The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-11-16
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General H. HOth, G. 8. A, in Philadel-
phiA Weekly Times.
Train q giant fer an encounter
and he can be whipped by pig
my-if you put ont his eyes. The
eyes Of an army are its cavalry.
Before Ewell crossed the Potomac
General Lee wrote to General
Stuart commanding the cavalry,
in substance, a. f0llows: ~Ewel
will cross the Potomac on . GER
tain day, at 3 certain point. Hill
will follow EWell, crossing on q
given day at = given point; Losg-
street will hold the gaps in the
mountains and protect the Cross
ing of these two corps; after Hill
has crossed Longstreet will vacaie
the gaps, and fellow Hill; on
Longstreet vacating the gaps in
The mountains, you will seize them
and protect Longstreets crossing:
then follow Longstreet, throw
yourself on the right flank OF the
army, watch the enemy, give me
all the information you can gather
of his movements, and collect sup
plies" General Stuart, probably
thinking he could carry cut Gen.
eral Lees orders, and ct the same
time make q brilliant dash toward
and threatening Washington,
worked by his right faux, sepa-
rating himself from Longstreet,
crossing the Potomac between the
enemy and Washington City
making q swoop toward Washing
ton, then turning west to join the
Army of Northern Virginia, when
he found the enemy had crossed
the Potomac and were between
him and the army. This necessi
tated his riding entirely around
the Federal army, and brought
him, whether from necessity or not
I can not say, to Carlisle, Penn
From this point he struck south
and joined the Army Of Northern
Virginia, being late in the evenisag
of July I'd. It lie thus evident
that so far as deriving any assist
ance from his cavalry from the
Of June TO the evening Of July I'd,
it might as well have had NO exist.
ence. Every officer who convers-
ed with General Lee for several
daps previous to the battle Of
Gettysburg, will remember having
heard such expressions as these:
''Can you tell me where General
Stuart isp' "Where on earth is
my cayalry?" "Have you any
news of the enemy's movements?"
whist Is the enemy going to do?"
s'If the enemy does not find US we
must try and find him, in the alb
sence of our cavalry, as best we
camp The eyes of the giant
were out: he knew not where to
strike; movement In any direct
ion might prove a DISASTROUS blum
der.
Had our cavalry been in posi-
ton, General Lee would have
known of Reynolds approach in
the direction of Gettysburg TWEEN
ty-four hours before this corps
reached Gettysburg. General
Lee could, and probably would,
had he known the enemy were in
motion, have occupied Gettysburg
on the 10Th or 3Oth of June, and
rendered his position impregna-
BILE.
Had our cavalry been in posi-
ton, General Lee, If he saw proper.
could have permitted Reynolds
corps to have occupied Gettysburg
as it did-but instead of this corps
being unmarked by two brigades
Of my division, it would have been
attacked by Longstreet, Ewell
and Hills corps In that case
the fate of this corps no one can
doubt; and had the enemy thrown
forward reinforcements as he did,
they weuld have been crushed in
detail.
Had our cavalry been in posi-
ton the chances are that the bat.
tie never would have never been
fought at Gettysburg; but wheth.
er there or elsewhere, the battle
would have been planned and di
gested with that consummatG
skill and boldness which charac
terized the plans of the great
American soldier in his sever
days fights around Richmond, his
discontinue of Pope, his Chan
celloI sville fight, and his series o
hafflao IN QRA FROM tho VILLAS