Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-01-27


Western Hemisphere has given us
only one jackson. When Lees
army was beaten from the fatal at
tack which he ordered on the 3d Of
July, he rode amongst his fleeing sol
diers, begging them to rally and re-
form on Seminary Ridge, telling
them that it was his fault that they
had failed and not their own. No
criticism was made of Longstreet at
that time. Longstreet wss retained
in the most important corps of Lees
army and served hoporably and faith.
fully under Lee to the end. AT
Appomatox, Longstreet, with Lee
and the Army of Northern Virginia,
at the close of most glorious
achievement, honestly surrendered.
The Southere, Confederacy was
eliminated from the map of the
world, it's flag was forever lurled, and
all soldiers who surrendered there
had either to return to the Union
and become loyal to the flag of their
country, or remain hypocrits and
traitors, which they could not do il
they had honestly surrendered and
accepted the terms that Grant had
given them.
"LoDgstreet came out of the war
with record for courage, devotion
to the cause he had espoused, and
loyalty to the star and cross, second
to none. Disabled by wounds, his
right arm hanging lifeless and help
less at his side, his profession, that
of soldier, gone, he turned his at
tention to civil pursuits and was
struggling for living when his old
friend, Grant, then President of the
United States, offered him service in
the Government. Lee was dead,
Southern politicians had expected
Longstreet to keep the fires of
Southern antipaCny to the North
alive, and as they were seeking to
inflame the passions of the people as
a basis upon which to unite the
South and to fuse with the copper
head party in the North, as means
of repossessing themselves of a gov
ernment they had lost by the results
of the war, this movement of Long
street in accepting the offer of Grant
tended TO break their influence with
the old soldiers of the South. To
counteract that, they brought up the
charge of disloyalty and disobedi-
ence to Lee at Gettysburg, never
having thought of it before, and
never, in fact, having a foundation
for it. This,sin measure, served
their purpose, because the old SOL
diers and their sons in the South are
always ready to resent anything said
or done unfavorable to Lee. Now,
am mortified to see that even the
ladies have taken this matter up, and
the Daughters of the Confederacy at
Savannah refused to lay wreath of
laurels on the tomb of the dead hero.
81 was surprised that Fitzhugh
Lee should have charged Longstreet
with disobedicnce, for l don't believe
General Lee ever made such charge
himself. After the war | went to
Lexington and studied law and saw
Lee every day and every night. Our
comrades and enemies were often
discussed, but l never heard Gen.
Lee speak Of Longstreet except in
the most affectionate manner. Col.
Venable was professor of mathe-
mates when l moved back to Char
lottesville eighteen years ago, and
my relations with him up to his death
were close and intimate. / never
heard him suggest the idea that
Longstreet disobeyed orders or failed
to do his duty at Gettysburg or any
where else. General Lee relieved
General Ewell, one of his corps COM
manders at Gettysburg, from duty
with his army. He criticised A. p.
Hill severely for his failure and mis-
Management at Bristow Station, but
no man ever heard him say one
word against Longstreet.
"Now that Longstreet is laid away
to rest, all old and true soldiers OF
the Southern Confederacy will kneel
around his tomb and pray that he
may stand at the great reville with
Lee, Jackson and Longstreet."
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