The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-09-12

'FhiC " 10 uuo VI Tue titOoL
polite and cultivated cities OF tho
South. Itwnsthe abode Of wealth
and refnemeut Thos6 wh6 had
known il before it fell into tho
hands ofthe abolitltlists and who
visited itAfterwards, remarked tho
saddest changes had taken place.
All its previous beauty and refine
ment had vanished. The abolition
soldiers sccmedifo delight in yio-
loting the Wpntsd propriety AMI
decency OF the place.
In this battle the brave Confed
crate commanders, General McCaI
loch, was killed. and GeneraIiStir- G
ling Price was, severely wounded
The death Of General McCuIIoch
was o great loss to tho South, tor
he was one ofIh6bravest and most
daShihg d all tho officers in that
'Ni 49, fyq arp qrIX9V
"Flag officer Farragdt was very
rude and naughty in his commpRi-
cations With tho Mayor. For in !.
stance, the State flag of Louisiana
aoated from the City Hall, and
Farragatlsent word tha6.it must
be hauled down .YTNJo0
THUS ended Jackson 5 brilliant
Valley campaign and with it end
cd all idea of the frightened, Mr..
Lincoln Of sending roinforcements
to Mcclellan. Jackson's dlittle ar
my had become SO Fevefywhero
present that the, abolitionists at
Washington began 70 shake as
soon as they heard the name of
Stonewall Jackson mentioned"
"But if Lee had won a great vic
tory, it had been at an immenso
sacrifice ofiife, and the Ioas of somo
of tho bragest officers. Among
them, Major Robert Wheat fell
while gloriously charging at tho
head Of his Louisiana Battalion.
With tones of anguish twas whis-
pered around by bis comrades
Poor Wheat is gone His dying
words were The field is ours, as
usual, my boys. Bury me on the
battlc-f ficld.'R -at 81 1aaagoK
Mover did moro gallant people
draw sword than these Southern
mon. ."lHJ ~ 4t-ti-f l'A 2
~ forgot to mention that in the
battle OF Cedar Mountain, that jack
sons victory was not gained with
out great and irreparable loss, in
the death Of General Charles IL.
Winder, who was one of tie bravest
and most gallant men IN the Con
federate army r'tlrv iBla,.ai hoa
"On the very day whom Lee wou
tho great victory at the second
battle of Manassas. there was
battle going on at Richmond, in
the State OF Kentucky. The aboli
ton government at Washington
had never relaxed any ofits energy
in that section" ...t ia,
at was necessary for the Con-
fcderate government to do something
to distract the plans which were
gradually ripening for the sub,
jugation OF these moro Southern
States" -s.t- g ast a3'H}
Thus ended that Confederate
campaign in Kentucky. Though
it had done some gallant fighting
and won no mean victories, yet it
was nearly fruitless of the great
advantages it might have won had
Gen. Bragg pushed his opportunity
as Stonewall jackson and other
Confederate commanders would no
doubt have DONE"
"To meet this tremendous army
Lee had not over fifty thousand
men. Again abolition faith ran
high. The On to Richmond
shout, for the fifth time reverbera-
ted over the North. To doubt that
Hooker would take Richmond in
less than twenty days called down
upon the skeptic the suspicion of
disloyalty. And many man was
mobbed for SIMPLY venturing to
entertain q doubt of abolition sue
cess thattine."
"The Confederatcs had won a
sudden and great victory, but at
a cost which was really greater
loss to them than twenty great
battles, for Stonewall Jackson was
mortally wounded while riding
over the battlefield in the dark, by
his own men, who mistook him for
a stray Federal" "
"General Lee finally concentrat
ed his forces near the town of
Gettysburg, and here on the lst of
July, 1862, commenced perhaps
tho most important battle Of tho
war. On the first day, Major Cen
cral Reynolds, oftho abolition army
was killed, and the Confederates
took some 600 prisoners and ten
pciccs ofartillery,"
"The Federal army was too
much battered to follow; indeed, SO
far as tho battle was concerned, 1T
was drawn game. 1t was only
in its effects that it was disastrous
to the Confcdcrates. General Lee
was short of ammunition. He had
expected to capture It from his
enemies, But falling in that, he was
forced to fall back for supplies"
A little girl, Mary Mayo, who
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