The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-03-15

chat dhy. says Httnder these eiT0nm.
stanfsee Ii was decided not to attack
until fha arrival N tDpgstrest, TIM ~
Wj,Ose djrisjone. UDse of iDOd md M
| Lg,os. eucnuped nJ0n four mites In the
ypnr dtrinq he niu1,f;" and Gen. Long
street IN Ills tepprt. pHges 40 aud 50 of
| the proceedings OF the Southern Histor-
ieal Hueiety, contained In the appendix
to the Southern Magazine for April,
news. through Ole of his scouts, Of the
movements u the enemy, says
Fl received orders on the following
day to move part Of thy command and
| ebGaup II ut Greenwood, The com
mat1. except Piekett's division which
| was left to guard Our rear 1T Chambers
burg moved on the morning Of the
auth. and the two divisions aud battal-
Ions Of reserve artillery got into catnp
ut Greenwood dt0tn d 0'Gi0ch in the nffey-
man. Gen Hood was ordered to put u
brigade aud d battery on picket nj New
Guilford. Oh the road leading to
Enmeftsburu. On me merit ddU he
iyOOps set ont for GeitusburD, except
Plokett's Division. not yet relieved from
duty at Chambersbiltg, and Laws
brigade, left on picket Ut New tuilford
Our march was greatly impeded on
this day by Joh,isot's division, Of the
second corps, which came into the toad
from Sl,ji,l,e,,stt,rp and tho long wagon
train that followed him. MoLoW's diri-
sion. ho,oerey. redched Mnysh Creeh
fDuy miles fy0p, Geuvsiurg, u Hftte 0fter
darh, md Uood's dirision got miltin
ueay ne same distance Of ne to,cn
Tho italics In both extracts are Of
om,tsa nv own. There IL nothing in
gen. Lopgstreet's report about lis being
a wet night. though he mentions other
obstacles. and It will be seen that il
would mol have required either n march
IF twelve miles through n wet night. ~
n f,jpbt from Greenwood on tho wings of
Tho wind. or Of a bird either. To Tnrrv
him and his command to or lines nj n
very early hour ON tho morning of the
seaond jackson. under similar niratltn-
stances. would have been M in time.
and IL would not have required q special
order either. when he knew n great bat
tle had hep,,n' / aannot eo,,sejva wI,v
Laws brigade should hnve been left
on i,ieket at New Guilford. nor why
Johnson. coming from o. preater Ills.
tanre. should have been allowed Ia get
,,psseseit,n If The toa1 with All fhe
Trims under lis escort. nhen1 Of Long
strnet's two divisions
I will here remark that tho report Of
aen. Tnbpstreet. from which the forep0.
Ing extract Is taken. was furnished The
Ho1thern Historical Society by Gen.
n, T., Alexander. copied into tho book
kept for that purpose at the beadglart-
ers Of the First Corps. aud also IN the
form of a Gopy made III by den Ale1-
ender himself for ,ulbliration, The re-
poti WINS tu,llishnd at INV suppestiot. ms
bresident of the poutl,srn Historical
Hocietv. and II Is tho only ono Of tho re.
ports In regard to Tho battle Of Gettys-
burg that iaa been u,tbtisbeI by TINT
Society. The discrepancies between The
Ia Gen. Longstreet's report
and those in his communication tn the
Hepubiicau. lead to the suspicion that
tho latter must have been written yjea-
rjo,sly
tien T,onpstreet thinks it. very absurd
to s,,l,poEe that G6n. Lee should have
awaited Tho uncertain movements Of his
Two divisions to mako the attnck on the
enemy's left while hr had in position
before him six divisions that had had
nights rest Now two of
those divisions 1iill's) Ind marched |
from Cash Town oil the first, and had
had severe engagement with tho enc
my. in which they suffered heavily. and |
two others CEwell's) had marched from |
twelve 10 fourteen miles and also fought |
Tho enemy. being. rs Ewell says in his |
report lSouthcrn Magasute for Juno.
ls73). "jadod by twelve hours marching |
md fighting ,'and the other division III |
Ifwell's corps had marched n much |
greater distance than bongstroet's divi
4ionH would have marched, If they had
got up to our lines that night. Those
divisions Of Ewoll's and Hills were con
oil The night ri Tho first. Nh
snemy that was being constantly resin.
'oreed during tho night. md Glen
ought to know That men do
not have very comfortable or refreshing
rest under such circumstances. More
pvor. none Of those divisions were con
fronting the position il was desired to
md Ewel's divisions would
ave had to march n greater distance To
got into position on tho right, thnn
had to march, and that in
Inc face ri tho enemy. 10 have taken
Hills divisions to the right would have
broken the continuity ~ tho line, md
made nm opening botwocn the corps, of
which tho enemy would doubtless have
axiom advantages to attack ,is, for Meade
vas contemplating an attack from his
light oil the morning, tho greater pnrt
u his force being concentrated there
or that purpose.
Aud here / would ask. when was IL
hat Gen. Lopgstreet got up? Who can
ellp And was he not iip by sunrise ut
arthest, II he was not in fact up by thnt