The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-04-07
GETTYSBURG.
Another Rpply by Gen. Early 10 Gen.
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bcr. 1874
The publication Of second commune
cation from Gen. Longstreet. ~ the
New Orleans Republican OF the goth IN
slant. n cory Of which has been sent me
hy a friend. renders II proper. In my estl.
mntiou. for me TO take some notice ot
Thai document. not with view of going
over tho same ground covered ny my
reply to Gen. Iongstreet's first com
mi,nication. nor yet OF bandytng epithetB
with him. but in order to explain some
things. the accurate knowledge Oh when
| Ia necessary to an intelligent under
standing of the battle Of Gettysburg.
and Of the merits of the controversy In
regard to IL. As Glen. bongstreet has
acknowledged his indebtedness to my
friend. Col. Wilson, for a copy OF my re-
ply In the paper i'm which IT. was first
published entire. will state that |
mailed To Glen. Longstrcet u copy OF the
same paper in u stamped wrapper. by
the frat mail that left Lynchburg after
it's publication aud | will also state
that, to give him an opportunity To DC
| hanrd. | requested the editor or tho ~
yiuidn to preccde my reply with Gen.
I.ongstrcct' communication. but was
informed that the two together would
require more space than could be spared.
Both Of them. however. at my request.
apIpnred In the second number OF the
| Southern Historical monthly.
An General Longstrect asserts that J
assume to he both tho Infantry and
artillery" ! must inform him that. in
this controversy. / only claim to repre-
sent the infantry along with the Kov.
Mr.. Jones, who took his place in tho
| IN ~ rnpittnrf 4 thr bNs
ginning Of tho war. and. after he becalno
chaplain. always went with his regi-
ment under fire. to administer to the
wounded and dying. General Pendle-
ton. the late Chief Of Artillery for the
Army Of Northern Virginia, Is the
propor representative Of that arm. and
| 10 him ~ such my reference was in
tended.
General Longstrcot says that mis-
took what he intended merely asa scout
sent out to gather information. for
MS HEAVY GUNS,
and | can only reply by saying that his
scout did not exercise the caution and
GOODNESS supposed to be requisite in one
employed in that way, but made as
much clamor and noise AZ could have
been produced by n whole park OF artil-
| lcry firing blank cartridges. and with as
little effect What he intends his last
production for. / confess that am at u
| loss to conceive, but | do not regard II
as very heavy" except In certain
sense not necessary TO mention. How
ever, IA ho may intend IL for another
scouting expedition. ] will proceed to
give him u little more Information with
the hope that he will derive some profit
therelrom.
He suggests that not only Gen. Fit2
Ice, hut also have attempted 10 make
uso of political prejudice" to victlnize
him vet failed to discover in General
Fitz Lees letter the remotest allusiou
to politics, or the slightest appeal to
political passion. and ] am very sure
there Ia not IN expression I'm my repl,
that can ho tortured into m appeal Is
political prejudice
A CHASTITY PHANTOM
in That shape seems to haunt Genera
| Longstrcet and disturb the peace Of his
soul and may ask why does he SO
persistently conf lure up that phantom
lf the ghost OF murdered conscienc,
constantly accompanies him. and will
not down." then indeed IL no to b,
commiscrated. But ! believe he IL 1t
accord not only with the powers thai
rule in Louisiana, but also with thos,
who rule in the country at large. VIII,
II IL. then. that he deprccatcs politica
prejudice so much. when no ono has
sought to array 1t against hm' in this
controversy, and his friends are Sc
largely In tho asccndancy, rs to be able
to array tho predominant political pre-
judice in his favor? is It because ht
begins to discern the Handwriting OF
the wall p Perhaps 1t IL because hi'
with Kellogg. Pinchback, Durell
Belknap. Babcock 81 Co., havc laugh
him that all those whose good opinion
Is of any value are on the other side, ant
even include the
nANDtTTt or NEW ORLEANS.
As he has thurst this subject forwar {
without any provocation thereto, ! mus
say that. in regard to that and all othe
subjects treated OF by him, he has do
parted as widely from the record Ms did
u certain canvassing board, about which
have read, md which assembled
"oncc upon u time" in the goodly cit,
OF New Orleans, believe. to decide wh'
were elected to fill seats in the Legisla
ture and to various offices at an election
held in Louisiana.
Passing from this subject, to which
would not have alluded but for having
it thurst in my face, / will state that
when my first reply was published,
had only read SO much OF Professo
Bates Battle of Gettysburg as con
tanned his description Of tho battle
comprised in the first ZIG pages, which
in the copy that ! read, was done up il
pamphlet form, without any appendix
Some days after the reply was pub
lished found in the full volume, which
| procured from the library of friend
the appendix containing Meade's of1lcia
report, what purports to be Gen. Lee'
preliminary report in regard to tn
campaign in Pennsylvania, and nun
Der Of Federal official documents. 4
letter from Professor Bates, TO whom
sent n copy Of my reply to the editor o
the TWginidn, accompanied with tn
request that it be shown to me, informs
me that he obtained the copy OF Gen
Lees report given by him, from tn,
18th volume OF Moore's
REBELLION RECORD
| do not recollect ever to have seer
that report until l found it in the ap
pendix to Bates book, and Colone
Marshall says: q never saw Pro
fessor Bates book, and know
nothing of the report he quotes.
have q copy Of Gen Lees letter to Mr.
Davis, written before we recrossed tn,
Potomac, and will send you copy from
our confidential letter book It is the
only letter he wrote the President or
the subject, and it was his custom tC
write a general statement Of every en-
gagement as soon after as possible. 70,
the information of Mr. Davis nave,