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Serious Change Against Gen. Mcdowell

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Day
26
Month
September
Year
1862
Copyright
Public Domain
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Sige', of the mo vemen ta f las cmnmand in Virginia, we observo the ínllowing in reíerence to Gen. MoDowell 11 thö report oí ihe buttlo of Au gust 30lh : At ono lime, not receiving assistanoe f rom the rear, a I htid a nght ti ;xpeci i'it.-r hiiving sunt lcr it, inl onr trucgling batallón being no;irly ovisrcome 'jy tho ueiglit aiu) pernistoncé of tho onemy'í utt.ack, I flew back abo ut huif n tnïté to whiTu I (uulerstood (ien, McDoweü wus with u Inrge part f Ijih C'.rps. I loimd h'ur, and appeuldd to liim in ttie most eanie.t niiiniier tosend n brigade forward ut once to savo tlia dV, or all would bo lost. He anawerc1 c-.olllv, in substnnoe, that it was not his bncineM to help him, ain] he wns not fíning to help Gen. Bigel. I told liim that I w:is not fighting ith Gen. Sijjel's corps; that my brigade had gut out of ammunition POifietimo bct'orj and gone tri the renr, nnd tlint I had been fighting with hall' a dozen diflt-rent brig:id?s, and that I had not inquired wherc or to what particuhir corps they btlongpd. He Inquired of one of his Aids it Gen. wns iighting over thero on tho Ie ft His A:d naid he thonght he w;i.. Mc Do wal] replied that he would soon help him, for be was a good füüow.

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Michigan Argus