, 1870-10-20

t.eit. Int alive.
Tho 1t st Of the sort Of slory that the South
saa sacrificed fer IL d.iug OF dead. THO tree
they plsn,ed aud Hatered with their blood w.ss
,s s, st 70, 1ass sa,, st 9!E T, snopga
Of those SoutEersl 1epntations was Leo's. He
VAS the foren1ost military figure Of the var
on either side, snl. cave Grant. the only great
CaI tain who tralked up the highcs: grabs OF
e: nl,las to atu' Into military authority. He
took Tia laca tv due right Of succession aud
held it by the rieh: conjunction OF talent aud
Al ly g pEefe1red TO Grant a. 4 moro precise,
4 s:io,tific, and logical soliier. seldom conquer
lug lE 'attritlou where there WIS any
- other way" and he never fought bu. one
hattle,-after ho held full eo:umanl,--on Lis
sn:agenist's ground Gsttsrburg. At Nal
mcn'. AZ ALtieta1n he chose the field. ctao~
teliofeylllo @as more properly Jackaon'a battle.
LEES BEST CAMPAIGN.
Lee#s ErcA exhibitions OF skill we're tie An
tietnm campaign, the overland i}sht from
Wilderness 10 The cbickahomsuy, and tho de-
fence OF Petersburg 1t Vas not remarkable
.hst be beat .; Mscls!l.n With joe 5ohason.s
the KappahAnnock against Basnsid..
Rapidan to face Pope On the 9Th OF August
down to the 18th OF September, wlan hs 1r1,-
IDENTIFY and SUCCESS fuljs recrosred tile Potomac
after Antietam, he established uilittry name
days his s.HT fought eight bastlss Cedar
l!np, Manassas Junction, Gainesyi,ie, Grove
ton, Chasillly, Harress Eetry, Suuth Muuu-
tain, and Sk,srpsbnfg. destroying and captur-
ing $4,000 men. To tha oi:stIsions Vt the
Federal commanders and to Jackson's energy
a Fart Of thus success mas due.
Tho overland campaign was even cleaner
mud At.fIfrf As.Ffn. F7f t1afr
From tho 5th Of alsy to the 10th Of June--ix
Meekt-he fought tic ba't1cs Of Wilderness
Tartrn. Patkes's Store. Spottasisania, Nn1tA
Anna, Cold Harbor, Bcrmntas, aud Riddles
Shop, and while le turned Grants main at
tat ka frpm forward to flank marches. he foi1ed
lfutter III tue Valley And bottled Butler ou the
James. In the b1oodiesr campaign Of the war
Lee lost hts sb1e Ieutcnants, Longstreet and
Stuart. and NAs rs much spnoycd 0T St4ari3Au
as AMUSED Ly nutler- He probably never
eqnaled bis preeclence At Cold Hasbor, Of
which this is good Indication:
4 Federal officer told me- that opposite bis
brigade, on the evening OF one dsy. ! certaiu
Alabama regiment Was stationed, from which
prisoners were taken. This was on the ex-
ueme flank. That night the Federal CON-
nander resolved to attack next morning on The
other flank, and transferred 1arga body of
troops in the darkness. When they attacked
IN the morning they a9ain took prisonnra
good Evidence that Lees genetalship foresaw
tho attack On the other flank, aud shifted
troops TO encounter it. Such chess-playlug,
lllpdfoldea, is rot to be explained away, pat
ticularly whero Leea general sagacty warrants
the belief tnat be did It iatelligently.x
1864. to April :, ls65-290 daEs in all, or NJ
war,1s OF II Wceks-Was conducted with d.
mlatslipg material and men, aud vas tho last
u Lees military decds Of n.,te. afsur things
II nero luck Happened to the Confe leg1te
Commander here, such ~ tie miraculous re-
te"tioa Ct Petersburg uu:il be could occupy
it, and the parie OF the Federal asasul:ine
mine; lut the establishment OF Lea's
| new line of worka within rhe old
circle Wne full vindica.ion OF his abilities Al
ar ergiuecr: Iso proved to ba a viyil4ut gar.
sison c1nlu1uder, with .1ue sanitaEy kso1l
edge: he kcpt ops. his communications With
often aatrt AID formidable. aud lie Wa abls
10 avert much Of tile force Of the Fedora
raids. In ahort, lis t,lert outl1sted the spiri,
Ut his forces and the resolution IT biz GOV.
en- nmeut, Iefr- Davis nufe ob4tinacy outy ex.
certef. lie further showed his ssne1a1shi1
uy declining to defend Richmond when il was
sttatefica1ly wrong to do 30, and when lie sur
sent @ cred he sl'rse psudens!; and will u.
that surrender he obtained good terma 10!
llis army. and ciosai i:s csreer with dignity. ]
| eaw him ride into RicImpnl With part Ut hit
kfaHt while the r1lius NeEe vet smoking. tbt
| only whole thitg left Of the rsr in favor oi
| siavery-a Ie:sona1 reputation in gfoF uni
form. The most espensive suit of clothes soes
| in this world, since it has Teen said of this
whom General Lee profcased to revere: "Thes
venture they did cast LOTS
Keep the grsy pieces, Yrgiuis! They art
| valuable Al that suit woven for tho Emperor
Of CHM bv Hans Andersen'a swiudling 9eav
err, through whoss meshes HAs seen hi
| usEedness..
1xE's wEAssEssEs.
Lees fERt campaign in Vest virginil
| sgainet Noeccrans and Mcclellan WIS., 80 neg
lsEen'ly managed that he scemcd to have 80;
| acquired o heat: fur tile business Of treason
| or, pe'h hape. was ci.gtsted Nth his allies
Wise, Floyd, nust i Co. He never ruse Il
| that potitlre General.bip which sends it.
| magnetic Split fosth to inspire terror By tit
coming of it. He affected tbs Fc5er1l troop.
as wire. cautiuus. and akilfu1 ofiser wit
was not 10 10 caught mapping. but Who's.
| power WAS rather artistic than na-sive. II,
fought gracefully, and was c1ererer in stop
ping blow than in giving one. His oifensiv,
we're undertaken di11rustfa}ly. j vide, con
| quetiug imagination he seems nover to hav
tad,-,hat spirit Of deso1atiou aud menac,
which boasted with Ulysses that he had
! ~Drank delight OF ha1tie with MI reera,
Far on tho ringing plains Of sFtadr Troy"
borough, Wolfe, Tn5cune, Napoleon, Vol
| Moitke, or any ot the a1l-absorbsd uiitat:
heroes Of modaru nilitsEy orgauiza
firms, will be injustice to both. H
! .psenaibly felt the hnmanizinS ten
| aeucy Of the age be resisted, aud WIS
covardly administrator Of bis taleat; he re
1nired 10 be IN lis native State to Acquit hin,
sell like Gc1cral. he was aoldiee B.
talent, ard not BY force the lnherstor OF oh
barry Lees military traits And for the res
without considerable endowmepts.
! Ihera arc ,Eo elements which make gzea
| Geuersle, - good pugiliata: "Gtuttouy. o
the capacity to stAul and the lust,to Civ
Of conddercr, skill. pEeseience. and large in
| tcntion. G1aut had Ut least the first Of these
SID when he faced Lee on the Rappahannock
} lie uas the more positive ulan. Leo never in
auet any battle with his personal entity. Il
was wishou. pastions, without Intentions.
rare in telt asserting age. and this sort Q
negative hero Has the So1th's. H,s Va
"clsan" Genes1lship- Nature ch,se1ed hit
for superior engine, but forget to give hi1
boiler,
t INCIDENT.
| Ibaye asked many times for some incider
Of Lee in battle by which he might be cor
.trueted i1Ho living personage,-sorae styl
ot command, eouae frame Of coRutenance, c
some intense expetlence,-but the only one
ever obtained was thi4
At Antictam, ke's young son, hobby. III
with battery and one Of the Aides said
General Lee:
.IIaw Robbg over there on the ridge The
had sLot nearly al the teamstcrs in his ba
tery, and had made Rob seAmster; he VI
driving hotee."
Lee smiled, but made no reply for so1u
time. and. after giving several orders, /
! said
s'Well. Captain johnson they had m.i
Isobly 4 dr,ser, eh :"-smihng again:
Soon after, Rohby's battery vas ordered I
toward the centre, and, ~ it passed near L.
he saw his son On one Of the horses
"ps, sad Robbg: quietly. - are sou goir
"Yes, ~ son, replied Lee, with his hsn'
some smile, ''yes, 50 in"
There is nothing of his but human uatur
Il uakts the nan It rtcoSuE1o!e-
LEE IS AZ ESER MN
As mAu, Lee wEA hRudsome and feapec
ALE efigs, with weak intellectual and NOR
o,eapizaiion, He wAs never certain whis
was right, and in al the critical occasions ,
his lie he vas unbalanced Hs hsd :
strong, oyerbea1ing convictions which came
tie rsscue Of his weak will, and he lived {
the si1nid side Of most questions, and decide
according TO vanity or conventionahty 1t As
cause Of e!ayeE should have been set u1s
Who was absolutely unhappy witho1
Ia masfer. He wAa the docile prost
Of Winfield Scott mp to the ago of s.
| and Js1 Dayia was no lesA indispensable
him for the Yett OF his military career. E
beod.-Eneu ba comnarced II West V.1Bini
! il 1869, and uhea Ptesident Of Waehingts
College,, In both cases he Nss weak 7
spectatility, - Loaf as arc some clezxsmt