The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-05-28
THE TIMES. RICHMOND. V SUNDAY MAY 2S. 1899.

sharl have "passed over the river to rest
under the shade Of the trees
ONLY WORE Us OUT.
r saw Whipped" and say so delib-
srateiv. they never whipped Us, but wore
as out ana on April Sth and sth OF lso5
,fere vas as much fight in the eight or
~, thousand veterans who had followed
Cen. Lee to AppomattoX as there had
ever been. and some as gallant stands
made bv these men then as can be found
in the pages Of history. we were over
whelmed by numbers IN the army, ana
by suffering and starvation at nome
where such men as sheiluah me Shel-
man overran our country and devastated
Il so that "a crow hy4ns oNgr would naVe
TO carry its ratiOns with him.. WIN
such "A record as that, We old veterans
etul thint we have a right 10 talk, ana
~ any Of the Younger generation wish 10
iearr wbof fchting is, let him attend any
"rorrfre" and get some Of the men
around ia talk about the old times, ola
evos will tiudle into flashing fire, old
forms. bont with age, straighten up, as
first one ard then another tells or inc
charge on such and such a battery or d
stand made behind such q renee, or 10"
such and such a battery, as Tor instance
the First Company Of Howitzers az
Cponrrurrsyule held the entire right
wfno Of The Union Army at bay for a
vroie dav without infantry support, as
po,. vfiiam Dame. of Baltimore, Will
I'm him. or get Major Robert stiles TO
,..,o+ his lecture on the second Bate
of cold Harbor. where IN eight minutes
80 ~. III cents splendid army we're killed
Ia wounded bv the ragged rebels
ond tba youth. II he has any manhood
an him and IS not simply a s~econd-class
I~,retto smoker. Will become convinced
49, me "oId man" IS not far wrong in
claiming a right % talk, ana that 'theie
were giants en- those days.
Possibly. therefore. he VIII listen more
rosnectmlIv and with more Interest Lot
only TO the tales of the balties' Win W
~..,lo ~ murketry. the deep boom OF
ro, The whistle of the conical bullet
.t1 h~rstino of the shell. the commands
80 ,ho onicers riding here and there with
s.Teffmes loud and angry curses ana
.-r,ctfues with the clear. cool words or
,to man who has thorough contfol OF
b@fr,.aif. the noise. dust. confusion, anu
49, an an excitement that compares
-.i.r -,,rthi,g else in the world. the weary
~orcr.- through rain or choking dust
,bo dre,ry camps. the suffering from
LA and lack of clothing. but 10 inc
cause for which their fathers tousht anu
for which so many Oh 'H-M 4a" U'""
their lives.
Fortunately. or unfortunately. as tne
case may be from the 7.ahupolul I'm
,,biob il IS viewed. we had no war CORE
enondents in our army who made it their
busjness TO laud their officers and to de-
crv the action of those not so popular,
and therefore as unwilling as some OF us
may be to write articles OF this cnaracte1
~ ME late date. we feel it is due that
the Individual soldier should tell what
he saw ana what he knew, not only 81
The prlvates who stood shouIu'I
eLo,,rfe~ with him but Of their great and
~aus,t leaders. than whom no better sol
a. ever fought. and we hope that you
ANA tho public will accept this view Of
the case as an apology for so long an
~artieie. We arc the war correspondents,
,tonah our story is nearly thirty-ive
wears old. d. ID