Excerpt from War Sketches: From Cedar Mountain to Bull Run
The subject matter of the following chapters appeared in the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser in a series of letters during the past winter, over the signature of L.The writer supplied his friends (as he thought) most bountifully with the papers containing said letters, but all the copies that he has been able to beg, borrow or buy have not been sufficient to go round, hence he has felt impelled to put the articles in a new form, with sundry corrections, and now hopes that there will be enough for all.
Much difficulty has been experienced in keeping run of the army movements described, for lack of a map. This want we have remedied, and have prepared a map that will aid the lay reader at least in comprehending the apparent mix-up of army operations.
Several parties have said, You are an apologist for General Fitz John Porter. If so, it is incidentally only, as I had not read the full text of General Porters defense until after these letters appeared in print. If I had, it is very possible that the war sketches in which he appears would have been much more amplified. He is a gentleman with whom I have no acquaintance, have never met, have no recollection of having even seen. If a simple statement of facts, of occurrences on the field of Manass, as, is an apology, certainly he is entitled to that much from friend, foe or a stranger. The President of the United States has within a few months past, upon the presentation of evidence not available at the time of the court-martial in January, 1863, remitted the harsher portion of the sentence it imposed.
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