The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1886-07-09

ana the reason is given by Sumner and McClel
Ian, in their testimony before the committee or
the conduct Of the war, in this following Ian
guage:
Gen. Sumner 81 id that "Gen. Hooker's corn,
was dispersed; there is no suggestion about
that sent one Of my staff officers to find
where they were, and Gen.. Rckets. tho
only ofhcer he could find, said he could not
raise three hundred men of the corps. There
were troops lying down on the left, which
TOOK took to belong to Mansfelds command
In the meantime Gen. Mansfield had been
killed, and portion of his corps had also been
| thrown into confusion"
den. Mcclellan said "The next morning.
| the 18th, found that our loss had been so
great and there was so much disorganiza,ion on in
some OF the commands that l did not consider
| it proper to renew the attack that day.
Thus it is plain that in the scattered. disor.
gained, and demoralized condition of his army,
Mcclellan was too badly worsted to attack Lee
on the 18th. On the other hand, Lee was in n
much better condition for fight than he was
on the 18th. All Of Jacksoa's Harpor's Ferry
army had arrived, and thousands of our strag.
glers had returned to their commands. am
quite sure that the Macbeth could have carried
more men into fight on the 18th than wc did
ON the 18th. The two dctachments, BELONGING
to our disabled guns were intact and manv
VINO aided the wounded iu getting from the
neld never returned. Experience taught us
before night put an end to the conflict that il
would not do to send men out of the hattie
with the wounded. The experience of that
day would have been of immense value to us
mad the fight been renewed en- the 18th. Then
1t Is true that while Mcclellan was in no con-
dition to renew the fight, Lee was in a better
one When, in addition to this VIC take into
account the inequality of the forces that
iought the battle, the advantages were over
whelmingy in Lees favor. Mcclellan assault.
ted Lee with his splendid army of ninety
thousand men. Lee beat him back with tbirtv
three thausand-fghting, as it will be seen,
nearly three to one. And this was about the
usual odds in most of the pitched battles fought
between Lee and the Federal commanders.
But Federal officers say that we fought them
with overwhelming numbers. For instance,
den. Grant says he fought against great odds
at Chattanooga. Pope says we ed heavy
forces against his right and were able to meet
him with equal numbers oil along the line.
Mcclellan magni6ed D. H. Hills little division
Of five thousand into
'ss~NN NN-l--...-suuu. 1890 rSsh Statements ore
made for purpose !: Eithsr,to belittle our
victories and magnify theirs, orto hide their
own. inefdcienoy and tho cowardice Of their
troops. But these extsayagaht statements
orumoie pefors faots and ngurss' and reason
From frst TO laststhe Federal Governments
enlisted two million six hundred aud seventy
eight thousand, nina hundred and sixty.seven
men. or this number the Southern States
furnished nearly three hundred thousand
white and very large number Of cclored, sol
disrs. Missouri farnished l0S, ,l62 Kentucky,
76.2i6; Maryland, As,o58; West Virginia,
32,OO9 Tennessee, $1,000 ArkAnsas, as26o;
Louisiana, 2,624t North CutolinA,- 8, ,l56;
Alabama 3,o73 Texas, i,6i0; Mississippi, $40.
II to these you add the coiored troops, you
you will hss6as large an army made up of
Southern material as tho Confederacy ever had
In the field At any one time. Suppose these,
with the confederate soldiers. killed by them,
could have been in our armies, how difsrent
some Of the chapters In the history OF the war
could have read. Going back to the millions
Of troops put into the armies of the Federal
Government, say with emphasis. that none
but vitiated mind could imagine it possible
for the Confederate States to have met such
host with '.ovsrwhelming numbers"
But other wri,ers f,a., thu Fedora, stand
point tell us That the delusion: that the North
ern people were not worth man Tor man. a, n
soldier, was dispeIled long before the war
ended. This was proven. they say. as soon aa
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