. Abraham Lincoln; a history . ter on the 13th. This post washeld by General Milroy, a man of stubborn courage,who, when ordered to evacuate the place, insteadof obeying,^ protested that he was able to hold it Part Lincolnto Hooker, June 10, 1863. W. R. Vol. XXVIL, Part I., p. 35. 1 Winchester and Martinsburgwere at this time occupied byus simply as outposts. Neitherplace -was susceptible of a gooddefense. Directions were there-fore given on June 11th to with-draw these garrisons to Har-pers Ferry, but these orders werenot obeyed, and on the 13thWinchester was attacked and itsarmament and part
. Abraham Lincoln; a history . ter on the 13th. This post washeld by General Milroy, a man of stubborn courage,who, when ordered to evacuate the place, insteadof obeying,^ protested that he was able to hold it Part Lincolnto Hooker, June 10, 1863. W. R. Vol. XXVIL, Part I., p. 35. 1 Winchester and Martinsburgwere at this time occupied byus simply as outposts. Neitherplace -was susceptible of a gooddefense. Directions were there-fore given on June 11th to with-draw these garrisons to Har-pers Ferry, but these orders werenot obeyed, and on the 13thWinchester was attacked and itsarmament and part of its gar-rison captured.—General Hal-lecks Report of Operations in 1863. W. R. Vol. , p. 15. General Halleck always dividedthe blame of the mischance atWinchester equally between Mil-roy and Schenck. In fact, eachof the three is equally impartialtowards the other two. We give the following letterfrom the President to Milroy asa remarkable specimen of hisdealings with his discontentedgenerals. It would be impossible. GENERAL BICHAKD ti. EWELL. THE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA 209 against any force the enemy might bring. His ch. were not repeated with sufficient prompt-ness and firmness, and he was therefore caught byEwells army, and, though fighting obstinately, to be more kindly or more au-thoritative. Yet he took time towrite this letter in the most criti-cal hour of the Gettysburg cam-paign. (Private.) Executive Mansion, Washington, June 29, Milroy. My dear Sir : Your lettersto Mr. Blair and to myself arehanded to me by him. I have neverdoubted your courage and de-votion to the cause. But you havejust lost a division, and, primafacie, the fault is upon you ; andwhile that remains unchanged,for me to put you in commandagain is to justly subject me tothe charge of having put youthere on purpose to have you loseanother. If I knew facts sufficientto satisfy me that you were notin fault, or error, the case wouldbe different; but the facts I do
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