The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-24
from; Homc, Italy, Dec. o. 1891, Yours vOry
truly. T. NJ. SCInFIrtn

~ q. BAlLiScE, Captain United states Army.
no wrote this llst book. "fhe Bnlt'c " Frank.
lin" He says he read my letter 10 The NEW
tincnt suhstancc OF Scholcld's letter. Tho late
Gspi; HoS SsG,l l,Rr'Or . iGIa inc nc ,n%t whfn Coy
spent, pq1Scs IN rnyn,ms and sycophnncy ON
SSS be SEsciii Cd I9 sGn5 jgad'G y o M, men by himself,
oil, soi1o,hns 't 10 @iyc him MT a mex n t% S M,Ss'h ia
ridiculous, protcnsions on. Any man OF sense
Mill see At once tGa! $yhoiicld,s letter settles
well stuck to sometimes passes for truth.
As TO the second question, bid Gen, stanley
retire from tho field when wonnded'
me or, the hnttlctisl@, and sgys, that he saw
happened abUGit haifpost i i. ii. / Vent 10
ilc, ra!iroad, bridge met Col. Sinclair. who
rode to KimbaIrs lines. ~ :" Ill"
II saw A. to do e. could obtain certificates
the nclId until ! o'clock, Wien. it bsing dark.
l went to Schofcld's headquarters and had my
WOUNDS ,ss SaeSI ssni tor ,hG Iirti np @;,r, Col. John
Corps, lives in oborlin, o.; Cen. Nathan KIM.
ball lives in Ogden, rtqlr ANY ono who do.
Gen; Jacob D. COS in the tort that my ycracitS
Rdd. for tho benefit OF ID. llill, that / never saw
him or his hospital, and l was never in an am
bulan'c during the year 1861.
Now the evidence - al, submitted and we
Will Will Eroccci TO canine ,he character Of the
DIlHCllNNi NllntSS, jacob ~. ION. nlt0scIt. Ana,
first, N his habituoi character of DR.. Jckyli
died. T 4@ScS Hhd Eco ecu i'S@: p @So III mourning on : nhSI }as
one OF NE best, pV,rcSt;. m9,t nnscit.sh Of our
REPRESENTATIVES, ana Gen. jacob ID. Cox. then
S]ccrG,nfy q the Interior, presided over the
f f,,l , OF ,cn,t,@sP, and :rS4a eTPrsssi9nS; Hs
SlGtCnCS UttciNaru rNlOIllIg Gen, Thomas
above. al men. | give here an extract from
the recorded annals Of the army of the Gum
ber'tnd society. Here is the extract: "Fortu-
of'WSi Ss him t"i.i1i' "Rarn al H" "nd VIII. W Sad ( mSa
ing thu, HIS Cuuntrys cause depended upon his
being right. aud not upon hie merely seeming
jns.tineation Of Ioth his military skill aud his
gIoriqns' tHai j wsSg,i!}I he waste o: woids for me
70 tell about H. TIM IS only one example Of
iii. iSSrioott.' Wen done, Dr. JcEyil. !. C.. Cox.
Journal named thG% Nation Of New York, marked
Amonymoaa; slcakei Mr.. Hyde. aiias Cox.
"nSS1 Hl, '" " Fan.c he he had 2sa' 50 Si ia,riy a nlS UeGs 'n IN
IN" review OF the life of Gen, Thomas by Chap
Ian an Van Horne, e, u see Mh arr M ,nGrn i nds G9Nl
I Irnnn r rEn a to p 5n% , tes. T ITO . nrouS Sh Gontl.
With The oinerscncy Gi1cied to him. -:
His biography forces on Us unwclCOmc doubts
Observation-Disclosures were all what we had sup
posed them 70 be-. And more is added Of the
did not cchsc when that hypocritc hanged HIM
sell; j. tHc opinion of this DR.. Jeky,ll! and Mr..
statements Of historical facts resting upon his
At the battle of South Mountain Gen. Jesse
l:"no was Killed. This was u great loss TO the
tnioa cause. Cox succeeded TO Rcno's, COM
manG, and this lost the United States ali chance
| ar nam tIN ,lNill hE ma Wlnnlnr nI a
great Victory at Anlictnm; This can be plainly
applies TAG known facts in the case: The ,synop-
SIS of the history may he condensed. and
would read Us follow: The night sncCeedinE
dercd Burnside to move toward Shnrpsburg at
daylight neXt mor.ins' ana ordered Porters
times before 10 O'Clock. and repeated TO Gen.
Burnside. but his command did not move one
f RePPa,s Cox soinm nnhGapp n!id h R%9 ;. sSSee sSiS then l9 G and
repeated attcrwuTd. that Cox insisted that his
command was not 1T 70 take the lead, and he
ter vas ordered to move, amt did move through
Cox'3 COMMAND. When Porter corps had
nearly all passed Cox was finally persuaded to
move out. Arriving at Antictam Creek, Cox'A
command squaited bGh!nd Porter,s instead oc
my. and possessing the bridge and holding the
fords which it cost so many lives 70 possess.
tack at s.o'clock, Tho 17lh mot nj 10 O'Clock, as
stated by ,coNl; How that order was rcneated
Sackclt was sent to take o!nmand unless the
order was obcycd. is nos all written as a fact
in history.
Gen. Burasidc's explanation was that both at
South Mountain, where toN's disobcdience of
orders lost Il great opportunity TO iniure Lees
army, and NJ Antictum, where he could
not he induced to advance. the certainty Of
brought to naught. All this was due TO Gen.
Cox; and burnside did not hesitate to lay 1t to
COX'S cowardicc-
Alter the ~fruitless engagement with the enc
my, which might have been II great success eight
hours before but for Cox. the latter cried loudly
for support, and Mornclls division was stnt by
Hurnsidc's order To take position in the rear OF
CoX's troops. Next morning. sOon ms Nor
rells division had reached its position, Cox
withdrew his mma To the east side of tho
Antictam 10 a safe place, and beyond danger in
any event. No wonder he became n military
tramp.
| have referred TO tho meeting Of Cox on tho
turnpike at the crisis o. the battle Of Frank
lin. He says the commanders of the two corps
met at the turnpike. 1hin is true. II is not
true that they met opposite the flank Of Opdyke's
brigade. The point of meeting was at least
one or two hundred yards behind thnt brigade.
] was surely coming toward the battle, Cog
was just as surely going away. from danger; |
never could account for his beng there. but
after ! learned of his conduct at -Antietam it
became ;lcarto Inc, and ever since ! am con-
WINGED that had not Gen. Cox met Inc rs he did,
he would have gone on to a place of safety
with the f~usitivCs of his command.
ID. 5. STANLEY.