The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-06-07
FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.
DESCRIPTJON or 4 yISIT 10 That
FAMOUS BITTLE-GEOUND.
An old Soldier Holds Lonss,rcet Respon-
slbIe For the Direful Result OF the
Tight.

lisht.
Gettysburg, Pa, June 3. 1896.
Editor Of The Ilmts.
Slr.-I know no Jaunt fO Dc taken thca
summer days that promises more pleas
IRE than a run mp 10 this place iOi
take the York River train. lave de
hghtful steam down YORK river, viii
" allace Christian 70 make You "A cock
tail, and soft crabs FOR supper aud theI
UP the Bay 10 Baltimore, when y0t
take the Western Maryland railroad nj
Union Station al 1922 next morning rui
through a county OF exquisite beauty
ana are a. Gettysburg az H. You vii
md good dinner awaiting you at N,
Hotel Gettysburg, you order a convey
ance. and a guide for $50. 10 be ready
! when dinner Is over, and YOU are taken Il
| every point OF interest before sunset
ALL FEDERAL MONUMENTS.
| When yOu start on your excursion ovel
the battlefield. the first thing that will
| arrest your dtttatlOn o. the number OF
monuments aud memorial stones. You
can scarcely go twenty yards iu any de
rcction without running upon one OF
these, and all 90 commemorate the per-
| fOrmance Of some Federal command So
FAR as 1 saw there Is not one 10 speak
| for the heroic yaior displayed upon that
| woIld-rei CWI ed neid hy Slutbtlu mcn.
| They performed deeds these that viii
live forever in the baiads OF men. but
| tho monuments 20 those deeds rest In
| memory alone. This should not remain
| so. generous government should allow
| each SL.thcrn State 90 pcrpetuate the
| memories Of her bravo citizen sOld.ery
! upon that immortal Geld. and each State
| should raise thCle some fitting mOnu-
uent 10 them.
could I'm all OF your columns with
| nccOuuts OF iutereH ting things j nave
| seen here. and II ] should let my pen rIn
J on. / would tell you thousands OF things
fII IlI q
| your readers, however. Wih thank me
TO curb that lmpetl0us Tow Jf ink, and
| tell them something of Wnat / have
seen here that Will tend 10 Illustrate the
philosophy OK me battle. wiA Try and
do that.
All the void knows TIE beftie u Get
tysbuTg was fought Oh thr lst 20. ana
81 days Of july Tho tf-t days battle
Was an unexpected enc lfrmelt between
about - 900 az EWcls aad INNS corps.
and the Fist ana eleventh Fedora. corps
Of about the same rrmuc- II resulted
about +. ". II th8t day. .n 'Ae tOta.
rout and almost destruction Of tie two
Federal corps. which lew pell-mcil
through the 6ueets Of Gettysburg 10 the
heights Immediately behind the town
a BROAD AMPHlrnEAIBE.
Now q totally erroneous idea Of these
heights has gOEs out into The public
mind. They were heights .n certain
sense directly behind Gettysburg. and
10 the north and east OF tho town. But
they were hot heights al all from
Gettysburg south, towards the Round
Tops.
From Gettysburg south 20 Little Round
Top IS ltus more than mile, and
the Federal line OF battle was here. Tar
advanced on the % day OF July. and
much drawn In on tie 3d. Looking from
their line Of The ID. towards the 0ppos-
ing Confederate positon, The country is
broad amphitheatIe Of open land.
slightly unduiating. but, 10 the eye. all
most level with TIE Federal lire a little
put very ntte, higher tAan The oppos-
ING position held Ok the COufe1eTates.
Inc world has BOT tao ldea t.at th5Te
is "a descent from tE6 Confederate posi-
lion, and then heavy rise 10 The lede-
raj position. This j. not So. The Whole
country is undulatlng between the lines,
but very slightly 80.
Now, what ] want you readers 20 un-
derstand is Diat all OF the strateglcally
important fighting OF the "a ana 30 days
or July TOOK place iu this great aud
open anph4thealre bounded ly tle Eele-
raj line running from Gettysburg TO
Round Top upon one sIdr and by the
confederate line running from the slmi-
nary, on the ChamheIsllfe pike. around
towards Round Top on the other side.
"eh say stia-e-lcaly important. ]
do not. Of course ignore tho ter
uble lighting at the Devils Den" and
100 i-i..'ff ite'i.u ~ at lne Hsht OF tine
80 eat .l?l.' ~. ti.e el ially oes-
burg and ~ Culp's HI. But the fighting
az these two place Wls accessorlai Tho
nghtins OF strategic Importance was in
the open aLphitheat,e.
LOhGSlhEEI $ INSTRUCTIONS
The CRITICISMS that have been made
upon Gen. LOugstrcets part in the battle
of the "a and 1d of July relate To two
points. it Is said thal when Gen. Lee
-" ''yw nc ,NtNt was routed and
aftart 49," .'s 49,, us Nd-t.a we
tro,,.s 80, ''.'' moment ms
told GEN. Lonesfreer o,, tt .'' ,,.. ''., no
ana Ill.,, 49,, wv missions 'hoo1s
ie1f A. dg,'i~ft - % '''i'N "-eaAe
This is to h.. Said fI rl-.,-I o. tf.t...-...
ter. Gen. L0nrsfreef Va cDr.,.rfs,' IL,
c.ttysl,,.,-, .-.t.t ~. '0''I 90
= ill., carry -
told him with er..bs+is ID, ,.,,'.~ 81. "
slesestion dat sa- srnv sn5.ti fs
around Ale4de's T-lf .r1 fnra4+.r
Washington. that II Ahead. MA. tEar.
next mOruiue lie should atf..r
him T.nr.frsof iI,...Is 80
ftis. T.. .rt r 80
49,. .'''' byth
ne" az 81 ol the lst |
was UP had been utterly beaten even |
routed. and they knew ID great part OF /
us army was noe rp. Lons-.rect knew /
the attack was TO ue made ueAt day. be /
could see there Was DO enemy that /
amolntt1 70 anything between Gettgs-
olis ana Round Top. What Ouclt ue /
10 nave done Cu that state ~ tl. case
ahHe? Hoods aud N.Lanrs divisions
reached Malsh cIt-h. cu the Chambers.
burg road. af D. A. of Cd. rI.b. -,
Julv fsf which b. .rf,. dr.. .,.f., 49,.
ina seminars. VI"r l '-' t'o"
.iven fp.o ftrrs sr5 9'.H
the sepli9sry before if ,,,s "