The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1880-03-28
PORTER AND WARREN.
wA.nINeroN. March Is. 1850.

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To the Editor Of The Suhdop Hsrdtd; -,
for won't cca ard iotc,bic presentation Of the Porter
question in TnE SUNDAY iihhStb, Of Match IL,
Your article goes to the root o. the attsf, @ sna
crashp Of This or that man not the results OF this
or that movement but on the broad principles Of true
military s,,bntdjnn,Ion,
sch spcctlies "a that ~ the latc Senator Chandler
in isIo whei he asserted tina, foitct's action pro-
nn ~ MI ves nS ,oi II ssnatot Logan in which ic
claims that rorter's obedience wouH hsce insured
Victory to the Union arms, not only iarken cotrsei
with words hut thew botray wilfui disregard OF tho
conditions Of the conflict or o want OF familiarity
win the campaign Snacr review No student of ,sSs the
That could nt Ina tiii tho south was exhausted, and
hs Whsrmssss Sear witness I hS process was
long one. No more can any impartial o6setFci o. re
Wan,ssoa camna,gn beiieye that any action OF Fftk
John Portcr's on the eoth or soh OF August could
have changed greatly the result Of that battle. Con-
fused and con,radctorv or,lcrs and moor generashp
had lost that when Leo and jackson
united tbc,r forces on the hither side
Of the iiuni Run range, and the opportunity
os crusbing stoneva| eas gone Not only Is all
th,s rcasoniny as IN results oh aisc tenses
but II is beside The question and weakens the fSam
& n' ,s,nee % ,vas 20 n,ey ,s orders If he lost his
whole corps, and leave the responsibility on the gem
new cy,dence oS Confederate ,eports of the strength
Of Longstreet in Porers front, which matters Of
lnnocence And this Won have p,t so clearly that you
and historical truth.
Il must recret boweyer that you deemed It neces-
s,ry in order to round neriod Ia cIst sur upou
the the gallant aud faithful warren 1t is not true
| that sheridan had, TO relieve Warren In
| 1865 He did II, but the decd was not neces.
saay TO- ,e y,r, " ,s,s urns, @ so,er iio
i' odpirr as s,pcerciy ns any one. GEN. Warren's
troops had won the battle before he relieved and
no man who was IN that fght believes tha, .ne
,, M ,o was r r',1, ,vch % "o good reason has
ever vet been riyen
The Inference to be naturally drawn from your
paragraph that the cause OF warren removai was III
t, ", ~ es9en i, ,ba,v a;,5 nnsn tcajonsy which
helped defeat pope and refused support 10 iufnside,
is not warranted by any facts which pretty thorotgh
stuuy OF Tue rive folks ahar @ nve 1rsn, " rr s
Sous w,,i,rv bisory M one has ever vet found out
what Warren did or failed to do which brought down
upon him, In the moment OF Victory, the wrath oil
the impetuous cavalry generm. a, .,,,,,.,,o,, nj,
wasb,ny,on which sent nm order re,,eving from conn
niand George II. Thomas the of the best
planned and best tacticay fought battle OF tue war;
m o,y sh,1 he sV' .a, ~, ,as,v orars saye Tho
rrandest s"lier Of his time from perhaps ending his
days under an imputaton rs burdensonie as Warren
, has borne all these years. .
~ are. ues. W" % ~ ue ,', ri,ws G % cnu,a IL.
Charged is shown by his almost Immediate transfer
| to an important command In the Southwest. And
yet for fifteen years even an inquiry nas neen aeeu
.unn'mpu'""Ps III oce""So ''''' ''i' ~ ' ~
All rm soldiers will hone that the discussion II
Congress will result In overtprning the safeguard
OF military discipline, and that the warren Court o.
imaury VIII remove ,io, prare ,, oee, ~ %sat e %m
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