The New York herald., 1865-01-11
Does Davis Lee Direct the Rebel
Armies.
ALL THE FAILURES or THE REBEL CAMPAIGNS IN
VIRGINIA DECLARED TO NAVE BEEN LEES.
Prom the Richmond Sentinel Jan.

ALL THE FAILURES or TUE REBEL CAMPAIGNS IN
VIRGINIA DECLARED TO NAVE BEEN LEES.
From the Richmond Sentinel Jan.
The Charlottesville Chronicle says tnt the between
that paper and hs whether the or the President
may be criticised. Not at all The question Is shall
criticism be just and facts correctly stated.
Our notice OF the article In the Chronicle OF the 24h ut
IL did Ia paper conducted with much intellectual ability.
The ChroHsote has not reraccdas We hoped Il would
the Statements 70 which We then took general exception.
IL rather Choose TO complain that we did not respond
specifically to It's accusations We shall endeavor be
distinct enough now. The article Of the Ctronct of
December "a made array In which every important
military mnnGuvre since the evacuation OF CorDth is
alleged To have been DISASTROUS unwise and ~ charged
upon the President In search OF rdloule instead Of
truth IL call them the Presidents diversions Passing
the allegations which refer to distant points take
the following noares, home, sampies Of the whole
"These arc not all OF the innocent diversions
OF constitutional ccmmander.in chief the of
the battle OF Charlottesville, when Hooker confronted
General Lee with hundred and thirty thousand men
Longstreet was sent-on dlversion-to Suffolk. His
absence WAS kceny felt by General Lee Doing double
duty jackson fell The most splendid victory Of the
war remained lndecisye nom the want oi few more
men.
ITO relieve vcksburg diversion into Pennsylvania was
undertaken, and Washington was not threatened by
corps operating along the Orange Railroad recon-
mendcd by General Lee. Mr. Davis could not spare the
from Richmond Hence Meade was enabled 10 fol.
low the movement ~ General lee and seize the heights
of Gettysburg,
s'To relieve Petersburg loss than aeen thousanl men
we're sent upon diversion into Maryland after Hunter
driven 10 the Ohio river The Sixth and Nineteenth
corps were ordered 70 reinforce sheridan and Crook
Earys Hanks In an open country far favorable to
their evoluions than the wooded region along Apo
mattox where they had been unable operate effectively
The concentration was feariully against u.s.
Now We to tho Chroa,cte snd upon authority that
each one Of The statements have copied from liz
columns Is wholly unfounded and without a semblance
Of justification or excuse Ia the facts OF the case The
man9nsfcs OF General Lees campaigns have been all
his own. Admirable mAn9uyres they have been aud
most happily adapted 10 the circumstances OF the country
They have won Tor him renown Of which have
coubt the President would be extremely proud II
i n up of fbuu
belongs 90 a cordial approval or the policy of the distn.
guishod General and sdmiration Of the genius which
conceived H.
II Is difficult to understand how the Chrenic,s should
have needed the assurance VIC have given IL Is
difficult TO conceive how IL should have adopted ideas
80 utterly Improbable, and made assertions 20 entirely
opposed 70 the general understanding and 10 the facts ~
the case The effect OF It's article is apparent The
Chronicle has simply made onslaught General Lees
reputation through the sides OF the President Was this
the design II looksso. II looks IT, in the very breath
with which the commsndn chief s claimed for General
Lee an enor made 70 pull him down to blast his
aud ~ detoy ns usefulness by attacks on his strategy
through the President as blind Listen the summing
up OF tho Chronicle The very paragraph 10 those
above quoted reads thus
"Couid any aysscn be unfortunate that from