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Lincoln's Tactics Compared with
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JaCkSOn'S.
Gen. wolseley in the North American Review:
Gen. wolseley gives his opinion of Mr..
Liucoln's war policy and contrasts it with
that of Gen. Stonewall jackson, greatly
to the advantage of the latter;
Mr.. Lincoln, though doubtless one of
the greatest men who have ruled the
United States, was entirely ignorant of
war. Able and wise as he was in all mat
ters of civil government, he failed here
most disastrously. By the course he pur-
sued he wrecked an sbly-devised plan for
the advance upon Richmond of all the
available Federal forces by one single
line, whilst the troops intended for the
defense of Washington we're kept as pas
sive as possible. Instead of that plan
a divided command was in
sugursted and disjointed series OF
movements were ordered, which ended in
the transfer of the initiative to Lee. The
change ordered by Mr.. Lincoln in Mo-
Clellan's plans Igave the Oonfederates an
opportunity for throwing their united
forces, at pleasure, upon any part of the
scattered Federal army. cannot admit,
as Colonel Irwin appears to expect we
should all at once dc, that Mcclellan was
wrong in refusing to explain publicly to
the cabinet the details of his proposed
scheme. At that time it was notorious
that what was said to the cabinet in
Washington leaked out at once into the
streets, and was thence conveyed promptly
to the Confederate authorities. / know,
from what learned at Richmond in the
autumn of 1862, how well Lee wasIkept in
formed of everything done or intended by
the northern army.
"Let us hear Stonewall jackson on this
subject and compare his methods aud
principles of action in each particular with
those that were pressed upon Mcclellan
by the Washington administration, or
rather by their master-public opinion.
We have to thank General Imboden for
those golden sentences of Jsckson's which
comprise some of the most essential of all
the principles of war:
"Always mistify, mislead and surprise
the enemy if possible, and when you strike
aud overcome him never let up in the pur-
suit so long as your men have strength to
follow, for an army routed, If holly
pursued, becomes panic stricken and
can then be destroyed by
half their number. The other
rule is, never fight against heavy odds, IL
by any possible maneuvering you can hurl
your own force on only part, and that
the weakest part, of your enemy and crush
| it. Such tactics will win everJ time, and
a email army may thus destroy large one
in detail, and repeated victory will make
| it invincible."
Compare those principles, and the
mode in which jackson carried them out,
with the ideas current at Washington, and
you will see that they are direct inversions.
The orders which emanated from there
may be described thus:
"Go straight at the enemy at the very
point where he expects you, and when he
has long been expecting you. Let every
one know what you are going to do SO that
we may announce it in the public press,
and chuokle and GROW over your coming
victory. Scatter your forces in as many
directions as possible, 80 that the enemy
may always be able to bring superior
forces against you. Arrange your force
so that 1t is rigidly tied to one particular
point, and that the enemy cannot
doubt where you will be. Go ahead
without preparation, forethought or care
only let us hear that You are moving, SO
that the news papers may brag."
"These-I declare have nothing exag
gersted and naught set down in malice
these are the principles'and practice which
CO.. Irwin has undertaken the task of de-
Tending. 1t is difficult one. frankly
admit that, when dealing with this fatuout
folly, Gen. Mcclellan did not behave with
the meekness of an amiable sohoolboy IN
der discipline"