The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-19

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b rehd for Hut.oil Genera lsar ,l,oyeS
and Iii Ii Very few moments Is sexs}
erai aof ht, Brigade, not Tho lltieg ~ y.
Nl,is division. Was iii liiic of bn tic, fenuH
It'd meet the enemy. This Was done VIII 2,
Neoiiderfni qsiekiess and 8sklll, nut ,,tnc
did not advance ul'pf, vs.
we're no ptherA dents tiiat ~, re,nsl''e
BET oftfty bf Notwithstanding .ne Wy
| Gordon, Edrly, E,well {s),5 S Long
street and Lee.
18dosnot8 think General Gordon ever IN IN
tended his book 10 snS nifty ling th nut
might reflect Upon tho memory ortfei,t5l3-s
tattbi of hs two distinguished cui t de =.
A1encrHss Ewnt Sund l1aryi,'S fors y woh Y
be 1irect1X sinSOpp0stiu to- the SD III Yln- Z,
dieAtSt K licle, where 10 spea KS
of 3enerA III Lons street, aid snys 9s. M
~ sls a source Of profound regret that .pa
he and his sfrasds should lin W been INTO
such tttirr0fi tAblc9 and Ill tempo req EiconT
&rovefsy swl It'll tile friends Of our irl.t
ihortal chieftalh.,, III 81 a 4. i. \! \ 38s
He does Reviewer, speak tnsl follows
On the first day neither General lIa rly
nor dbi,ssai wall could possibly have & V
beer FUN 10 gfiiznrt OF tho SITUATION ct
the time II wis sDrdeled to llnlt. m ~ VI,
Al Then Va ShsrAl Cordon goes ION ana de-
scrlbes the Goer,e. and says further: ,4s
Us not surprising from the full .rca y
ton fof the onseg,,et,ces Of the hn II
that III sisotldit inve at first fused to
fourth order OF the most pernmptory
char ter reached me that ] obeycd IT.
think 1%shotlld have rlsked the 3
quetices tofs tlisobed Hence even Sthcti but
for the fatt that the order to hal t WINS
nccoinpah ied by an explanation tint Gen
oral Les was n eyerul miles away, and
DID not styish Ito give brittle q csettys--,
mo neh zoe goes Oh Oh with. tie old story 81,
what Qepernl Leo IL said to have sald
about Hlrata would have occurred ~ jack
son hnd beth iierc. General Gordon con
tinues and says that no ,longed for the
presence Y, Of 6s General jackson. &c.
Now his does Imply that 3tlle thought
tho order coming to him either
from 1--we sorl Early was SO l-tinlc, that
lles 3 Il o 81 ubord Innate officer, was :tn.:
Eclined not to obey 1t, a1id he only oDeyed
because lie tho ught IT was An accord
niees with Ganernl Leo's wishes ,s53I
with the memory Of this sgrca event
before him, Il and tho gallant and gunspicIs
GUS part SheS had acted In t, ] think Gel.
lin thlsa ent HIS astic way. wi thouti tend
Ing IL 9; laGeusb him jof any rcfloo tiongupoil
HIS depnf ted CONRAD s. .8Sss Al ii
Tow On the tller hand, what did Cen
tral Barl say about tho matter He de-
livereh ::ari address before the Washing ton
and Lee yersity III 1876 or &c, tI& think Il &
you HAYS; not sa copy OF this, you can find
itfit the CONGRESSIONAL Library, j III which.
he uses ,tfis. Language III
\ 80 hero WAS la time. as It appears now
;lmlrpedia tely3#a ter the enemy was driven
back when we had advanced, agor'us-i
5ly, the heights Of Gettysburg would pos
:sibly sshaye been taken d But thatgWns not,
,theh gppare rent. IL was Ia 5fayorl8o Of the
hdVanca, but * think 1t doubt ful,TWhctler
titEwoV1d have sresult ed in any greater ad-
vantage Ssthnt ssto throw 4 ba Gle @ the, Il two
routed corps $s,on the main boo 81 of the
army, and cause tho great battle TO be
fought on 1! her; grounds Moreover, u
jis Einot 3improba Die that tho. arrival Soi
two fresh corps :. ! may. Il have turned the
fate Of the ae galnst our troops
81 Now tha fEbo US 4 hat Il General Early
was IN, favor 20 st he I advance, lnts not
apparent senth usiastic about y tt; and he
Is ma nim6liss enough to give Views
about 4 t, IN sordfr TO shield Gcneral IIIrSell
from adyersessr ism. s3,f 4 \.
81 n oW., what does Genera Ewcll ,sa bout
Sitg III nro6tfasd the general mn,andings
5of my mo yeJnents, "a nd wa 81 Informed by
him that In sca SO we und tla e 8e llclny's5
force very large, he lid IN OF S!5want 9aj
general enga gelnep q brpng htSon$ Until the
rest at the army CO me VI s,st ISvl IDENTIFY
there was IL 10 otd ID cal forj Generat Dwell
to athipS 1about AZ Their part or his
report len
back, to d tcomrllan7nig posl tiont'k noWn AS
Cemetery Eli. south Of lofty sbnrg, and
tquickly showed EaR fortnitl bio front there.
;;!On entering tl,eltoWn W freoc lved a. mes
sage from the tscommandln Ing general ITO
attack this hil teifs NJ could Il o 80 'toy adj
vantage could not bring artillery to
bear. suppt1sit and SHll tho troops wit me
were. .jaded by a number lof hours #6f
marching and fighting ana 7 wa 8 noti-4
fed that Generals y ohnaton's division (the3
only: ,one.of nlyiscorps; ~ hat had mot been
engaged was close Stb tho to Wn. '''s5 Now
that is Genera 3Ewell' s reasons assigned
for not pushing the advantage of tho
first. day.i-,I an16not military man enough
to express an opinion as ITO their sufti-s
cheney. Thcrc are many different opin-
sionssupon tho subj Get 4 77t4
GENERAL. IWDLL 4DEFENDED.
Butbwhat fdoes. General Leessay? Y G. en-,
Eeral y Ilwell was Il therefore Instructed 70
scarrySthe hill occupied by the enemy,ilf
he found I t practicable Y but t o avoid M
general &eilgaE emer until the arrival Of
the other divisions sfot tho army. which
were ordered to- hasten forward. Hn de-
Ecided TO await no nston's d Vision, which
had marched from, ,C,arlislo by tho road
west OF the mountains to guard tho trains
$df his corps. and j'conseau ently5 did mot
reach \ Gettysburg. I'M I'll w late hour"
Now; General Leo left at entirely TO the!
or his subordinate lie, when lie
might have given ~ rerenipto tory order, 70 &
course, tllut grand man As too ma gnari-l
nous 10 blame him for he9yvay slit;se&er-.
4cised this discretion, q, he rcsl5o nslbili ty
placed upon. General Iwoll was etremcn-a
Idous. instead OF larning Genera L I1Well,
Genofal Lee exonerates him for llei4says:i
at was 2ascertnine led from IA no prisoners
ithnt8wo had been engaged with two corps
OF the army formerly commanded by5Gen-
eral Hooker. and the sremainde r3of that.
army, under General Meade, was np-
preaching Gettysburg. Without informa-
tion ns to Its proximity, tho strong posi-
ton which the enemy had assumed could llt