The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-06-21
SOUTHS PART IN CIVIL, WAR AS
 VIEWED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

| Two books printed abroad and written I by foreigners have created much comment recently; one of them is by Colonel Hen lderson of the English Army, and the other | by Baron von Freytag- -Loringhoven, ma | jor on the German general staff. l A remarkable feature of these two l books, one issued in England and the | other in Germany is the fact that both deal with the Civil War and principally with Southern generals; Colonel Tender son weaves his story of the Virginia cam paign about Stonewall Jackson, and the | German major devotes much of his space l to pronouncing the highest encomiums upon General Robert E. Lee. Colonel Henderson, whose book bears an intrduction by Lord Wolsley, looks upon Jackson as the epitome of the | fighter, regarding as scarcely short or
 miraculous his speedy marches and con stant punctuality no matter what the ob-
 stacIes in front of him. Colonel Tender
 son regrets that Jackson did not have an
 independent command. and intimates that had he been so placed Jackson would have developed the highest genius of war, | whereas now to General Lee Is given this palm.
 Mores recent than Colonel Henderson s book is that of Baron Won Freytag-Lor- | inghoven, which Is entitled, Studies of | the Conduct of War Based on the Ameri- can War of Secession in Virginia;" and | the third volume, just issued from the press of F. s. Mitler and Sohn Royal Court printers. concludes the series, which deal with the battles about At | lanta, Spottsylvania, Savannah and Pe- tersburg.
 The first volume deals with the begin | ming of the war, when the forces around | Washington take the offensive and suffer
 defeat at Bull Run" Baron Freytag en-
 deavors to show that the events of July H, 1861. are but repetition of Washing
 tons Long Island disasters. when the general, disgusted with the cowardice and | incompetency of his militia, sought death. Like the grand-sires in Long Island, So
 their children's children covered them- selves with the reverse of glory at Bull Run.'
 | The author then demonstrates by histori- | cal comparisons that Bull Run was the
 logical outcome of American unprepared-
 ness for war.
 "Au improvised armies act the same,
 when first brought face to face with the
 enemy
 After Bull Run. the author deyotes much space to a description ''of the land
 Ing of the army of the North in the penin- l
 treat of the Confederates upon Richmond,
 Jackson's successes in Shenandoah Val | ley and Lees onslaught on the army of
 the Potomac. The Baron does not hesi- | tate to proclaim himself hearty admirer
 of the gallant leader of the South, and | the story of Lees seven days glorious | fight for the delivery of Richmond forms
 a fascinating chapter in the book. one | for the army men to study and again
 study.
 Next we are acquainted with the "of-
 fensive of the great captain of the South
 against the new army of Virginia. as-
 sembled north of the Rappahannock, and
 commanded by Pope"
 Jackson's operations on the left wing of the Confederates are set forth in clear
 language and a fine pen picture of the
 battle of Manassas August 30, 1S62) fol-
 lows.
 | The rest of the first volume is devoted
 to an appreciation of the South's great
 general. Robert Edward Lee.
 At that time, Lee was in his Seth year. | He was descendant of a wealthy and
 highly esteemed family. which came to Virginia with the first English settlers.
 His wife was a daughter of Washing | tons adopted son and owner of part of
 the landed property that had belonged to
 the father of the country
 | Lee received his military education at West Point and entered the United States |, Army as an officer of engineers He won | his spurs in the Mexican War, when he acted as Scott's Chief of Stan, exerting
 considerable influence in that position
 At the outbreak of the Civil War, Lee
 was at Washington, working over plans for the reorganization of the United