The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06
LEE tAND JACKSON,
They Worked Sd, ther-W'ho
Planned Charlottesville Fight.
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AMOR MIC .Tlnles- Dispatch.)


II, your onfederatc column IN your
issue of the o1st, &your correspondent
from ProvincetoWn,iElM MASS a WISH Htn my
all who write on ;llistorlcal matters aWou!n
sign their own oroper traanes y, ~
the death of Stonewall Jackson makes
several Observation-Disclosures issworthyWhilo
Z Z i THE statement: '"rhe battles on the
4Rapidar. came. toff in May" is tcleariS
enron eous ,Zas thereawere noFbattles ION
the 3Rapidan'' in May, 1865. the perloa
{ Of which, the 4w-riterlls speaking. A
y. iFr.uraIlyys erroneous is the reference
ITO 4.thelsbltt of the Wilderness. which
ybera n 4Sthc charlottesville cam palgll. s
l.fS1 no battle tof$thc Wilderness, was
Sfougl, t3of coarse, tafyosr later,3and was
|4the Opening aof BGrants 8 overland cam
|apatgnt agains tS Richmond. "a *
| .f.,The Chnncellorsyil lie AtcRm paign was
ilaoncned Sbys Sedgwiekss crossing the Rap
spnhannock below "A Fred icksburg, and
5Hooker's crossing aabove & and moving
lslown to- ChancelorsVtl leaon Lees flank.
lBThe writer has vidently confounded inc
tsbattles OF 1864 l,withisthe battledof Cham
Ecellorsvllle. &
lBut tho most serious blundersEis the
| statement. The battle Of the Wilderness
(which began tsthc charlottesville ,carn-
paiEnswas; planned and executed by Cen
scral ~ aekson. i
THAT lis Mina the lipe OF many enthu-
| siastrc 8adnlirers tof sJnckson, Who athlnk
1 atllnt A,whenover IA bold movement was
|tmade by the Army 81, Northern Vlrginl'r
MS long Iacksonfllve 1t was pthotsreut
fstonewnIl who tttplanncd AMI executed
lat. M
Nowi5t there tisino more enthusiastic adj
|in,i,erlg O jackson than J am--his ability
Etpibotlltplnntant execute was marvellous
|landSit4is &noawondcr that his campaigns
\ arc studied in the military academies
tI.nf. Europe "a specimens of bold strategy,
i brilliant execution, and rapid murchas.
yRut '.A1apse Robert" was in command
4 .ptatlea Army OF Northern Vtrsiniasand nc
4 planned It's battles
Il $50 far as Chnncollnrsvlllc issl concern
A Ell Gennral 3Ftz Lee, nahls 81 perb sad-
ttlress oniatlils battle, he fore tho Virginia
division of the A N. ", Associate lion (seo
I tSopthern Historical papers, vol vii, PIP.
n E55-585) Is shows conclusiyely, by the testi-
Il !monys Of General Lees staff and others,
h that Leo tplanned Iackson's flank move,
I (which athc great lieutenant SO brilliantly
!. land successfully executed,
asut. If further proof We're wanted, II
. lis found in the following letter to DR.,
; a. m Bleedsoe, the thon editor of tho
Southern Review. which / found In Gen
4, eral Lees private letter book ito which
I was given access by tho kind courtesy
or3the family and published In my
"Personal "reminiscences; Anecdotes and
Letters of n. IL. Lee and which Is OF
such Interest that ! giyo it In full as
follows:
ILeNngton, Ya,, Oct rs 1861
/; "nr. "a. II. tIsielsop, Office of Southern
| Review, Bal tmore, MIL
'sAly Decay Sir-sI regretftllat am nm
: q review o EIo2er's Seven Weeks War,
!, butsmy time Is 50 much occupied that
T. could not sufficiently study the rnlnnalgl
! orNinform myself OF the Incidents OF tht
'.At the time of the occurrence | thong
: i saw tho m stake committed, by the AUS
I'll TRANS. but ! did not know all the fact
I, Z and YOU are aware that, though II is easy
y TO write on such subject. ii Is diilicul
TO eluiiatr the truth.
. I'm reply TO your inquiry, l must ac
! knowledge that have not read tho artlcl,
= on Charlottesville iii the last number o.
: the southern Review nor have read any
/; or the books published. on ether sid
. since the Termination, OF hqstilltics hnv'
. az vet felt no desire to revive my resol
lcetions OF those events. and have bcer
!; satisfied withdthe8 knowledge possessed
! OF what transpired. | have, however
' learned from Others lint, the, various a.,
!. The credit Of tho success gained by II.
y Army of Northern. Yjrginia Swhere ne wa,
Il pressnt, and describe 1.-THE movements o
! fhis corps or command asinderendent q
Y thsxeRsral plan Of opera tians and under