The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-01-18

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Why the Confederate Soldier Failed.
The following interesting and truthful
sketch of the difficulties and dangers
with which the Confederate soldier had
to contend, and the cause of his final
failure, Is taken from McCarth's Soldier
Lille IN the Army of Northern Virginia"
Inc Confederate soldier opposed i'm
menss odds: In the Seven Days' Bat.
ties around Richmond. $4,000 drove TO
me James River lI5.0O0 Of the enemy.
Az fredericksburg, in 1862, $4,000 of
tnem routed 10000 Federal troops. At
Ghancel llorsville, in 1868, $1,000 under
Lee and Jackson whipped, aud but for
me death of Jackson, would have ami
Inflated an army Of 900 men-more
than double their own number. AtGet.
ttysburg, $4,000 of them assailed the
heights manned by 10000. At the
Wilderness, in 1864, $4,000 met and sue :.
cessiully resisted l4l 900 of the enemy.
AT Appomattox, in 1865, 5000 of them
surrendered to the host commanded by
Grant. The United States Government
at the end of the war, mustered out of
service 100000 of men, and had in the
field, from first to last, 100000. If the
Confederate soldier had then had only
this disparity Of numbers to contend
with, he would have driven every inva.
der from the soil of Virginia.
Bat the Confederate soldier fought.
IN addition to these odds, the facilities
Tor the transportation aud concentration
OF troops and supplies afforded by the
network of railways in the country north
OF him, all of which was subject to the
control OF the Government, and backed
by treasury which was turning out
money by the ton, one dollar of which
was equal 10 sixty Confederate dollars.
~ should be remembered also that,
while the South was restricted to its own
territory for supplies, and its own people
ior men, the North drew on the world
Tor material, and every nation Of the
earth for men.
The arms and ammunition of the
Federal soldiers were abundant and good
so abundant and SO good that they
supplied both armies, and were greatly
preferred by Confederate officers. The
equipment Of the Federal armies was
we'll nigh perfect. The facilities for
manufacture were simply unlimited, and
the nation thought no expenditure Of
treasure too great, if only the country
and the Union! could be saved. The
fnctory and the foundry chimneys made
4 pillar of smoke by day, and of fire by
night. The latest improvements were
hurried to the front, and adopted by both
armies almost simultaneously, for hardly
had the Fedcrals bought, when the Con
fedcraIcs captured and used the very la
test.
"Commissary stores were piled up all
over Virginia, for the use of the invad-
ing armies. They had more than they
could protect, and their loss was given to
the hungry defenders Of the soil.
The Confederate soldier fought host
of ills occasioned by the deprivation of
chloroform and morphia, which were e1-
cludeG from the Confederacy by the
blockade, rs contraband OF war. The
man who has submitted to amputation
without chloroform, or tossed on couch
of agony for night and day, without
Sleep Tor the want of Il dose Of morphia,
may possibly be able to estimate the ad.
vantages which resulted from the pos
session of the Federal surgeons, Of all
supply Of these.
The Confederate soldier fought boun-
ties and regular mouthly pay; the Stars
and Stripes the Star Spangled Banner
hail Columbia,' Tramp, Tramp,
Tramp, John Browns Body Rally
Round the Flag and all the fury and
fana,icism which skilled minds could
create-opposing this grand array with
the modest aud home!y refrain of Dixie
supported by IL mild solution of Mary
land, my Marylaud.' He fought good
wagons, fat horses, and tons of quarter
masters stores; pontoon trains, Of splen-
did material and construction, by the
mile; gunboats, wooden and iron, and
men.of war; illustrated papers to cheer
the Boys in Blue with sketches of the
glorious deeds they did not do; Bibles
by the car load, aud tracts by the million
the first, to prepare them for death /;
and tho second, to urge upon them the
duty of dying
THE Confederate soldier fought the
Sanitary Commission whose members,
armed with every facility and conven.
ience, quickly carried the sick and
wounded Of the Federal army to COM
Portable quarters, removed the bloody
garments, laid the sufferer on clean
and dry couch, clothed him in clean
things, and fed him on the best the
world could afford and money buy"