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The Daily Dispatch: April 14, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the War. (search)
committee can obtain, that the battles were fought, the troops handled now dispositions made and old ones changed. entirely by the corps commanders, without directions from the Commanding General He would pick the troops in the morning then leave the field and seek the position for the next day, giving no directions until the close of the day's fighting, when the troops would be ordered to fall back during the night to the now position selected by him. In that manner the army reached the James river. After getting to Harrison's Landing McClellan applied for 50,000 reinforcements to enable him to resume active operations General Halke's, when he visited the army, informed Gen. McClellan that the Government could furnish him only 20,000 additional troops. Gen. McClellan consented to renew operations with that number of reinforcements, and General Halleck left with that understanding. But the day that he left Gen. McClellan wrote to him. asking for 15,000 or 20,000 troops from the We