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A : Gcneral On the 6th of December, 1862, 1 wrote to you from Memphis, (see Exibit A,) that the journal? of that date announced that General Halleck, in his report of December 2, 1862, stated that "the alleged cause of the re treat from Cumberland Gap, eras the want of supplies," but that the commanding officer had just before reported that he had "several weeks provisions," and "that he would not abandon that important post ;" and that "an investigation" had " been ordered." As two months had lapsed since Gen. Halleck had been informed of the evacuation, and as I had not been notified that an investigation had been ordered, so that I might have an opportunity of producing evidence of the facts upon which I acted ; and as no intimation had been given, of any dissatisfaction at Washington, as to my conduct, save an anonymous telegram, which was discredited by the country, by the army, and by myself; in the exercises of the right guaranteed to every, officer, I demanded a prompt heariu before a Court of Inquiry or a Court Martial. To that demand, on the 20th of December-, 1862, Gen. Halleck, through Assistant Adjitst General Kelton, replied (Exhibit B) that Major Gen. Wright was directed, some time since, to in vestigate and report the facts concerning that affair ; and that, " If that report should be eatisfactory no further proceedings would be required, and that I would be held free from all blame." " ; ; You will observe, sir, that this assurance of General Halleck was made on the 20th of De cember, .1862, and that his" report . of general oenBureupon the operations of all our armies was made on the 2d of that- month. My astonishment, therefore was great, when, in reply to my letter o Jan'uary, 6th, .1863, General Wright, on the 27th of that month, (Exibit C) in formed me that .bp the 15th of October, 1862, .sis';-wekv bTmXittitr lTalleck wrote 5Ti- report, he; General Wrisht, had made- hi la-t veetigaUon, and had wrxttca to Gaaeral Uai. teck commending ' ray policy in evaeaatiag Curmbeitaod "0fv sA bad atated that tha " did not see how, with starvation staring him (Morgan) in the face, and with no certainty of relief being afforded, he could have come to any other conclusion than the one arrived at." Gen. Wright further informed Gen. Halleck that " the evacuation was in pursuance of the unanimous opinion of the general officers of the command (Exhibit D, record of council of war) ; was a matter of necessity, arising from their provisions being exhausted, their communications cut off, and no information of any prospect of re" lief being received. And yet, with this report of the investiga tion, made ia accordance wilh his directions, and by the officer selected by himself, with this report lying before him, Gen. Halleck published to the world that he had ordered an in-tigation ; but suppressed the fact that the investigation had been made six weeks before the publication of his report, mid that my action had been fully sustained . Although I have suffered public wrong, 1 feel too deep an interest in the great issue for national existence now being tried on the bat tle-field, to add a new disturbing element by making a public vindication. But I would be unworthy of the cause in defence of which I drew my a word, were I to allow- any personal Consideration' to prevent me from placing on record a statement of facts, as set forth in this ipaper. Havrng waited in vain for a further reply from Gen. Halleck,- on : the 18th Of January 1863 (Exhibit E), 1 wrote to you that " 1 had patiently remained under the . publio censure ofGen. Halleck for the period Of four months, believing that the time and investigation were only necessary to secure thw approval of my course i" and I ' requested to be Informed whether my conducr in the evacuatiooof Cumberland Gap met with the approvafor disapproval of the General-in-Chief."; To that communicatioQ'Gen. Halfeck has not found it convenient to'reply ;' but in his lettet of Feb. 8th, 1863 Exhibit F.), ia response to General Wright's letter of Teb. 4th; 1863 (Exhibit G), GenJ Halleck sayi : 'The facts as'BbwJ'pre-aented.'jostifled General MorganV retreat." ,yt a at tacts r v en . xi aireca: t possessea no facu oa'Uie 8th oiijabra'ary,' 1863, which he did not know?o'th 24' of December, 1862, when be pobliaBed 01s eenaurar report -:iyy. i'x In his letUr of Fob. 4th, 1863, Geo. Wright snmply re-affirmed tho facts and opinion alrea. dy stated hy him, iabWofacial report of the VnvestinUoormada Oct 15th,: 1862.-' And ;io reply to Gen. Wright's letter of Feb, 4f h, 1863, Geo. Halieck aaysVln tti lUer Feb;8thl8o3 Mb thMiJetterXOct.5; i$62,).jo fiilljr-oaerated Gn..Morgas fre si hUm ln,ah dosingCktmberlaficI Gat. jij7o former.:! syestl fatioii wil thsjeJors be mada."4ln fhsUoee; Gen. ,Wrjghts letter of TKUS63'B4;-ia; Vport otOct. 1$, 1862, itrs. ldeatkUiMJai Halleck sk!aitj.TJpoohat 'prtoplevthl did he' publicly 'cefiBar j ttj-coiftii: upon s cei n wj tup ut Mf,ut prixKiCiy Juakifjr my inJuct 'Ca'-VeciisTs'the 'eecbnd, whinixfcoth con: cajt-;; il rzf a4Ua - -p'v Vf: GtJ IlilJi-Jc Mr.'rattjfei thatGsaersJ f'rfii i I : J r 1 1 .rs ake if fall sa 4 fcrbiT lnes- tigation at the time it was ordered' And yel, when Gen. Halleck penned the1 expression of that regret, he knew .that the investigation was as full and formal as it could have been made except by Court of Inquiry or Court Mar. fial. He says that such an investigation "was due to Gen. Morgan, as well as to Gen. Wright and the Government." , If due to me, why did Gen. Halleck refuse to grant me a Court Martial or a- Court v of Inquiry ? ; If dne; to the Government' why did not General Halleck procure an order for a Court of Inquiry, or himself order a Court Maitial ? Gen. : Halleck ought to know that Gen. Wright had not the power to order a Court of Inquiry ; he (Halleck), refused me a court, and did not or der one himself ; but on the contrary he order- ed the investigation to be made by a single officer selected that officer himself, and at this late day he grudgingly and privately justifies my conduct on the report of that officer. ; Gen. Halleck further says : "Gen. Morgan represented his force as able to hold Cumberland Gap against any number of troops which the enemy could bring against him. He .was almost boastful in his confidence thai he could do this. On these assurances the government believed that the post would be held by ns, aad serve as a serious obstacle to the retreat of Gen. Bragg's army." : Gen. Halleck strangely confounds " force" with " subsistence." I did hold my position against a force more than four times greater than my own the enemy completely surroun ded, but did not attack me. And had not General Halleck failed to open communica tion between Lexington and Cumberland Gap as he promised to do (Exhibit H), that strong hold would have been ours today. . I had sufficient force to beat the enemy if be had attacked me, but had not subsiatance sufficient to keep my troops two weeks longer from starvation, In his report of Dec. 2nd, 1862, Gen Halleck ayj that just before the evacuation, i rtsport-ed that I had "several weeks supplies;" but in hia letter of Feb. 8, 1863, he asserts that in a despatch of Sept. 11th, i802, alleged to have been written by me six days before the evac'ii-ation,I eaid that 1 cad supplies Wr seventy or eighty daye. Bu't in the same letter Gen. Hal leck says : "It is true that he (Morgan) staled in hU tietyaleh that his supplies were limited." How then does Gen. Halleck reconcile tha as sertion of seventy or eighty days supplies with his admisldn that I reported-that my supplies were limited ! He says that I so stated in my dispatch of Sept. 11; 1862; but I deny having writtea such a dispatch to Gen. Halleck, Gas. Wright or aS y other persoar If (J such dis-patsh wasnrrittca bj-ve; jterselr ax'li'vast! pnjportin'ts be such is fn exist gageXdsrwu ka it as a- forrery. s - " . ta ny official K'port to Ueav Wright.-OctO ber lO, 1862, (Exhibit I) I saidi - On the 9th of September last Exhibit J) I addressed a letter to Msj. Gen. .Wright, by one of myaids-de-camp, with a ierhal message that' by eating mules we could' hold out sixty days Exhibit K ; but on the 12th of Septemberthe able and energetic division quartermaster in formed me that it was impossible longer to '. feed the mules, and suggested that they should be sent to tbe Ohio River."' -I further'stated that my troops had been six days without bread, and that De Courcy had failed to obtain the hoped-for supplies at Manchester. These facts were all before Gen. Halleck while he was writing his're- port of Dec. 2, 1862, for which he so ungraceT fully apologizes in his letter to General Wright of Feb. 8th, 1863. Gen. Halleck further says; "Had his Mor gan's) true condition been known measures might have been taken to relieve him." r; Does not Gen. Halleck mean to say that he did not do all he Was able to do at Big Hill, Richmond and Lexington? Does he admit that he did not cause Bragg and Smith to be driven from Kentucky at the earliest possible moment? If so, then it is certain that Gen.Hal-Ieck-ia. responsible for the; loss of Cumberland Gap; for the enemy maintained his position in the heart of Kentucky, one hundred miles this aide of Cumberland Ford, until more than two months after ray troops had been starved out of Cumberland Gjip. , . 4i j; However ill-informed "Qenr Halleck, ..may have-been as to the general theatre of ODera- tions, I propose to prove that he had . no ex case for being ignorant of the condition of my command. He had been duly notified : that my division wasi surrounded ' on the . barren summit of .the Cumberland Mountains ; that Stephenson was in my immediate fr4ht, w.tth a fores double my ojvn ; . that . Bragg was on J my right flank .with a vast army ; that -Ktrby Smith had gained my rear " with a force repr sen ted as being three times stronger than mine and that MarahaU occupied the .sterile region to the North, between ths Gap and. tb 'Ohio River; He had been further informed by ay official report of the occupation of that strong. hold, under , date of . June 22nd. 1862 that "While at Cnmberland Ford I was compelled to haurforage f Ehibit L a distanbe of ninety miles; and that during th ekhpa ths : ot April and May the roads were, so lad that a train' of ten Wagons could' only Mvanee three or foot miles per'day?'. 'jX'- -That on the" 30th Of J unel862, 1 telegntpl). eu so liieaK vol, oworas, -Assistant Quarter maeter General ' v -W are J"18 vei7thf ngv We-are destitof e 61 dbrage.fi v m-- -1 i ' lThat bh;nh'2Iel tTay of JnlyislS32." Chief fingiheer CraighilL acting ton' toTsUfr,tete graphed to Brigadier General Totten; at Wat'h- ingtontv?iTr 4- Thacountry in bttriear is ezhaasted.Thit 111 VW( UVIITHVII T J J V9. jTbat pnhe23d of JulyHeleaphel Hn theSeCretaryof p ThHqr.;thei:thf JulyWny ltircf j--. . to pcee4 io.GeaersJlIa" I,Exhil,it li Latas East Tenhessesf Aoi entocfr ItoltarBlie- ; jinat 00 tns4.vt 01$ aurubi, uiegrapnea j to the Secretary-JSC War and to Uen. Bnell : "I niviabqaf tKHeell iupjjlie That on1 et;A5& ielegaphed to the Secretary ofAvanoiojG " Kirby Smith &Ati6 possibly fiOiiSa tbresi weeks in iny immediate rear, while I tan hold this placn five weeks Uh my preien Krcom-ttandtvr-' , . ti did not hold As Gap four weeke and five days from ths jdstl of thai dispatch : That on tbA lVtA 01 AagnstI .telegraphed General Halleck tlsi VOas hondrei sad fifty wagons loaded - withfofage and ' snbsistence have arrived i" -: ' ; " ' . ' . - Those euppliei eire principally, of forage, which ' had been -hanled , over, one hundred miles, and as ths teams bad to be ted, while on the road, froa the wagons, the amount was greatly redaeedV .r " -'; ' nere, Uien, !s thV.proof that Gen.: Halleck was repeatedly informed of my true condition as to supplies, aniflhatIf he had the means, to have given ms relief, at hs say he " might have done," he is ,beyond all doubt responsible for the loss of Cumberland Gap. ; General Halleck says that "the Government believed thai Cumberland, Gap. would, form a serious obsUcltotheretreat of the enemy." At tue AuiuinisuaMun so oene vear.ii was ioe duty of Gen. HalUdk to I are corrected so erroneous an imprefiaion. He was aware that I had invaded Fasl Tennessee in June, 1862, by two other gapeJarjd that Kirby Smitli had invaded Kentucky? by the same' foots in August of thai year. Hence, even had Gen. Halleck furnished m4 with supplies, as he says he might have done, toe forces ofBragg and Smith would have-retreated, by- two or three roads, ihstead of bojw::;. -v ' ' ' In pbedfecce t6 instructions from the Secre- arylttf.War. i ktepivhim. advised of my move ments, ahd on '-the, j t th df May, and twice after wards; I suggested the. importance of protect! n g the 1 in t4t conamun ication between Lo'iiiiviIle and Na&hlville, bnd between Lpxing-ton and Cumberland 'Ford ; and afterwards I strongly recommenced ifie occupation of Roger's and Big Creek, gaps. But both lines were left unprotected ths cavalry I had repeatedly, asked for was not'flrniahed, and' the natural result of the weakened and ex posed condition of Kentucky, weree raids of John 'Morgan and the invasions f Smith aod, Bragg. . . - fiegarding- the Occupation of East Tennes-eee as of vtal f nir rtahce; in vain I made every .effoH.to.lve'a'l410 good military totA cdnstructwf Cdfaierland - .Gapf ; and ?snr 'th?Mic"e T '" ' jnuysst -he wa which -ednnecta Tenaeasee wih raia; the CaroIin4s, Alabam and, -Misswippi Three times I earnest v reaueaUd to ba al lowed ? jtoadvantagains0 and pledged myself to sfeep East Tennessee from Bristol to Chattanooga. I had supplies -of arms for six additfdhat regiments of Easi Ten-nesseeans, and all communication'.with Vir-. inia could have been cut of, until Buell could have advanced from , the south-west. But I was ordered not to assume the offensive. - : Had not; these plana been interfered with, the invasion of Kentucky would not have taken place, and .East Tennessee and Cumberland Gap wou'd he in our possession to-day. : General Halleck complains that I was "almost boastful" ia my' "confidence that he (I) could, hold his;(my) positionagaisst any number of tfobpa-'the enettty tould bring: against him (me). '-.' -v'; "' ; - There was a stern necessity for a tone of confidence on ray part, for I-had reason to know that: there was pftnio from - Washington to Louisville. .; Ahd; although cut off from supplies;' without a' single soldier- wearing the Union un iform .within two linndred .miles ,"of my post; threatened by a force vastly greater than my own', my command maintained 'a boastful confidence,? and eonght to - Inspire at least a modf rate, degree. elsewhere. A 7; " . :- ,Z : .. . In answer to an official tplegram, I replied: tit am'surprlsed to hear. that ihere is con ste'hfatii""atVx;qu (CumberlandOap)lV We are preparedfot: the- enemy ..-whenever he rhay shpihlmieif'-ftf ? The enemy did enq and the result proved thaf we" wersrready to! receive him. Poring., the ih irty-two 4&ya that' we. were invested w jrpturedo verfi ve h undred iofScers and aoldiersrnalcingan eqmvatent of five hun dred and ortyrt wo 7 pfivates, and killed find wounueu one: nunarea seven iy masing an aggregate Ios of oyer eeren hundred of, ths ener mjt agalnstNy iossof less -thati? forty on par Lft -' JJ'MS';?': -?'--::S"i'H. lr.i.i-''-'' z vi.Thm'V&eU wers;duly.repprtM.r . Qn the 19th of Aagnet, 1862,1 telegraphed m General ILIeck be yielded while we have an Wnce'bf pawder; bat ..trust 'esoadl wflsoott be openedv by a iabn;fifQW-txiifS General Tikllecit jtoswired l will see thai y'm Wyry o?:nforced33i aster jto1 on? ajrisrOa the 19tb;of Aognei h is reinforcesjcnta were Iri)rso baak-.ai Big Hill; 00 the 2?th of thet iaqn th 'th ejf." W ; -TOtf at Richipc-l,"i!s J onHhe 21 jpf ejptetnSeiv In hot hat?, hrs rA -i2;3elXexl.an n fortai jrctr: - .:d to Cybon sd LouisTille. And rr?- r'-'--'-",i t3 rVsitiori !ntHBlue Cr:.:i r -; rc38hu.ndte-:iau ' :Ciptoi;raoYsthii tt?3t::icrc t'inc:'l3 1 -z i 9 v t fiifVt Cumbr-, . j t. a ?ct of uiscus- 1- ' ' L t r ; sl.ci a itdtfi 'j-&f ; ni&i&tlm :.rr :. -.sr miles north of the.Gap,'and to reach it in front was a six noun march. . . But to turn that po-sition.by a flank movement required,-from the ;Ford, an almost. impracticable march of ten 'or twelve Hays; overa'jdistance of ninety-five mileel: To deceive the enemy as to my inteh-tiob; I advanced in two columns one passing the mountains at Roger's and the other at Big Creek Clap; thus threatening," at the same t ime, . Cumberland Gap, nineteen miles east of Roger's Gap; Knoxville, forty-fire milea due south of that Gap, and Clinton, about twenty miles south of Big Creek Gap. Clinton was the enemy's base for supplies. r . Before advancing from the. Ford, I informed General Buell that Kirby Smith's force was nearly three times greater than mine, and requested that a diversion should be made in my favor against Chattanooga. My 'request was complied w.itb, and Smith believed the feint to be a real attack, and recalled Barton from the front of Big Creek Gap, and with twelve thousand men started for the relief of Chattanooga. But on reaching Loudon, on the Tennessee river, he received a telegram stating that East Tennessee was being invaded by two columns. This recalled to him a ruse rumor which I had, several weeks previously, caused to be circulated, of my intention to Attack the Gap in front, with twelve thousand tneh, while. at the same time, I would advance in two col' umns, by a flank movement, into East Tennessee.On the 16th of June, I learned that Smith and Barton were pn their return, and were advan cing to attack (Exhibit N); but it was not un til a week or ten days after our occupation' of the Gap that I learned fully of the disposition of Smith's forces. He left Stephenson with Six thousand men to defend Cumberland Gap; sent Barton with four thousand men to the Big Valley, to cover the approach to Knoxville, with eight thousand troops he took position at Clintcn. . . Smith's disposition of his troops indicates his belief that I intended to advance upon Knoxville,' and he hoped to meet me with his forces concentrated. My order of of arch (Ex hibit 0), shows that I. anticipated his plan, and was prepared for it. My rapid advance Upon Stephenson foiled the execution of his design, and Cumberland Gap was thus captur ed without the loss of a an. . - . - General Buell knew that X was manoeuver ing against a force nearly three - times greater than my own, and this explains his- anxiety for the safety of my command -.Upon sssumicg command at, Cumberland Gap,: I adopted a conciliatory' policy (Exhibit P. Q), and the citizens of the sdjoining esafia"fyirgU flocked is Jeauniis iheir ailegiyngetcrthe Unttsua: I am, siryrery respectfully 'in -z . iii iyour obedient Bervant." -' f "'.:' - -. GEORGE W. MORGAN ': Cstptar of Camberlsnd Gap. . '-'' ' Jleadqaarters Army f taa Ohio, 1 Ia Camp. Honssville, Ala, Ja!y II. IsBS. f ; . General Orders No. 29. ' ;v The General commanding the Army of the Oh io, takes pi eaaure in an nuncing the sQo-cess of an arduous and hazardous campaign by the Seventh Division, Brigadier General G. W. Morgan commanding, by which - the enerttyu fortified position -at Cumberland Gap was turned and his forces compelled-fij retreat as our troops advanced to attack. . : . The General thanks Brigadier General Morgan and the troops' of the Seventh Division for the - ability displayed in - the operations against this important stronghold and for the enrgyy fortitude and cheerfulness which they exhibited in their struggle . With difficulties of the most formidable magnitude for an army. By command of Major General Buell. JAMES B. FRY, Col. and Chief of Staff. Thanlts of tho President and See retarv of War. ' Washinotoit; June 22, 1862. Brigadier Oeneral Morgan: - Tbis Department has been highly gratified with your successful occupation tf Cumberland Gap, and commend the gallant conduct and labors of your officers and troops, to whom you will express the thanks of the President and the Department. ., " With thanks for your diligence and activity, I remain, yours truly;; : 5 EDWIN M. STANTON. . . -. "-. ; , . . Secretary of War. Conciliatory Policy-Personal Rights and Private Property Respected. - ' '" v ' --: Exhibit P) " " Headquarters Tth Civ;; Aftny ol thai Ohio, Cumberland Gap, Jufie 20, 1862. J :' ; 1 - Generat Orders JVo. 44. ' -' -;. It has been with mortification an J regret that the General commanding has learned that outrages havet been cordmitted upon private Drooertv of citizens, some of whom are ioval to the Union: by a few "bad men who have diJ . If I . 1. '- 1- l-l 1 graced vueu unwurai oy meir unsoiaier-jiae conducL' '-'tr:- ' ' T ? :' -; Private citiiens and' private property must he respected, and the honor ofour flag and of tbe brave men who are ready to die beneath its folds, shall jiot'i-ti sullied by a handfull of desperadoes who have crept into the ranks of the afmy for the purpose of plunder ; and if any such act is committed after this order has become promulgated and known, the perpetrator of the outrage shall suffer (be penalty- of death, as prescribed by the rules and articles ofwar.;::-. ;"":"-'" , - "f -.,'.U:: " ... " If is directed that this ordef.be at Once published at the' head of 'every : company in . the command, and that; commanding officers will look to itt..oforosraent; - ' By command of Brigadier General Morgan. :T;.:?CHAS, O. JOLINE, A.'A. G. ; TSta teaalt Prodaced; b j bncIoua Copies of the above order , were at onoe- oirca' fated throughout the surrounding ccte.try,"and ths follosing dispatohss' ehowtte Inflaence iieercised jupon thpliil' , Vl -i 2tea4qusrts4s ofth:'th liv.Araiy of Ua) ' " . . .? Ohio, ComWriasd'3ap. Jane 3V KS J. J L ; : Citisens of y urffiniaEentr; y tnd TeoBes- eee oonie, in hy .the dosea to take the oath of allegiancs to tne-' Unite... estates. JL moment thirteen Vjrginlan Came- in; and, when 1 wslsomsl .t!:ea baekto tL ell Sarawyye jras cjmmea wua t'2.Tsw:t-.ryy. ,..t r-T-'. -v::.-- ; :.-h-cv, a - .7- v r v . ui-i,' .tj v '.- I .t".5iw froo tticcsy, Vi;wialand rsl ri-"- - ;V , !-v '-A?, .-r-r-'-j.-- .--:: V-7. Tennessee continue to coma in ta taVf. th oath of allegiance. I have adopted a concilia tory policy anxi it has lusDired confidence among the peoplegenerally. . . - This morning Dr.-'Ewing, of Virginia, son of Joshua E wing, came in and gave hie parole, and r.enewed his allegiance tp the ' United States; His father, Dr. Joshua . Ewinr. and Robert M. Bales are members or the.. Rebel Legislature. ' They desire to come in and take the oath of allegiance if I will grant them protection. .. Iam disposed to da so, and am by nature unfit for a policy of vengeance. GEO. W. MORGAN, Brig. Gen. Energetle TV ar Consistent with a Policy of Conciliation. -.'": Cnmberlanl Gap, Jano 22, 1862. To Hon. E. if. Stanton, Secretary af- Wan I might as well be without eyes as without cavalry. The enemy is said to have taken a strong position in - the Clinch Mountains, in the direction of Morristown, but not. On the route I would advance upon were I authorized to go tar ward; but this place would be threat ened by the enemy's position, were I to pursue another route. One strong brigade with a field battery guns,, with five hundred cavalry to act as scouts and foragers should be left here, and I should be strengthened bv twp brigades of in fan try, one battery of artillery and two regi ments ot savairy. ' With such a force lean sweep East Tennessee of every rebel soldier, effective force is now about seven thousand five hundred strong then of all arms. The people flock in and implore protection. GEO. W. MORGAN, Brig. Gen . .Secretary Stanton replied for Gen. Morgan not to advance without orders ; the Depart ment had not, then, troops to send him, and for him to hold and strengthen his position. Genera Morgan reached Memphis on the 2d of December, aud four days afterwards wrote the following note: ,. ' Exhibit A.) . " ' : -. Division Headquarters, Memphis, Tenn., Deo. 0, 1862 L. Thomas, Adjutant General U. S. A., Wash inton, J. C: Sia To-day's journals announoe that the General-in-Chief has submitted to the Honor able Secretary of War a report, in which it is stated "that an investigation has been ordered of Morgan s strange abandonment of Cumber- landUap." I have therefore the honor respectfully to request that I may be relieved from my command at the earliest moment practicable; that the trial may bt by Court of Inquiry or Court Martial, and that the Judge Advocate be instructed to furnish me, at his earliest convenience, a copy of the charges and specifications preferred against me.' As I am extremely anxious for prompt- notion ih the premises, I trust you will pardon any irregularity which may appear in my request. :. -' - Very respectfully, : -' ' Your ob't serv't, GEO. W. MORGAN, Brig. Gen. Two weeks after the note was . written Gen.' Morgan proceeded with his -Division, belong ing to Sherman's army, to Vtckabarg and commanded the- desperate; assault - made on. V?SS"H ' Exhibit' B.) ''SJ.': ---c . '. '; Headqaartersof tnajtrmy,' J v . ;t " v : Vashingtcnf O, Dee. 20, 1862. J BrigOenl Gea. W Morgan; Memphis, TenxT GxsxsaL' Your communication to the Ad jutant General of the Army,i asking 'that an investigation or your abandonment of Cumberland Gap may take place at the earliest practicable moment, having been submitted to the General-in-Chief, I am directed to say that Major General - Wright ,wasj directed, some time since, to investigate and report the facts connected with that affair. If that report should he satisfactory to the War Department, no further proceedings will be required, as you .will -be relieved from, all blame.. V ery respectfully, your ob't serv't, -' J. C. KELTON, A. A. G. It will be observed that the foregoing note of Assistant Adjutant General Kelton, was written on the 20th of December, 1862, and the following "report'',- of Major General Wright, made in obedience to the directions spoken of by Assistant Adjutant General Kelton,. was written on the 15th of October, 1852, nearly throe months prior to the date of the Kelton letter. These facts render transparent the purpose of Secretary Stanton and General Halleck, to 'prejudice General Morgan by a suppression of the report of the investigation which they had ordered. -- On tho 26th of February. 1864, the House of Kepreaentatives, by a resolution unanimously adopted, called for Ma copy of the communication from Brigadier General G. W. Morgan, dated Mt. Vernon, Ohio, Juno 6, 1862 in reply tp a portion of General Hal leek's report relative, to the evacuation of Cumberland Gap." . . - . .; - . .. -- . . In order to deceive Congress, and shield Halleck at the close of that session of Congress, Mr. Stantdh sent in General Morgan's report of the capture of Cumberland Gap, which had not been called for. The matter was again brought before Congress,' when on tho 17th day of February. A. D. 1865, Secretary Stanton in a letter addressed to Speaker Colfax refused to submit -General Morgan's letter to Congress. ; ; ,.v- '-.. --.' . The followtBf; is . the re port of - Oeneral Wright to General. Halleck: , . " ' , Exhibit C. , ' " ' . Headquarters Dep't of tie OMo.1 . .. . CinoinnaU, 0, Ootobor. li, 18S2. j ' ' ' General: ' I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of the report of Brigadier General Morgon, dated 12th .inst.,-detailing iho circumstances occasioning the withdrawal of his forces from Cumberland Gap. . 7-f , .-j It appears from this report that the evacuation, which was in pursuance of the; unanimous opinion , of the generat officers of the command, was a matter of; necessity arising from their provisions being szbauatod, their commanications cat offi and aa iafortnationv of any prospsot of reevfed. '-' -: v " : i ' While ths evacuation, of ths Gap Is to bs y Eetted,' I do sot see . sow, starvation -staring m in the face, and with no certainty of relief bsing afforded, he could hare com e to any oth-er -conclnsion than the one he arrived at- The several communications which I hadad4resd him. seem sot to havs reached him . ;.- : ' . After ths nnfortnnats battle near RieVtaond ths entire country between the Chip Hirer and Cumberland Gap, w in pc?j?-i-a clf tho rebels, and eommcnicatii? . only-bs sent thronh -th i:2Cy ; cf iadividpals fltmilfat with,tbs couatrji aai nho of coura,rai rlsksccarirs. . Cvrra! persoas ers found to and??tike the tiissipnr bct.ncss setxiw : Tha'rlrfef.Gone-al-.: Uorai ;.trO.Oim- v if Sit ws i ttt clss f:r ia lix-ihtps of .a ' tosoas ciarsh u r -e trp hnsil pljcs ca tzzntf tfa,!r 4'. - --""3 -.i -:-'..' v.f-'i-ai.nw-'H-w -i.'-w;-l""r--":-r--:- - l,...TC2.to. the QUo Eiv r. wej ne?t t c f-!.y acctlUhed, as J rtC:tt each crt i An Lira and LiJ"x -srs for the ekill w!.!i try affording little "subsistence; X&vd often. for long marches an inadequate supply oi water: - : Very respectfully, vbur ob't'eorrt;-ISignedJ H.G. WRIGHT, ; Major General Commanding To General G W. Cclltj. Chief of Staff. Headquarters of the Army, Washington D. W next gire the Record of tte Councfl of War: ' ' . 1 . . Exhibit D. ." Headqaarters EaaWrlaaa Gap, ) . . ..t ..- . September 14,1862. .-. .. A Council of War convened . bv. Briraiir General Morgan, commanding the forces at Cumberland Gap,. assembled at these head quarters at 11 A. M. to-day. - . -- ? . Present Brigadier General Morran, Com manding General ; Brigadier General Spears, 1st Brigade ; Brigadier General Bairi, 2d Brig ade ; Brigadier General Carter, 3d. Brigade. .The brigade of De tJourcy (4ih) absent on detached service. ' '. ' .." t: . 1 f he proceeding were opened by General Morgan stating, in detail the information in his possession, relative to the position, and numbers of the Union and rehel forces in Virginia, Kentucky andJTennessee, and as to the probabilities of succor both in force, and sap-plies reaching this; post, and of tbe condition of the, force as to supplies of food, clothing and ammunition. .. . . " - . . General Morgan stated that the Council was convened to consider the question ,of remaining hern, ox evacuating the position, and that he should ba governed as far as that question is concerned, by the decision of the Council. After a free interchange of opinion it was agreed unanimously that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the position, should be evacuated.: - - - : .- - --- : . -Signed GEO. W. MORGAN, , . Brig. Gen. Commanding ISignedl J. G. SPEARS, orig, uen. iom g ia crigaae. A. BAIRD,-Brig. Gen Com'g 2d Brigade, S. P. CARTER, Brig. Gen. Com 'g 3d Brigade. W. P. CRAIG II ILL- , : Signed Signed Signed 1st Lieut, of Engineers U S, A Recorder o! the Oouncil. . . . . , , i: . . As in all Military Courti, the opinion of the junior member is first taken, and so from which rule Gen. Morgan was the last member of this Council who voted For. the evacuation;, ' --'-;- . - : , '-Immediately after the assault on Chickasaw Bluff, Gen. Morgan was promoted to the coaa-mand of the 13th Arniy -Ccrfs,. and held the left and Sherman the right at the capture of Fort Hindman, commonly known asPOst-Arkansas. Immediately after which event' the army returned .to Vicksburg. ' While "halting at Napoleon, Gen. Morgan still determined1 to have justice done his command by Gen. Halr lock and Secretary Stanton, as it had - been done by the country, addressed the" following letter to the Adjutant General of- the' Army and to which he never reeeived,a reply i r , '.c Exkiiu E,y: y ? Ilxic'as 13ts AaMT Coars, "C S-Foicxs- - S- - I trust that :I s hall ho "p-Trddned ibr again requesting iho attention, of .the. General in-Chief; to tbs subjact of tho evacuation-pf-Cum norland, Gap. Jour, months have elapsed -" since that event, and'I have respectfnlly and patiently remained-under the implied ceoturs orths General-in-CaioC belteving- that time and investigation worn only necessary- to- secure the approval of my course. In-the communication I had . the honor to-,Teeeiv from your Department in December. 1862. I was informed that the investigation of tbe.snbject 1 J t. . r v, . nrr: - t . whose report would be final. , ' My reputation is my; only fortune: it be longs to my children and a sense of duty to them, to the service and to myself, induce . me to resctfully request .to. .be informed whether Gen. Wright has yet made his report, and whether my conduct in tho evacuation of Cumberland Gap. meets with tbe approval or disapproval of the General-in-Chief. .1 remain sir, very respectfullv; vour obedient servant, --GEO.W. MORGAN,-: . - - . Brigadier General. . This letter was never answerei. Tl antral Morgan was then, and had for some time been sick, but continued on duty, so that few persons besidoo his staff were aware of his Indisposition. Upon the repeated advice of his surgeon, he asked to ba relieved-from command, and. received the following'reply s - -..,'. HxASQCaxTXKS Aavr or tex Miss., 1 : , BcroxE Vicxsauao.'Jan. 8, 1863. j Gen,Qeo. W. Morgan, Gammoning lih. -Army Corps: t , . . ' . : -. ..... . Your corn m u nioation o f th is date is received. ..- I have witnessed over since, tho battle ot Fort Hindman, otA dtsp concern' or- yourself , and the public service; your failing healths J Knowing that you would not leave your post for a moment, except constrairjod. by . over ruling necessity. I - cannot' bnt comply with your request and order you. to report to.Major - ' Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding- Department of the Tennessee, where I trust you will bs al-lowed to avail yourself of means- fox the rasto-" ration of your healthy which 'are sot within reach here. - .-'' - .: . ---c : 8igned .: . JNO. A. McCLERSAKD. -. May; Gen. Com 'g Army, of Mirt. General Halleck Cxensov . . -:, v i&uozir'y .:. . .; - - HsatJaatxxif etS'AaxT., : -PrASHiKaioji, J; a Fshi S,1ZZ. -, Xa). Gs Wr ight CSnvvtdOiio C - ; . Gxkixav: Your JeUer of the 4tiiatt.i juot received; In this and your -former letter.. yoa folJy exonerate iing. Uon. a. .iiorgaa-from all ' blame in abandoning Cai:t :rlind . Sap. : NoJurthen inVestiatioriL will t-erefors bs made. ; It to, however, to os r? -rated that you did not make a full nd forr vi invettiga ' tion at the time it was ordered. - This was dno to Gea. Morgan,' as wol 1 as to y oarscl f and to tbt government,. AH f joit rerts, as Well as thQsS tecerred ; from G en Morgan, almost. to th cay ef Els acacOniitg.us pot,.Tcprs-tented his force as able to bold f;ar';st any- number of troops which the enemy eo , e nng 2 CIS conLIiacs df hw being able t. do theee aionraneos tho rovernraSt im'.h . Hhat the post would bo held by ts'ani fn u a. Mrioos ohstatll to thi retreat cX C i 1. . : jx It appears nznt f.-cn tzi l:'.'.:: t ' f.-ssw Gen; Morgan's revert that- he we sbaodoa Cumberland Gap ff want cf It it trvi iVif kr hdi ft-.'ri- i f i . that tlst ? r Xi c- f .1 . try. 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