The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-03-29
Pope and Hoo k or.

cel llorsville in <t9rly May, and having a
& ,'ssl lowe Innate of his military ability, ho
laasS felts that q victory over him north Of tho
+ sSEsS OF 6mao was not beyond the bound Of
& reasonable hopo, or oven probability,
and the prospect was too tempting to
4. be. disregardod.
y lee had lost his lieutenant. Stono-
s'SsS; wall Jackson, and while Longstreet
was with him, neither Ewell nor Hill
,{s who had recently been promoted from
me- jors to lieutenant, general, had ever
5EBG0mmandod corps in battlo, and
{llss lie Ice must have felt some anxiety,
IL 1Gnot nisgipings concerning thom, ho
L $ had con fidenco In his superb army and
k2Sgs reBol yod to tako tho move, not nR Ma.
ks p50leOn marched on Moscow in 1912
4 SSsss but ga6S Scipio (Africanu.) went to Osr.
u S sstthage in 201 B. o in ordor 10 loose
/; 3SSY tho hold on Virginia of the invading
Il SsS army and at the samo time strike a
; blow which would awaken an echo to
d be shoat d In Europe aud through diplo.
i mao end tho war in favor Of tho
y e e tsout horn gonfederaoy.
s'3 9} Nenorai lI.ee planned 10 give battle
1874 ,sneaf the ran GO of South Mountain
0Scoald 80 that In the ovont Of dis.
E5 taaa 7aa tho case, ho3 could drop
tISug HI NJ he nars soW mountain
RssiaSN hiSh hoS Sss could arssist tho
ysga p,ireNi s,tss s.s5
Aoft burg as Gen,
stonRe aims he advised him,
eado bad been forced by flank
\ lof5 Lee, back .on Washington,
eadSs a battle fought and Loo defeated
4 S5sYS f1eAg w ashingt on, his army would
y lou 10y tlegs have been destroyed before
4 Isa could have reached safe refuge in
[. fthsiSsi in ountains or reorosscd tho Poto-
ssslla0 at tho nearest ford, which was
4 ,.Is tI,aggsest.of tho mountain. Thsreforo, Lac
! i'{} :}5 atSd wisely in fighting whore no did,
Y 3, the only mistakes ho made were
4 ,.j H H4otiSal, not strategic, as shown in my
y 65fSprsYioua letter Il '-t'-''
lad Gonoral Leo died at Gettysburg,
Il higosSWould NO not have rankod in history
b Sas,a great general His victories over
gl ,lA.q oSll elan. Pope, Burnsido and Hooker
3j r Wsoqsthd Va have been asoribed to tho genius
9I s1 tonewall Jackson, who participated
4 ls22i oriously in oil Of them, for we oil
iSsssas.enf oral Lee did not acquit himself
seEI;Ssit q .s credit in his campaign against
s. ato6ecrsns in West Virginia, and tho
u 6efSilnrest Gettysburg with tho danger
halt o. Falling Water and Williams.
sport, waiting for a freshet to run out
ID ID Sof{ tho Potomac so that he might paes
sSfS hify army over it, oocasioped very un
SSss fgforablo comment from many Of our
ST sshi highest officors
S4enoral Leo was doubtless groat
q. ganoral, but his groat military talont
#3t did not shine out fully in all its radi-
aplendor until he met General u
4 ss1 Grant in tho Wilderness in tho
ing Of 1864
General Leo had merely played with
nQlellan, Pope, Burnside and Hoo or
taking great liberty with thom and
4 violating every maxim Of war in his
stsS npaigns against thom- -suoh, for in.
as taree; as going off after Popo and loav.
fiassss sSS 4 Mcclellan and his fine army on tho
Janlos within o days march Of Rich-
Il dE dEAond and in leaving Hooker in Juno,
Ss1 Hl863, with an army double his own in
s s nulnberja ct fredericksburg, and march
S5| ing around him to Culpepcr--l liberties
sS hioh poor Hood mistook for strategy,
S5s| NJ andS in trying to initiate tbom left tho
R3 road opon to Sherman, which he &C
s YIGopted, and marched upon Atlanta and
81 Ithe sea, while he, poor follow, was de-
( n seAted atDFranklin, Tenn, and had to
Z SbeIY6iieved Of his command by Gcncral
Joe j Johnston.
N M SS Lee does not appear to have gotten
" triotly down to business until ho was
s,f' Confronted by Grant in tho Wilderness
ri iii tho spring Of 1864.
I 8 General Grant was greatly surprised
u when General Loo permitted him, un.
llga 1nglosted, to GROSS the Rapidan on the
5El ia OF May, 1864, with an army Of 154,
Is 90 mon and a train Of 4, 900 wagons.
~ Seeing nothing Of Loo or his army,
sJ a lrant believed that ho had God, and all
~ had to do was to pursue, overhaul
I,S 81 }8,s I}s destroy him He little understood
pat adversary. Leo was thorough.
fI,sf)t 'ormed as to every movo Grant
3and when Grant begun, on tho
.&t 1t S|IIa!orni9g Of the 9th of May, to uncoil
i his,Breat army, which lay in many folds
Ia aroynd Germania Ford, and serpont.
;tail liikko, extend lis fiory and briatling head
Sss'is Ss ssfI.s sssbfIr.Yssygh the dark jungles Of tho
nj y! n lalSa.ssriineae, Lee, who was holding
aia iittle army Of so, 600 mon maaaod
e Eng VOL N han d on his flank, foil upon
aI4l Wlth 'lA the fury of q CYCLONE, boat,
ii y. 3hg nm at every point, and compelling
' nm tsp 70 recall his advanced corps and to
n pTTepste and fight tho two days battles
4 fSof tho Wilderness in which General
a lee and his little army most sianaliv
d Etriumphod 4.
So & seneral @ rant now saw that in tho
|slI game of skill lful manoouvoring ho was
4 SSIs !l0t q match for General Loo, and feel.
n n gEs3ng that he GOULD not drive him out Of
Ss n sl1l nig path no begun aorios OF Che most
fefaar bio tsotioAl ovolutions oyor opa.
ESS | 4 spioysd on 4 battlefield.