The Washington herald., 1914-07-30

again scaled the works and stood before
Gen. Burnside. Before that officer could
! recover from his surprise at seeing hi.
commander thus appear from outside the
works, Grant. In rapid tones. ordered
him to withdraw the troops 1T is
slaughter to leave them there: the op-
portunity has been lost" he said.
Gen. Burnside, with the faulty Of IN.
competence, still hoped to accomplish
something: but he saw that Grants
orders must be obeyed.
There was greater danger In withdraw
Ing the troops then there had been In
sending them forward. II was D. m
before the withdrawal Of those not in the
crater was accomplished. The Inflated
trench held its prisoners close, and as
the enemy swept II with q steadily In
ereasing fire, q handkerchief on q RAM
rod. stuck above the level Of the ground.
registered the surrender OF Gen. Bartlett
and the flower OF his brigade.
The Federal losses Of the day were
nearly 400 men. The negroes lost 500
seven were killed. % wounded and 3E5
missing. The reported losses were listed
as follows: Killed, 4ls; wounded, 1.s7g;
captured and missing. 1.sU. These were
little too high In killed and wounded.
The Confederates' loss was probably
about 1,5oo.
Verdict on the Blame.
Grants chagrin over the failure OF the
crater was profound. Such an oppor-
tunity for carrying a fortified line I have
never seen, and never expect to see
again." he declared
Gen Meade was furious, and in a
heated interview with Gen. Burnside that
morning expressed himself with q wealth
Of expletive that amazed even the Of
hcers accustomed to his facility in the
use Of denuneiatory language.
A court Of inquiry was convened with
out loss OF time TO place the blame Of
the failure OF the assault. Gen. Winfield
s. Hancock being its president. The opin-
ion and finding Of the court charged Gen.
Burnside with having failed to obey the
orders Of the commanding general" but
added that the court Is satisfied that ne
believed that the measures taken by Aim
would insure success"
The court charged Gen. Ledlie with
having failed to push forward his divi-
sion promptly according to orders:" with
neglect of duty in not making a timely
report Of conditions in his front: with oe-
ing most OF the time in a bombproof ten
rods in the rear Of the main line" in
stead OF with his troops.
The court found Gen. Ferrero at fault
for not having all his troops formed
ready for the attack. at the prescribed
time" for not going forward with them;
for being in a bombproof habituaIly"
Gen. Ledlie subsequently left the front
on leave. and resigned from the army.
Gen. Burnside left on leave and did not
return. He resigned April Is, 1865. lie
was a resident Of Utica. n. Y.
Gen. Ferrero was relieved OF command
July q, his appointment as a brigadier
having been revoked by the President. as
the Senate had failed to confirm his nomi-
nation. He remained in the service until
the end OF the war His previous record
had been good By profession he was a
dancing master. He had taught dancing
at West Point and had gone into the war
as a colonel OF a New York regiment.
When mustered out in 1865 he was a
breRet major general Of volunteers.
Copyright. Isl4J
Tomorrow Burning of Chanbers-
burg, Pa.