The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06

the Union niyIoVerWhelnllnglyu eleateu.
Lees hold upon thu confidence Of his
army was absolute The rcpulse at Get
itysburg did not shake 1t. ! recall no In
stance IN history where n tlofentcd army
retained In Its retreating commander n
faith so complete, and gave to him sub
Sseduent support SO enthusiastic and uni
vcrsal." ~
Summarizing the facts with respect to
the charge Mt Gettysburg, General Cor
don says:
1T now seems certain that Impartial
military critics, after thorough investiga-
ton, will consider the following as estalp ID,
lishcd: +.
q. THAT General Lee distinctly ordered
II ,onrstreet to attack early the morning
OF the second day, and'1f:he had done SO.
two OF tn, largest corps or Ncades army
would not have been in the fight; PVT
jLongstrect. delayed the attack Euntii =
o,clocl, In the afternoon. and thus lost
his opportunity Of Occupying Little Round
Top, the key to the position, which w me
might have done In he morning "itho ',l
firing d shot or losing a man. .5
'''2. That General Lee ordered E, Ions
street to nttrck at daybreak# on.the morn ne,1.
Inc Of the third day. and that lie DID not
attack until 2 or 3 o'clock In the mt &c
noon. the artillery opening at :, ,5.
"a ,rhat General Lee. nccordinE TO the
testimony of Colonel -SYaltersiH Taylor.
colonel q. s. &Nenabe and Sciencrnl "a 81 ~
Tong who were,fpresent when 4 ne .n ts't er
was given, ordered LonEstreet 10 $f1ak;e.
the attack on the last day, with the ,t5nIee
divisions Of his corps and two DIVISIONS s.7ll
~ ~ r. TIill'sScorps. and that instead or
1oine 10 he sent fourteen thousand men
10 assail Nfeades army In his strong
position, and heavily intrenched.
IA i,rha the great mistake of the halt
IN fine first day would have been re-.
neired on the second and evon on ;the
third itiay, If Lees orders had been vigor-.
ously. executed, and that General , Lee
died believing Nhe testimony on sh l1
point is overwhelming1 that he lost get SET
tysburg at last by Longstreets dlsope-
dence or orders" Isl
4 PERSONAL. ass
Referring to the occnslon when Lee
ATTEMPTED to lead Gordon's men II "a "a
charge and when Gordon and his SOL
liars refused to permit It, our aut ,r,'
says that long afterward, wn 1t It1le
s,nst Bitter trial at APPROXIMATION came
@I,ee's overburdened spirit REQUIRED 70
thnt mon1ento,1s hour and he lamented
that he had not bean permitted to fall II y
stb,t furious charge or in some subsequent
battle .ia ,,,4
Of Teb stuart Gordon says that the
Ind flew equals as a com nander OF IcaY "
3nlry 81, either side or In any Wny@anfd MS
fall was serious blow to That -: ,bra a e,
yor Lees army. StuartE adventure, EaIlu
Ills readiness Of resource In eStremltE
aided TO a striking personality md
charm OF ,nanner. which greatly ZEN
HANGED his Influence over his men, com
hired to make him an Ideal leader fnr
that dashing arm Of the service, General if,l,l
Tsee md his whole army. as we'll as tne
authorities at Richmond, were proroundiy
$grleycd at his fill. AS soonEns his de s. n
was renorted General Lee at once with
drew to his tent saying: y can scarcely
think OF him without Weep'ng * ia
ITrnwever. The says-hut in another $jporr-
it,on of the book-tl,nt Forrest exhibited
more mn tive untutored genius ms "a cav
Balry leader than any man OF 'modern
times
General Gordon's book Is "a story Of
5rthe war told In the main lin aferdotae
and "reminiscences. 1t Is at all 5hhes
Fsprirhtly md often humorous; then.
again. pathetic. 1t gives full credit+.to
M, Icferal soldiers as we'll as to the
confe1eratc soldiers for their bravery.
referring to tf., differentiated story that,
having made several Efruitless md most
oolnmitous charges at the second battle
Of Cold Harbor the Federal troops re-
FUSED to obey General Grants order to
change again. General Gordon quotes
General Horace Porter ms denying that
statement. and convln cins him (Gordon)
Of It's untruthfnlness,
General Gordon has kind words for
nearly everybody that he mentions on
either side But here and there he crit
iclses. especially in the case OF General
EARLY.
JUDE EARLY.
lie finds fault with Early for lack Of
rromptness in the Wilderness and FOR
failing to follow up his SUCCESS MT Cedar
Creek, and he defends the troops OF the
latter army against EarlH's charge that
they lost the fruits OF victory while loot
ing the enemy's camp, He charges that
Early has been led to believe that his
| (Earlys) troops broke ranks to plumber,
snd he says Early steadfastly stood by
his statement, when the fact was that
| tic looting was done not by the fighting
men OF the army. but by citizens and
| transfers and sick and wounded men,
| who had not been IN the fight that day.
J Eully's courage and devotion to duty
the freely praises,
He does not approve tho burning OF
Chambersbnrg by Early though he ex-
plains that It was a rctnliatoryt meas
uro, and he 'eulogizes Colonel William fIG
| Peters, who rs the commandment of'a VIZ,
Elnla cavalry regiment. refused ito or
der his men to apply the torch to the
houses In Chamhersbnrg,
FEATURES.
! General Gordon tries to have some
thing good to say OF everybody whom
he mentions, but he finds Il hard work
! In the case Of Hunter and Sheridan. Ir
1 The matter OF the controversy between
! President Davis and General Johnston
! he divides the blame. He Is of the
opinion that there was no office quail
fled TO take Johnston's place IN com
mRnd OF the Georgia army but Lee
The fact that Ice begged the President
TO abandon Richmond and Petersburg anc
4 geek u new base earlier than was done
s clearly brought out by General Cor
. don
Bragg he speaks Of as a man OF abil
4 Ily but Ill tempered; 'Ewcl es the mos
eccentric genius In tho Confederate army
Lee, JACKSON and Johnston he praise,
very. Very highly.
General Gordon praises General Gran
FOR The marked consideration shown I.ee'i
men at AppomnttoX and says that al
accounts agree that when the two com
nandcys met in the little brick house
Appo,nattoX, they presented Il contras
THAT MAS unique and strlkingly pie
lturcg1,1r A Stranger unnc0ulintpd ,yjtj