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SS«&6SW, T »-=— <P>s— —- JSfßf ' ” X . _ £W » * £o jUI i ■ Kin <» JNEW -SERIES,) MU. lx. \ VOL. 11. f 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 j I f T m Cul peppcr C. H me f I ) p road t 0 Orange C. fL L' I iff™VS‘Xh’S l f h " 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