The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-29
In front OF Cemetery Ridge The Haite Gag
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was flying over Pemberaon'swceksat FIcks.
burg. ttsstse ~ sa4,stzsI B. -tssa..ly
Those memorable days marked tfesrneris
dian OF the Confederate cause. It-Was not
then extinguished, but fts suH palsd. and, de,
scended slowly to- its setting. Il
As. the watershed sof the AIleghnnies Ia
the diyision.lfnes between sha WatessRhich
dow eastward into the, IAilanHeseoean aud
those which empty into the Galf, through
the Mississippi Valley, 50 Cemefecy Ridge
marks the turning point OF tbe tides OF: hut,
tie. Up TO that rugged cress they rolled. IN
triumph, pouring the 4 srophte9 a victory
into the lap of fthe ConfedemcJ. Beyond
they rolled in suilen and gloomy ysturbHIeBce
toward the fual catassropbe OF kppomattox.
These censiderationainduee me, comrades,
to invite your attention 10 the campaign Of
Gettysburg. sTdt fiSsass .i:f u q u stiEass Il
rRnrasissrs asisis Any MOVEMENTS n vaaefsra.
on June 8, 1869, General Lee broke his
camp before Fredericks burg and leaving
HiPs corps 70 watch HookefS army. which
was separated from it only b. the, Kappa.
hammock river, tarnsd, the beads sfs Long.
streets and Ewelps corps northward. HIS
design was to draw Hooker out Into the
openG field and 4defeat himls before exussing
the Potomac. But ia; this he i Wasa dtsap.
pointed, not so much by the skill oil, hts.ad-
versary as BY the absence Of harmony in Ids
councils a'l s-:ai ..H!.& ~ lTe !; ,s51.sE
Hsoker's plan was 10 cross the Rsppahan.
mock, fail upon Hill with bis whole army,
and then make q bold push for Richmond.
Had he made this effort Lee intendei 70 taks
him in flank; and the result I scarcely think
would have been doubtful. But Mr.. Lin
coln positively forbade Hooker to make this
attempt, quantity saying that he (Hooker)
would thus become entangled upon the
river like an OK jumped hair over a fence,
and liable to be torn. by dogs front and rear
without fair chance to give one way or
kick the other." On the contrary, Lincoln
desired Hooker to attack Lees army while
stretched out on the line Of march and ON
the 145h Of June, thevery day that our van
guard struck Milroy at Winchester, we find
bin sending Hooker; another characteristic
message from Washington < :,ii -s5,.,z.,s1,:!
''' 'Kajor: General Hooker: !: SO far as We can
makelout here the enemy have .Milrey sur
rounded 9! Winchester and Tyler aE Mar
tinsburg. II they could hold out q few
days could you help them? If the head OF
Lees artny is at Martinsburg and the tail of II
ION the plank road between, Fredericksburg
and Charlottesville the animal must be very
slim somewhere. - - d. LINCOLN"
So it happened that Lincoln, not liking
Hooker's plan, nor Hooker Lincoln's (Which
was concnrred 10 by Hallsck, commander.
! in chief at Washington ueither was adopt.
led. And Hooker coritented himself (aftel
sending corps south Of the; Rappahannock
aud then withdrawing it, with falling; bach
l TO the vicinity Of Fairfax Courthouse and
closely hugging his entrenchmeDts.
In these preliminary movements all the
advantage in generalship and 10 results wa'
on the Confederate side. Hooker has beer
much eomplimenred orsupposed skillin bii
maneuyres, but they were the result. OF hil
quarrel with Lincoln, and not Of design; ant
the reports show, that be was in o state o
great perpleXity aud indecision, on one day
dispatchiDg to the Government bis opinion
that invasion was Lee'st..s settled purpose
and an act Of desperation !" (p. 181 Conduc
of the War, vol. J., aud two days later sug
gesting that The movement was mere cav
airy raid, ga cover to LEGS reinforcing
Bragg or moving troops to the West" (P