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8-5-1862 Father p6-7.
\nand ordered not to fire until further orders and of course when the enemy got too near, they had to retire without firing a shot. Such bungling as this was going on all day of all the troops that was there. I really don\u2019t believe that more than twenty thousand were engaged in the fight and their first advance they took a battery of six pieces. We were fighting on one side of a large field while there were at least thirty thousand men on the other side of the field who stood looking on until we were entirely whipped out. It seems to me that I could have fought a battle better than Pope did this one. And I am confident that if McClelland had commanded us on that day, that we would have whipped them out.
\n\tIt\u2019s my opinion that Jackson can take ten thousand men and whip Pope with forty thousand and I tell you, I have no confidence in a man that is to have his \u201chead quarters in the saddle\u201d and having no line of retreat, and immediately get on his horse and commence retreating.
\n\tWe had to retreat as far back as Centerville the same night of the battle.
\n\tI suppose you have heard a great deal of the property that McClellan lost on the Peninsular campaign but I am perfectly sure that Pope lost a million dollars worth of property where McClellan lost a thousand dollars worth. If McClellan don\u2019t get command I\u2019m going to try to get some other department for I don\u2019t like to serve under a man who is not competent to command a Brigade.
\n\tYou say they are drafting in Delaware. Are you liable to be drafted for I must confess that I don\u2019t know how old you are? W. F. Callaway is, I\u2019m sure, and I think W. F. is.
\n\tI came through the last two fights all right. I had a ball graze my neck, but it didn\u2019t hurt me at all.
\n\tI think I shall go to Washington in a few days.
\nGive my love to all and write soon. Your son, W. J. F.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":2916,"height":2345,"file":"8-5-1862-Father-p6-7.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-150x150.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-300x241.jpg","width":300,"height":241,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-300x241.jpg"},"medium_large":{"file":"8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-768x618.jpg","width":768,"height":618,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-768x618.jpg"},"large":{"file":"8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-2000x1608.jpg","width":2000,"height":1608,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-2000x1608.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-300x300.jpg","width":300,"height":300,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-300x300.jpg"},"post_thumbnail":{"file":"8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-150x150.jpg"},"single-post-thumbnail":{"file":"8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-150x150.jpg","width":150,"height":150,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-150x150.jpg"},"home-post-thumbnail":{"file":"8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-200x200.jpg","width":200,"height":200,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-5-1862-Father-p6-7-200x200.jpg"},"full":{"file":"8-5-1862-Father-p6-7.jpg","width":2916,"height":2345,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-5-1862-Father-p6-7.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/8-5-1862-Father-p6-7.jpg","filename":"8-5-1862-Father-p6-7.jpg","filesize":1847597,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.karenfurst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8531"}]}}