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lace nine months ago, and the official reports have been published. This may involve me in trouble with the Secretary, but I cannot help it; I will not yield my right to defend myself. To-day Lieutenant General Grant arrived here. He has been very civil, and said nothing about superseding me. I go to-morrow to Washington, and shall go again before the committee, to add to my testimony. Headquarters army of the Potomac, March 14, 1864. I wrote you, I think, on the evening of the 10th, the day Grant was here. It rained all that day, and as he could not see anything, he determined to return to Washington the next day. The President having invited both General Grant and myself to dinner on Saturday, the 12th, I had of course to go up to Washington, and as I wanted to add to my testimony to the committee, I concluded to go up with General Grant. When I arrived, I immediately went before the committee and filed documentary evidence to prove the correctness of my previous ass
11th (search for this): chapter 2
ected the main body of the army upon Matamoras, whilst he continued with his staff and the dragoons to Point Isabel. The army, under the command of General Worth, halted within twelve miles of Matamoras and awaited the return of General Taylor with supplies. On the 22d he made his appearance, and on the following day the army took up the line of march for Matamoras, and appeared opposite that city on the same day. camp opposite Matamoras, April 2, 1846. This morning your letters of the 11th and 14th ultimo came to hand. With my usual luck in such matters, I did not ascertain till this minute that the mail was to return immediately, and now I have but fifteen minutes to give you the news since the date of my last letter. Nothing, however, has happened, so that much time is not required to detail it. Our position with the Mexicans on the opposite side of the river remains in statu quo. They continue to work assiduously, night and day, in putting up batteries all around their tow
12th (search for this): chapter 18
Appendix K: newspaper article, a reply by a staff officer of the Fifth Corps to a newspaper article signed Historicus, mentioned in letter of March 22, 1864. see page 182, Vol. II (for article signed Historicus, see Appendix J) (New York Herald, March 18, 1864） The battle of Gettysburg—the truth of history, &c. To the editor of the Herald: In your paper of the 12th instant Historicus favors the world with an immense letter on the battle of Gettysburg. It is so manifestly intended to create public opinion that few will attach to it the importance the writer hopes. I wish to correct some of his misstatements, and, having been an eye-witness, claim to be both heard and believed. First—The Fifth corps was never placed under the orders of General Sickles at any time during the battle of Gettysburg and never was posted by General Sickles on the left of the Third corps. Second—General Sykes was never requested to relieve Ward's brigade and Smith's battery on Roundto
12th (search for this): chapter 19
Appendix L: newspaper article, a reply by General Barnes to a newspaper article signed Historicus, mentioned in letter of March 22, 1864. see page 182, Vol. II (for article signed Historicus, see Appendix J) (New York Herald, March 21, 1864） The battle of Gettysburg To the editor of the Herald: Washington, March 16, 1864. In the New York Herald of the 12th inst., a communication over the signature of Historicus purports to give the account of an EyeWit-ness of the battle of Gettysburg, and the reason for it assigned that up to this time no clear narrative of it has appeared. I desire to call attention to that portion of it which pretends to relate certain events in connection with the part taken by the Fifth Corps in that engagement, and particularly to what the writer refers to as an alarming incident occurring in the First division of that corps, which I had the honor to command. He says:— An alarming incident, however, occurred. Barnes' division of the Fift
12th (search for this): chapter 2
proaching departure. I shall be absent from here some ten days, so that you may expect an interval of two weeks between this letter and its successor. camp of Corpus Christi, Texas, December 1, 1845. My last letter to you was dated on the 12th ult., just on the eve of my departure on an expedition down the Laguna Madre. I was out some ten days, and since my return have been so much occupied with preparing the drawings and the reports, that I believe I have allowed an opportunity to write the date of my last (I think on the eleventh), for we have been ever since marching, and only halt at this point to give time to the rear to close up. You will doubtless see in the papers all about our march and the dispositions made. On the twelfth the pioneers, about ninety strong, with one hundred cavalry and twenty-five Rangers, constituting what was called the Pioneer Advance, left Seralvo, to proceed in advance and make such repairs to the road as might be required for the heavy train
12th (search for this): chapter 20
Appendix M: letter from General Meade to the Department enclosing newspaper article signed Historicus, mentioned in letter of April 2, 1864. see page 186, Vol. II (for article signed Historicus, see Appendix J) Headquarters, army of the Potomac, March 15, 1864. Col. E. D. Townsend, A. A. G. Washington, D. C. Colonel. I enclose herewith a slip from the New York Herald of the 12th inst., containing a communication signed Historicus, purporting to give an account of the battle of Gettysburg to which I desire to call the attention of the War Department—and ask such action thereon as may be deemed proper and suitable. For the past fortnight the public press of the whole country has been teeming with articles, all having for their object assaults upon my reputation as an officer, and tending to throw discredit upon my operations at Gettysburg and my official report of the same. I have not noticed any of these attacks and should not now take action, but that the character
12th (search for this): chapter 22
the battle of Gettysburg Historicus In reply to General Barnes and the staff officers of the Second and Fifth Corps. The evidence before the Committee on the Conduct of the War, &C. To the editor of the Herald. In your journal of the 12th ult. I gave an impartial and conscientious sketch of the battle of Gettysburg. Regarding it as the decisive battle of the war, I thought it wise to put its main features on record while the facts were familiar and the principal actors at hand. I defeat this grand manoeuvre of the enemy, and the result was still doubtful until the reserve (the Sixth corps) under General Sedgwick, came up. It is only due to myself to say that my narrative of the battle of Gettysburg, published on the 12th ult. will be fully sustained by the concurrent testimony of all the generals who have recently appeared before the Committee on the Conduct of the War. The evidence of General Butterfield, Chief of Staff to General Meade, is known to be so ruinous t
12th (search for this): chapter 4
about two miles lower down. Franklin's grand division was assigned to the last position. The bridges were finished by the afternoon of the 11th without any opposition at our place, but with much trouble and quite severe loss at the town. On the 12th we crossed. Sumner at the town, Franklin below, and Hooker remaining in reserve. On the 13th it was determined to make an attack from both positions, and the honor of leading this attack was assigned to my division. I cannot give you all the deooker is in any danger of losing his command. The Government seems to be satisfied with him, judging from the tone of those papers known to be connected with it. camp near Falmouth, Va., May 15, 1863. I received to-day your letter of the 12th instant, advising me of George's Son of General Meade, taken sick with the measles while on Stoneman's cavalry raid, and having to ford a deep river, the rash was driven in, making him ill, necessitating his being sent home. arrival at home, which
12th (search for this): chapter 6
d here. He has been very civil, and said nothing about superseding me. I go to-morrow to Washington, and shall go again before the committee, to add to my testimony. Headquarters army of the Potomac, March 14, 1864. I wrote you, I think, on the evening of the 10th, the day Grant was here. It rained all that day, and as he could not see anything, he determined to return to Washington the next day. The President having invited both General Grant and myself to dinner on Saturday, the 12th, I had of course to go up to Washington, and as I wanted to add to my testimony to the committee, I concluded to go up with General Grant. When I arrived, I immediately went before the committee and filed documentary evidence to prove the correctness of my previous assertion that I never for an instant had any idea of fighting anywhere but at Gettysburg, as soon as I learned of Reynolds's collision and obtained information that the ground was suitable. Mr. Wade was the only member present.
13th (search for this): chapter 2
y friend Lieutenant Scarritt, Corps of Engineers, who is obliged to leave the country on account of ill health. We have been associated together for a long time, and fought together on the 8th and 9th of May, and here. He is a good soldier and a fine gentleman, and I shall feel much the loss of his society. I have told him, should he go to the North, to find you out in Philadelphia, and that you would know all about him. Monterey, November 24, 1846. My last letter was dated on the 13th instant, and was written just on the eve of my departure for Saltillo. Major Graham promised to take it with him, so I presume it will reach you in safety. Also Robert McLane, who said he was going direct to Philadelphia, promised to call and see you on his arrival, and tell you all about me. You, therefore, will be in better luck than myself, for I suppose you will receive all my letters, and have verbal accounts of me, whereas I find on my return no mails have arrived in my absence, and to-ni
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