Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-29

: Gen. Grant will remember that his 90,
erals were earnest, and supported him j
all things that he required.
The evidence shows that after Porter r,
ceived this 80 order q movement We
made across Dawkins' Branch by some {
his troops, and the general officer, Will
placing his troops in position as thoug
going to move in the direction of Long
streets flank, looked around to see wher
the other troops were, and found they wer
all retiring.
The evidence shows that they not onl
did not advance, or attempt to do so othe
} than what / have stated, but that they re
tired, and that some of Porter's command
to-wit: one brigade, returned to Center
vile that night, distance of several miles
The evidence shows that Porter did no
attempt to communicate with Pope durin,
the day, but that all three of the notes tina
he sent during the day in reference to pc
sltion, etc., were sent to Mcdowell an,
King.
AT the time that Pope issued this orde
to Porter it was expected that Porte
would move forward, and McDowells com
mand would also attack at the same time
McDovelps command did attack, anG
Longstreet's forces poured down upon the
left flank of Pope and forced them back
and instead, as have said, of Porter's at
lacking or moving to the front, he moved
to the rear.
In order to show that Porter not only
failed to obey orders, but that he attempt
ed to demoralize the army, I herewith in.
sert note sent to Gen. Mcdowell by him
which was received at Pope's headquarters
at 5 O'Clock precisely, as noted in Gen Heint-
| zelman's minutes of the battle kept that
day. Gen. Heintzelman says in his min
utes: Seen. Porter reports the enemy is
driving him back, and he is retiring on
Manassas"
PORTER DETERMINED NOT TO FIGHT.
This was received just at or about the
time that Mcdowell was going into action
with his division.
Here is the note received a. Pope's heal
quarters:
Gen. McDOreU: Failed in getting Morell
over to you. After wandering about the woods
for time l withdrew him, and while doing SO
artillery opened upon us. The fire of the enemy
having advanced and ours retired, hare deter
naiaed to ,cittdrd,o to Manassas. have attempt
Oh " Soiun.uuiCdcc NItu MCOONeu anu ClNol.
but my messengers have run into the enemy.
They have gathered artillery, ard cavalry, and
infantry, and the advancing masses of dust show
the enemy coming In force. L am now going to
the head of the column to see what is passing
and how affairs are going, and will cornmuni-
cate with you. Had you rot better ssad your
trains back? F. J. PORTER, Major General.
In this note he says: 81 withdrew, and
while doing so artillery opened upon US,
and the fire of the enemy having advanced
and ours retired, haze determined to
withdraw to Manassas" MANASSAS being
the station from which he started that
morning, five miles to the rear).
What artillery opened upon him? Two
small pieces that have mentioned before.
One section of battery fired few shots
at about o'clock, when his men we're di-
rected to put themselves under cover to
keep the enemy from discovering them.
No attack was made upon him. He made
no attack upon any one, and yet he says:
Il have determined to withdraw to Mar
assas," showing that at the very time that
Pope was in the height of the engagement
the whole corps of Porter, covering his
left flank, was probably then on the re-
treat.
He says further that 'they have gathered
artillery, and cavalry. aud infantry, and
the advancing masses of dust show the en-
envy coming in force"
Now the evidence shows that no enemy
came in his front except what have men
toned heretofore; that no attack was
made on him, no movement in force was
made against him, and that but one bri-
gade ever showed itself during the whole
day, and that did not advance upon him.
The evidence does show that that the
dust he mentioned was produced by drag
cling brush up and down he-road, and in
no other way; showing that he had decided
not to fight, but was determined that Pope
should lose that battle. By his conduct
one might easily conclude that he was
seeking to produce a panic in the army,
and, while portion of his command were
retreating back not only to Manassas, but
to Centerville, Pope's $4,000 men were
fighting the whole combined army of
$4,000, with probably the exception of a
few brigades, and the battle ragged until,
some reports say 8 O'Clock, others 10
o'clock, at night.
Yet Gen. Grant insists that those men
could not possibly have gotten into that
fight in any way during that engagement
without being utterly destroyed.
You will see from the facts that have
stated that Gen. Porter did not only DISC
hey the $50 order of the 9th, but DISC
beyed the 8 o'clock order of the morning
of the 29th, ordering him to push forward
to Gainesville, in not leaving until 10
o'clock; that he disobeyed it in not push
ing forward; that he utterly disobeyed the
4:3O order directing him to attack the enc
my's right flank; and, in fact, that he
obeyed no order in any proper military
sense that was given to him from the first
order on the night of the 9th up to and
through the engagement of the 29th. Gen.
Smith, who is now paymaster in the
army, in conversation with Pope on the
morning of the 29th told Gen. Pope that
Gen. Porter would fail him in the battle
Gen. Ben Roberts did the same thing
Porter did fail him, utterly disobeying his
orders, so that Gen. Pope was constrained
to issue an order on the night of the 29th
in the following words:
Maj. Gen. Porter-General: Immediately upon
receipt of this order, the precise hour of which
You will acknowledge, you will march your COM
mand to the field of battle of to-day and report
| to me in person for orders. you are to under
stand that you are expected to comply strictly
with this order and be present on the field with
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