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Monticello (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): article 12
The will of Commodore Levy, bequeathing Monticello to Virginia, has been declared hull and void by the Supreme Court of New York. Four hundred and twenty officers of various grades in Rosecrans army have been reduced to the ranks since the battle of Murfreesboro'. The 1st North Carolina Hospital was accidentally burnt in Petersburg. Va., Sunday night. There were no patients in it at the time. The Planters' Hotel, Augusta, Georgia, was sold at auction, on Thursday last, for $100,000. "I don't remember of having seen you before," as the lawyer said to his consequence. The New York Herald says gold has fallen because of an expectation of an early peace.
Richardson (search for this): article 13
ould attend to that little matter." After some time Gen. McClellan started from Yorktown. and reached the vicinity of Williamsburg about five o'clock in the afternoon. That night the enemy evacuated their position at Williamsburg. Gen. McClellan states that after he arrived on the field he was so satisfied that the enemy had been beaten. and would be compelled to evacuate their position that night or be taken at a great disadvantage, that he countermanded orders to the divisions of Richardson and Sedgwick and sent them back to Yorktown. Then came the long stay on the Chickahominy and then McClellan's heart failed him. The report says: Gen. McClellan continued calling for reinforcements, representing that the force of the enemy in his front was superior to his own. and that the force under Gen. McDowell would do more for the protection of Washington, if sent to his army, than in any other position in which it could be placed. In a letter written on the 21st of May. h
Sumner (search for this): article 13
ss. One of the witnesses testifies that Gen. McClellan was very much chagrined and mortified at the evacuation, as he had made his preparations to open from his batteries on Monday, the 5th of May. The evacuation was discovered by daylight on the morning of the 4th Between ten and eleven o'clock Gen. Stonemen, with the cavalry and some light horse artillery, started in pursuit. About one o'clock Gen. Hocker, with his division, left York town with orders to support General Stoneman--Gens. Sumner, Heintzelman, and Keyes, also moved out during the day with the whole or portions of their corps. In the battle of Williamsburg which followed, Hocker, after losing 1,700 men, was so hard pressed by the rebels that he sent Gov. Spragne for reinforcements: Gov. Sprague arrived at Yorktown about one o'clock, having been about an hour going down. He testifies that when Gen. McClellan was told the condition of affairs at the front, he remarked that he had supposed "those in front c
Keyes (search for this): article 13
stifies that Gen. McClellan was very much chagrined and mortified at the evacuation, as he had made his preparations to open from his batteries on Monday, the 5th of May. The evacuation was discovered by daylight on the morning of the 4th Between ten and eleven o'clock Gen. Stonemen, with the cavalry and some light horse artillery, started in pursuit. About one o'clock Gen. Hocker, with his division, left York town with orders to support General Stoneman--Gens. Sumner, Heintzelman, and Keyes, also moved out during the day with the whole or portions of their corps. In the battle of Williamsburg which followed, Hocker, after losing 1,700 men, was so hard pressed by the rebels that he sent Gov. Spragne for reinforcements: Gov. Sprague arrived at Yorktown about one o'clock, having been about an hour going down. He testifies that when Gen. McClellan was told the condition of affairs at the front, he remarked that he had supposed "those in front could attend to that little
Heintzelman (search for this): article 13
ily handle all the troops which composed it by himself. He neglected to send 4,000 troops to keep open the navigation of the Potomac, which the report says "caused the President manifest disappointment." After his army got to the Peninsula, Gen. Heintzelman received information that the rebels had only 10,000 troops at Yorktown, and the place might be taken. He advanced to make a heavy reconnaissance, but was recalled by McClellan, who "hoped that nothing had been done (by H.) to give the enemthe 4th Between ten and eleven o'clock Gen. Stonemen, with the cavalry and some light horse artillery, started in pursuit. About one o'clock Gen. Hocker, with his division, left York town with orders to support General Stoneman--Gens. Sumner, Heintzelman, and Keyes, also moved out during the day with the whole or portions of their corps. In the battle of Williamsburg which followed, Hocker, after losing 1,700 men, was so hard pressed by the rebels that he sent Gov. Spragne for reinforceme
Sedgwick (search for this): article 13
that little matter." After some time Gen. McClellan started from Yorktown. and reached the vicinity of Williamsburg about five o'clock in the afternoon. That night the enemy evacuated their position at Williamsburg. Gen. McClellan states that after he arrived on the field he was so satisfied that the enemy had been beaten. and would be compelled to evacuate their position that night or be taken at a great disadvantage, that he countermanded orders to the divisions of Richardson and Sedgwick and sent them back to Yorktown. Then came the long stay on the Chickahominy and then McClellan's heart failed him. The report says: Gen. McClellan continued calling for reinforcements, representing that the force of the enemy in his front was superior to his own. and that the force under Gen. McDowell would do more for the protection of Washington, if sent to his army, than in any other position in which it could be placed. In a letter written on the 21st of May. he asks that Ge
24th (search for this): article 13
heir strength and confidence. After to-morrow we shall fight the rebel army as soon as Providence will permit. We shall await only a favorable condition of the earth and sky, and the completion of some necessary preliminaries." The returns of Gen. McClellan to the Adjutant. General's office give the following as the strength of the army on the Peninsula on the 20th of June Present for duty, 115.102; special duty, kick, and in arrest. 14,225; absent, 29,511--total, 126,838. On the 24th and 25th of June Gen. McClellan telegraphs the Secretary of War that he is informed by describers and contrabands that Jackson is contemplating an attack upon his right and rear. As this dispatch of Gen. McClellan, and the one of the President in reply, are dated immediately previous to the "seven days battle," they are given here in full. Received 8:50 P. M. McClellan's, June 25, 6.15 P. M. I have just returned from the field, and find your dispatch in regard to Jackson. S
Burnside (search for this): article 13
ietam campaigns as human endurance would bear. The committee give the first correct history of the "resignation" of Burnside. It appears that after the battle at Fredericksburg he issued "Order No. S." dismissing some officers from the service, and sentencing some deserters to be that. --This order Lincoln refused to approve: Thereupon Gen. Burnside again insisted that his resignation be accepted. This the President declined to do and, after some urging, Gen. Burnside consented to tGen. Burnside consented to take a leave of absence for thirty days, with the understanding that at the end of that time he should be assigned to duty, as he deemed it improper to hold a commission as Major General and receive his pay without rendering service therefore. Gen. Gen. Burnside objected to the wording of the order which relieved him from his command and which stated that it was at his own request, as being unjust to him and unfounded in act but upon the representation that any other order would do injury to the ca
Stoneman (search for this): article 13
ktown without loss. One of the witnesses testifies that Gen. McClellan was very much chagrined and mortified at the evacuation, as he had made his preparations to open from his batteries on Monday, the 5th of May. The evacuation was discovered by daylight on the morning of the 4th Between ten and eleven o'clock Gen. Stonemen, with the cavalry and some light horse artillery, started in pursuit. About one o'clock Gen. Hocker, with his division, left York town with orders to support General Stoneman--Gens. Sumner, Heintzelman, and Keyes, also moved out during the day with the whole or portions of their corps. In the battle of Williamsburg which followed, Hocker, after losing 1,700 men, was so hard pressed by the rebels that he sent Gov. Spragne for reinforcements: Gov. Sprague arrived at Yorktown about one o'clock, having been about an hour going down. He testifies that when Gen. McClellan was told the condition of affairs at the front, he remarked that he had supposed "
E. M. Stanton (search for this): article 13
time, is a disaster, the responsibility cannot be thrown on my shoulders — it must rest where it belongs. Since I commenced this I have received additional intelligence confirming the supposition in regard to Jackson's movements and Beauregard. I shall probably be attacked to-morrow, and now go to the other side of the Chickahominy to arrange for the defence on that side. I feel that there is no use in my again asking for reinforcements. Geo. B. McClellan, Major General. Hon, E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War. The auteur of the President is as follows: Washington, June 26, 1862. Your three dispatches of yesterday in relation to the affair, ending with the statement that you completely succeeded in making your point, are very gratifying. The later one, of a quarter past six P. M., suggesting the probability of your being overwhelmed by 900,000 men, and talking of whom. the responsibility will belong, pains me very much. I give you all I can and act on the pres
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