The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-01-27
HALLEcK'S LOYALTY.
General wallace's Charge of Treason Con
tradicted by General Boynton.

| tradicted by General Boynton.
CINCINNATI, Jan. pa long Geographic
letter from General Bcynton was published
here this morning contradicting General
| Lew Wallaces reiteration of his charges of
| quasi-treason against Halleck, growing out
Halleck's alleged jealousy of Grant on the
occasion of Jubal Early's raid. General
Boynton recites the points OF his reply to
| General Wallaces frst statement, aud then
farming to Wallace's rejoinder. says: Gen
eral Wallace seems to have very dull sense
| of the gravity of the charge which he makes
when, without evidence, he repeats his be-
lief that General Halleck, then the adviser
and active executive officer OF the President
and Secretary Of War, was attempting to
| enact the role of Benedict Arnold on a
G and scale and betray the capital OF the
Nation into the hands OF the enemy to graf
| fly personal spite against General Grant"
General Wallace urges that what he de-
scribes as the ill-treatment of Grant by Hal
leck at Donelson and Shiloh was at the bot
tom of the trouble between them, and laid
the foundation for the feeling which caused
| Halleck to desire to destroy him. This has
| long been matter of general belief. The
following extract from a private letter of
Grant to Halleck, dated at VickSburg,
eighteen months after Donelson, will sur
prise those who have always received the
story of bitter feelings between Grant and
| Halleck after the operations on the Cumber-
| land and Tennessee:
HEADou ARTEEs DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE
NI 1KsBr re- Miss, august, lS6S-MaJor General
obligations to you, General, for the interest YOU
have ever taken in my welfare and that OF the
| the best know how to satisfy you that your CON
! fidence has not been misplaced.
This will doubtless surprise many persons,
| but not only did the above reflect the per-
/ sonal relations that existed at its date, but
| the letter books of both Grant and Halleck
| show that tcontinued to the close Of the
| war. The order of Grant and the President
removing General Halleck will be found be-
| low. When the latter reads the context. the
subject may not appear as mysterious as he
4 says it will if such an order is produced
Full notice can not be taken of the last Wal
| lace letter in a single communication. but
| the statements from the official records now
to follow disprove every material point of
| General Wallace's charges, and leave him no
| ground to stand on. General Boynton gives
a complete chain of dispatches of Halleck
| Grant, Stanton and Dana up to the battle of
Monocacy, and continues: General Wal
lace, in his article, insists that Ricketts, di-
| vision was not ordered to the Monocacy to
reinforce him, but to Harpers Ferry instead
The following dispatches from Colonel Law
renee, the Adjutant General OF Wallace, TO
General Halleck and General Ricketts,, will
dispose OF that subject:
| BALTNoRS Nd, July :.
| Major General III. W. Halleck. Chief OF Staff:
| Your dispatch received General Ricketts, di-
| vision commenced arriving st ESQ p. IN. Orders
were issued at once to proceed to the Monoeacy
Lieutenant Colonel, Assistant Adjutant General.
| BALTIMORE. July :. 1861.
/ Brigadier General Ricketts,:
have the honor to inform you that a dispatch
fIom Major General Haileck. Chief OF staff, has
| been received at these headquarters directing
that upon the arrival OF the troops of your COM
mand they should he forwarded at once to the
mouth OF the Monocacy or Point OF Rocks. Sub
| sequently dispatches from the honorable Sec re-
tarS of War directed that your command move
| forward without delay. General Halleck's DIS
patch ordered that five days ratiOnS should be
| taken.
July 10 General Grant telegraphs General
| Halle k as follows:
| have sent General Ord to Washington. would
| give more for him as a commander in the fled
| than most of the generals now in Maryland.
| Probably ii would be well to send him to Balti-
more to command and hold the place, forcing
into service for the purpose if necessary, all cit
| liens capable of bearing arms He should also
| have discretion to move out against the enemy.
July IL Halleck telegraphs Grant:
The President has seen your telegram about
| has given no orders on the subject.
The same day the President directed that
| General Ord should relieve General Wallace
! OF the command of the Middle Department,
which was done by the following order:
WAR DEPARTMENT.
| AnTUTANT CtENEEAL's OFFICE.
| WASHINGTON, July Al, ISL
General Order No. 2lS: Major General +. o. c.
Ord IS assigned by the President TO the command
Of the Eighth Army Corps and of all troops III the
| Middle Department. BY order of The secretary
| OF War L. TOWNSEND,
| Assistant Adjutsnt General.
Upon receiving this dispatch General Wal
lace then, as now considerably puzzled in
his mind over the situation, telegraphed as
BALTIMORE July Il. Isl.
Hon. +. NJ. Stanton, Secretary OF War:
derstand thai ne relieves me from command OF
the Department and Corps? II 50. what am to
do LEW WALLACE, Major General.
In reply Mr.. Stanton teiegraphed as fol-
lows:
WAR DEPARTMENT, July II. ls6i.
Major General Wallace. Baltimore
General Ord is assigned TO the command OF the
Eight Army Corps and OF the troops IN the de-
partment You report TO HIM, but remain in
Your relations to him being precisely similar to
those OF Generals Thomas and MCPHERSON to
Sherman and Banks. Steele and kosecranS TO
General Candy. and General AuciIr To General
Halleck. In respect TO all military operations
and movements, whether defensive or aggressll G,
he i, by special assignment OF the President, the
| superior in command. EDwTN NJ STANTON,
Secretary OF War
The following dispatches are interesting, as
showing the condition of General Wallace ;
command after the battle at Monocacy:
Halleck to Grant, July IL:
| Dispatch just received from General Wallace.
who admits serious defeat at Monocacy Junction
| to-day. He is in full retreat on Baltimore, with.
| he says. his column demoralized, and part OF
| Ricketts, division is covering his retreat. lie e.
| Inmates the enemy's forces at 10000.
The only letter of Importance is one from
General Ord. at Baltimore. written July Is,
1864. relnstating General Wallace.
| \ False Report.