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The Daily Dispatch: December 30, 1862., [Electronic resource], Later from the North. (search)
roposed to go to Richmond by land, he would have to go by way of Fredericksburg; and in that he partially agreed with me. After we had started, we had another conversation on that subject, and several other officers were present. On the 6th of November, after this conversation, General McClellan gave an order to Capt. Drum, as Chief Engineer, to have all his pontoon bridges at Serith and in that neighborhood, that could be spared, taken up and sent down to Washington, with a view of getting them down to this point in little, in case he decided to go by way of Fredericksburg. The letter conveying that order was written on the 6th of November. but, as I understand, was not received until the 12th of November. On the 7th or 8th November, I received an order from the Frecident of the United States directing me to take command of the Army of the Petomas and also a copy of the order retrieving General McClellan from that command. This order was conveyed to me by General Bucki
The Daily Dispatch: December 30, 1862., [Electronic resource], Still Later from the North. (search)
er disobeyed any positive orders it was in his power to fulfill. If he did so, why has he not been court martialed ? And does it not seem strange to every one that the abler General should be hampered by orders while the less experienced, we are told, had a carte Blanche? The more immediate cause of the disaster is proved to be the delay on the part of the War Department in sending forward the pontoons, as agreed to by Gen. Halleck. With his usual foresight, Gen. McClellan, on the 6th of November, had dispatched an order to have the pontoons in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry sent to Washington, with a view to their being taken thence to Falmouth in the event of his upon a change of base. On the 7th or 8th. Burnside received the order investing him with the command Halleck and Meigs went down to Warrenton, and on the nights of the 11th and 12th of November discoursed with Burnside the plan he proposed, and part of that plan was that Halleck should send down pontoons immediately