Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-01

destroy his right wing at q blow. IN I'M
minds Of Lee and jackson Mcclellan wa
resting secure that McDowells army a
fredericksburg was nearest III touch with
his and ready to march to his aid; thai
jackson was still In tho Shenandoah val
ley and Richmond a prize to fall under
the attacks which he began to make or
Juno g. On the Goth Leo attacked thu
Federal right wing under Fitz John Por
Ter at Mechan.csville, and the next day
with Jackson renewed tho attack al
Gaines Mill, losing in the two battles over
10000 mon.
In place Of giving tho onemy fatal sur
prise, as jackson had done in his valley
campaign. both Lee and jackson met with
terrible rcpulse. McClcllan's army was
still in position and able to hold its own
during the week of battles which ended
In another terrible repulse Of the Confed-
crates at Malvern Hill on July /. Gen.
erals Mcclellan and Porter state briefly
In their narratives Of tho campaign that
warning came on tho night Of June "a
through Confederate desorter that ia. +.
sons army was moving to attack Porter =
right flank and was already in the vicini
t.. Porter at once prepared o warm wei
0olne for the hero of the valley. Ho fought
on tho Goth and 9Th against odds Of two
% one and go etfectually paralyzed the col
omns Of Lee and Jackson that they didn't
strike another blow in three days.
Recently tho compilers Of the official
war records have uncarthed document
which reveals tho source of Porter's warm
Ing 1t came through boy who doubtless
entered the Federal lines from Jackson's
camp as spy, but made a worse than
- l. io = o1S
late General Farnsworth Of Illinois was
tho first to gee through thu would be spy's
real character. On the 24Jh Of June he
cent him under guard to General Forter
with the following note:
GENsRAl-1 send you young man who (ac-
1ording to his story WAS III our army and
burg and made his way to Richmond ind from
thence to tho lines Of my pickets. He 10
4ither spy, scout or descrter from the rebels
Respectfully, ETC., ] F. FA':SswoRrH,
Colonel Eighth Illinois Cavalry.
General Porter found the boys story
very weak and that he knew more about
Jacksons army than about the northern
cities where he claimed to have resided
Acting upon the vague hint, no saved the
army from another charlottesville disas
ter. Meanwhile the boy, who gave the
name Of Charles Rian, was taken in hand
by the secret service mon and confined un-
der tho provost guard at headquarters |
His story was written out Ivy Pinkerton. |
1t will appear in full in the supplementary !
volumes of records.
,Rian stated that he was II years old,
born in Iowa, and during childhood re-.
1detl in Albany and New Orleans Later
be lived In Baltimore, and. when the war
broke out, In Now Orleans. He then went
TO Baltimore again and to Brooklyn. He
feturned to Baltimore and Joined tho
First Maryland Federal regiment in
March, three months before his appearance
ct the picket lines before Richmond. Hs
said TINT he was at Winchester and Front
Royal in May and taken prisoner; escdped
ct Lynchburg through tho aid of some
young ladies'. From Ivnchburg no went
p Richmond, and, having changed his
Federal suit for q nondescIipt one, min
fled with tho soldiers.
Having heard that Jackson's army was
Dt GOrt1onsville, Rian said that he made
bis way there in order to see for himself
md get information for Mcclellan. How.
lver, he found that while Jackson was at
0Ortlonsville rc-cnforcoments were going
b him from Richmond. From Gordons
I1lle the boy travelled on foot 40 miles to
Ashland, off on Porter right flank, and
Men set his faco toward the Federal pick.
Dts In order to got aid from the citizens
IN the way he passed himself off as Con
|1derute scout. He wore straw hat, citi.
ben's coat and trousers procured in Lynch"