Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-21
WALLACE ON HAiLECk.
He Says the Latter Was Either an
lmbeCile
OR ALLOWED HIS JEALOUSY LEAD
Him Down 10 the Serious Injury Of His
Country --Boyntoa
Answered.

CISClNSATl, January lO--tIecerai Lew
Wallace, in an interview in the C1mmer.
cial Gazette, having said thai General Hal
leck was cnvious OF General Grant and
would have been willing to allow Washing.
ton to have fallen into Lees hands in or.
der 10 crush Grant, General Boynton re-
piled in his Washington correspondence.
| quoting from records tending to disprove
/ General Wallases assertion. Another ia
/ terview with General Wallace appears to-
/ day, in which he cites Hallech.s uestmeut
Of General Grant after the battle o. Don.
elson, aud again after the GatIle of Shiloh.
to show that Halleck hsd deep feeling
against Grant and that when the tables
were turned and Grant WAS commander Of
all the armies and Hallsck on Chirf Of
staff, with close relations with President
Lincoln and Secretary Stanton, General
Halleck would be in a position TO Use his
power TO Grants injury.
He then goes on 10 show how this Was
done BY saving that Iial!eck did not notify
Grant OF the coming 0. Early; thar he
wallace personally ordered the recon
noisarCo which discovered Early t. ipan.
tions; that General Ricketts,, wfo. ..
Boynton said, was sent by Grant through
Halleck's sngges,ion 10 meet Early. WIS
ordered to HGrpers Fecrg,o rrIi,yc Slcgcl.
ard upon ltGrnipg from Wallace oi the
approach Of Early, put himself under Wal
lace orders, and with h!m fought tie bat
tie of Monocacy.
THE, WAllace says, "Hill serve 70 show
several important facts. Firs:-GrECral
Ricketts, wRs not sent 10 report 10 ne CT IN
the way ot achievements, second. that |
had no knowledge o! his coming mill his
advance was stopped by my gue.i u. the
bridge; and that in lacI he was rot sent TO
me, but to llGrpera Ferry. If Iialicck
believed that Sigci and were TO be al
tackled, why send but one division of not 10
exceed five thousand men, to meet az
army reported At Ihir;y thousani veterans.
unless it was TO make shcw Of resistance
TO the capture Of WG,birg;on' Ricketts,
force with mine WAS sufficient to meet q
raiding party and that vas all.
"THE HATTIE ur MGEoCAcl
took place on the = at July IA Was
following my troops of the Geld in retreat,
about halt sitter oc!o,l J. IN the evening,
stopped and dictated t. telegram direc,ci
to General llOlle.. rniora,iDg him ot the
events Of tbs iPy; that was in retreat;
that in my judgment tttTr were about
eighteen Thousand luen who had been
Oghung Us, and there was atill large
body 10 be seen behind them, in the 'icin
ity OF Frederick CITY; and tina. the enemy
had been contending for the Washington
pike. concluded with the remark that
it would rcqnirs ri! his energies 10 sny"
Washington. ! also sent dispatch by the
same messenger 10 other General Grant
or Secretary Stanton Ny recollection is
it was sen! 10 grant.
while General Ricketts, srd u,Se!r
wele lying in ianc, conner trying to get
some sleep, about minlgh, OF he hnuc
We were awakened by il messenger with
TELEGRAM FROM U,ILEcE
directed TO me. ltre.a i, ny rgco.cciicn
is, by the light cG barring matches. lin
formed ne. 81 nGw remcm3ar, among
other .hngs. that | WAS removed from the
command OF the department. and that
General Ord had been SEM dowu TO re-
lieve me. This order was not from General
Grant, but trcm General Ii.ilrck. Within
few days sltEr being thus relieved, ] re-.
ceived al order trCH G"uurgI Grant nj
/ CRY Point, rCs,m.HE nc 10 the command
and Informing ne hat General Ord had
beer instructed ;1 report -. Washington
hai wait t1r orders. OF cours" :hose O.
dcrs were Dbtyod. Gcnrral ord went 10
/ Washington, ard resumed command By
mail | received y,.yatc note iruu Gene
raj Grant lnv,tiGg mo, Th,n nay deTa
ment VIZ Clear oi the rebels, tp vi,,; him
TO. - couple OF weeks NJ City Pcig:, bring
ing ray horss with me; which , I'D. fpcnd
ing q couple Of weeks ve!y pleasantly as
his guest, riding with S,r; ard uas,ryirr
the operations IN 'eont q! Pyl,rsbarg.
lSCoNSISTEsDY o. nOT,TON STORY
The point OF all th'a | stop now "a
MAKE, General B0ynton SAWS it Wa General
Grant, sud not General iIal!ect, who r..
mov6d me. II tie recC.ds should sub
etsntiate General BovMcns -,rt,ment. il
will remain mystery TO !rG forever why
| General GrGlJ should have rogforrG me 80
soop t3 the same command, and followed
L by an invitation %h,ch was his fret
/ friendly snoihcial communication verbally
or in writing TO me, after the battle 6s
Shiloh, Inc removal WA 9 mark G! dis.
appreciation i'll the seNe.cst form. This.
restoration was an anmistakabIa com
mendation, stre-1 1thensd sii! mIlher b7
the private aote OF invitation. WHAT WAS
there 10 disapproyo, except that BIZ the
battle the enemy8 operation ard more.
nents hsi been iEttTup'ed|
LINCOLN kEpr IN IGNORANCE C, rAy,,Fe
General Wallace goes or ia ,ny 'hnr IN
the midst Of the crggge.D eEis Of McCopk :
command in the dy1eaaes Cf WGshipgtop
with the ersI-y, finlleck permitted Pres.
ident Lincoln to ride out ia nis carriage
10 uee what was going or, showing that the
President had Ho knowledge Of tho gr4a-
danger cTeEhenging the capital Il,
mesrs the point 100 tina. Gene, Il Gran,
when really notified Of The danger 70 Wash
, ingron, did not stop with ecsdIn- ? siDgI,
division, but hurried toward the create
. portion OF two ARM corps. General Wal
lace closes by lying:
I'm M Judgment there ere bat two al
J terr.tiVes which preseut Themselves unde
D all TIE circumstance OF the case ~ the
. appear 10 me. One is that General Hal
leo4 WAS an imbecile; the other that h
was allowing his jealousy TO lead hin
down TO the serious injury Of MS country.
:. on TEE ONO.
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New Orleans in tbS zee with her tow,
t, The marks Ia, night indicated 10 Is
6 inches s.d falling.
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with heE toB at Bat-snd Grape leland, h
lg succeeded in getting off with the loss
n; cue barge. She ia new on her wayto Ci
ld cinnati.
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