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From the New Orleuu Sunday Time. .
GEN. LEE.
A REPLY TO THE REVIEW OF “THE CAM
PAIGNS OK ROBERT E. USE," BY A. 11.
GUERNSEY IN THE MAY ANI) JUNE
NUMBERS OF THE GAI.AXY.
CONTRIBUTED TO THE SOUTHERN HIS
TORICAI, SOVIET).
NO. 11.
11-SECONI) CAMPAIGN.
What is styled by the writer Gen.
Lee's Second Campaign, or “Northern
Virginia and Maryland,” will now' be
examined; this embraces, or should
embrace, the operations of Gen. Lee,
preceding and including the battles of
second Manassas and Sharpsburg.
CEDAR RUN, OR SLAUGHTER MOUNTAIN.
Changes had been made in the
Feeder©! army, Pope had been placed
in command of the forces in Northern
Virginia, and was ordered by Halleck,
who had been made General in Chief,
to demonstrate on the ltappahonnock,
with a view of drawing off a part of
Lee’s army from near Richmond, and
1 FFtoSF
I A severe battle was so u
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I f T m Cul peppcr C. H me f
I ) p road t 0 Orange C. fL L'
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I «r rrfemd - <*«£
I I Held wia i ”h le‘] 1 e ‘]^ <! * ifv ™ fl ’°"
I tillery, one genera] offi * Pn T eri
I thousand stSof sm»h ’ C ° l ° r8 ’
I days after the bat Jeni T*’ an<
f to bury their deS I*™
I
I I the Confederates. The bulk f,
| -- hed 1
sasss^Tfe.
sssiffir
I
I crossed the Ra r pahannt e k eoen,y 1
I ENGASEMENTS crechwko BECOI
| I MANASSAS.
*>»l .
I Jackson and the „ I n < ' n ol '^ 8 ’ benvci
edddl/to *" d
Mas detached with ‘ CO Jaeksc
around to the rear of IW , to .P af
cept his communion,' j °P e ’ to mtei
destroy hT“ ™ an,
I called this “a .foil’ f ß ' Ir ’ Guernse
involved the anoeuvre > for i
fl. Con
the weather, or anv eve . n fihoulc
not hinder the *• tker „ nilsc hance,
ment.” xeeution of this move
bhistoe station.
r this move S' 80 " c ° mmeD <* and
Thoroughfare Gajf nexS "T ol^
turning his march on bv ?'!
Mas here joined bv S, Gainesville,
and reached EoTsSST 8
down. Two dn-a" a f l ° n altor Bun
° da J 8 of remarkable/
BY THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY, AUGUSTA, GA.
for the week ending Saturday, November f, mi.
marching, and now between Pope and
Washington, and in possession of the
road over which he received his sup
plies, and without meeting the enemy.
The greater part of the guard at Bris
toe fled, two trains of care were cap
tured and a few prisoners.
MANASSAS JUNCTION.
Notwithstanding the long inarch
made this (26th) day, Jackson de
termined to lose no time, but pushed
on a small column—the 21st North
Carolina, 21st Georgia, and the cavalry,
seven miles further to Manassas Junc
tion, reached it about 12 o’clock at
night, captured it with all of its sup
plies, the garrison being either taken
or dispersed. Jackson reached the
Junction early next morning (27th)
with all of his command, save one
regiment of cavalry, and Ewell’s divi
sion ; these remained at Bristoe.
Soon after Jackson’s arrival, a Fed
eral force approached from the direc
tion of Washington. This was at
tacked at once, and driven back with
heavy loss, the general in command
being mortally wounded in the pursuit.
The troops had now a few hours rest
* ordered f ßeJv es from the capSed 5
tor the tn the afternoon the Fori
dpe, and danced against Ewell, comiS
n Rich- direction of Warrantor. i g
ught on
ountam bought up, and it bool •
«•). nine ( that I>ope was Too strenTf 8
and on the latter, though partiaHv T
Utthdrew bis fit I
andled. the railroad brido- e and i
* b„t « m».„„
xy ar- halted at Rristoe. *
. tb.
rs, ar- him to leave Manases SqtT
i, five division moved at <fn-ir , la
id two Mills road, crossed r,? f
lission Pike, halted, and was 1
and Ewell the next diy ( 28 2
con- quantities of supplies had tli.
meet troyedatthe
Gen. transportation. l,le
with 'on'the 28th™t?' ENT ° N - r>
°the wti^tor'pitrCTrdV"^
H» p-. «., tie
Posted hi8 eXt tZ 1 ' (29th > J «ok
on Grovesto^oneff’V^ 8 rear
ie„ l of a mile, the rear towSdM^" **
ton, and the ritrht g J ,' V an ''
oJdred yards from thepike the est
ls JSudley mills; and LonSreTrL,
;r - p>™onhis right at STuiT 1
id , These movements of Jackson i,
been referred ra, i , Ks on ha
ft
I Man ansa, junction of'l la *t "--iclic.
there lej™“ O ZZnZ.t?"'-
I tion sooner it could ho 1 leu June
b “" “*
These marches remar
kable for their celofty-and length, and J
the engagements of the 26th, 27th,
28th and 29th, aixr referred to by Mr.
Guernsey, in on© sentence: “On the
morning of the 2Sth .Jackson moved
rapidly, his march been partly hidden
by the intervening nfo intains, round
ed Pope’s flank, and ptoing through a
gap, took upon the ,28t'u, a strong posi
tion within sight ®4 the old ’ atttle
field of Bull Ruiv;%ongstreet,' with
whom was Lee, mu«fi more slowly; ”
a concise but very wperfect account
of those remarkable «cploits of Jack
creased to 60,000, irtkved upon Jack-
Hs ad- feni^i le ®
? from the I march Was | e tha n a
were re- one) couK’iJ" , h \ (t '
ere soon and thens * cr j PP le Jacl
apparent Bull if,.’ i 1 - m § fa, ‘ back
r Ewell; iS S ? d JfJ h himßeif (1
engaged " ' C< ,. TacksJ strength!)
burning j j 8 w nl whict ,! were
Jackson 80th he ara °u ‘lt? up ' “° r
bedcrals but w • kw r. h all hi « ft
ln "um- come upon the ft” Lon S st^ e<lt
ai- y for enco is tIZ 1 ,1’ and the i
afeiTo’s the 30th *wi -f k !w aßt com e up
Dudley lon Jactl - 6 ’,TZ • he '
n-enttm fore p O , ■ V.^ 1 W thl % houra
y Hill street and T at . ta T* 8 made. L<
Vast 50*000 J s< fr ether had 1
e des-1 I, 1
want «r» CU jH' iy -
Run ; 62,000. ,,y The n’lt‘ ‘" 8 h ‘ B force
r ik, a the fk-ht m t entir
g till a diSr l pT 1 September l
back, '/£*»»»'* with the h
fthe Stephens) fe I ’? 7 3
Gen. top 1 ' seekS^th 61 ’ Z! *
tiesat edthe aUthor
re „ t> lh h e T nionof e writer, « Lee
mn- bey [ ,nd 3,1
mar it should aimJJfS
1 to being
I pear unreasonable «» *. ap
ive to him i s S en»;i i not - P ract ‘cabl
«■ to Otl,™ ,bls “ ftMibl,
n lz h : ■;&%«. U.OOC
ed examined V one who ha d
c- I series n If 1 ’ sa ys : “In the
>e I Plains nm-ethanTlTn Manassaß
taken, i„ adifoJj? prisoners
>f wounded lef? in lr° K ab^ Ut 9 ’ ooo
t j pieces of artillery i, ?' lds ; thl, ty i
’-stand of sml/lo 7, f' Wards of 20,000
. «i. xfcr ro “, «*«
>! those taken n t A(K Bt ° res V beß jdes
' were captured.” | 88848 dunc tion, I
It is not our puipose to eulogize
Gen. Lee, or to extol the courage and
endurance of his army, but to point
out the eiTors of the Galaxy article,
and in such manner that the writer
himself must see them.
Virginia was now free from the
enemy—says Mr. Guernsey—the sea
son of the year also favorable for mili
tary operations, and it seemed possible
to carry the war into the North, for
which there were political as well as
military reasons. He quotes from Gen.
Lee's report or the purpose of show
ing both his hopes and motives in
crossing the Potomac. The follow
ing is the extract made by the writer:
“The condition of Maryland en
couraged the belief that the presence
of our army however inferior to that
of the enemy, would induce the Wash
ington Government to retain all of its
available forces to guard against con
tingepcie% which its conduct toward
and ~ Rat
days extract made by Mr .°!
been th, best iJS to l?™?
i be- transfer nf th,> ** . be th<
tong- These were !!‘ t 0 rar y ! and.
near ,„„.T ° all J? ood military rea
“ f ° V S° W S mto Maryland am
sPre5 P r e^ed W3B
nsned, the gamson at Harper’s F P Jw
y so was captured, which could P not have
day been done without entering Maryland •
feU it secured the possession of the Valiev
here of Virginia with its supplies 2
i to Sharpsburg did inflict furthe, inh2
rely upon the enemy. ln jury
Ist, The condition of Gen T „
'”>* h-yf fro,,, the M„wi‘„ g ™ y
lnd np?V • Altbou ss h not properly equin
my ped for invasion, lacking much of
rig. material of war and feeble in ! th
■Hss£s!?2
to be strong enough ? 0 7 detah,
e s enemy on the northern frnnU th .f
»- •'«»»-<* or sir*
c -oSBiSiSz m - ;
0 u
e operations in Maryland. ai
} G f n ;f eeß oolnrnns were turned to U
3 M ards Maryland, and passing XouS a
: T'Oesburg, crossed the Poto2 T
; and were concentrated at, or near ea
ne n rat OUt tbC , 7th 0f September! ho
Ihe Galaxy article says the march ini
was “promptly began and
executed, too rapidly, indeed, foVTmn
fo«r days, fully 10,000 men dropped sto
from the ranks from absolute e\ln US 1
Irion; this is an exaggeration on mini of'
bers, and the depletion was from a dis leai
l ferent cause, the want of shoes. ' p ?
{ OL ?o£ E Wi ES, }'Na. n
. An order was given, directing the
barefooted to he left at Leesburg, to
be transferred from there into the
Valley of Virginia; under this 1 ' order,
some brigades left, as many as 200, and
yet, many without shoes remained
with their regiments, and in this con
dition fought the battles of South
Mountain" or Boonsboro, bore their
part in the capture of Harper's Ferry,
and in some cases made long night
marches, and reached Sharpsburg in.
time to take part in the battle.
STRENGTH OF THE TWO ARMIES.
Having given the number that fell
by the wayside, (10,000) “from »b
--solute exhaustion,” and thus it hap
pened that when on the 7th of Sep
tember the army was concentrated at
Frederick, it numbered but 60,000/’
This would have made General Lee's
army, after the second Bull Run,
70,000, at least a 20,000 overestimate.
McClellan had, according to the gx?
ticle, shown wonderful activity mid
energy, and had gathered fov the dfo
fence of Washington 72,000 besides.
mly operate
ing Hero was a forcTof 185 OOOiftZ
the writer has been com*t in hfTest.l?
liti- that could have been directed against
wd Gen. Lee’s 50,000; this is a TKt
To forces** 6 ° f Stl ' ength of his (Lee’s)
ch I
PB . harpers’s ferry and boonsboro’, or
‘to SOUTH MOUNTAIN.
!e his G armv l 1 b ? vin ? concentrated
', ,a a,,D y at Jredereck, after a few
f, days rest, resumed active operations
■" jSMr TbS “‘ r * ure
i- this t l-i° datkßon was assigned
: ,
1 aTai, t i purpose of guarding
against the escape of the Harper^
th * wa y of HoaLt
t,me “> »p-
McLaws with his own and R TT I
Anderson s divisions, was to move to
and Gen 7 W th il° Ugh P,easant Valley,
? and Gen - Walker, with two brigades
riom the south side of the Potomac
and to remain in Virginia, occuiiv
mg Loudon heights. j
WUli? C /° SBed the Po, onmc at
Wilhamsport captured Martinsburg
m . its supplies and a few hundred
rr r V nd ™ Ferry
m the afternoon of the 13th. Bi/
wXr Wore T P 'f ed in position by
Walker on Loudon heights; McLaws I
on those of Maiyland and Jackson’ j J
ipon Loln-an heights, (14), and all the I I
dternoon played upon the town, and j
* 11,11 made an attack upon the I
nemy on Boliran heights near dusk I I
nd drove them down to the Ferry I
r ti y ano - batteries reopened the | I
"ufs the en Xt ' nornin & atld in two I
Tof uZZ y Bun ' eader ? d > consißt - I
L,? ’?°° men - 7 3 pieces of ar- I
Snd? ! 3,000 Btand of ' sma /l I
ms a large quantity of militaiy fj
.Jackson moved off at once with two <«
his division to rejoin Gen Lee
v,n g A - P- Hill to dispose of the W
soners, etc. McClellan had in the f