut with my
under orders 10 cross the
and engage The enc
ny's cavalry, and drive il, If poss be,
70 the Rapidan Station. That's the
way the order read Bu!ord was to
PASS to the rear of Lees army and
:ut eff his communication. Both col
INNS carried out their instructions to
he very letter, and they were the
,niy portions OF the Army of the PO-
omac that did succeed in the part
aid down for them In the plan of the ,
column in she army, sir. ,
l's a pretty strong remark, but, egad, .
Is true. l drove the enemy not only ,
n the direction of Rapidan Station.
,ut to aud beyond it, and Hooker
ould not have failed to have heard
ny guns. For a. lesst twenty -iour :
lours fought the enemy almost I'm J
Icr his eye. BY driving the enemy !
n this way l enabled Stoneman to i
.et INTO Lees rear and destroy his :
If we hadn't done !,
THAT We did, / think the enemy d cav ,
Try would have crossed to the north
'ank and captured miles and miles OF Z
,ur camp and stores. While We :
Vere progressing satisfactorily, how :
ver, / suddenly received an order |,
rom Hooker TO return. knew at
nee tba. meant disaster. He was .
whipped then, and had his cavalry /
,een anywhere else thsn just where /,
was he would have been destroyed :,
g well. returned and met Hooker. ,
Ie received me kindly. His face ]
vas flushed, his voice was thick, and
le seemed utterly wearied. He
aid, "Where is Stoneman ?" 81
suppose he is in the rear of Lees !
Irmy,' replied, sits strange" said
lie, 81 dent hear from him. Lee does |,
lot seem to have been disturbed by
him." He finally directed me to go
nto camp. 1 asked about his situa- /,
ion, and he said, II am only wait
ng to hear Sedgwick's guns. He Is
coming up in Lees rear from Fred
When hear him | shall
pitch in with everything I've got ,
here. We've got these fellows nos /;
where /,
"THEY CAN'T GET AWAY
went into camp, and that alter
noon We heard Sedgwick's guns hot ,
md heavy, coming nearer and nearer;
out Hooker didn't pitch in. There's
where he lost the battle, if he had not
already lest it, when he sent tele- ;
,ram to Howard telling of Jackson's [
coming attac k on his (Howard's) I
corps, instead of going himself and s
seeing 10 it. He had 10 ride only ,
,wo miles. That was the vital move ,
nent of the battle, and yet he trusted
.he fate of his army to dispatch
carried by an orderly to Howard, an
3fficer whom he now says lie knew to
be incompetent. The tru I is Hook
er was personally whipp Il the day l
met him. He had al the tuck ia
Ken out of him, but his army was all
right. He didn't give it chance.
He hadn't fought il yet. That eve
ming | received au order relieving
me OF nv commar d, and directing me
to report at Washinet, 1t was
signed J III Van Allen, acting A
d. C. The commsnd VS. turned
over to PieasaHton. NJ, Adjutsnt
General went up 10 headquarters to
ask some reason for the order, but he
found Hooker asleep, and Pleassn-
ton and Allen standing guard to pre-
vent anybody disturbing him. l
went to Washington in accordance
with instructions, and there met Sec
retary Stanton and President Lin
coin. Stanton said in his brusque
way, "What are you doing here2"
l replied by showing my order. He
said, "where did you leave tie army2"
1 said South of the Rappseannock,
near United Ststes Ford" What
have they donef" asked Stanton.
ssThey have had a battle" / replied.
HAS it teen a success2' "It had
not when l left" "What do you
think they are going to doi' 81 think
they will come back across the Rap
pahannock,' l answered. "Whst
makes you think 80 sirf' l replied,
"Becaase the reserve artillery came
across as ] did,"
Stanton LETT the room, and Presi-
dent Lincoln walked up and down
with his hands crossed behind his
back, his head hung down in deep
thought. He turned On me the sad
dest face ! ever saw, and said: seen.