Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-11-03
The Soldiers Of the South.

We make The loiiowag extract IRON
lonr and hrillian, article on Ihe Southern
armies, Which Appeals IN The ia'i number
of the Crescent lI0nthiy. and IL written
BY J. QItman Moore:
The infantry service Of the Confederate
army wss the fines! body oi tghuo"''
bs,ins the discipline. The woild ever sS".
II po.s.ssed al the tenaci!y IN IIne OF 'he
Au.ui.n. all the conti isnce ~ column
boldHes. 10 attack snj cool seIi'pns'eS''"n
in defeat. of the D.i,ish. and al the d"r.
ing mHepiJi,y and f-srlesS dash OF ne
French Corps d .ftrY"e; whiie me
delbeIs,eness and Preci>ipn with "h'Sh
j, deiiser.d ils deadly rifle h'e, In!l'c'ih!
nearly double loss on the enemy IN OIL
mo.tesery engagement s''e'le" i's ''''
suee1ioGilv over that OF lhe enemy' ihe
Confederate .kiInishers were the 'rff"f
of the Federal army on" ~ al cNmOtn'
ed 1ovemen4s in the open held ana "l'h
numbers always inieTtor TO Tie enemy
The Snu.hern Infantry has never Jailed |"
win tho Geld. This superiority Pfocee"'
ed nsI from ths greater 0fAVtry o. 'he
Conf>dsr1ls tIoOps. hui rom iheif Rrea'e'
combined skill and intelligence. H'"ing
FROM lbs,lsrgcr latitude gwen TO 'nd'''du'
~ sc,,nn Without 'beir officers 10 guide
and direcI them, The Federal tfooPs were
hide better lbsn All arUed mob. he
Confederate troops acied gehefal'y as
well wi,hou, as with their officers whose
superior!Iy was ONLY the temporary dis'
,inction Of rank. There we're men IN tue
Southern army, who could have Supplied
the .laces of lhsir general officers. Gen.
eral Roger A. Pryor, AFTER gailanNy sefV-
inv his conriTy as cOmmsHder OF or'-
pade, rendered his resi2naiion, ana '""2h'
20 the end Of the war in the capacity OF
gsllau, private of ihe famous 9'h Virginia
cavalry.
The English refer with just Phde and
en,busiasGc praise 10 the sold iensciy
and stubborn courage of ihe BtIiI.h In'an'
try at the battle of lnkPrnan. where o..
600 British lighdonl held IN check aHd
finally renuised 5000 Russian infantry.
hat il cannot compare with the hU,ii'hi
and spirited infantry charges OF Ew"l
and LonRsfeets corps upon ihe i"rhhe"
nosi,on Of The enemy at Gei'yshurg' OH
the evening Of the second days ba'he'
where The SouIAern infantry mover /"
the assaul, under withenng sTIsiI"fS
fire. and swep, bsIore it three heavy l'"t-
of fballls. And nothing IL so lorcio'y It.
luslrs,ive oi tina. high intelligence 'hal
wa. the distinguishing characteristic OF
the Southern army, than The TACT 'ha'
saw and felt, before the atisck was mace
that the assault Of the 81 must prove o
Iai'ure.
rhe csvslry branch Of the Confederate
e,my was, strictly speaking, only paF'
Of iis infantry arm, clothed with eqnesln'
an powers aud Offices. - Ii was only su'
peIior body Of mounted infantry that, ss
advanced yideues and daring scouts.
formed the ears and eyes Of that army .
tha, vas never but once taken hy surprise
The mounted force Of the Confederate
srmy resembled the Russian Cossack,
whose Office il TO hsrass and threaten, no,
10 attack and as guerrilla, they became
as renowned as the ianoua knights oi tie
= Cid. Ashby, and s uHt. aud Forrest, !
md Hsnplon. and MO>hy and FnZ h"e.
recall the memories Of V,ilars and Fiz
James-oG Tancred aud Alya-Dever OF
Rupert and Mural
"Oh, dear - b!uhbered ont an mr.
chin. who had been suffering from Ne
sppicalion Of The birch. "Oh. my
they Icil me that forty rods make i"r'
long bu, can tell bigger Story than
that, Lei 'en gel such licking as did.
and ltey' i! end thai one Iod makes an
arbey u