The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-13
CONFEDERATE GENERALS
ARE ALL PASSING AWAY

|, dots btunders, which his "Old War
Horse" saw, pointed out and remoti.
strated with him against at the time.
Any one deslrous Of studying fuzzy
tho Gettysburg campaign and battle. WI
find the facts very, fully set forth III
the Southern Historical Society papers
especially II, the papers Of Gcncral y.
A. Early, General james Longstrcet,
General rritzhugh Lee General Walter
H. Taylor. Colonel William Allan, Gem
eral a. T.. Long. General u. P. Aloxander
General j. b. Hood, General Henry Heth
and others, and In tho official reports Of
nearly all of tho prominent officers OH
gagged.
Meantime, It ought to DO said that
the charge so freely made, that the
cens,lro Of General Longstrcet originated
with those who opposed his political
course, is utterly unsustainod by the
facts.
The charge that Leo lost the battle
OF Gettysburg by obstlnately refusing to
take Longstreet's advice was first pub
lished by Swnton, III his book, Army
OF the Potomac which appeared in 1866,
and tho author gave General Longstreet
as his authority for his statements. Soon
after General Lees death. there was p,ib-
lished In the papers presumably by Gen.
cral Longs treet's authority d letter writ
ten soon after the baltic OF Gettysburg
by General Longstrcet to his uncle, IN
which he clearly makes tho charge
against Lee, and int'mates that " no
4(Longstreot) had been In command VIC
tory. instead Of failure, would have re-
suited. Some months after, In an ad-
dress at Lexington, on tho 10Th OF jan
uary Nee's anniversary, General ]. a..
Early, defended his chief against this
charge, and year later General w. NJ.
Pcndleton followed on the same line.
There was bitter controversy between
lLongstrect and Early IN the Now Orleans
pa pers, and tho rext stage was two pa
pers from Longstreet In tho philadelphia
Times (Which were copied Into the
Southern Historical Society papers). and
the series In the organ OF the Southern
Historical Society. which originated In n
letter from the Count OF Paris to the
editor propounding a number Of qucs-
tions. which he wished answered by lead
ing Confederates, who were In tho bntto
Of Gettysburg.
General Longstreet afterwards PUBLISH
ed his views In Tho Century. and In his
book, From Manassas to Appon,attox,
there wcro replies from various Confed-
crates, and ella horate defenses OF Long
street, from Mr.. p. j. Moran, whom tho
man left as a legacy to Atlanta, Captain
Leslie Perry. OF the War Records office,
who gnrbed records to suit his purpose,
and other Federal soldiers. General Fitz-
hugh Leo, in his Life OF R. f. Lee, and
General John 3. Gordon. In his book.
"Reminiscences Of the Civil War" give
their Views on Gettysburg in tho course
OF their narratives.
But one Of the most notable papers
that has appeared is Il review Of Long
streets book by Colonel F. K. Henderson,
Of tho British army. author OF that SUI
perb Life OF Stonewall Jackson, and ono
CT the abest military critics OF his times.
He certainly cannot DO charged with par
ttsan prejudice.
I have this given summary of the
literature Of Gettysburg that any one
wishing to Investigate tho questions In
volved.
And all parties should be willing to
rest on tho record as It has been already
made up. ..
B But il there is to be further discussion
there are certain important facts never
before in print which ! shall ask tho
privilege Of giving.
Richmond. Va, Jan. ~, 1901.