The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-06-06

II Ht-tDFN. IN VIOLATION pI
facts, especially when the truth was 50
easily accessible. Yes said the General,
with smile, '.as history goes on We shall
discover that the North were fighting wind
mills, that the South had no troops. that
in time We discovered the absence of any
enemy and stepped in and claimed victo-
ries. L sometimes ask where were all these
able bodied men of the South during the
war? If We are to believe history not
many OF them were in battle. Ii ALWAYS
struck me that | saw enough OF them in
every engagement, and that had but little
advantage in force-none If YOU consider
the fact that the Southern men were always
on the defensive. In these articles OF Welles
and Taylor You note thai they not
only assume that the true and pro-
per way to have attacked Lee was by wav
of the james River, but that this also
was my opinion. Ii the whole OF my COM
mand had gone by the way OF James river,
certainly would have found enough OF
Lees force to have retarded my progress
and TO tigh; me, and possibly enough would
have been spared 20 have threatened the
national capital. As 1t was | confronted
Lee, and held him and ali his hosts lar
from Richmond and the James, while |
cont tho sa,,a J,y nf NV ,Jr,,oa ,cr,ss
,ba Ran;5an -, h- ~ -, -
snff;c;..pt a.. 7 ,bonr,L, - - II
ali son,b If picbm7nJ - Ps,ar,r,,I, a,S
LnIJ !, haI;ara ~ ID, H., !, -, "aJ
Poll baJ bas ,no - a.elia.
such a. n,;obt b.v' saloaio5 III -
,be ,,,,,ar;ai - H. -, Ill ~
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in a. I'D 80 baU, ,h go ID uone
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Nth,
THE RELATIVE POWER OF THE NORTH AND
SOUTH.
"There is another point. said the Cen
eral. that these historians omit. II is said
that we overwhelmed the Soutb In for
eign journals and foreign assemblies il i
mt this wav that We overran the south
with the scum of the world-with birelipps
and Hessians. No ona would do moIa
honor TO the foreigners who came into our
ranks than myself They were brave mon
and earned our gratitude Bnt 50 far fr,,m
our armies being foreion oues,io, II NOR
than three ner cent were aliens ",
have no Doubt many wslJ ;nformsJ ,u,hors
will tell Won that there were only three nor
cent Americans. This is the wav nnbl;c
opinion WAS made durino th,. war AMI TIN.
is the way history il made now We No.
overwhelmed the Sontb and I am only
sorry we could no, have done 40 and snJad
the war and ia m;scr;ss W., ws 49,,
from the South We won hv b,rJ f"b,;na
and the odds when there wsr. liz 80
never decisive, We had 10 6ah, ,be
Southern States Tbev W., 81 ,ro
were divided Every able bodied male in
the South from fourteen to siy,v was IN a..
army. or was sunnosed 10 be ,bars A.
had to depend on Volunteers and Tho con-
scriptiop Tho Soptb had 4 OoO ooO 81 No
groes. These negroes kant The forms mr.,
tectcd the families. sunported the ,rm;es
and were really a reserve forc, = mo-, i'm
portant reserve force in , 6ah,;nn na,;on
Those 600 900 Of nepr, o. iii a SorL ,ba,
white men would have b.en comnslI.d ~
do Vet they are nev.r oo,,u,at -, 49,,
summary of The forces III Tho sui IT,
are forgotten as II they never bad .x;s,ad
and vel thew kent the ,cras ,-..,,, oil a.
barvests CROWN, Will III, - -
were in the war Nen ,,on,o,, ~ Ill
rem went into the 6eiJs Tba San,h -
really an organized army Duripg the W ,r
| in the Soutb all nro,ra.s all ,nJns,r-, oo,,o
TO halt and notbin5 was ,IlowsJ ~ ~
fere with the war Fven no,r H. 81
suffers from war stagns,ion iron, wo-
naralvsis In tho Nh ;rI,,s.rT. -
never more br;sE. oil a. !, -
were cherished. society moved ~, -
tions were disc,verad. h. ,,o,,;r :; 81.
country was a. br;st A. erar W. go,
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never Gagged in nur inJns,r,, W.
kent our Mac. A. ,,rnf,c,r,r;,.l,. .',,,,,,,,'r
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models Of cb;v,Irv and val" So 's - 80
ais were ven,I incomno,ent coorsa
sneaking now 81 onr n,fn ,,ao,Ie. 50 u.-;. am
and sneakers VIII ,ror, LII ~ -
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done so much he,,er ES,rr,h;n -, ~, "e.u
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was in Furone w;,b fau, ooo,,;o
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world was ag,inst tho Nor,b anJ
our owr friends ., r.. ronIJ' ;, nu
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