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CAPTAIN LE CLERC. DUC OE CHARTRES. COMTE DE PARIS. PRINCE DE JOINVIt-LE. CAPTAIN MOHAIN.
THE ORLEANS’S PRINCES AND SUITE AT DINNER. ]) FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
of McCall and Kearny. The Fifth Corps was at Malvern Hill, the Fourth atTurkey Bridge. The trains moved on during this day, and at 4 p. m. the lastreached Malvern Hill and kept on to Haxall’s, so that the most difficult part
J) General McClellan contributed an article to“The Century” magazine for February, 1884, on“ The Princes of the House of Orleans,” in whichhe spoke as follows of the services of the Comte deParis and his brother, the Due de Chartres:
“In August, 1861, the two brothers, accompanied bythe Prince de Joinville , sailed for New York. Towardthe close of September they arrived in Washington, andthe young Princes at once received authority from thePresident to enter the army as aides-de-camp, being per-mitted to serve without taking the oath of allegiance,and without pay; it was also understood that theyshould be permitted to leave the service should familyorpolitical exigencies require it. They were borne on the
army register as Louis Philippe d’Orl£ans and Robertd’Orl£ans, additional aides-de-camp in the regular army,with the rank of captain, and were assigned to the staffof the major-general commanding the Army of thePotomac. The Prince de Joinville accepted no rank, andsimply accompanied headquarters, on the invitation ofthe general commanding, as an amateur and friend. Theposition held by these “young gentlemen” — as thePrince de Joinville always designated them —was notfree from difficulties. Princes who might at any time hecalled upon to assume their places in the government ofa great natjon, yet seining in the army of a republicwhose cause was not regarded with very friendly eyesby tlie existing government of their own country, theyhad many contradictions to reconcile, many embarrass-ments to overcome. Connected by family tieB with so