The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1875-03-31

Ashantee war he acted on the hin
that he received in the confederacy
and forbade the use of liquor in tn
army. He also noticed with SOM
interest the superstitious
DREAD OF GUNBoATs = +
which possessed the southern sol
diers. These vessels of war, ever
when they had been comparativel,
harmless, had several times been til,
meaus of saving northern armies
Wolsey said: with soldiers latel,
raised, who possess no traditions O
how their regiment in such and sucl
former wars stormed batteries, it viii
be found that oyerwcening confidence
is placed in artillery fire, and undue
dread felt Of its effects. AS a rule
none but highly disciplined troops
without guns, will attack those sup
piled by them, and very heavy artil
lery fire brought to bear on raw sol
diers, although from the nature O.
the ground they will not suffer much
from it, will discomfort them terribly
| believe that round shot frightens
far more than it. kills." -.. ..a- =
THE GENERAL-IN- CHIEF. ..' "a
Colonel Wolselcy and his compan
ion were received by Gen. Lee with
that kindness and stately courtesy
for which he was so noted. Wolseley
speaks with the utmost enthusiasm
ofthe southern commander. He de.
scribed him as person who, wher
ever seen, whether in castle or hov.
ell, alone or in a crowd, would at once
attract attention as a splendid speci.
men of an English gentleman, with
one of the most rarely handsome ia
ces ever seen. The General was liv.
ing in tent like the rest of the men
though there was a comfortable farm.
house near by. But he so scrupu
lousy respected the rights of private
property that he would not consent
to take possession of it. He led the
two Englishmen to a seat hard by
under large tree, and there CONVEX
sed with them on the topic most in
teresting to them, the present, past
and future Of the war. WolseIey
says that, Notwithstanding his perso
nal losses at Arlington and elsewhere
which were very severe, General Lee
never evinced any bitterness of feel
ing against the north nor gave utter
ance to single violent expression
On the contrary he alluded to many
former friends and companions OF
the other side, in the kindest terms
He talked freely about the battle Of
Antietam, which had previously been
fought.
LONGSTREET .
told Col. Wolseley that if he had had
5000 fresh men he could have ami.
hilated McClellan's army But the
southern troops were worn out and
could do no more than they did
Wolseley appears to have thought
highly of
MCCLELLAN.
In recognizing the army, says
Wolseley, he seemed to possess the
wand of an enchanter. The city OF
Washington was saved to the Union
by the reappointment of General Nc
Clellan as commander in chief. There
was no other federal general then
prominently known who could have
fought the battle of Antietam.
Wolseley thinks that if President
Lincoln had refused to appoint Gere-
raj Mcclellan to the command of the
army in response to the clamorous
demand of the soldiers just at that
clisis, that the latter would probably
have marched to Washington, over
turned the government and pro-
claimed Me- lellan "dictator.'
= p. 6zAZK<iLL LllXJu2K
I The celebrated StoNewall Jacksoy
received WoIseIey and the Times
correspondent with much ahability.
Gle talked most afectionately Of
England and-of his brief but enjoy
able sojonrn there Wolseley was
eNlNe oveycoNNs ny Ms INteSvlsw with
Jackson. "For myself" he after
ward exclaimed impulsively, II De-
lieve that inspired by the presence OF
such a man, \ should be perfectly IN
sensible to fatigue and reckon on
success as a moral certainty"
Wolseley also made some remarks on
the morale Of the southern soldiers
hemmet while visiting the front
patches Of convalescent soldiers
marching to join the army. This led
him to praise the spirit of the men,