New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
RIrRGoYNE's CAMPAIGN.

Vrpr IN CANADA AND UPON BUR
'GoYNEs CAMPAIGN IN 177e AMD Nd, l IL Exrl S
a a,erT CHAPTER Sn and Nstcs by HoRsTIo RosEEs
s aaSry Brig Gen u. s. V. Alto PIP. o, $751; Albany;
loci Mansell's Sons
This hook is an excellent example of the care ana
thoroughuess with which American students arc
exploring the history of our country Inc ileniU'-
able campaign of Burgoyne, which began WIN INC
eclat of an almost assured victory for the roy"'
arms and ended in tbs disastrous surrender Oh ear
atoga has been patiently investigated oy nn"uS
historians and the diaries aud other manuscripts
of several of the participants IN 1t nave ooon
70 the publc but here we have new contribute"
20 the extensive literature of the subject ana one
which no future writer upon Burgoynes caulp's"
oan afford to overlook MADDEN. who served as 'h
artillery lieutenant throughout that eAPouiuV"
seems TO have been an officer OF abllty' ilo u'''
ishod b;nself in the Peninsula, became surveyor
General of the Ordnance, and rose 10 the ram -
Major General in the British Army. lie Aepv "
Journal of his experiences in America from MS
landing at Quebec in July, l1|6to the "@V"0 u
Frecmans Farm September 10, 1777, that severe Gu
eagement nominally indecisive, by which schuyler
and Gates really checked Burgoynes Threatening
advance and prepared the way for the great sue
ceSs NJ Saratoga y month later. Lieutenant Haddeh
was warmly recon- nended in the British dispatches
for his galla1try in this action HIS journal coh-
tainsa somewhat minute account OF military hoNo-
m ,nts illustrated with or seven maps ana pans
(reproduced in this volume in fac-slme ana IL also
embraces interesting eXtraneOus incidents ske'cneS
of the country aud people, etc., etc. ferhapS IL
would be too much 10 say that 1t brings 10 Hgnu
any great historical secrets; but it is a valuable
sketch of one of the most important as well as one
of the most striking campaigns of the War OF hide
pendence written with precision and detail The
Journal moreover is supplemented by series oil
Orderly Books kept by Lieutenant MADDEN. in lI'6,
IVY and l77s and containing ths General Orders
issued by Carleton, Burgoyne and Philips during
their respective periods of commlnd and Generai
Rogers has reproduced all of these which have not
already appeared in print. His examination OF
these documents has led him TO curious discovery
to wit, that Dr. OCslaghans well~known edltioh
ofthe Orderly Book of Lieut. Gen. John BurGoyne'
from the Original Manuscript deposited at Wash
iueton's Headquarters, Newburg" is not faithful
copy of the Newburg MS, for it contains parts oil
orders which are not in that document but have
been taken without acknowledgment from a Lon
don notification of 1850, and moreover that the
Newburg Ms is not the original" Orderly Book
namely the one kept in the office OF Burgoynes
adjutant general-but is itself an imperfect aud
careless copy. In the regular course of procedure
there must have been a number of Orderly Books
containing copies of the General Orders made for
different Off GERS of Burgoyues command. Lieuten-
ant Haddons of these sets of copies; the New
burg Ms. is apparently another and very incom-
plete one The MADDEN publication therefore
becomes of considerable historical Importance;
and when General Rogers bought the eight lit
tle memorandum books whose contents he has now
given us he seems TO have made fortunate pur-
chase.
The admirable manner in winch the publication
has been annotated may a model for editors
Stepping quickly over such ground as has been
trayersed before, General Rogers has undertaken to
give an exhaustive account of the persons referred
to in the text and explanation of all references
which need explaining. Matters of military
organization are treated with care and precision
which set before us q most vivid picture OF the
expedition its character strength, and composition
Hardly name is mentioned respecting which the
editor has not succeeded in obtaining biographical
particulars; and whenever the Importance of the
subject iustifes such course ample notice In
the appendix takes the place of the customary foot
note The sketch of BuTgOyne deserves especial
remark on account of the full discussion OF the
scandal respecting his paternity; and another
example of good editorial work Is the summary OF
the controversy the behavior OF Colonel Hale OF
the I'd New Hampshire Regiment who was accused
by General ST. Clair of reasonably surTenderng his
command at HubbardtOn, but never tried. The
amount of labor expended upon the work can only
be realized by one who has made a long eXamlna-
ton OF il. The recOmpense Tor such pains Is 10 De
found IN the applause of a few students, and the
satisfaction which a conscientious historian must
feel in his own thOrOuChness. with these rewards
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