Appeal to the President of the United States for a Re Examination of the Proceed
Appeal to the President of the United States for a Re Examination of the Proceed
Fitz John Porter
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" (Pope s Rep. , 24). A few brief extracts from the reports of commanders of Por ter s corps, who took part in this action, will show the true character of this "feeble attack. " General Sykes, after describing the strong and sheltered po sitions of the enemy, says : " About 4 P. M. I was ordered to support an attack to be made by General Butter-field. This attack was based upon the supposition that the enemy was in full retreat so announced in the orders of General Pope. Porter s army corps wa...s to be the centre of operations. * Butterfield s at tack was gallantly made and gallantly maintained until his troops were torn to pieces. My first brigade, under Colonel R. C. Buchanan, moved to his aid, relieved him, and became furiously engaged. The enemy, posted in a railroad excava tion, was as secure as earthen embankments could make him, and as our troops emerged from the woods they were met by withering volleys that decimated their ranks. Their own fire was almost harmless against a sheltered foe.
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