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6 Document Ko. 19, [Sessioa
officer in the army, who were wanted as witnesses, I imme-diately
directed they should be ordered from the field here.
Thns the matter stood to-day on the delivery of yonr letter.
On the further investigation then immediately made, of the
circumstances of the arrest and of the grounds on which it
was based, I learn from Gen. Winder, that on the 6tli No-vember
last, there appeared in the Richmond Enquirer a
long letter written by the Rev. R. J. Graves, proffered as
giving to our people just views of the purposes of our ene-mies.
A number of the paper containing the letter will be
submitted to you with this. Without pretending to judge
the real intent or probable effect of this letter, it is sufficient
to say it seemed to many well calculated to cause mistrust
and discouragement among our people as to the result of the
war, and that the loyalty of the writer was greatly doubted.
ISot very long after the publication of this article, two letters,
addressed to the Editors of the Enquirer^ elicited by the dis-trust
which this letter had aroused as to the character and
purposes of the writer, were submitted by that Editor to
Gen. Winder. Copies of these two letters are transmitted
herewith. One was from Capt. T. E. Upshaw, a gallant offi-cer
of the army, giving the intelligence derived from one of
his soldiers, a returned prisoner vouched as entirely truthful,
that this reverend gentleman (Mr. Graves) who had come
down with^the flag of truce to Harrison's Landing, while
there was heard by him giving information to the enemy of
all he knew " about our matters at Richmond and especially
about the gunboat Richmond ;^^ in respect to. which "so
elaborate were the discussion and explanation that the draw-ings
and plans of the Monitor were brought and shown to
him." Other particulars tending to strengthen suspicion and
identify the Rev. Mr. Graves, are given, on which, as you
will have the letter, it is needless to dwell. In this connec-tion,
it may be added, that subsequently it has been ascer-tained
that after his return from the North, the Rev. Mr.
Graves voluntarily stated to a leading clergyman of this city,
(Mr. Norwood,) that finding difficulty interposed to his going
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| Full Text | 6 Document Ko. 19, [Sessioa officer in the army, who were wanted as witnesses, I imme-diately directed they should be ordered from the field here. Thns the matter stood to-day on the delivery of yonr letter. On the further investigation then immediately made, of the circumstances of the arrest and of the grounds on which it was based, I learn from Gen. Winder, that on the 6tli No-vember last, there appeared in the Richmond Enquirer a long letter written by the Rev. R. J. Graves, proffered as giving to our people just views of the purposes of our ene-mies. A number of the paper containing the letter will be submitted to you with this. Without pretending to judge the real intent or probable effect of this letter, it is sufficient to say it seemed to many well calculated to cause mistrust and discouragement among our people as to the result of the war, and that the loyalty of the writer was greatly doubted. ISot very long after the publication of this article, two letters, addressed to the Editors of the Enquirer^ elicited by the dis-trust which this letter had aroused as to the character and purposes of the writer, were submitted by that Editor to Gen. Winder. Copies of these two letters are transmitted herewith. One was from Capt. T. E. Upshaw, a gallant offi-cer of the army, giving the intelligence derived from one of his soldiers, a returned prisoner vouched as entirely truthful, that this reverend gentleman (Mr. Graves) who had come down with^the flag of truce to Harrison's Landing, while there was heard by him giving information to the enemy of all he knew " about our matters at Richmond and especially about the gunboat Richmond ;^^ in respect to. which "so elaborate were the discussion and explanation that the draw-ings and plans of the Monitor were brought and shown to him." Other particulars tending to strengthen suspicion and identify the Rev. Mr. Graves, are given, on which, as you will have the letter, it is needless to dwell. In this connec-tion, it may be added, that subsequently it has been ascer-tained that after his return from the North, the Rev. Mr. Graves voluntarily stated to a leading clergyman of this city, (Mr. Norwood,) that finding difficulty interposed to his going |
