The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22
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>-rTf1.trt,p trfcrnpy ~nr, POETRY

NEITHER HISTORY NOR POETRY.
To make out case against the cavalry.
IL was necessary TO bring on the stage
the spy and the theatrical midnight scene
at Chafnborsburg. According 70 Colonel
Marshall. the news he brought on tho
evening OF 80 30th was tho cause OF or
dors that he say he issued on the 18th.
Such All snachronsm Is not admissible In
the domain OF history. Shakespeare
makes Achilles quote Homer. but shake
speare was writing poetry. COLONEL Mar
shall unfortunately writes neither history
nor poetry. He says; 80 . There would
have been no difficulty whatever in nav
ing the whole of tho army at Gettysburg
by The morning of July lst. had We peeh
aware OF the movements Of the enemy
on the other side of the mountain. You
will thus see that the movement 10 Get
tysburg was the result Of the want OF IN.
formation. which the cavalry alone could
obtain for u.s. etc.
Now the true reason why the whole
army was not at Gettysburg on the morn
INK OF July 1st o. that General Lee never
had had any intention OF fighting there,
and had never ordered it to go there. lie
had ordered a concentration al Cashtown.
at the eastern base of South Mountain.
Colonel Marshall further says that Lee s
army. marching slowly eastward from
Chambessburg. and southwark from Car
isle, came unexpectedly on the Federai
advance on the first day etc. he ad-
nlits that the sDy had told General Lee
that Ncades army was at Frederick on
June 2eth. As communication with the
river west Of the mountain was open
General Lee knew that Meade must be 20
the east OF II, OF nowhere. He could NOT
expect Meade 10 stand stIll. Gettysburg
is only a little over a days march north
Of Frederick. IL he went 20 gettysburg
then. II ought TO have been surprise hoi
10 find the enemy there There are some
things o man Of sense knows without PC
ing told. General Lee was thar KIND OF q
man. But ne. as well as Hin and Eweii'
had positive information on june sun
that the enemy held Gettysburg. on that
dav Hnl arrived al Cashtown with PEN
dcr's Division; Heth had got there the
day before.
lust here I will say that Anderson's Di-
vision had been ordered by Hill 70 march
10 Cashtown on July LIST. lie arrived
there early IN the afternoon, when the
battle. eight miles OFF at Gettysburg was
raging. and halted for orders. "After
waiting about an hour at Cashtown' ne
saws, ORDERS were received from GENERA
Hill to move forward 10 Gettysburg.
Now. II II had been the intention 10 con
tie there. Anderson would have been Or
dered mat morning to march straight on
TO Gettysburg. and would not have halt
ed M Cashtown. Heth says that on the
Roth he heard there was a lot Of shoes at
Gettysburg, and sent General Pettgrev
after them. Gordon's Brigade ana
Whites Battalion had spent the nigh OF
the 10Th there. Just here I VIII say that
If the place had been regarded rs OF any
strategic value. General Lee would have
kept il when he had Il. The shoes thst
Gordon's and Whites men would leave IN
a small place Ike Gettysburg would not
be worth the wear and tear or shoe-leath-
or In q brigade 10 go after them The
Mace was not a depot for army stores
there were no shoes there except In the
shops. No doubt they we're principally
for misses" ! once heard wit remark
that he supposed that Hoth sent after the
old shoes Gordon's men had thrown away.
When Pettigrew got near the place ne
discovered Buford's Cavalry and halted.
Information was Immediately sent back
In Cashtown. Hill says that he inform
ed EweI who camped that night about
10 miios north OF Gettysburg. ana also
General Lee. There was an abundance or
cavalry for outpost service win EVEN
and Early Harry Gilmor. one OF the
boldest cayalrymen in the Southern army
with a Maryland battalion, was there.
Colonel White with a splendid body or
cavalry. was with Early. That night Bu-
ford complained to Pleasanton that the
roads in his front ARE terribly infested
with cavalry" The next morning July
1sD HILL with Heth's and Pender's DE-
visions. started down the Gettysburg pike
TO flush the enemy. General Lee was
with Iongstreet, west % the mountain, m
Greenwood. Before leaving for Cashtown,
where he expected the army 10 be con-
centratod that night he wrote TO limbo
den. who was bringing up the rear giving
instructions as 70 picketlng tho roads, ana
guarding the trains that were parked in
the gap. He was not dreaming OF battle
that dav. lie knew that the enemy was
too far of 10 attack him. and he had no
idea of attacking them before his army
v.ss concentrated. He little knew that
while he was engaged in concentrating
Hfu and Heth We're dispensing il. At
o'clock that afternoon he was overlooking
the battie-GeM at Gettysburg. He con-
cliidod his letter to Imboden by saying
INV Headquarters FOR THE PRES ENT
will be at Cashtown. east Of the noun
tain" 1t does not appear at what hour
be left Greenwood; he generally rode with
Longstrcet Colonel Freemantle says they
left camp about noon.
TTr IN No HURRY For a FIGHT.
Greenwood IS about 0 miles from Cash
town. Hin and Heth in their reports say
thew went down 10 Gettysburg 10 make a
reconnaissance. There were no orders tor
a reconnaissance. and not the slightest
necessity for making one. In Shines
"Iistorv OF the Army OF the Potomac
there is a letter Of Heth's. giving an ac-
count Of tine manner IN which he brought
an tie battle IN which he entirely ig.
noYes his own, "a well as HilPs. official
renort. The account he now gives is en-
tirely at variance with the one he gave
General Lee. IL Is no business OF mine
TO reconcile them. lie now says that Hi
took his and Pender's divisions with two
battalions Of artillery. down there TO get
those shoes. But they knew the enemy
held me place and that they couldn't
get the shoes NJ they were there without
a fight. In his report he says he knew the
enemy held the place. but didn't know his
strength II is perfectly clear that they
went 10 Gettysburg to have a Highland
had It. General Lee would certainly
never have allowed a reconnaissance before
his army was well In hand. for there Is
always danger of a reconnaissance IN
force prematurely committing an army 10
battle. General Lee was Ia no hurry for
a fight all he had TO do was 10 be ready
when the enemy came. They had never
approached near enough to feel his lines
he had not lost wagon, and but few
stragglers.
Heth started at 5 A. NJ, followed by
Fender He soon struck Buford. He nut
In two brigades Davis and Archer's) that
We're soon shattered. Archer and large
number Of men were captured THE enc
my" he says. "had now been felt and