The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-08

was great carnage at Maryea Heights
hall, i mile west Of F'redericksb!irg. Sew I;
en- thousand men held this hill against
thirty thousand OF Burhsides best troops,
Sfa SnS f bold ass shst 0f SIT IL Sa
ths i pso!hS aud nd Tic tic srouha was literally
sh{s Xalfsnsra Bur burnsdo refused e ask
! General Leo for cessation OF llos.i,,ii
Ties long enough 70 ren2ve ,i', Fe sss'rH
woun,de,d IN front e. te n h,i wTf 6s
three nights without y hntd to help. O., on
the morning Of the lotl Buriasiaet T iha
rlvcr and immediately the Confodera,,ee
surgeons went out to care for the sn ZEN ",
wounded as an aw1yl ilela OF s aGdtn
Tho day following tho battle. while y th he
sharpsliopters on both lines were h earts
tes s SUI 81 sp gSfs eod
not stand it longer and against tho a Nd
Vice Of his officer. l,cleaped over th nc
preastworks sd carried canteen . o. w si,nts
We're " re- tred 1T lin, but when Ms mission ,n
was discovered he was chcered by .he u
q tr beth t saes Ha 1851 fao ss
w M killed. al at chiokamaugn., :, !.
An interesting story 4 iold BY BY, g !, South a
Car9" ge WIG h Sp rce II
Home hte'a d mock Of Ku!neas took alarm and n.
new up Into ono ,of the oak trees near b y.
a rt,ey ie nbo,,t d " dozen that dropped to
enrti1 at Intervals ono by one; ns ~, shoy
wore struck BY ne enemy ION! wv ny ca.
nunctlons Of conscience In making a feast
| Of the fowls that had provldcntially tnilen
ut their feet. ~, 1919. 1,n.r.
| side thc charge OF four grave mistakes,
u /. D pe!ay in attack, permitting Leo to
"a Z. Attacking the most dinlcult places on
&. Attncking without concert or unity Of
i. Faulty tactics IN stopping to i're, be-
fore Maryc's Heights. when n rapid bay
onet charge was the only hope of sue lt'
cess. ", 4, ~
re ahc ,vas sn tha fact that tho enen,ys ire
was too hot" 4 little later President
Lincoln wrote him letter containing
for saying that you must not make q
general movement without letting me
know it.'5'. Burnside took tho hint and
Confederate leaders wero enthusiasts J.,
peace in sixty days.
The fond dream slowly faded before
the wnrlikc preparations that went vigor.
ously on under the new commander. Gen
tf,,' two armies viii meet again. md Gen
era Lee VIII YIN rIs 1no rsuared ~ his
most brilliant achievement. There the
glory OF the great captain md his lnvin.
c'be soldiers burst IN lmli sp.cnuoT "a M ~,
sublime hero stood on the very summit
or his fame.
During the winter General Longstreet!s
corps WIS sent away leaving f 70 Wse
ut bny an army OF one hundred and thir.
ty-four thousand. General Rockers plan
was. by sudden flank movement, eit me.
to capture tho Confederate army Or drive
1t into Richmond. Thursday April J,
1863 Hooker appeared In Lees rear ~
charlottesville with about ninety thou =
he advanced toward Fredericksburg md
took IN n very strong position on ridge
four four miles east OF charlottesville. E ~.
IDENTITY % meet hm eav fH ABOUT
twelve thousand men 10 guarn = Fe o'
icksburg.
stonewal jackson struck the enemy
that morning With hs usual e9ehG re n ana
Chancellorsviile, This was most sur.
prlsing and unnccountablo movement M.
hbandonlng iine fnn, hharanstya M
e eWn choosing 10 sdks w,Idornesa The
before he had congratulated ms army ny
that Lee must NV n seqIous disadvan
tane. Mr.. swinton, Northern. historian,
says that Hooker became Dizzy an nd
neryelesH the d By Yea an ano
| COMPREHENSIVE feebleness. There IS
| hardly q worse place on the continent Tor
a battle than the neighborhood OF Cnam,
! cellorsylie To rnanoeuvre an army III
such a Jungle is an inpossibility. BY sum
set Friday evening Lees forty-one tnon.
sand veterans were standing IN iront
nj together and formed their plan Of
hattie. a stone now marks the spot where
they rested Before day on saturda o.
morning May % 5aefE9n wmT on tla INK
movement NOV enc, Which fell on Hooker's right in
the afternoon like a thunderbolt. Twen-
ty-sx thousand men followed JACKSON:
H Iit5olHs With only fifteen thousand. The
Wilderness concealed all the moyem ents
and the weakness Of the lConfeoerate.s.
with sabme anaae'y n rati ions TO to
keen lis adversary In momentary expec-
tat t Of a hery frontal attack, At.5 2,
b1gas sem a foa nc
nation, panic. hopeless rout ensued JACK I.
SON sail: zone hour more Of ga, daylight
and Hooker's army %oulo have peem ~,
I! his lines Jackson was shot by his own
mon, and there was closed career th 1td
Martial maj II> records Of this world: President
Davis told Or. J. WILLIAM Jones long
peses after this battle To- put stoneS3l
jackson at tho head Of the conted Trns e
e t w q y w a mEhs hays 1 re.
enforcement from the Army OF North
| ern Virginia. ~. ~
/, erai army was completely beaten. That
ornnE ge tie eq hdse was p Taso oR
! the portico against which. General Hook
aslean!nS vas strue koE BY ae ednn 1en
| dered Unconscious. For q while he lay
on a blanket on the ground then arose
and mounted his horse, It was not 9
minute after he arose before q confed-
erntc shell tore the blanket INTO shreus
i o'clock thHt s asnaEa m sea.Wick
having crossed the Rappahannock, cap
tured Mayre's Heights and G cam p'u ,G