, 1863-10-06
Gl)ila9o Qribune.
The Battle Of Gettysburg and the
Campaign in Pennsylvania.

The Battle Of Gettysburg and the
Campaign in Pennsylvania.
E1t1aet from the Diary Of IN English Officer
Present With the Confederate Army.
This Is the title Of au article that appears
in the September number Of Bzaek,eoods Nag-
dzine. and u In many respects interesting to
the American reader The British officer
says the Confederate troops were not very
good marchers, ,but moved without struggling,
and were under strict discipune. The brigades
he states, wero about 1850 strong. There
were four brigades to division, three Mvi-
sIons to corps, and three corps in the army.
This would make the infantry strength Of
Lees army about 100, 600 men. The brigades
he mentions we're those Of McLaws' division,
Of Lopgstreet's corps. But as ne know that
this corps Was the strongest in the army,
We may conclude that McLaws' brigades were
above the average. It would be difficult to
make calculation, based upon the figures
given by the British officer, giving Lee less
than 90, 600 infantry. Tha rebel cavalry is not
spoken of In high terms. It was good for
scouting, but worth little in fight. The ar
tille1y was very miscellaneous. The army
WAS weak in horses, which were poor and H.
fed. The officer giTes pitiable account OF
his sore backed and broken down nag, and
tells Of the necessity he was under Of turning
him over to Gen. Lees staff, whose horses
were used up. He gives some account Of
Gen. LopgEtreet and his corps, who are just
NOW particularly interesting to us, having
been transferred to the West and flung into
battle at Chickamauga against Rosecrans.
We quote from the narrative in B1ackpood:
'Gen. Longstreet Is an Alabamian thick
set mau, forty. three years Of age.
&c is never very far from Gen. Lee, who re-
lies very much upon his judgment. By the
soldiers he is invariably spoken Of as the
best fighter in the Whole army"
Lopgst1eet eaia it would be fair to apply
the torch In Pennsylvania, s'yet that doing 80
wonld demora1ize he army and ruin its now
excellent discipline. Private property is
therefore to be 1jgidly protected.
Hoods division Of ofLongstreers corps {bad-
II cut up in the battle Of ChicEamauga). Is
thus described:
s..This division, well-known for its fighting
qualities, is composed Of Texans, Aabamihns
and Arkan nsians, and they are certainly queer
lot to look at They carry less than any 9th
er troops; many Of them have only got an
old piece Of carpet or rug as baggage: many
have discarded their shoes In the mud; all
are ragged and dirty, but full Of good humor
aass and confidence @asS IN themselves and In their
"I was introduced to General Hood this
morning; he is tall, thin, wi1y looking man,
with grave face and light colored beard,
thirty three years old, and Is accounted one Of
the best and most promising officers in the
army. By his Texan and Albanian troops
be Il adored. Ills troops are accused
Of being wild set and difficult to manage.
"Genersl Lee" the British officer says, "is
almost, without exception, the handsomest
man Of his ageI ever saw." Lee is further
described as never carrying arms, and us al
ways looking smart and clean, even " during
the three days fighting at Gettysburg, and in
the retreat atterWard when every one else
looked, OF was, extremely dirty"
stThe relationB between him and Longstreet
are quite touchfng-they are almost always
together. 1ongstfeet's corps complains OF
this sometimes, as they say that they seldom
get chance Of detached service. which falls
W LIE 4ot u LHtu-
They hare 1atterly got more detached ser.
vice than is perhaps quite agreeable to them.
Gen. Hill told the writer that in the first
battle near Gettysburg:
"The Yankees had fought with de!ermin-
alton unusual to them. He pointed ont 4
RAILWAY cuttiug, in which they. had made q
good stand; also field, In the center OF
which he had seen man plant the regimen.
tai colors, round which the regiment had
fought for some time, with much obstinacy !;
and when, at last, it was obliged to retreat,
the colorbeafer retreated last Of oil, turning
around every now and then to shake his fist
at the advancing rebels. Gen. Hill said he
fe1t quite soHy, When be saw this gallant
Yankee meet his DOOM"
In the frat days contest the rebels has
about Il. GOO men in the field. In the second
| days fight, (2d July,) Gen. Lee is described
as sitting most Of the time ''quite alone OF
| the stump Of tree. What especially re
marked wss, that during the whole time TIL
| firing continued, he only sent one massage
and only received one report.''
Ofthe preparations made for the third ami
decisive days contest, the writer SAFE:
| tsPickett's division, which had just com
| up. was to bear the brunt In 1onget1eer's at
| tack, together with Hills and PettigreK'B II
| HILLS corps. pickett's division was a veal
one (qEce5 5000 owingto the absence OF tw'
Aner the battle had opened the writer pro
ceeded to join Longstreet:
tAnd although astonished to meet suel
Tast numbers OF wounded, I had not seel
enough to give me any real idea of the exten
Of the mischief When got close up to Gen
Lopgstreet, l saw one Of his regiments ad
yancipg through the woods in good order
| 60, thinking VYas inst in time to see the al
tack, remarked to the General that !"
wouldn't hare missed this for anything,
Lorgsueet vas seated at the top Of a gnak
tu1bed. He replied, laughing: The Devl
yon wcnldn'tl would like to have misss
it very much. We've attacked and been re
Look there! 1Tbese words are italtcised i
B1acknood- Eds. Com For the first tin
the two positions and SAN 1t covered wit
Confederates, slowly and sulkily -returnin
toward us, under heavy fire of ARTILLERY
But the fire where Fe were Was not go bad q
further to the rear; for although the al
seemed alive with shell, Jet the greater nun
ber burst behind us
"The General WIS making the best arrange
ments In his power 10 resist the threatene
advance, by advancing some artillery, ra1lyfn
the stragglere, DC. remember seeing
General {pettigreW, I think It was, come 4
to him aud report that "he Vas unable /
upoa him and replied, with some sarcasu
"Ttry ,aI; 7.eucr mind, tht7a General: jast 4
theyn 57main ,ehe4'e fte} Gre; tie encnsy's goia
to ad,unc< and 1ein spare you the trouble"
He asked for something. to drink; Cav
him some rum out Of my silver flask, which
begged he would keep In remembrance OF tn
oecasion; he smiled, and, to my great satisfat
tion, accepted the 1nemo1ia1. He then wei
Of to give some orders to Mc1aws' a1Tisl91
had, In the meantime, come to the front,
becoming aware OF the disaster. If Lont
streets conduct was admirable, that Of Ge.
eral Lee was perfectly sublime. He was el
gsged in lying and IN encouraging t
broken troops, a3d was riding ahont lltt3
Of his staff being engaged in similar maun,
| further to the rear. His face, which ia al va!
placid and cheerful, did not show signs Of Il
| s]ightest disappointment or annoyance; 81
he was addressing to every soldier
| met few words Of encouragement, SUI
I as, All this will come right In the ens
wen talk it over afterward !: but Il the msa
good and true men just now, &C." he spol
10 I'LL the wounded men that passed him, u
the eligbtly wounded he exhorted '.to Blu
up their hurts and take up musket In th
: emergency" Very few failed to answer b
appeal. and I SAN many badly wounded M
He said to me, This has been a sad d
FIR Us, Colonel-a sad day; but We emit 9
pect always to gain Victories He WIS al
kind enough to adyise me to get into soE
more sheltered position 80 :.
q Notwithstanding the misfortune which b
60 suddenly befallen him, Gen. Lee seemed
observe everything, howsver trivial: WI