The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-01

SLTgS. VOL. H. THE VIRGINIA.
CAMPAIGN or 1862 UNDER GENEK,:-
Al POPE Edited 10y Theodore r..
Dwight HougktOn, MiIiin q Co. Bos-
ton and New York. 1873.
This volume. Ike Vol T. on the Cam
paAgns in Virginia 1851 g. Is reprint
u papers read before the Military His
toricai Society of Massachusetts,, 1916
o.. long out ~ print. with the addition
ef one new paper 40. on The Battle
Gen Ge0fge J.. Andrews, rcac March %
1895 The titles and authors OF the
other papers are as follows, l. Gen. Hat
lcck's Military Administration in the
Summer OF 1869, 10y Gen. ). NJ. Quincy
.. The Campaign OF Gen. Pope IN Nlr-
GINA. first part, to August lvth, by Col
&. 4. Horton. 3. second part to Ansus1
2Sth. and D. Third part TO end OF cam
paiEn. by }. c. Ropes ESQ. D twenty
seventh Of August. 1nC2. ly Gen. q. Al.
Gordon q. Battle OF Chanuiiy, ana "a
Revisit TO the Field by Gen. c. r. Wal
colt :. Strength Of the Forces umioe'
Pope ana Lee. ny Coz. william .Aii9n,
X. :. A.. :. Case Of Fitz-John Porter ny
Gen. stephen II. W ED. - COnduct OF
ust. 49, by Col r. Haven. Jr; TO-
Same subject. by Gen. >. VI. We'd, II.
Review OF the Reports Of Col raven
and Gen. Weld, by Col Iheo. Lyman
j. Conduct of Gems. Mcclellan ana hAl-
leck. ia August IsC2, and case OF ~
John Porter by }. G. Ropes ESQ., -
Given above.
Like the first volume, this volume con
sists 81 very interesting ,olecuon OF
papers but 90 Is. in great part. personal
,riticising The conduct or McClchdh' hai-
lcck. and fitz-Jonn Porter, even more
than thai VI pOue the main subject OF
the volume Into the details of these pa
pors a reviewer cannot enter. II would
necCssitate The writing of paper as lons
as any one Of them even TO tnumtfate
the Views. and the grounds on Whlcn iley
are based. A. 20 the Fitz-John Porter
controversy. that was settled by the re-
port of the Board OF cfhccrs, convened
April T.. 1875 and consisting of Gems.
SchOncla Terry. and Getty. which eN-
onerated Gen Porter and resulted IN ms
restoration 90 the army, on the retired
list. but. III ne writer recollects arght'
without back pay. which was an inlus-
tire. A single remark may be made III
respect 10 the matter No one seems 10
have blamed Gen. Mcdowell. who sided
with Gen. POuc at the Porter trial, and
whose division commanders. King ana
Ricketts,. were members of the court, Tor
Withdrawing Kings Division on the
morning Of August 18th and marching
away from Porter. 10 join SiStl, several
miles of. on their right II no enemy
was in front by marching straight ahtdd
they would have fanked jackson Just az
soon. II The enemy was there. an attack
should have been made IN foftt, Win
Porter's Corps and Kings DIVISION, 70
which Ricketts, might have been added
for he could have gotten up IN tmc from
Manassas. anu lnuo ElEfl anu itNs it'A'tn
would have been relieved, ana Long
street have had "a fight on his hands as
soon as he arrived All the blame mas
fallen on Porter for not attacking Long
street lie might have made more
vigorous demonstration than he did. but
at all events he kept quiet the right OF
longstreets Corps. consisting part OF
the day OF three divisions. kem9er, - II.
Jones. and Wilcox. against his two. Nor
ell and sykes and Patts Brigade;
whereas. II Mcdowell had added Kings
Division with Ricketts,, In the reserve
n would have been very pretty hshI
Pope had enough trOOps-Sigefs Corps.
two divisions and a brigade Reynolds
Division. Henifzlcman's Corps, TWO III
visions. and RenO's Corps two divisions
IL properly handled 10 nave attacked
Jacksons Corps. three divisions, success
fully. even when supported by Evans
Division. the left Of Longstrects Corps.
FOR r. H. Anderson's Division was not
yet up Mcdowell simply wasted time.
with 10 corresponding advantage where
as N ne had pressed on at once win
Porter and King and sent for Ricketts,
10 support the attack, the result might
have been different. and he was fully
authorized 10 do this under the Joint
Order" Pope however, would not be
convinced that LuneStreet hdd arrived
by noon OF the 10Th. and thought there
was nothing for Porter 10 do but march
across and attack JackSOns right If
Porter had received the celebrated 4'5V
i. NJ. order in time to obey ~. he would
have been totally UNIT for duty next day,
H. indeed his CORPS had not been destroy
ed. Gen. Quincy 1ustihes Halleck for
withdra wing McClelan's army from the
Peninsula. and uniting il with Pope's,
and considers that Halleck cannot "be
held responsible for the blunders and UNI
fortunate issue of POpe's campaign" lie
blames Pope for his Dragging orders. but
thinks thai he acted much more wisely
than ne wrote or talked This is very
questionable, and IL is certainly erro-
neOus 10 say that lat the last he was out
numbered" Pope had no less than %
OOo men more than Gen. Lee. Col. AL
Ian has investigated very futly this ques-
ton Of relative numbers. and after max
Ing all proper deductions for losses be-
fore August 18th, ne comes TO the cOnclu-
sion that Pope had on that day fully 20
900 men. and Lee about 1900" (p. 2l1)
In a note appended to Col. Allan's pa
per JAS. Ropes cOncurs In this estimaJ.
A yart Of Gen. Quincys and Col. HOr-
tons papers. and the paper of Gen. An
drews. are devoted to the battle Of Ce-
dar Mountain. the last especially being
a very good account Of II. and. as the
first clash OF arms In POpe's campaign, u
is deserving OF some preliminary cOnsid-
Grafton Col Horizons paper is marked
by Independent criticism ana occasional
humOr. lie is especially severe on Sigel,
Banks and Pope himself The first ne
characterize as an officer of little ca
pacity OF experience, but Of unbounded
conceit. and extremely jealous of his
superiors and equals in rank. During the
campaign he did his best, by neglect and
chances OF success as there may have
been" or Banks he says: lie had
strong martial tastes. that Is, he was
fond OF music Of blue cloth. and brass
buttons. and delighted 10 appear we'll
mounted az the head Of his command"
he thinks that. 4 he had entered the
army as "a nne-ofiicer. under a strict
colonel be would, probably, eventually
have become good regimental COM
mauder As IL was his undoubted per
sOnal bravery. a certain military bear
ike appearance Of wisdom. enabled him
10 impose himself on the country as Il
heaVen-horn general tp. 3S). Mcclellan.
too. comes in for a side-hlOw. Gen
Mcclellan. having abandoned his attack
on Richmond. had fallen back 10 the
James river. az Harrison's Landing
where. having now plenty OF leisure, he
was occupied In writing letters Of ad-
vice TO the President on the conduct OF
military and political affairs, and on such
other matters as he considered of general
interest" tp. q OF POpc's general or
der. on assuming command. ne says that
FOR want OF tact and judgment. and for
bad taste II probably stands alone in
military history" IL offended his troops
very much. especially that portion OF
them which came from McCleilan's army
In view OF his other brutal orders. Col
Horton remarks. 1T is not strange that
the opinion should have prevailed In the
army that rebel had no property which
a soldier was bound TO respect lie says
some have maintained THAT they were
intended simply to Brighten the enemy"
and Others have regarded them as the
leshings OF the tail OF the tiger. with
on his prey" but by the army they were
cd NJ IN nor tfftf. fxgA