The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-07
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Part Y. OF "The Century War Book,
now ready, has, among other articles, one
upon what was known as me 1l ,is''i
Georgc j.. Mcclellan, VINO was then IN
command Of the Union army.
The following interesting dracrlpuon or
thine feeling entertained Tor PrHeIdi .lN
Cleilan by his soldiers was written ~
George KimbaIL Who Was a member OIL
the command. ,.
passed since those darkest days OF the
war / stlll retain a vivid reinembr4nce
Of the sudden and complete change Wnleh
came upon the face of affairs when Gen
crIl Mcclellan was restored 10 command H.
at the time | was serving IN company A.
Twelfth Massachusetts Volunteers. at
tached 20 Ricketts, division az tne tlrst
Army Corps. The announceme M VI &c
Cls!an's restoration came 10 us lu lhc
early evening Of the "a OF September,
lsG2 lust after reaching Halls Hi, weary
from long marching ana Wei nigh as
hearten-d by recent rcFers 3. The men
were scattered about IN groups. discuss
ing the events Of their lI-starred cam
paign, and INDUCING IN comments that
were decidedly uncomp4meutaIy 70 those
who had been responsible for It's mlsman-
agement We dd not know, or course,
the exnct significance OF all that nad
happened as We afterWard learned 10, Dut
being mainly thinking men, we were aDls
TO form pretty shreWd guesses as TO
where the real difficulty lay. suddenly,
while these mOurnful consultations were
i'm fun blast, Il mounted officer, dasning
past our DiVOuac relned up long enough
- shout: Little Mac Is back here on
the road, boys! The scene thdt follower
can be more easily imagined than de-
ecribed. From eXtrems sadness we passed.
tn a tvinl(liug To "a dcurlufn or delight.
A delIverer had come. a real rainbow
of promise had appeared suddenly IN the
dark political sky. Inc IeelHs IN CUR
division upon the return OF General Nc
lellan had its counterpart In all the
others for the Army OF the Potomac
loved him as II never loved any otheF
leader In a few days We started upon
that long march into Maryland, ana
Scbenever General Mcclellan appeared
among his troops, from me crossing OF
the Potomac at Washington TO the crap
ole with Lee at Antietam, II was the
signal for the most spoHs@iiicgus 5'la en-
thusiastic cheering ever listened 10 or
uarticipated in. Men threw their caps
hlgh into the air and danced ana froiicked
! Ike schOOiboys, 50 gao "c'S tuSy - So
true that Mcclellan had always peen tor-
! tunate in being able 20 excite enthusiasm
among his troops, buy ugHoiisu dtons al
| tbls time took on an addeQ ana notice
| ohie ernnhasis from the fact that he had
| Lren recalled to command aiter what the
army believed TO DE an uhhise ana I'M
| Just suspension. Inc 0's',"A ,s5eilHei "
IL ~ first caught siSht or the enemy.
| Here. upon our arrival We ICuhI General
Mcclellan sitting upeu t'iS morse IN the
!
| south mountain, mile . or Two beyond.
| Peno and Hatch were hBhtihsi and The
| arNolle of their guns cou!d be seen half
,,.nV mn the mountains. rs each organi-
| 1otion nassed the General me men be-
canc annnarently forgeuul OF everything
S bpt fbe(r love for him Ihey cheered and
/ ShovlVu re could cheer no longer. Ii
n,', az ~ an intermission had been
| seviacu q, order that reception might
be rendered to the GehsrSI-in-N hiet
. Dr ~ crowd continually surrounded him,
| 81 ~ most eXtrdva6aut demonstrations
anu anu 'V iooduIged in. II undreds even hugged
| MeIe nrs''s legs and cdtessed his head
the holsv While the. troops were thus
ana maui ne General continually point
s1rglns ~ ,nger 10 the gap ~ the noun
| cd win NE ,Shich our path lay. Ii was
| tam thIouS} scene In "A play, with the roar
| IKE a eI'."..s DOR an accompaniment. An
| or the s.'S,sisstlc demonstration that /
| other emu 9n'rcilrrel IN the afternoon OF
tSe Tin at Antetam E MIt M Tns general eh
RODE ai0 a, nave been, heater than they
eoula re, General Mcclellan may have had
were, . ue.i esisewhere; he had lew II any.
opponshttbSe Soldiers whom he Command
ed" am ~ the many interesting mar
This is one o. iaed 10 .s"T'be Century War
E BodS germs wtsh may Ss
obtained will DO to'"N "T1N-s's - e''''