The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-21
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
Continuation of the Comte de Paris
 History-Campaigns of 1863.

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 The Com,e de Paris is continuing the history of the war of secession al his Chateau d Flu, and has just published the ff,h and sixth volumes of his great work have opened with melancholy feeling these new volumes, and could not help meditating on the singularity of the times we live in. Only few months ago while the count was perhaps correcting the proofsheets of his work, he was suddenly threatened with banishment irnoe Napoleon had put on the walls of Paris placard which seemed 10 throw the republican party out of its senses, and fte chambers were on the point of send- irg all the so-called pre,enders into exile. In 1871 the Comte de Paris, inspired, l have no doubt, by the most patriotic motives, waived all his claims to the ikrore of France in favor of the Comte de Chambord. He did not declare himself n enemy of the republic; he merely sad 10 his cossin a, Frohsdorf that if the Trench nation wished to re-estabish the monarchy, he would not be his rival, he could only be his successor. will not dalate here on the character or the con- sequences of tho interview ai Frohsdon lie morarehy was no! re-es,ablshed, and j $ only lds;; to say that the Comte de ia!s has lived quietly, like private eii.zen. mixing in nc intrigue. and win rIEg all saiirages by the dignity and parity of his life. by his laborious habits. ard by .hs dislnteres,edness ot his char a.ter We owe the continuation of the History of the American War" 10 the leisurc which circumstances have made for hlm. At Eu the Comte de Pans has collected an enormous quantity of doea taenis concerning the Wal, in which, IS d young man, he took an honorable part, @ith his brother, the Due de Charlres. He Is in correspondence with many officers. northern and southern, who were conspicuous in these great events he works diligently and with great resu- lanty and thus II Is that, notwithstanding a.l the circumstances which often have tossed his quiet life, he has beer able to bring down his history as far as the t8omenious battle oi gettysburg
 The .iiih volume opens II the beginning oi ;he campaign of iSh5-a campaign winch everybody felt would be decisive.
 Though the iederals had gained ground en ,heIT adsersaties during the preceding year. they had paid such prIcc for then acquisitions, and the las, months of ls6. had been marked with such bloody re- Aeises, that the re-es;ablislsnent oi the anlon bv the fore of arms seemed more als,ani than ever. In vain dld people count on the resources oi the north, on l;s obsilnaCy. on the strength which would be given to i, by the proclamation ot emancipation t was natural ,o doubt of i,s success when the results obtained were measured with the sacrhces which they had cost. In December. 1902. the army ot the Potomac had in vain tried ,o take the lines of fredericksburg, and sherman had suffered deiea, before FIcksbGrs.
 General Hooker took comm md of the army of the Potomac on the ,6th oi January. 1903. The army was dis. outraged. bu, ,he name ot Hooker was popular, and his presence soon re-es,ab. iished discipline and put | stop ,o deser. ton. The Comte de Paris describes with great accuracy the region of the Rapidan and oi the kapoahannoek, and the forest called the Wilderness. He ex plains the plans of General Hooker, who opened his campaign on the c9,h of April.
 Alter having well combined and \ cry hap ss3y executed the ntst part ot hiS plan o carapaign, Hooker seems to have iorgo,ter ihst ;he poini, the possession oi Whlch. as i2 !cNide the late ot the enemy was not n Inc forest ot the Wilderness. bat on the heirht. ei Salem church. which dominate Rank ', lord. Instead oi taking possession of then @ith the prompiness which he showed N hen d simple general of division. he conducted hls soldiers against the enemy. Il seems .s i he allowed the enemy time to come and al tack hint in the midst oi thiek woods very un iavor ahle to numerous army, wei, provided ~rh artillery"
 After the bloody struggle of Jackson agains, the federal right, near Dowdall' tavern, the position of Hooker becam, critical he was, so to speak. shut m or ,he plain of Charlottesville, threatened on one side by Jackson, on two others b, Lee. The battle of Charlottesville, ,olS m the minutes, details by the Com,e d. taris, was, Tn his opinion. a defeat. bu not disaster, for the northern army The troops were tired, but not discour aged, as they had been after Fredericks burg. They needed repose. but Lee dis not leave them much leisure.
 The invasion of the northern states has been decided on in the southern councils The army of Virginia knew all the way which led toward Washington, Baltimore and Pennsylvania. Such an invasion even if i, was followed by the capture o Washington, would undoubtedly hav more results than battle like Chan celiorsville, which had been fruitless When general Lee asked for rAtions, h received the answer: "lf the genera wants rations, let him go and find then in Pennsylvania" The Nirginian arm, was put in motion on the 3d of June, ISo; This army was far superior to what it wa the year before, when il had invade, Maryland; it was well drilled, well discip lined. well organized !; it had grea, conf dence in itself and in it's chiefs Lee ha, divided his army into three corps, whicl were commanded by Longstrees. Ewell and A. P. Hill. His object was 10 follow the Shenandoah Valley, behind the Blu