The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08

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TO this subject Is pnbNshedRin Volume
WI. page s2S7. Of tile Southern Historical
Society Papers. 81 fsl + n l
l1eutenatit- Colonel FOX, OF tho United
states army, III + e LOSSES IN t,lyil sXNar,%S
says. 3i t$3 ~ } 3S5 "a 9 R
81, ,.The, aggregate enrolment OF tho Con
#fedcrtite armlts during the war, nccord-
ling Ito tho best authorities, numbered
over 100000 effective men, or whom not
over 100000 We're enrolled at one time. \
Fl This authorTalso gives to the eleven
aStntes Of the ConfcdciacX II military pop
Sulatlon In 1860 OF 1,0o4, 1913, with which
to- confront 4,550,S72 Of tho Same class
In the NORTH OF this % 600, 900 we re
In the Confederate ARMY and $4,000 a IN
the Union, while9the Confederate States
received $4,000 from the Border 81 ntes,
making 617Ot9 lrbotlts artnieslou #nf the.
S1,Oi4,103 men of a the ageS OF service in.
the South, and leaving 81 for other
duties, such az State government Off cials,6
Confederate government officials 1at lroadi
employees, ordnance and other manu- Ct;
8,1iers and skulkcrs and N inpa lids. sit
Is a historical fact that rn:tny Tot the
¢crs OF popula ton In tho South soon
fell into the hands Of the Fed erals army.
Thus, Virginia, Y Alexandrla was o.
@cupicd the day after SECESSION II ok
and Wheeling soon after together with
the whole OF the western part .of the
State, and by the time the Conf ede to
}oonscription4act went into force many
large cities were out of the control {pft
tic Confederncy. and thescircle gradually
contracted until the " end: Therefore,
it is safe to say that tile conscriPt ton
act was never enforced lin half Of The
territory, and that the most populoust
part of the Confederate States. In the
~ Eos lfv,cJt
five companies of infantry and one%ofB
ARTILLERY were organized In 1861. Alex
nndria' quota should not have been less
than / 1000, according to the established
rule, but these companies numbered less
& thans5 500 men, nlostHof them young men
of from q to %, and after tho occupa-s
4 tion by tho Union soldiers very few
reached the Confederate ranks. OF
those who remained at home many from
necessity, having no other of live
lihood. served che Federal army in vartons
capacities, yS such Z as S5 teamsters, drcversl
and laborers, and these are not csti-5
mated among those who enlisted in that
army. These conditions existed in many.
parts Of thq South, so that It will be
seen tho estimates made by Northern
authorities from the population Of tho
South ara not reliable, nnd that given.
by the authorities who were best able
Hto judge8fnust be received. O 5 IA & s t
While itfis5a historical fact that we
&fought#as a whole a bout five mon to
our one and that 1t took four years to
conquer lis, Sand while the Northern men
were better equipped. better armed, bets,
ter5clothed and fed. still lit does not prove
they were less brave, for they came from
the same race OF people. bur 1t does
prove they We're without n cause and
40 Lowe A Il
inclte men to brave actions even sin II
bad cause but Ia noble CAUSE will incte3
them to brave action Without S;l loader.
The attempt was made to convince the
North that they fought for thesUnon,t
and somethinksso even now butthc truth
is, If the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. had loved the
Union as deyotedlr Us did Davis, Stephens,
LED and the Johnstons war would have
been impossible. What The North did
fight for was q fanatical frenzy on the
part of Its leaders to FREQ the negroes,
in which riine-tenths OF tho men felt
no interest. and on the part Of the
politicians ana contractors to feather
their nests. a
On the other hand, the cause OF the
South could not bnHbetter stated than
\ in general order No. 16, TO the Army OF
Northern Virginia. which says III
Let every soldier remember that on
his courage and fidelity depends all that
makes life worth living, the freedom OF
his country the honor&of his people and
the security of his home.
Could they fight for q better cnnse.
and has not such a cause made men
superhnmanly brave in all ages?
4 Did the North produce in&their respec-
tive sphere men of such extraordinary
military genius as Lee. Jackson. a, s..
Johnston. Stuart. Forest aud Mosbyg No
Intelligent. candid. Northern man Of to-
d;ly claims that 1t did When I look
at the snap judgments on posterity,
statues to Northern generals Though
most of them are Southern men) in
washington, wonder how gposterity Twill
lAtreat these outrnges on justice. They
| will not find an Impartial. competent
military historian that will give to one
ilof them, oXcept perhaps, Mcclellan ON
particle of military genius. These I be
I3licpe 10, be the true reasons Tor the long
I dclayed success OF the Northern armies
notwithstanding their empowering NUN
c'AzEN0VI9 q. IaTlEl,
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