Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-15
|aTcSTREET VERSUS LEE.
w,lIium Jones Makes an I'm
o.riant Contribution.
|,ys lOScs1pHEr WAS TO BLAME
y - r,,diuo.., mr.. Jones s'y'' ana
w A.. apo., that Caased
n. u,.nf.,irra'o Failure

4, tho charges made by tehor"l
~ ',r.et against General Lee, III tue
~ ,he buttle Of Gettysburg, comes
~ Dr. j. William Jones, chaplain
wa confederate Veterans, and Tor,
w. a.retory OF the Southern Historical
DR.. Jones, writing to the New
~ Sun. gives the following summing
,raois In contradiction OF Long
rsts position: ,,,r,,,,
- aha Editor OF The Sun-Sir: Ever
i ,con some sralous partisan OF Cen
" I@nips i.ongstfeet revivta ma Glaiia
M Inc Confedefites lost tne ph.,iu ",
.,t,xburg because OF Lee : opsuha,,
slvs.u"sa ,ctlslug TO take Longstrcuts
tps'S nj iii, friends Of Lee feel called
auo, how ,hat the battle was lost not
" blnnders but by the failure OF
.,rsot 10 carry out lis orders. i
ep.', In The space you allow me, I'M
IN follow SIR. Leslie j, Perry
u..S tho seven columns III which, ~
of November 10, lie glrblel
~ ~ ,rnorta. and ndrpitly manipulutes
w. ~ show that Lee Numbered ana
an' !" was the Nnpoleonic
w W.. II the hour but | would only ask
tns' to ore Interested In these qucs-
us rend for themselves what Cen
si Fi,shngh Leo actually says about
a,,,sbnrr In his memoir of Il. ~. Lee,
" ,nJrs for themselves of MIR. Ferry 8
would add that my relations TO ms
oa,roversy have been such that nave
bcea obliged to study IT earetuily-thnt
lgsi. as secretary of the Southern
Historical society, | received from the
[Dunt Of Paris letter prorounulng
ur,ber of questions MS to the causes OF
he Confederate defeat ~ detiysburg,
nd that In reply ! published ~ out.
.southcrn Historical Society Papers,
which | was editor. a series OF able
.,%as from loading Confcderutcs who
.,,,r,n,ted In the battle. including two
,ners from General I.Ongstreot and
\. siIirnl reports Of prominent Confcd'
r.te officers Any impartial and com
etsnt military critic who Will read that
49,. an The Causes OF Lees Defeat
\ t,cttysburg' will be forced TO con-
rlude: --
DIR. JONES' CONCLUSIONS.
1. Tina, "Iec and bis friends" were not
ouly no, disposed to "assail'' Longstrcct,
hu, for yean treated him with great for
benrancu and kndncss.
q That LOnesrcct himself begun the
controversy by giving 10 Swinton, Just
kt,r the war, the material with which
DO BIZ "Army OF the Potomac" he severe
Is criticised Lees conduct Of the Gettys-
burg campaign and battle by giving 10
Ia. . lnIIQF tXhlHl he
Wrote his uncle Just alter the battle, and
in wten he Clearly stated that Lee lost
the lat,le W rot needing his tl.ons-
susett adyice-that when Generals
Iendleion aud Early made statements,
In memorial addresses Mt Lexington, Va,
on the aluiytnary Of Lees birth, put
ting their chief hight, l.ongstreet made
violent reply, ID which he attacked
General Lee, aud that he capped the
climax By publishing In the Philadelphia
TINES articles In which he cndcay0red
to show that Lee made eight mistakes
Of Gettysburg which he uOngstrceO
saw, aud remonsttated with Leo against,
y 1t Is perfectly true That Enrly,
Fllihugh Leo Long, Wilcox, William
Alan, Walter laylor aud others hot
Only rirmnhantiy yindicHtcd their old
chef, General Lee, from these nspHrslon,
81 BIS lieutenant, but that they carried
tae var into "Alficn," and showed con-
s'catey that Instead of losing Gcttys'
burs b. Lees mistakes, it was lost
manly by Longstreet'a tardincss aud
Stubborn otstlnary In not carrying out
Les orders. have no space IN this
paper TO w more than sum up the salient
poluls,
w tie 1st day OF July, 1863. General
Less army, numbering about b2,UOl
nea Of all arms, wNa approaching Get
v.eurg, while General Mcnde was pre-
panns to concentrate at Pipe Greek,
some ten or twelve miles distance from
uetlshnrg, bis army of about 10000
mea. THESE figures OF relative numbers
~ derived from the exhaustive Discus
.sn 81 General EARLY. the pain3takine
~ accurate writer Colonel Walter II
.Vlo', Lees accomplished ndjutant
fsnenl, aud Colonel William Alien,
sn'ei o! crdnnnre OF the Second Corps
~ eiceedingly able and accurate mill
.av Gltc lleih's div sion OF H,ll'a
VIA marching into Gettysburg to pro
vIie Shoes for tho barefootel men OF
W command, encountered Dufcrd's cav
w and then Reynolds c0rpa. Both
w were re!nintccd, Heth's by Pcndcr''
Sn'son q HIS corps. md Reynolds
.ne Eleventh Corps. until the Con
r.Sm n"mhered nhout 20.O00 and the
Irr,r INT, about 220S2.
nliuATlOS OF GETTYSBURG
aM Federal forces were driven through
s'.qsoarg aud upon the heights beyond
u". confusion, losing over 5000 pris
~ including two general officers
~ n'scs Of artillery und large mum
Killed and wounded. among til,
s eMu" hsr able and gallant commander
ossaal Reynolds
1ssasiil Leo came on Mcpherson.
s'n about $50 p. IN, and swccpini
Of ~ .aa With bis glasscs. saw the clos,
and u.Vls aud the rout of the enemy
Tayla, huue after s o'clock sent Colone
| Wjts -Four Years With Lee" pag
ms. eeneral Even with orders I,
Ii nr,c ~ anu occupy Cemetery Ridg,
ms , n a. Ewell slrniiied his readi
Nad nv w 80, but u report which after
eupmr v'eu ialse came to him that tn
fsss nvere advancing on his flank nm
III. 10 sent General Gordon with ~,
shiis 70 develop tnat movement, an,
Oens,,yw waiting for these brigadcs AM
ion III EDWARD Iohnson's division 4
tas AN, iho point he intended TO soiY
| o. an, vSiVupied by the enemy, night can
M no 20 advance was made.
WIS o,s 10y days battle at Gettyshurt
Confsaassr,y brilliant victory for III
mai se, aud General Ice, thni
h IN sss s was anxious 10 fol,oy
~ DESIGNED AN ATTACK. So
AM, p'0oi Is Overwhelming rat Gen
lleaaa's Unsigned attacking Genera
e., ieit early the next morning
I NM, there were no proof of sue
sb,,sa gvIe we might infer it from tn
sisn~ se'er q the man and Tho clrcuu,
Of hs Mnion surrounded him. A mar