The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-02-11
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don Porter on whIrh hp was convicted
b. cut mfr iai mgu zd 10 conUct,
va % hN 30 l.t on L o., order to
altHrk JHcksau right la.e IN the after.
nnd u On 20 Augusl 1862, L. vim
0ia ION "l P'rrr j, hia baeu shown he
rrcriyHh hr Of'rr too late 10 make the
atNcR, hni lhal h. had knOwIpdle Long,
treel. hNd jOlned Juc 500, OF which Pope
R'r" hoIulhg, snlp0sing Longstreet
was miles away The Schoaeld hoard
showed . ainly that II Porter had made
tle stack he would have been over
Mhrlm 4 and vWy likely the entire
u iou Irny would have sulfered a dis
aslrous defeat, General Grant also made
lhla very clear 10 nOn-military Tendera
IL me diagrams accompanying hia North
American Review article. We now have
the ddltiOnal and conclusive testimony
Of lhe Confederate General LOngstreet,
IN MS paper on the "MaTch Againal
Pope In the Century for February.
Thi1 extract will be read with great In
trre't by those who have followed the
controversy:
"General Pope, ,sanguine by nature, was
not careful enough 10 keep himself In.
formed n6 ul the movements of his enc,
n.y. Al 1880 on the afternoon OF the Goth,
lle issnei an order for Porter to az
tacs JacksOn's right, suppOaing | waa
ut lhoro0ghtare Gap, when In fact had
been IN position since noon, and Waa
Anhiously awaiting attack. II has been
said chat Gen. Stuart, by raising dust
IN front OF Porter, 30 Imp essed him that
he Old not offer battle know nothing
" the truth OF the story, aud never heard
OF II I'LL after the war. II from any
such cause Porter was prevented from
attacking me II WAS TO our dlsad Vantage
ana delayed our victory twenty four
hoWs.. Porter knew was In his front
he had captured one or two Of my men,
which gave him information Of my 20
alton before he actually saw me. II
Porter had not appeared when no did |
would have attacked with our right
early In the afternoon. In that event
Porter would have had a ilue OppOrlun!-
~ 10 take me on the wing aud strike a
fearful blOw. Az II was, he was q check
upon my move against POpe's main DO.
'itiOn. IL had advanced upon Pope
would have been under an eD1lade lte
from POrter'a batteries, and II had ad.
vanced upon Porter would have been
under a fire from the batteries on POpe's
front ~ severe as the raking Are from
my batteries the next day, when Pope
was nass'd against Jackson. Had
Porter attacked me between noon
ana night on thes Goth, |
should have received his 5000 with
about double that number. would
have held my line TO receive the attack,
aud as soon az hla line developed lts
strength. | would have thrown three
brlgades forward beyond hls extreme
left. When my lineof battle had broken
np the attack, az IL certainly would havo
done, these three brigades would have
been thrown forward nj the flank, aud
NJ the same time my main line would
have pushed on In the puranit The re.
suit would have been Porter's retreat in
confusion, and might possibly have
reached POpe's left and rear In tlme to
cut I'm of. When hls army was we'll
concentrated on the 30,h no was badly
cut up and defeated II does not seem
unreasonable 10 conclude that attack on
the 10Th In hls disjointed condition
would have been attended with more
disastrous results 10 him. IL hnd been
attacked under the $3.50 order, tho result
might have been less dDmOglnp, as Por.
tor would have had the night 10 cover
his retreat, and the Federal army could
haye awaited itself Of the darkness TO
screen lts move back across Bull Run
But Potler's attack nj night. II not fol.
lowed by the retreat OF the army, would
have drawn me around the Federal left,
and put mo In position for striking
the uext day. [Plttsburg Post.