Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-11-25
Attenuation reached Goa Lee, that (J.otsons) move

information reached Gen. Lee. that (Jaoksons) move
ment."
Does the exaperats lucubrator of the Enquirer"
know whore jackson was when Stuart completed his
raid and how long It took "Stonewa," by forced
marches, to get in McClelIans rearf Does hs know
how 10 it took Hooker at Charlottesville and Meade
at Gettytbug to throw up iptIenchments mot Jorti
featons) for Mcclellan never mad, any but light in
renchments? II he will inquire and knows the simple
rules Of artbmt to- let him Judge vhfther Mcclellan
had not ample time to entrench, besides tie advantage
But. vrsf reflection Is tbs on STUART he Oh yed
ORDERS executed bis raid bold and successfully. l.
was ii udicious it did not pay" The fault, land
who in does not commit faults was ina OF MIC
superors aud his otune the zeal OF sycophants or
thpsiastc friend VITO claim foe it an imptr-
Ancs which detta.ts from the fame OF the dead Jackson,
because Mcclellan ,Oas not sprised bat out.fought BY
that hero, TO whom rlready even tie TRANSATLANTIC Woi
lis raising monuments.
vestisatot" mentions the importance the wri n the
EnauAruns the aehevem. mt ihts tina ground, by as
cunning shat the captured dispatches, &c OF Pope led
Immediately 20 Jackst ne great flank movement" "In-
vestg has simply TO ask, Ttere Was Jackson when
uart 70 ched Catett's Saon? Was he not north Of
| o. It's Sa,ionP Was hc even days march behind
And how could his great movement have been ted
BY snythiOk whatever found in Popss baggage, when
that movement was virtually Effected (not concluded)
before Stuart's cavalry reached Catlett's Statons
Las Iy, II is necessary 10 explain tnat w. W. W., III
his let er to the Savannah Repubcsn, inquiries viUer
any cavalry in the ,Oorldhde done much cOnsd
| srng circumstances, de- as that commanded during
over the last tao years. By Gen. ] B Stuart y
To THE, "In5esiigatOr~ replied, by pointing 'to the
cavalry OF Morgan and of Forrest, without going any
further" and added that assumptions of this kind
lead to the counter inquiry, Wte.hr as la-ge a
com nahd OF horses and Of horsemen have been 10
modern tim's under ahy mans commentaries
under Wheeere who have, Oh the whole done 50 little
What cavalry General inclusive Of and since hura',
have had in the same time goQ5 and vast material
VIZ: from % to 10000 horsemsn snd double the mum
Der Of horses mustered INFO service aad how many Of
these Mt oae time Of ciyes and whose the fault,
usrL's or the systems?
Again hes not Wheeler in bis vast command had nearly
all Of Eorgans and OF Forests men, and achieved less
sith all Of cheese than 10y in fewer weeks have accom-
pisse The writer in the Enquirer charges your cor.
RESPONDENT With asserting shat everything done in this
war by the cavalry has been done by Wheeler and hs
mep" your correspondent therefore thinks IL incgn-
bent on him to eIpaip that he does cot consider Gen.
Stuart "the cavalry of the army of che Poomsc, nor
Gen Wheeler 'tbe Western cavalry" but having be
his plain English mi:nterpTeed by the rate wrtern
question, lie (your Corresponds y mayhaTe msunder-
stood the ncoherent imble OF his opponent Who may
possibly mean TO be complimentary after all, which
would have saved you, Mr.. liter this infection from
Ycurs, respectfully.