The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-09-24

.rrrp X-frr.rf,r- % today They had
never tortured or executed their prisoners.
rr.. --..e- +h.- look in another direction
f.- 49, rsr..s tba. eliminated In this
ter-hia trseafv. What had they been
doing chat made the determination " their
commend f..+le.hr. ir fha eve. 90 their
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H. ina -rat they hsd frst attracted
Che .-.---fou ~ he whole country bv
-,.r.+-.,i-v 4, the heart of the Federal
t--.,- .-s r--t-rirv fts General With
-ts .+er End .s~rrf-g them Of as u~is-
.,.-. .r u.-. +r-- fss f9reh+ beneath
.-. ,...-. ,.,-. -ts- protected The Federal
r.-f.f. ia. chez, rad r-o---5 the P1t0-
... .... ,f.-,r--f AND ,erat-.+ef tho
s.t 10 r.., d. +ha r.r-rry q. Point or
r..l.. +r.. u.r.- Sheridan wac driving
r-.-',.. ,.-. -r. Valley oe Virginia they had
..---.-..,. --f4.r tfs line ~ couuurica-
-I,r. and ,rntsr-5 hts outuosts We find
t-.-, -t. r.---Fe ~ +ha war that ID re-
orf-.4 ~ -..-, men 20 protect from Mos.
r,-,s .--.lt. -ts lines 81 communication
49,, r-.-s.-.. ,-si..,r, al VVashlngton from
t1-s.--.g--.. ~ 81 .--a~,e Perry from Har-
-.. - 49,. rt-..,-Asg..,- .,s ct-.sfff-r
81 e.- Sheridan ts1 e-o--ore5 In faht-
. --,...- .....,. 30. 3D.. 90.
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NJ r..-, s-,-, -r.ea s.-ra records Cha.
81. r-.ss--, C.,,.4-r-,ar- has manned on.
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$3.50 -...- -...-.-f-,- .t,. r,ir-,@s e--~,
.,.--.,...-- tr.-,ueA F--o-. ROYAL 20 wash.
49, .f, ..ro.--i--,s .~,ors 81
60, ....-- ts .,,l.i-r,. .-.-sra-red N
-, ,-s-... v-.-b cant vohenlve- he
sr..-r4 b.. ress, 90 mako hf- final assault
,...-. 3D.. C.rf-4er.+. Genital u was
.-..+ AMI ,--,--sf,a-si,.. Man aud % IL
.,I4 i,,-.e r.a- carried on. would have
~.e-,7..s fr +r. eov--fsr1 o. the CCnfpd-r-
.c, iafo-. The SHOWS OF winter had again
s..-s-sas r-rtr The qualification az these
-4.-.isl -a.o-ss We never eifv appreciated
be rart af9rtv's Cavalry PLAYED in de-
Growing these plans. We never knew the
connection between the execution 90 our
oornra54s and the great military move.
,ra-t- ar,-s MS VIVA. fhsr seemed 20 ur
,-,. .As crime ~ an individual officer re-k-
I-,- ,arra--re vnor his herrfess captives
haf.-. ~. excitement % TIE battle ahd
gr.-- ee.r we NOW know % have been
-- e+r.-t r.nrffarra with an Official or-
8er f-o-r +ra Commanding General OF the
Federal Armies j. &C. were n7t f0r the
revelations % these records The surv.r-
OTIS o. ta- command 90 which Che men
who lie buried here once oe.onged. might
hesitate. .u speaking Of This generation,
90 connect She deeds - their dead com
radcs with The defeat cf iif~e bfeat iii--
starry plans But the history or mos
times % So written hy BON friend and
foe We End ths pages OF that history.
both Immediately before this tragedy and
Immediately theresfte-. filled With disc
patches that recount the deeds ~ Mos
tys men in connection with the move
ments ~ fh. armies They a. from Gen
eral Stephenson. and Augur. and Averll
and Torberr. and sheridan and Grant,
and Haileck, and even from Stanton, the
Secretary ~ War.
We find General Stephenson telegraph.
ing shat he cannot send subsistence 20 the
army .n front without guard u one
thousand inlantrs and FIVE hundred cav
si-y fo- every two hundred wagons and
t4s+ escorts with dispatches had 20 Gu,
ttaf- Nav through and often lost half
+he'~ men. we find the C0nmandant AZ
,fs-+frsbrrr grabbing that scouts with
dispatches report they cannot get through
to sheridan because driven back by Mos
hy.s men. We ind Secretary Stanton COM
riafri-r % lack o. information from
sheridan ~ MS movements who in reply
sv.rses himself hv saving. u have been
,,,..l.r. ~, ,,-,-~f,r.frs-a more fully On ac-
~oyr, ~ ne onerstiors Of guerril,as in