The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-04-05
Ink WITH LONCSTREET.
Ills About His History of the Late
Civil War.
VISIT TO THE OLD LEADER
~ His Respects I" Guerr'hs ch'efs
and Ex- CharIains. Who Invent
History.


-.,.osv,,,c Ga, March 2S.-Bent with
jaiiies NJ ., a.. - ha,.,o s,,il
ars, but WIN ,'ie A'' VI
sbIng from his eyes. General james
s.,..roa, 10 one of the notable figures in
pngstree' 10 ~"
bneriean inahHoou,
ro see him walking around famlharly
nons '',e p -. ,,,oo, ,,,,, ,.,th az
Imagination ~ co'il'c't MN VIZ" 'i'e
Iunderous scenes OF MANASSAS, as the
n,on whose strong arm the great
up ,ou,,acd d,,r,,y that mn.
enerai i-eo -, 49,.
entous struggle wherein Americans bat
:, for fhe settlement of diverse opin-
u.s. -
Just now the name OF Heherai Long
roc, has been revived throughout the
&C., n n ,na dlscnss,o, of his hook
piiu ps Wv ~. A,,,,,a,,a. t.,
From Manassas 10 Appoihat'oN' III
hich he tells the story of the war be-
.., .i,, c,atas The interest felt In that
cen ''ie - .e.,, 49,, ,a,,, ,t,, ,,s m,,,,,.
ok springs iioi, ~ ,ir,o,,t ,,;, &c
almost the Svi. ~ itii ia; IN wv, y.
at great cofiiliS. VI, v,'itSi siu.i 80 .'as
speaks MOI oiiy WIZ nv t,re W. 81
llS ,,1ad eo' rnminp from his own position
the man who stood next to Lee on the
bnfederate side. me BOOK mas an added
.er es,s II, ,.bicb lei tn and cont rpi,nJ IL,
at war and deals with military features
bnost exclusively rms fact VIII render
doom r9 s, Ia Who VII nnd ;n y az, ,vl
ed the moves and counter moves, the
yances and retreats wherein artillery
Infantry hnd cavalry, led by the
ightest intellects, displayed all the re-
urces ana the tactlcs OF scicntiilc war
re-
mere Is 2 touen or sqoness IN the mar,
ton OF now Major Lonsssreet parted
mt ,.,C
Albuquerque; lie describes the painful
terest with which army officers in their
stani posts awaited the news Of what
pohtlsil,hs we're DONG m Washington,
ey had hoped TO shed their blood in de-
Dse of their country against foreign OPP
nents. , me ln,ef,heclne cloud which
cir lives was fraught with ineanine "
of them. They could scarcely believe
da , sho, uhf , WnS ~ ~. manu- "neh com
mrade. But the noIiticjans wer" re-
rdless Of the feelings of these men, and
II ,as 81 W WI 'pe ale was cast the cues
me one of h,rninr ,ntnrest y" 1'' ~
Loyal, 10 THEFT, sTATrs
BIT was a principle asaented to nv army
Ulcers who had Graduated from, Nar,h
In as well Nc soutbar, st.tas ~, ,i,,,
legiance WAS due the State whence they |
mo and ,t,., 49, ,,,,,,,,,x ,,..., 80
'' .''''' eii' s""'s ii"utehaitl from |
puisaha belonged just as much to his |
late as did his companion from Massa-
busetts belong to bia Tho .r;,, f,o,
hbuat,eroue 10 pic,tnond n,,+ Ign ~.
ilderness into civilizationIfrn,p -, ,eo ia'a
comparative peace into one where overv
bur revealed hostility and activity 10 |
thily told. The entrance into the pres
pee of President Davis. tho quick trans
mn artt H., L.
prigadier general in tho 6,oufeJ,rate
my, ard the first engagement AT nm
VI in.;.ar are all presented lik. 'the rapidiy
PHuhg scenes IN n panorama Thence
General i.ongstreet tells the story of
To-, "aa1-uolhg Justice To all. critclsing
Ye me e,eatest credit.
CRITICISM or THE AUTHOR
of s,,e,, FP'se'' '''a' III the writ
VI '"Vi u pook as TINS General Long
FEET should himself escape criticism II
fact tina. d,,,h,r 49, ,,cs.,.
mediate chier, General Lee, no word OF
tlcism against the military rcsora a,
neral 1.c,,,,s,,,o, '".''"'S .e'o,u VI
Ior,,,, "uS ever uttered bnt
hnder there are those who eouobt ia
nr int at.,.,,.,,,, W
bsto, 49, ','''t. .'i'e name OIL MS
4H''u i'isl assistant.
I.an rn
)swered qiIlet freely. rererrinss 70 SON.
the adverse criticism mon he h0ois en- ~.
knt OIL to saw: '''S o''N' "N
II never hal rbou,ht ~ u,r,t,r,, r,o,,
)t these aI,ct.etlnns ,,a,o ,.'is "a uuo |
k-first IN ~ i,y r. 49, iiii NJ aS,IIa'
Enough t,n,.rsi - u,toi az IeHuic'o
q or two I',i.,s. ,,ee iia" suggested ON
L. Nv a. 'a,S ,t'n. ! s,olilu win
ls 10 leaye Tia, "men l ieIt Appoihat toA
Efed Vii, WIT anu everything CON
line ~" "a. - ~ nelns Shlisiied TO let my
q lag ~. wv WIN me records But
writ us .heSe accusations against me !
n 49,, ntst Tor some OF the newspapers. I
H. mo me resolution to write "a
cn.t, 1. " a BOOK OF the future. My
4 10 buiid up and recover somewhat OF ,
~ she lost. !,
\ = Will say that these many accusa-
ns against me were based upon state I
in.s made since the war; none have any g
'' ,,,', 10 me official records, and they
aso "ylns 10 supcrsede the records by J.
WI later statements After the battle !
y ute e, | held the position next to !
y IN III we army TO the close of the war I
Ipe n of one year and nine months, Il
~ ~ July, 1859, to April, 1866. A few weeks II
vi, the battle of Gettysburg the au- u
'Hies at Richmond ordered me on to c
army in Tennessee, under General | +
ase, and General Lee recommended me r.
. ,ns supreme command l was sent 10 a
ess e. army to relieve him. and General l.
Ii that v, IN T. later letter that it was
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