The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-02-12

unlimbered and placed In battery, the
enemy pouring over the breast works IN
rear OF them. Only one gun OF Captain
Carriers battery unlimbersd In the very
apex OF the salient. and fired a single
shot. when he. in person. helping 10 load
the gun. heard behind him the order,
stop firing that gun"
Turning his head. he saw within a few
yards OF him a large number OF blue
coats, with muskets leveled at him and
his men. He shouted to the officer. "Dol't
shoot my men," and OF course, was COM
PEELED at once TO surrender.
Captain Carter reports General Johnston
linping up and down on top the breast
works, not deignlng 10 protect himself.
WIN STICK In hand. from his wound az
AeShany. his clothes torn, encouraging
MIS- men In every way. by word and deed
General Hancock said 10 General Harry
Heth after the war that the attack on
the salient was an accident. due to the
location OF white house In front OF a.
which afforded a conspicuous object for
the centre Of his lines OF battle for at
tack, and that he was not aware Of the
existence of salient.
He furthermore said that he had m 0oo
troops, In five or six lines Of battle. ana
( could have carried the salient, even had
the artillery been IN place
The salient was weak position. Afford
ing a divergent Instead OF a converaent
fire, and General Hancock believed ~
course. what he said. for he was a Pal
liant soldier and q gentleman. ana tbo
stoutest fighter OF all the corps com
manders we had TO encounter during The
war. his attacks always meaning heasv
pounding from start TO finish. but he il
mistaken in this conjecture
If xNof11I ho
neither he nor anyone else ever saw. dur.
ing the war. a good line Of artillery q,
the Army Of Northern Virginia. properly
supported by infantry IN breastworks. WIN
open front, carried by direct front as
sault, and the production Of a SINGLE
instance during the war may be safely
challenged
1t matters not as 10 the five or six lines
Of battle In column Of attack. When the
frcnt lines 20 down those IN rear ara
not so eager 70 come along. the moral
effect being as to the physical, several
Cor more) 20 one.
In further reply TO General Hancock's
surmise It should be stated that notwtth-
standing his success at first his attacking
column never reached half way to the
heels Of the horseshoe salient
Some soldiers seem disposed 10 think
artillery is Sound and fury Simplifying
nothing"
True, Il cannot take the place Of in.
fantry. Infantry is the bulwark OF every
army OF every age. Men with muskets
can scale heights. descend depths. pierce
Tickets, and, numbered by thousands
can go anywhere and Oh the air with
deadly missiles Artillery Is O. dependent
auxiliary, defenseless except under uroper
conditions. but massed IN long line with
open ground ahead is impregnabe against
front assault.
Skeptlcs would be dlsabused had they
seen McClellan's sixty guns at Malvern
Hills plateau repulse time and again
the flower Of our infantry-the finest. in
my belief, the world has ever seen.
fully concur in the views You ex-
press in the editorial OF the TN OF Feb
ruary as TO the sup, rorty Of the South.
ern soldier over the Northern. To an
ordinary intelligence an enlistment NJ
10000 men, all told, half fed. half clothed.
practically unpaid and poorly furnished
I'm all appointments OF war. holding ar
bay for four years ar enlistment OK 2700-
900 men, with above conditions exactly
reversed, ought 10 furnish mathematical
demonstration Of the superiority Of the
Southern soldier over the Northern The
philosophic reasons for this fact are nor
so easy to fathom.
have written the above 10 throw some
additional light on a disaster which was
not we'll understood I'm current accounts
and which was always a source Of irrita-
ton TO General Johnston
There was no sturdier, truer. Drawer
division commander than General Edward
Johnston, commonly known as "Old ALE
ghany." THOMAS II. CARTER.