Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-21
GRANT AND HALLECk.
Gen. Lew Wallace's Charses-The Battle
OF MOnOcacy.


the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, says that
Gen Halleck wan envious of Gen. Grant and
would have been willing to allow Washing
ton to fall into Lees hands in order to crush
him. Gen. Boynton replied in his Washing
ton correspondence. He quoted from the
records passages tending to disprove Gen.
Wallace's assertion.
The report of another interview with Gen
Wallace, appears today, in which he cites
Halleck's treatment of Gen. Grant after the
battle of FIT Donelson, and again after the
battle of Shiloh, to show that Halleck had a
deep feeling of hostility toward Gen. Grant,
and that hen the tables were turned and
Grant was commander of all the armies and
Halleck only chief of staff, with close rela-
tions TO President Lincoln and Secretary
Stanton, Gen. Halleck was in a position to
use his power to Grants injury. He then
goes on to show how this was done, saying
that Hs(leck did not notify Grant of the
coming of Early in 1864, that he, (Wallacel
personally ordered the reconnaissance which
discovered Early's intentions; that Gen. Rick
etts, who as Boynton said, was sent by Grant
al Halleck's suggestion to meet Early, was or
dered 10 Harper's Ferry to relieve Sigel. and
upon hearing from Wallace of the approach
OF Early. put himself under Wallaces orders
and with him fought the battle of Monocacy.
He continues:
This will serve to show several important
facts: First, that Gen. Ricketts, was NOT sent
to report TO me, or in the way of reinforce.
ment; second, that had no know ledge of his
coming until his advance was stopped by my
guards at the bridge; third, that in fac, he
was not sent TO me, but t. Harper's Ferry.
If Halleck believed that Sigel and were to
be attacked. why send but one division of not
more than 5000 men To meet an army ren,rt
ed AT 30. 900 veterans. unless il wa, 10 make
a show of resistance to the army sent to can
ture Washington? Rickett'. force. with
mine. was sufficient TO meet raiding marty
and that was all
The battle of Monocarv took nlace IN rho
9th of .Julv AsIwas following NV troon.
of the field in tho ratraa, abont half nas,
five O'clock in the evening stonnpd ana
dictated telegram IN Gan U.llnct ;n,orm-
ing him of the event, of the day: that I was
in retreat: that in nv Judgment tbere were
about Is 600 men who had been 6yb,ipy ns
and that there was a large bodv IN he seen
behind them in the vicinity of Frederickton
CITY. and that the enemy had been contend
ing for the Washington pike. | concluded
with the remark that il would reonire all b,s
energies To sav. Washington also sant 4.
desptch by the same messenger 70 either
Gen, Grant or Secretary Stanton Nv rpc-
objection ia that il was sent m Grant
While Gen. Ricketts, and mvseIf were ~.
ing in fence corner irving to get some
sleep about midnight after the battle. we
were wakened by a messenger with a tele-
gram from Halleck directed to me. read
it, my r. collection il. by the light of burning
matches Ii informed me. among other
things, as now remember, that I was re-
moved from command of the department,
and that Gen. Ord had been sent down to re.
lieve me- This action was not from Gen
Grant, but from Gen Halleck. Within few
days, after being thus relieved | received an
order from Gen. Grant at Citv Point restor-
ing me to command, and instructing me that
Gen. Ord had been instructed to report to
Washington and wait for orders OF course
those orders were Obeyed Gen. Ord went
to Washington and resumed command
BY mail | received a private note from
Gen. Grant inviting me, when my depart
ment WAS clear of rebels, to visit him at City
Point for a couple of weeks, bringing my
horse, which | did. | spent couple of weeks
pleasantly as guest riding with MIN and OBJ
serving the operations in front of Plttsburg.
The point of all this is in the fact that Gen.
Boynton says that 1t was Grant and not Hal
leck who removed me. If the records should
substitute Boyntons statemen it will remain
a mystery to me forever why Gen. Grant
should have restored me so soon to the same
command and have followed it by an invita-