New-York tribune., 1878-10-05
GENERAL PORTERS COURSE.
MORE EVIDENCE IN THE INQUIRY.

GENERAL HEINTZLEMAN AND OTHERS TESTIFY con-
CERNING THE MOVEMENTS IN AUGUST, 1852.
The session of the Advisory Board of Offi-
the case General FItz John Porter was con-
tinued Yesterday The early part OF the session was
up Dy the testimony OF several witnesses formerly
members Of the 10Th Regiment Indiana Volunteers,
which belonged to Gibbons Brigade OF Kings Division
The chief point inquiry the character Of the night
Of August 27, aud the condition Of the roads. They
agreed that the night clear, nearly but that
there moon and 1t was dark. william T..
Murray. the first witness, produced diary kept
by hIm, which had been injured by bullet
striking it in the engagement OF August
2s. The the night OF August y was impressed
his memory that it the last night that he
with regiment having been wounded in the bat-
tie Of the following day and the last time he ever saw
his brother, who wounded the next day. Samuel u
Hill remembered the character Of the night because ds
the regiment went into bvOuac abOut 10 D. m he heard
cock GROWING and he and several Of his mess started
at once on foraging expedition; they returned 10
camp about midnight with "a lot OF poultry, which they
cooked that night they knew the regiment was
early III the morning. He was wounded in the
Gainesville hght the day toward evening, and
he was not removed rom the field until the following
Thursday-a full week.
John ). Hatcn formerly Lieutenant in the LIST Regi-
mpnt Michigan Volunteers attached to Martndale's
Brigade Of Mores Division of Porters Corps testified
concerning the march,of the corps from Brstoe Station
TO Manas ssas Junction aud toward Gainesville Jacob
3. Buchanan, formerly Lleutenant-Coonel Of the 80
Indiana Cavalry, directed by MajorGeneral Burn
side, August %. batteries from Pied
mont to General Pope. at Warrenton Junction. The
command reached the junction on Tuesday evening and
renamed Ia camp there until Friday morning. He had
been ordered by General Pope TO report to General POr
ter by whom he detained from rejOnng the regi-
ment. near Fredericksburg. He had with him only one
company. but II probably numbered ninety or
nnery1ve men. General Porter was short OF
cavalry, ana did not order him back until
Friday morning. August 80. On that morning he
reported General Porter's headquarters at a. m but
there light there and no movement. ana after
remaining there some time he ordered to give the
and horses their breakfast. He next General
Porter aOOut hour after sunrise. The head OF
column was moving along the road. General Porter di
rected him send few men along the road and clear
the way for the column h. sent squad Of men, and
they rejoiucd aIerward the return to the rcgi
ment General Porter, IN ordering my return cOu-
tiuued the witness, gave me letter FOR General Burn
4lde but aterward sent aid to recall He SAID that
he feared might be captured and ne would not risk the
safety or the letter returned him the letter, aud he
gave NE a verbal for General Burnside 70 the
effect hat there had been serious disaster yet.
Major-Generul Henrzleman, who in August 1859, was
in command Of the Third Army Corps gave evidence IN
regard 70 movements of his command on August 20,
and the severity OF the engagement Of that day Cen
ing 70 trust his memory OF events beyond the entries
which ne had MADE In diary at the time To the exact
ness Of these he willing 70 swear. The Third rps
formed the right OF General POp-s line, and parts Of II
were engaged several times during the day, aud er
pecIaIv In the afternoon. IL not geneDa
gagement, nd the corps vas not ut any one time en-
gagged on tho whole line.
Samuel y. Benjamin, a major the Adtutant-
Generals Office Washington, on August 20, 1s62, was
a lieutenant IN command OF Battery L, 2d Artillery
Major Benjamin described minutcly the various posi-
tions taken bv his battery dng the day. and the duet
between the Federal aud rebel guns hat lasted 10 three
hours IN the afternu Il own battery Was then near
Ciroyetou rebel batteries Il eighteen guns
placed nigh ground about LOO yards distant west
Of the WHrreuiOn pike.
Pope when with the 43O order TO General
Porter, testified that he h8d recently been over
the ground IN company with Captain Pope and
that the time requ red to over the
roufa must have been ess than was stated bv him in
hs examination before TIE martia That IL must
have been from threeIuarterS Of an hour 70 An hour
Duec theu marked map the route taken 10y Captain
Pope In going from General Pope's headquarters to
thusc OF General Porter. Uuhge said that when the
order WAS given TO Captain Pope, brought up the
uur.es and heard tie directions regard 10 the
road TO General POrter's position. H. had been over
the route before, and informed General Pope, but
ard Captain Pope changed the rOute although he
haa suppOSeu' uhtI HiH IcCcnI '1' ~ ."e so'ti.u'
that thcy had passed over the forncr route.
Dufer subjected to a severe crOss-eYamiuatlOu,
which was concluded. He betrayed lntO acveral
apparput contradictions between
that CoUu,l Rugges told Captain Pope that he would
ind General Porter the junction Of the Manassas
and sudev springs roads; TEe witness Was shown
map on which traced route through what
called the Five Forks, and asked Il he had not recently
told pei Columbus OniO that that the route
followed By Captain Pope. He Admitted that he mad
visit 10 the ground itref The route there marked out
placed General POrter's position at the same point
before testified TO- The witness had been convinced by
visit ground that they had followed the sudiey
springs