Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-04-25

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While looking at the Arising pro-
portions Of Mrs. A, T. Stewart's ca
thedral at Garden City some time
ago, gotta glimpse OF Gen. Joseph
Hooker. who has purchased property
at Garden City. and is one OF the
lions OF the region. I happened TO
think OF the circumstance a day or
two afterward, when I met Gen.
Houpt. who was superintendent OF
railroad transportation during the
war. and long the chief engineer Of the
Pennsylvania railroad. Said be: Il
, can tell you something about Hook
er's removal from the army OF the
Potomac and the battle Of Gettys-
burg. on which SO much has recently
been writer ,y Gen. Longstreet, and
Others Sometime after the battle Of
Charlottesville, I said to General
Hooker in his camp; Don't you ex-
pect to make some new aggressive
movement soon?' Hooker replied:
i have seat two or three ideas OF
mine to Washington. but they. don't
seem to meet with much considers
ton, and nowI mean to hold still
and let them suggest something. !
went from General Hooker to Wash
ington. and when I called on the
President 1 said to him: Hooker is
expecting orders of some kind, and
says his ideas meet with very little
encouragement here The Presi-
dent, continued General Houpt,
showed me letter he had written,
or was about to write to Hooker,
which ran as follows: A $500
My dear General Hooker: / do
not think Washington is q fair and
equal exchange for Richmond. and il
adopt your plan I am, afraid I
should have to give up Washington
for Richmond
Being at the war department the
same day I told General Halleck that
Hooker was waiting orders. and be
said. crustiIy: well, he'll get his
orders very soon.' In few days ]
heard that Hooker had been removed.
Meantime, the rebels had invaded
Maryland. and our troops were
moving up toward Frederick. I
hastened to Harrisburg, and found
everything there in confusion. The
governors room was filed with men.
all talking. amid great excitement. /
hastened to Col. Thos. a. Scott's quar-
ters, and asked where he thought the
confedsrates were going. He said
that the idea was that they were
marching on one of the large cities.
I told him that I knew the federal
army was advancing in separate corps
at some distance from each other,
and 1 believed that General Lee,
having been made aware OF this fact,
would turn to the right, cross the
mountain and endeavor to whip each
OF those corps before they could be
brought together under a new COM
mander. I further said, that i
thought that the battle would take
place il we could get the union army
hurried up. either about Chambers
burg or Gettysburg. Colonel Scott
said that this was reasonable, and
with his permission I sent a telegraph
dispatch to Baltimore, ordering To-
comotivs to take messenger who
should goto Westminster, Maryland,
| find general Meade and order him to
concentrate the army with all dill
gence, as the confederates might
otherwise strike It in detail. This
was done, and thus advised OF where
they were to hnd the enemy, the
union corps marched with vigor and
were able to make a united effort
against General Lee On the ridges
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