The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1905-03-31

ii -, -'''''! LEV " aI!;.r1
'."''S RESET "n""r ( cloud Oh account
e Q, Tie affair Of Lis Division in tie 1,gf,.,
81 Shiloh, April. 1852 The a.-..,..,.
/, ~ n"t 70 never ever &"Red to his satisfaction
Or to that offats friends. yet he 4,
not pos rs Il wrougeI so;dja. ar n,.
Dor Ill viii over what was pla;nIy -.
least. '"'''' a
Yet til" Shiloh EPISODE was not t,c
oE'E case where Wallace showed , -,
o'e silence. He MADE grand fnht .,
Nolocacy' Nd, in July. 1864, hoIdip.
"p IoF Il day the Confederate roi,iorv
''o Oy' General Jubal Early, Gonar,I
'o1n Is. Gordon and other noted lenders
VI 'he south. Perhaps he did NOT sovo :
washington from cApture by Eor,r.s .
No,"'""'lo' EARLY defeated Wallace
'l'er Il terrible struggle DURING whio,, t
TIE A1onocacy waters were rad u.f4, /,
oloou' and marched on to the cafes Of |
washington. When the Confe1aroto. o
"''c'i'p'ed to push their attacl, on +no ,
'oruhcatonS Of the capital they found !
>'.e'l strongly manned by fresh troons B
no h"d been on the way u9 the poto St
mac 10 the rescue the day WalI0ce C
Io"S"t at Monocacy and were bora,r "
!" position and ready for battle who, +.
tie enemy morcbod t,t. .. ''''''e "hei' lie
-. -''' eiieu mo view. ap
VI course 1t is easy to speculate how -
Washington might have been sa,.od
III! way mad Wallace not fought hero.
e"''! at Monocacy river Perhaps fine IN
government clerks and convolesco,,,.
Il NE city could have held it against
@"F!y. But the situation was 50 uruo,+
wen AFTER the delay to the CopeaIor
LES caused by Walaces battle, tha-
'fcS!Ient Lincoln, some Officers If III, n
0oihet ana many other high civil, oG eau:
oiS want ia III ii mar
'' "eA' 10 the outposts to inspire the
in tLa conc,,,,I =. sell
81 w 'o')S VINO corp
'l Nllllheo the works in nick Of tiro sued
II wac ~, ,,,. '''i4N' ther
Il ""S in anxious hour in WASHING. Unit
III ana all over the country when FL, W. Me $,
ll'al was actually threatened nv IN the /
a,n,. 81 H. ~" ~ 'i as tn
'' 1T t"e gates. He would have in til
Ell there one day earlier but for Wal. On
g. ana no seasoned troops Womb
Z oeeii 'hefe TO meet him. 1t is diff at L"
UT 10 see why, if there was grave
niger when Early's line of battle Dor
oo confronted by veterans the day S Sir
arrived, the danger would not have Ora
II vastly greater had the enomr Rea r
rched up The previous day, when tbe P Pa
J troops In the defense were clerks chiner
conValescents. Nothing kent EARLY ness.
N getting to the scene day sooner S Sna,
""'''ce ana his men at Monocacy "A; Also
" t'HH'iS are awarded, the com. everyt
loer whose troops make a good Ala Also
anu WIN results is rewarded. Gen Also Also
wallace was urged by his sub. Term
nate officers after the war, when co SAD
nad acquired prominence and in. equity
ice IN civil life, to have the records I'M y,
he Monocacy campaign reviewed are herr
justice done to his name and TO his ti G pay
mana. The records will show tho+ same sh
=. r,,,, '" lhdl and ope
marched large force of men the day lay
le gates of Washington; that the March
loss Of any account he suffered IN =
E was incurred at Monocacy; that ~,
My Federals of any number who l01]
a the defense of Washington prop. UUHl
that time or any time fell under
Ice at Monocacy; that hundreds Of
fell there; that General Early Div
confronted by the Federal vet.
who had just marched into the
at Washington called the attack p
cause he had arrived too late. He
ate because Wallace tripped him
at Monocacy the day when the os
y situation, under his plan, de. '''o y
q that he be in Washington, at
at its sparsely manned
es.