, 1877-04-07

Tho Responsibility for the Fsrzt Defeat at
lsuif Iiun Placed Wf,cro It Belongs,
Namely, nrnn Gen. Nnf,ert ratterson.
10 sht Editor qfsAe B46ato Courier.
LocKronr, N. T., March OLA number ct
muntt1s hare passed sfncc tho Comts dc Paris,
who Is Tho author Of very reliable history Of
the late War, published letter In the New York
Iltrusd of uec. Il, 1876, which was tnlosscd by
MI editorial, In which he, the Cor1tc, srtracts
Ills censurc Of Gen. Patterson for the loss of
Dull Nun. Ills history wus plain recital OF
fact, his letter uneallcdfor and detamatory- Of
Gen. Scott. As It was my fortune to BE- In
posaession Of soinc information bearing on tho
ease Immediately furnished the Herald With
the fnrts as understood them; but no notice
hare waited for to'ne more ab'e pen than inlqo
to he la1sel In slndlcatlon Of the right Dht III
vnit,. come ot,re more to the front, believing
tho "Tsath !s.ntghsy s!'d viii prevail"
Patterson, whcn he commanded the right wing
Of tile Union army, Just prevous to tue battle
VI Bull Hun, slared with ny c1a'oanlous II!
' ue koyssi os joe.tou sS snd Ss
tefcd him unI the rcbcls under i,s command 70
n,nrch frU1n Winchester to strasbutF, thener ~
raft to Manassas, he could not h1ve reinforced =
Bcauregar.i. who was then with INC hover 81
| the Confederate army III full fctrcat1 whipped
| by Hc,t. Mcdowell, but WHO thus reinforced wsa
cilui,lcl tu turn the tile OF battle aud canse thu
asM,s, giving ttvsh stimulus to tue moat de~
ssruetive and nslarivns rebellion thut sTer tho
wOrh! Witnessed.
ron, hut that which the uomto de Paris urges
rei1erts un Etn. Win.ieiH Svott.
AM unable to state tho cxnct orders which
Patterson received, but II WIS GENERALLY under
stood Throughout the ensninnn1 that tic orders
were ~ preve,It n Junction of The torecs under
Johnston n1Ml HeauscEan1 mud this corresponds
with the ssyurn statcn'cnt Of Gen. Sanford. tseo
useeley's Americau Eunlct, page fJo.
Thu fcelI1lg was such that when an all OF
Gen. Patterson approached ,ny Colonel, ths late
Gol. Dudley Donncl1y. 'rwenty-e1ghtn N. \.
y"l... whtlee, upon the lhst retreat to bolivar
him why lie tuonncl1y) lid not display the
.olurs OF hts regiment. he answered in my acar.
Ing: my colors arc fur1c,l, md paskel and J!
Will not display them tn aisgracetul retreat"
| at Ectlur stountatu.
II PATTERSON refused to engage johnston from
cowau1iec or irom family attach.ncnts, It does
ordered u attack, why did he oler as Ills reason
iur refusing ''tilat he was l!strusttul OF h!a
ihrse,tnonths n,en''. Could he fear she heroes
Will, little Or no loss of uuion mcni "Tlese
1aBlq tneu," SAYS Sanford, "wcrc burning to
light, and the best-tralncd men II ths service"
George % II. Thoa,asi Luw wallace, thuudeTine
nWoy ut Cumberland mud Romtlcy, which lc east
" eapturcli Doubcda5'A battery, q Fort
Sumter faulC, was that unfcHabjSf mol teh
were formed tn rank a. a!e. lie ..ad sl.c posi-
tive Dt.crs, 50 says Sanford, pf tbs superior oil
, ccr. aul Jet he marched and countesnarrhetl.,
.iotnE anything to Xiii tn,c, while bis alvcrsa-
rlcs Ind It their own wAy.
NJ General that ever served under bciofa
OF SING permitted surll freedom 0! the lines ~
Patterson. It was we'll known that perrons
wcrc s!aily admitted within the Union l!nes who
: wcrc supposed to te spies ot tho ctcrny. This
). information mysrtf obtained while Oh picket
duty aud iiaye Often heard the intltnut'on that
j Patterson was III pcrsonal danger Of aslnsstno.
= tion 1ru.n h!s U*n men aftcr te defeat ut Bul
n HUI. ....,
: 1t Is well known that he left tue command
III all unusual tnanncr unl 10 for the reliability
j ut lis troops. ten. 4. =. Williams and u. 3
G banks, wlu superseded Patterson, ean answe'
I lei compelled 10 make these statement.
alter readtug the resractlon Of coH,te &c Patts'
wherein he seeks to tear tho laurels from til.
y brow of t'e1. scott to build un The t 1aine ans
M 1 x,s se,te1Sss Dpr, q nsn tsr e. ii 81
y rtu reports and published histories Of tEs st2F
10 ten 5,utt Ind nt that time been iitty-iou
years N tho service Of l1is country, and WA ta
le,lt.,, tlcprcssc.l In spirit becauss deserted b.
r. tic n1wvr Ut lts arrIy,-the men who hat! be
:! come great soldiers under hts military advlc
- his comprehension of thu wants Ut the situation
of aud lii resources fur victory, wers A. brtlliau
m a. ever, and had Cen Patterson obeycd tug or
he Jers Ut ts luxurious chlctain, aud needed hi
:" advice, Zen. Mcdowell would hayu n,a!nta1ne
" the victory which le won ~ the early part 9
=, The fight al Bull Kun, and the War Of the 1se
~ Le,llon would have been virtually ended.
.. Tie greatest disaster of thu War vas the fai
" slrc OF Patterson to engage or employ Jotlnsto
uul thus prrycat the JUNCTION of the right an
LIFT wings u tie Kebe army at Manassas.
nu, We'll aware that this arslrlo contrarcne
mn ruyat blood md boatgl purses but cyen frol
~ nj l,utuilc postum caunot rcfrnin from a
lu tcsnrtiug ttiv yludlcn,ion Of one Of :Amtrca
EE Ereatest heroes, whom evcn the cointe =
'a- Paris admits 10 have aeen the fnther Of tl
lr American nriny.h
-. ii may well bc said "RepublEcs are upgrnt
-" full" II ths nation will auifer any detrncttun
W reach Icnrath thu green oreslnx u the gra,
H. tu horm tho memory OF Winfield Scott.'
le WILLIAM ". BusH,
20 Late Captain Twenty. Eighth Regiment.
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