The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-18
DIDN'T WANT A PARDON.
Gen. Jubal 4. Early'S Characteristic
Letter.
DISCLAIMS ALLEGIANCE TO UNCLE sam
An Interesting fpistic Written just AZ CT
the War By the old Confederate Who
Never surrcndcrcd-FactsC Concern
ing the Bitter Contest.

General Jubal \. Early, that unrecon-
sructed Confederate. just after the close
OF the wan. wncn nc was prcparus TO
leave for the Ciy OF Mexico. IL contains
many Interesting facts Conoerniis me
wa1. and ITS thoroughly characteristic OF
the ccpar.Va ,nIt..,... 4s st.o- i'--
lows
Havana. Dec. IS. 1865.
TO tho Editor OF 90, .>o,. IolN .,"s.
Having seen II stated IN several papers
published in the United States tina j am
"a applicant iOl pardon, ! desire 70 say
through your columncs. that there is no
truth whatever in this statement. l have
neither made nor authorized such apph-
cation. and would npt accept "a pardon
from the President a. The United states II
gratuitously rendered me without cohul-
lions or restrictions of any KIND. nave
nothing 10 regret in the course pursued
BY me during the war. except that my
services were MOI OF more aNah 10 ."o
cause fer which / fought and my ialih
Az the justice of That cause - not az az
shaken by the result.
/ have not given "A parole or incurred
any obligation To- the au horitics OF the
United states. and I utterly disciaim an
allegiance 20. or dependence upn. the
Government OF that country. am
voluntary exile from my own country be-
cause / ann not willing 10 submit 10 inc
FOREIGN woke imposed upon 20. All de-
claraiions attributed "a me which are IN
consistent with the above statements are
entirely withomt foundation. and / hope
there Will be- no further misapprehcnsion
as 10 my position
The reports OF tho campaigns Of 1854 and
$50 10y Secretary SantCn and Lieutenant
General Grant. recently published con-
tain many erroneous statements when 90
great Injustice 20 The Confederate armies
The prcss in the Southern Safes is at
present cficcetually muzzlcd by military
rule and the Confederate cause has no
appropriate organ by which the ears 81
the world can Dee reached. The time Will
arrive however. when a true history OF
the warfare can Doe written so as to en-
able foreign nations and posterity 10 DO
justice Co the character Of those VINO
have sustained so unequal a struggle for
all that IS dear r. man. I'm anticipation
OF that time 7 will call attention TO some
facts which will show the tremendous
odds the Confederate armies had % cn-
counter.
Mr.. Secretary Stanton's report shows
that the available strength present fer
duty I'm hc army with which Cen. Grant
commenced the campaign Of 1854 was on
1st Of MAY. 1864. as follows.
The Army Of the Potomac under
The Ninth Army Corps Wndor
Gen. Burnside ........................ -o'N
Aggregate ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. I'D.
Beside this. ne says the chief part Of
the force designed TO guard tho Middle
Department and the Department OF wash
incton "Was called 10 the front 10 repair
losses I'm the Army Of the Potomac.
which doubtless was done before that
I.f vicinity EnUffENIFonll
Courthouse. as General Grant says The
18th. 18th. 18TH 18th. 18th. and 18th COT
NAV. 1850 were consumed i'm manceuvering
md waiting for re-cnforcements from
WASHINGTON" and Mir Stanton says the
sending Of these troops TO the front caused
the detaching from General Lees army
OF the force under me TO threaten ha.u-
more and Washington. The aNaildhIe
strength Of the forces I'm those depart
mcnts. on the LIST of May recording 10
Mr.. Stanton's report was as follows.
in the Department of ashington... ~. ia
In the Middle OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 5.6Z'
Aggregate .....-............--.. ..ii,t'l
Of which il may Dee safely assumed that
at least 4O.0cD men We're sent 10 the front
as General Grant says that when / APP
preached Washington, the garrisons OF
that place and Baltimore were made ul
OF heavy artillery regiments, hundi eu
days men, and attachments from the
Invalid Corps" and hence IL becam,
necessary 10 send troops from his army
TO meet me. This. therefore made am
army Of over $4,000 men which General
Lees army had 10 meet before. as I Will
show. IL had received amy reinforcement
whatevcr. This estimate does not incud,
the re-enforccments received in the way
OF recruits from voluntary cnlistnent-
and the draft. which were entirely COINS
on. nor does it include reinforcement
from the Northern Department ana the
Departments of the East and the susque'
hanna. where there were. hy Mr. stan
IONS showing. 1854 available men for
duty. tho greater part # which. IL is
presumed. were sent 90 Grant. as. other
wise. they might have been brought ic
Washington To- meet my force with more
case than troops from his army.
General Lees army al the beginning of
= the campaign. consisted of two divisions
Il Longstroot's Corps. Ewclrs Corps. a
i. Hnl's Corps three divisions OF cavalry
and the artillery. ! commanded. al
different times during the campaign
Hnrs and EwclIs Corps. and am. there
fore. able 10 state very nearly the entire
strength of the army. Ewcl's Corps q
which / belonged. did not exceed fourteen
thousand $4,000 muskcts al The beginning
OF the campaign Whom | was placed ~
command Il Hilrs Corps ON the sth o
May. by reason OF General Inns sickness
its effective strength was less than thir
teen thousand $1,000 muskcts. and ii
could not have exceeded eighteen thou
sand ON0oW IN the beginning. Long
streets Corps was the weakest OF the
three when an the divisions were pres
cnt. and tho two with him had just re-
D.. D
winter campaign i'm East Tennessee. His
effective strength could not have exceed
ed eight Thousand 5000 muskcts. Gen
eral Lees whole effective infantry. there
fore. did not exceed forty thousand 10000
nuskots. n "a reached that number. The
cavalry divisions were an weak. neither
Of them exceeding the strength OF a goo,
brigade The artillery was IN proportion
20 the other arms and was Tar exceeded
10y Grants not only I'm the number OF
men and guns but in weight OF metal
and especially IN the quality Of the am
munition. General Lees whole effective
strength at the opening Of the campaign
was not over nfty thousand C0O0D mcl
Of all arms. There were no means OF re-
cruitinr the ranks OF his army. and NJ
rc-cnforccucuts were received until 3
reached Hanover Junction on the sd O.
May. IL was this force. therefore. which
cOmrellcd Grant. after the fighting at The
Wilderness and around SpOttsylvanil
Courteous. including the memorable l2tl
OF May. 10 wait siN days for rc-cnfOrce