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The Daily Dispatch: July 22, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the North. (search)
tomac retired, except in front of Washington. He then read further testimony, showing that the Navy Department applied to the War Department for 4,000 men to hold Matthias's Point and keep open the Potomac, commencing such application as early as June, till in October it was agreed to send men. Vessels were gathered there by the War Department, but the troops were not sent at the appointed time, and the Navy Department could not find out the reason. The evidence further stated that the Presidethe 5th of April 120,000 men were first sent down to McClellan; then Franklin's division of 12,000 was sent, and on the 1st of June McCall's division of 10,000 more; and about that time 11,000 from Baltimore and Fortress Monroe, and on the last of June Shield's division of about 5,000; making a total of 158,000 men sent to General McClellan prior to the engagements before Richmond. Mr. Tucker further testified that he did not know of any other force which could have been sent to McClellan. Thu