The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-06

" ''-t = <@f2'4s lESsrs :EsJNcGrs
. III i*l3, although he thinks thc weak
p",nt OF t.c comparison lie: in an
! absence OF sharp returns to the otlcn-
! S've. In his Judgment, the Contrdcr-
It" commanders genius for aggressive
/ warfare had suffered by Il too long
service rs an engineer. In both thr
! Antictom and Gettysburg campaigns
! he allowed his cavalry to separate
| from him, and was left without in
I lcl'igrncc Of the cncuy's movements
until the latter was upon him. In
both, too, his army was widely scat
tered, and had to be brought into
action piccemcal. IL is affirmed that
ms own report of Gettysburg con-
trs*rS his mistakes, and the writer can
| derive no additional light upon that
action from the rambling accounts
since published. -. II is plain that
General Taylor holds Lee mistaken
III ms rciuttahcc' to assume vigor-
oils initiative at certain crises of the
war, ana lmputrS his hnbitual attitude
IN this regard to his pr0tractcd trniu-
ing in tho engineer corps. 1t should
be sai', however, that the criticism s arc
! oilrrcu with unaffected difliucucc, and
that lie does ample justice TO the pure
and lofty character and ;hc in,lispula-
bic services of hiS cunnmHnttcr-in-chc
We may note here that although Stone
wall jackson is credited with the very
qualities which are indicated as lack
my TO somc degree in Lee, yet there is
a certain "ciiccncC in the authors re-
, marks concerning tha former General.
"N hat l:mit,' says the writer, "to
SET Ills ability / know not, for he was
ever superior to occasi0m;' but he
adds that under ordinary circum-
| stances il was difficult to estimate him
because ofhis pcculiarilics, and to one
movement in particular along Fire
monl's line in the valley campuiun,
Gen. Taylor docs not hesitate to apply
the cpithcts crash and foolish" it
must not be supposed that these cir
cumspcct yet candid opinions bctray
any aninrls or jealousy or spite. On
the contrary, they reveal a sincere de-
sire to discern the truth, and Il sturdy
resolve to utter it.
ALBERT SYpHEY JOHNSON.
General Taylor concurs with most
rompctrn: students orthc contest, that
tle issue Of The battle Of Shiloh was Il
proiOuu;i, almost irrcparablc mislor-
tune to the Confederate cause. lie
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th"t ne orI"rcd long>!rcct to him, or
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