The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-08
PITZ LEE ON LONGSTREEY.
The Confederate Cavalry Leader Discusses
the Story Of Gettysburg.
HB DEPENDS GEN. ROBERT E. LEE
And Laws Upon LonGstreets shoulders
Responsibility for Deieat-peisy !" '"o
-suurise Attack" and Failure TO
Carry out orders for Picketts
Attack Ruined the South
ern cause.

crTTysBURG, PA, Feb. @--"OVef
.,,a snlenoia scene OF human courage and
human sacrifice at Gettysburg 'heFo
arises In the South an apparstlon. IKE
pant6Io's ghost at Macbetn's banquet
witch saws that the b1tle was lost De
osuee s,ome one blundered.' The dis
cussion over the responsibility Tor ule
defeat began several years after the war
hetween General James Longstreet on the
one hand and other commanders ana
stan officers OF General Robert L. Lee
ON the other. discussion which became
prominent not until after tho aea'h OF
The great southern chieitain. Ia lhe
endeayor to prove himself Dlameless
Lones,reet attacked the conduct OF Lee
at gettysburg. blamed him solely FOR the
disaster and held that his, Longstreet s.
name had been assaulted because OF his
going over to the Republican party.
Last year this question, which pad
almost dropped from public notice, was
again brought forward by the publicd-
ton of Lougstreets From Manassas 10
Appomattox" a book which ampihed ali
the charges which the author had pre-
ylously made against Lees Gettysburg
campaign. and held that the commander
confessed that ne had Numbered ana that
he should have followed the plan for
The battle proposed 10y General Long
street, who commanded the fHst Con
fedeIaie Army Corps.
No soldier OF the late war now living
Is so competent 10 discuss these scnsa-
tional charges as General Fitzhueh Lee,
Of Virginia. the nephew OF the COM
mander-in- Chief and the leader OF one OF
Siuarts cavalry brieades at Gettsours,
a West Pointer and close student OF mill
taory science. a careful ana reliable IN
yestigator. who relies for his informa-
ton regarding Gettysburg only upon the
official records Of the Confederate army,
the letters OF General Lee, and the tesu-
mony OF the commanders stan officers.
Ftzhugh Lee came 10 Gettysburg yes
terday morning and spent the day upon
the battlefield with MajOr-Generai o. ..
Howard, who commanded the Eleventh
Corps Of the Army OF the Potomac in
the struggle General Lee remained I'm
tnei town overnight with Commodore
Vlrginius Newton, OF Richmond. and this
morning again visited the field FOR three
hours
THE GETTYSBURG DISPUTE.
IL am well satisfied with the result of
my visit" said General Lee TO the
Press representative, as he climbed into
the carriage at Bloody Angle 10 return
10 town II wished TO get certain data
regarding distances. nature Of the coun-
try and positions OF troops In the Con-
federate line. ! have decided the battle
IN my life Of General Lee but ! shall
write another story OF the night 20 meet
more fully The attempts made 70 SHIFT
the burden OF disaster upon the should
ers OF General Lee.
II YVES surprised ana sorry TO read
many passages in General Longstreets
book that would seem 10 indicate that
advancing years have made his memory
vague concerning the battle. for proven
facts contradict these statements fatty.
These allegations have been rehearsed
many tfmes-that Lee lost bis head at
Gettysburg. ana had no plan Of battle.
that he was responsible for Pickett'a uss-