Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-09-10
SQUID and His TRAVELS.
The Battle Of Gettyshurg.

campaigns Of our war we cannot hell
being convinced that the art of wa
has not improved for centuries. Ii
this regard it much resembles othe
arts. What has been the improve
ment in the plastic art eince Phidias
The broken -nosed Buonarratti, will
all his genius, (and he was o regular
Polyhedron-and Admirable Crichtor
of his day. never turned from his
def hands q statue that could com
pare with those fashioned by the
mighty master who had gone over to
Sthe majority more thar thousand
years before him. Where has been
the improvements in architecture
since the old masters reared the Coli
scum and the ParthenOnP The AL
hambra, st. Peters, and our Capitol
are mere patchwork compared to
them. Not that we wish to say there
have not been minor improvements
in war, in arms, projectiles, etc, but il
cannet be denied that the principles
remain the same as they were during
the wonderful campaigns of Hannibal.
When Gen. Lee was discussing
with Gen. Longstreet the then CON
templated offensive campaign that
ended so disastrously for their cause
right here, Longstreet opposed it and
advised that, instead of this move
meut, Bragg should be reinforced
heavily, march north, defeat Rosen-
Grams, continue, and by such means
relieve Vicksburg. He argued that
Grant would be thus compelled to
raise the siege and hasten to Rosen-
Grams aid. When one of Hannibals
armies was besieged in Capua by
three Roman armies he conceived the
idea, being outside with another
army, to march on Rome and thus
raise the siege. This identical ma
n@uvre was carried out with great
success by jackson when Mcclellan
was drawing bis lines about Rich
mond in 1862, and it saved the rebel
capital FOR the time. There are many |
ways to get here rs shown by rail
'oad guides we venture to give one
rot set downtown Frederick. by
buggy The drive is delightful and
he country beautiful; the distance is
miles.
'iRST bAr, WEDNESDAY, JULY /, 1863.
1t is too well known to be repeated
hat the mighty shock of arms that
dashed here eighteen years ago was
vas an accident as far as Meade and
zee were concerned, The placing
I'm in command was q surprise to
leade, He had seen much service
nd knew the tremendous advantage
D modern warfare in securing the
lctical defensive. Well versed in
ne literature of war, he recalled Ma
oleon's advice to Marmont CHOOSE
orr position and make the enemy
tack you" He was familiar with
'ellington's battles where he had ac-
'mplished SO much by selecting a
os!tion, and sticking to it until the
ght time came to assume the often
We, as no did at Talavera, Salaman-
u and Waterloo. and he was fresh
ON the hot field of fredericksburg a
here he had seen smaller army t
ian ours repulse us easily by adopt u
g the same principle. He deter u
med to fight a defensive battle, and u
18th this end in view, he had par o
lilly selected position about thir- a
en- miles south of here, behind Pipe II
eek, and he had thrown forward h
S right wing under Reynolds, con- n
sting OF Buford's cavalry and the q
rst and Eleventh Corps as a mask, tt
hind which the army could assume Ia
ut line. Buford with his cavalry OF
Is in the van and Reynolds and ly
'ward, with the First ant Eleventh ia
rps, following, when Buford struck pr
. Confederates, deployed, and went p'
work. He was standing in the I'll
pola of the Seminary, watching the I'll
tant fight, when Reynolds rode ND al
out III A. 81, ahead of his own II
ops, and called to him: "What,s
matter, JohnT" dismounted, as lin
lded, and joined him. The under on
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