The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-03-22

''R. T.. LEE, General"
There Is no record OF any letter from
Lee TO Ewell after the I'D except the
above. II Is not probable that ne wrote
10 Ewell after H. left Hagcrstown '2-dl
on account Of the risk of the dispatch
being intercepted when Ewell was ~
Hagcrstown. courier from General Leo
with dispatch for him'was captured. AS
soon as he got 10 Chambcrsbgrr. he Inn
mediatcly wrote 10 EWcll. He must nave
known on tho day CGthl he crossed the
Maryland linc that Hooker was north OF
the river he deferred writing 20 him un-
Ill he got 10 Chambcrsburg tZftht IN
stead of ordering him 20 20 on 10 Harris
burg. as Colonel Marshall says. he order
ed him back to Chambersburg. Hooker
was advancing north, and II was time 10
concentrate his army.
The next morning (2sth) he wrote again,
modifying his order 10 the extent ~ adj
vising Ewel 10 march cast OF the noun
tain. II be had not alrCaly started. Cash
town was clearly his point Of destination;
he had the discretion NJ going VIA Gettys-
burg, as II would not he much out OF MS
way. and then he would join Early
marching west from York. III Gettysburg
had been the intended point OF concentra-
ton, he would not go by Cashtown 10 gel
there. On the night OF the 10th tWeh
d
three miles OF lie says that ne rode 10
soe Ewen. and was Informed by him that
the object was 10 concentrate the corps
at or near Cashtown, and received urec-
tioua to move next day 10 that point
No doubt General Lee intended moving
~ Cashtown when he ordered Even 70
Chambersburg on the 9th. lie simply
changed his Tuote, not AIS destination
Ewen sent hls trains and Johnsons Di-
xrfrf a. lao. rfI.. IL
expected 10 halt az Gettysburg he would
have taken them si0ng with him Colonel
Marsi ali ass that after issuing the or
ders about 80 O'Clock az night, on June
2sth. 20 capture Harrisburg Che r. speak
ing from memory. he retired. The same
night. Longstrcct says, inc spy reported
at headquarters. TIE story Is that ne
had been IN the rijst OF Hooker army
In Frederick that day. and IN order 10 get
10 him as soon as possible with tho news.
had got a mount and after dark escaped
from the onemys lines. lie informed
Lcngstreet OF the positions Of different
corps of Hooker's army and also told MN
that Meade was IN command. Soon after
that, says Colonel Marshall. General Lee
sent for him II found him." he says
"sittin in his tent with a man In citizens
dress etc. 10 was Bongstrcets spy lie
told ne" he says. that this scout had
that morning. and had brought In infor
nation that the Federal army had cross
ed the Potomac and that it's advance
had reached Fredericktown, and was NOV
ing thence westward towards the noun
talns. The scou, informed General Lee
that Meade was i'm command o. the army.
and also as 10 the movement Of the enc
my, which was the FIRST Information
General Lee had received since he left
Virginia" lie states that General Lee
directed him 70 countermand the order 10
march on Harrisburg none had been
gven). and TO order a concentration cast
OF the mountain so as 20 detain the Fed
eral force on that side.
LIKE FALsTATF's STORY.
Both Longstreet and Marshall say that
this spy brought the first news. on June
2sth. OF Moado's being In command Of the
army--all Of which is as true as Falstan
account OF his fight on Gadshill. as
shall prove. The special order relieving
Hooker was brought 20 Frederick on the
morning Of the 2sth by Colonel Harcic.
The object OF his mission was kept such
q secret that his travelling companions
on the train didn't know IL. The general
order announcing the change WAS not IS
sued until the afternoon. II IS improb-
able. II not impossible. that the spy could
have heard Of it before II was published.
BY the nearest route 10 Chambersburg 1t
was 81 or go miles, and over the South
Mountain. with the passes and roads pa
trolled and picketed by the enemys cav
airy. The SPY could not, therefore. have
left Frederick at any time on the 2sth ana
reached Chambelsburg that night unless
he had the wings Of Noahs dove. This
is a very pretty story. but II lacks the
quality Of verisimilittde. No spy came
that night At Longstreet's headquarters
as "A guest. was Colonel Freemantle. OF
the English army; he Is now Lieutenant
General and Governor of Malta. lie re-
turned home few days after the battle;
he kept "A diary. which was published soon
afterward Here are some items from it.
.June 30th Tuesday. This morning be-
fore marching from Chambersburg Cen
eral IOngstreet introduced me 10 the
Commander-in-Chief. General Lee is. al
most without exception. the handsomest
man Of his age j ever saw. We
marched six miles on the road towards
Gettysburg. and cncamped at a village
called II think Greenwood. In the EVEN
ING General Lonestreet told me that he
HAD JUST RECEIVED INTELLl-
GENCE THAT HOOKER HAD BEEN
DTsRATED AND THAT MEADE WAS
APPOINTED IN HIS PLACE. OF course.
he knew both Of them In the old army
and he SAYS that Meade Is an honorable
and respectable man, though perhaps not
so bold as Hooker"
So instead Of the night OF the 2sth, II
was the evening Of the 30th. when Long
street first heard of Meade's appoint
ment. Again:
July LIST. At2P. ". firing became dis
tincfly audible in our fron hut although
IL increased as we proerc I'D. IL did not
seem 10 be very heavy. 4 spy. WHO
WAS WITH rs. insisted upon there be-
ing a 'prottvtidy bunch Of blue-bellies' ln
or near Gettysburg, and he declared that
he was In their society THREE DAYS
AGO.
SO 70 was on The evening OF the 30th
when the army was on the march TO
CashtOwn. that the SPY came in The spy
on July lst said that THREE days before
he had been In the enemy's lines so he
must have LEFT after dark on the 18th
The information he brought could have
had no effect on the movements Of Gen
eral Lee, as his orders had been issued on
the 9th. before he came.
There was uninterrupted communication
with Virginia. Colonel Frecmanue speaks
OF meeting OH thr march from Hagefs-
town a large convoy on the way 10 VIII
Transport The fact was, Stuarts move
ment around Meades rear had drawn
nearly an mis- cavalry after him. II was
all that Meade could DO 10 protect MS
own communications. Colonel Marshall
also forgcts that. in his march into Penn
sylvania, Gtncral Lee had passed al
most within range OF the guns on Mary
land Heights. aud "a hostile garrison OF
1900 men az Harpers Ferry. lie paid