Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-01-12

, ivory Wilderness: his mouth handsome ana
expressive OF frankness, Kindness. t anp
! generosity His nose and chin were iull
, regular, strong, and gave his race force
| and character Twas seldom that he al
! lowed his mind TO wander 70 the GAYS
of his childhood and talk OF his iatner
| and his early associates, but wnen ne
I did he was far more charming man
| he thought. AS a commander he was
/ much Of the Wellington "up-and-at- EN-
| style. He found 1t hard, the enemy IN
sight. 10 withhold his blows With Nc
| Clellan il was more difficult 10 strike
than to march for the enemy.
General Mcclellan was OF snort, STOUT
! figure but was of soldieriy presence,
graceful, and handsome-featured.
In 4heir mounts neither Of the great
| commanders lost anything OF ms ad-
mirable presence. Both were masters Oh
the science but not of the art OF war.
Lee was successful IN virginia, MSNiSA'i
in Maryland.
Unjust criticism has been passed upon
the Confederate soldiers In the Maryland
campaign, based principally upon .,o ne
who have spent their lives near the ranks
! of soldiers. and learned from experience
| that there Is a limit TO physical endur-
| ance, explanation Is not called lor' 10
| shose who look upon the soldier as n
| machine. not even needing oil TO facill-
| tate motive-power, l will say, Try 10 put
| Yourselves in the soldiers places An
| other point to be noted was. mat In the
| Confederate ranks there were thousands
! of soldiers who had been wounded once.
twice, and. IN some instances, three
| times. who In any other service wouid
| have been on the pension-rolls at their
comfortable homes.
The intervening period between An
tietam and Fredericksburg is covered
by chapter descriptive of the reor-
canization of the two armies. The
charge of Meades Division at Frede-
ricksburg has been compared with that
of Pickett's, Pettigrew's, and Trim
ble's at Gettysburg, giving credit or
better conduct TO the former. Longstreet
believes that the circumstances do not
Justify the comparison. when the log
lifted over Meades advance he was
within musket-range of a. II. HilPs Di-
vision. and closely supported on his right
by Gibbons and guarded on his eft nv
Doubledays Division. On HIS right
was a fourteen-gun battery, on his left
eight guns Meade broke through HIS
Division, and with the support OF Glib
bon, forced his way till he encountered
part of Ewells Division. when he was
forced back In some confusion. Two
fresh divisions of the Third Corps came
TO their relief, and there were as many
as 5000 men at hand who could have
been thrown into the fight. Meade's
march TO meet his adversary was half
a mile the troops of both sides fresh
and vigorous
"Of the assaulting columns of Pickett,
Pettigrew. and Trimble. only 400 under
Pickett were fresh; the entire force of
these divisions was only 1900 strong.
They had a mile TO march over open
field before reaching the enemy's line.
strengthened by field-works and manned
by thrice their numbers.
1.-THE Confederates at Gettysburg had
been fought 10 exhaustion OF men and
munitions. They lost about GO per cent.
OF the assaulting forces: Meade about
10. The latter had fresh troops behind
him. and more than 200 guns to cover
mis- rallying lines. The Confederates had
nothing behind them but field-bafteries
almost exhausted OF ammunition. That
Meade made a brave. good fight is be-
yond question: hut he had superior num-
bers and appointments.
AT Gettysburg the Confederate assault
was made against intrenched lines OF ar
tiliery and infantry, where stood $1,000
men. A series OF Drawer. more despe-
rate charges man those hurled against
the troops in the sunken road was never
known. and the piles and cross-plles Of