The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-21
GENERAL LEW WALLACE.
Another Chapter Concerning Gen. Halleck's
Alleged Imbecility or Jealousy.

CINCINNATI. Jan. 20-General Lew Wallace
in an interview in the Commercial Gazette, said
that General Halleck was envious of General
Grant, and would have been willing to allow
Washington TO have fallen into Lees hands in
order to crush Grant. General Boynton replied
IN his Washington correspondence, quoting from
records tending to disprove General Wallaces
assertion. Another interview with General
Wallace appears to-day. in which he cites Hal
ieck's treatment of General Grant after the bat
tie OF Donelson, and again after the battle of
Shiloh, to show that Halleck had deep feeling
against Grant and that when the tables were
turned. and Grant was commander of all the
armies and Halleck only chief 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 to
snow now this was done, by saying that Halleck
did not notify Grant of the coming of Early;
that he (Wallace) personally ordered the recon
nolssance which discovered Early's intentions;
that General Ricketts,, who. as Boynton said,
was sent by Grant through Halleck's suggestion
to meet Early, was ordered to Harper's Ferry to
reileve Sigel aud upon learning from Wallace of
the approach of Early, put himself under Wal
Iace's orders, and with him fought the battle of
several important facts. First General Ricketts,
was not sent to report to me, in the way of
relnforcements; second, that l had no knowl-
edge of his coming until his advance
was stopped by my guard at the bridge, and
mat, In fact, he was not sent to me, but to
Harpers Ferry If Halleck believed that Sigel
and were to be attacked why send but one
division of not to exceed 5000 men to meet an
army reported at 30, 600 veterans, unless it was
to make show of resistance to the capture uf
akpff Will min rroo
sufficient to meet a raiding party. and that was
ALL The battle of Monocacy took place on the
9Th of July. AS l was following my troops off
the field in retreat about half after o'clock in
the evening, stopped and dictated a telegram
directed to General Halleck informing him of
the events of the day; that I was in retreat;
that, in my judgment there were about IS, 600
men who had been fighting US. and that there
was still large body to be seen
behind them. in the vicinity of Frederick City;
that the enemy had been contending for the
Washington pike | concluded with the remark
that it would require all his energies to save
Washington l also sent dispatch. by the
same messenger to either General Grant or
Secretary Stanton NY recollection is it was sent
to Grant--yes, it was sent to Grant While
General Ricketts, and myself were lying in
fence-corner, trying to Get some sleep, about
midnight of the day of the battle, we were
Weakened by messenger with telegram from
Halleck, directed to me- / read it, my recollec-
ton is, by the light of burning matches. 1t in
formed me, as / now remember. among other
things, that was removed from command of
the department, and that General
Ord had been sent down to relieve me-
This order was not from General
Grant. but from General Halleck. Within
few days after being thus relieved / received
an order from General Grant at City Point, re.
storing me to the command and informing me
that General Ord had been instructed to report
at Washington and wait for orders. Of course
those orders were obeyed. General Ord went
to Washington and resumed command By
mail received private note from General
Cssant. inviting me- when my department was
free from rebels, to visit him for couple of
weeks at City Point, bringing my horse with me-
which did, spending couple of weeks very
pleasantly as his guest riding with him and OBJ
serving the operations in front of Petersburg.
The point of all this | stop now to make
General Boynton says it was General Grant and
not General Halleck, who removed me- If the
records should substantiate General Boynton's
statement, it will remain mystery to me for
ever why General Grant should have restored
me 30 soon TO the same command and followed
it by an invitation which his first friendly
unofficial communication verbally or in writing
to me after the battle of Shiloh. The removal
was mark of dsapprobation in the severest
form, the restoration was an unmstakable COM
mendatlon strengthened still further by pri-
vats note of invitation. What was there to dis
approve, except that. by the battle. the enemy's
operations and movements had been inter
rupted."
General Wallace goes on to say that in the
midst of the engagement of McCooks command
in defense of Washington with the enemy, Hal
leck permitted President Lincoln to ride out in
his carriage to see what was going on, showing
that the President had no knowledge of the great
danger overhanging the capital He makes the
point, too, that General Grant when really no.
tilted of the great danger to Washington did
not stop with sending single division, but hur-
ried forward the greater portion of two army
corps. General Wallace closes by sayings I'm
my judgment there but two alternatives
which present themselves, under all the circum-
stances of the case as they appear to me-one
that General Halleck was an imbecie; tho
other, that he was allowing his jealousy to lead
him down to the serious injury of his country"
Married for Dollar.
BoYDsTowN, Va, JAN 20.-Rev James Luth-
CO. well-known minister of this county, was
waited on by colored man, who said: