The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-04-14
Fl. Gen. Hooker, in his evidence on the

Fl. Gen. Hooker, in his evidence on the
battle of Charlottesville, insinuates that
he was all the time aware of the true char
acter of Jackson's move, and that he made
adequate preparations to meet q flank at
tack; but he, at the time, gave a very diff
ferent view to Gen. Sedgwick, to whom he
wrote, on Saturday afternoon, as follows !:
I'VE know the enemy is flying, trying to
save his trains; two of Sickless Divisions
are among them"
%. Williamson's Brigade, of Slocum's
Corps, and Barlow's Brigade, of Towards
Corps.-Sickles's Evidence Report on the
Conduct of the War. second series, vol. j.,
p. 5.
%. The "old turnpike" may, roughly
speaking, be said to be parallel with the
plankroad, though it really joins near
Dondalls tavern. about two and q half
miles west of Charlottesville.
"a. Cookies Life of Stonewall Jackson,
p. 251.
25. Sigel's old corps Howard had very
recently taken command.
26. Gilsa's Brigade of Devens's Divi-
~. schurz's Division.
~. Schimmelfennig's Brigade, of
Schurz's Division, made rapid change of
front to the west. and resisted the advance
of the enemy for an hour or upward.
-. The rOut of the Eleventh Corps was
bad enough without the exaggerated color
ing in which it has been painted. Much
was said In the newspaper accounts of the
time regarding the 'cowardly Dutchmen,'
and the fact that this corps was supposed
to be made up Of German elements was
emphasized as lending additional oppro-
brium to the affair: yet, .'of the II 300
men composing the Eleventh Corps, 1900
were Germans. The Eleventh Corps and
the Battle Of Charlottesville. Pamphlet,
New York. 1863.
The disposition Of the corps to meet
such an attack was excessively defective;
and, in so far as the rout was owing to
this circumstance, the author of this dis
position must assume the responsibility.
Gen. Warren, in his evidence before the
Congressional committee, prOpounds q
theory of his own touching the disaster,
which he attributes to the fact that the
ambulances, ammunition wagons, pack
mule train. and even beef-cattle. had &C
tually been allowed to come up on the line
of battle Of the Eleventh Corps and that,
when the fighting began, all these, as a
matter OF course, ran away, greatly in
creasing the onfusion.-Report on the
Conduct of the War, second series. vol. j,
80. Amid much that is dastardly at
Charlottesville, the conduct Of this young
but gallant and skillful officer shines forth
with a brilliant luster. Being intrusted
with the charge of the skirmish line cover
ing Iancock's front, he so disposed his
thin line, well intrenched, that the Con-
federates, though making repeated charges
in columns, on Saturday and Sunday. were
never able to reach Hanc0ck's line Of bat
tie. ''On the I'd of May" says Hancock,
1.-THE enemy frequently opened with arti-
lery from the nights toward Fredericks-
burg, and from those on my right, and with
infantry assaulted my advanced line of
riie-pits, but was always handsomely re-
C0h hyy thn <I,,fn
sisting of the 57th, 9th, and Goth ". V.
and detachments from the sd n. Y, I'd
Del, and 148th Pa, under Col. N. \.
Miles. During the sharp contest of that
day, the enemy were never able to reach
my line of battle, SO strongly and success
fully did Col. Miles contest the ground"
Report of Charlottesville. Col. Miles
was on Sunday morning wounded severely,
and it was supposted fatally; but he after
ward recovered to share the glories of his
corps to the close of the war, and he rose
to the rank Of Ma jor General