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

few words need to DO said as to the
| origin and cause Of this history. W MIC
battles Of the war. II is one of no u LILLE ~
Interest, owing to the following fncts;
LIE baked an Important part OF Goneral
Grants plan Of his sprnK Ga can pr Snroa ~
! and conditions; only a very limited . NJ mum IN
Der of official reports were over trans Is,
inlttcd to the proper authorities :, anu
made ma tters Of record; anu II nus s.s. ~.
rise to more controversy than perhaps
any other battle Of the war. AS we
shall see later, several unhistorlcal az
counts have been written and some pup
LEGATIONS have taken honors from .,, tre
troops who won them and given tneln
to others who did not win them, nnd
also censured men who deserved wei.
The writer's love Of truth for us owl w,
sake is strong incentive TO correct ,meSo
errors: then his desire to render noIor
to whom honor Is due IS another ren-
son for his writing; moreover. the ruin
ought to be placed upon RECORD , lor
the guidance OF the future historian,
With tho view to making TINS history
something more than a mere recounIi ny
Of the events of the fight some accouis
must be given OF the course OF the war
(which led up to IT,
The previous year had been one &c. o.
severe trial and disaster TO me Sou ~
In tho death OF Stonewall jackson the
country had lost the 'chnrlots or israel.
and the horsernen thereof Lene l
i.ongstrcet's persistent delay, ~ uispn ,a
dencd OF orders, In 1ejolnlnE Genera, -
forced the latter into battle against HOOK
or With only about $4,000 men, while the
former had about 10000 men, The Gxl.
geucles OF battle compelled Ienel.tl 10y. .Lot
10 divide his army and ight y ypliieM 49,, ~.
IN detail General jackson with npout
Is, 900 men, having passed TO /, hooher
rlg liz rear, was crushing the latters army
OF 10000 men, and rolling them pack .ui,ula
their center, when through mistuhe l lie
Death IT T,ongstreet had been plSs zen
WITH his splendid CORPS doubtless, NJ.
manly speaking. this disaster wonid not
have occurred II is well known 1 ma.
M .nused the. defeat Of the southern army
NJ Cinttysburg Also, later still, Wfen
lie had virtually captured Hurns s' !, -
Knoxville, Tenn, he recalled q ms men l..
nearly all the men; no would. 1859 g, ~ IN
compictrg the job Finally. when Gen
ora Grant first attacked Genera d da,,
! General Longstrcet BY the loss Fl q ivy.
arrived on the hattellcla Julst - - =
save utter ruin Is, a
The death of General Jackson was o.
course proyidential. I.ongstreets conaue .s
IN not been, and can not pc. eXplhl!le e
away and seems to hdys eee SUCH is TIC
conviction OF many who knew tho faet
and were competent TO form ~ oVla'o VI,
| General Lee himself must pear tno 'p.'.,n ,
| OF not removing LongstreeL ,sa IL co,n-
| mand, mud placing some one else ~ i2c o'''-
mnnd Of that magnificent corps, ), r.
! Thc spring OF 1864 found the s''uu''o'i
as follows u,t,, 10 NM
i Ben Butler (the betael ~ NJ 1o 'y, es
men was below Richmond on the JAMES ::
. General Grant with Lao, Ivy men IVY
,nSt north OF tho Rnpidan. SEQ itepore
10 Congress (s9tm by secretary o. w " ~;
g. Around washington CITY WHY ~, ~, ..
' men. o r.,1 troops we're constantly com:
ling there from camps o. l''s t u, $50
gym" II Z fhe y" Department Of West Virginia
were ~ IVY pnrtment Of Ohio had in it
'' q East t'' Tennessee had in II several ar
! mics whose strength was great Nv -
uHM on somh he side General lee ylth 81
ex v Longstreet's corps, which was nGM!
G9rdonsylle; Ge 1"0o mem ne ali told Was
covering tie entire front from ln e Vn'TM nn.
of Virginia below stanton 70 laah, r,G'
nsssSe d,s sas w aboSe as to the mum
% VIC IA ,ne' nnossItions Of the armies con;
rrontInr his forces He might re atln az 81,
with oSerwheming nMm WeEt V viz, Of
m th,i,isSni or from all quarters at once
General Grant ,o had K hssa a orassa &c
| advance ABOUT Wy " I'M 10 oun move,
mcnts and those Of General SneTll ~, lya y,
ae Wss and .nnandas ts Ralaa ana q ffaaith{ay *
| ccuted, except ~ casos !" - - b VII
ssrs t avGea eE O. three Snee'
ital,I'mo os. Woc One bart consisting Of smnl
as ioi,nwsjt OF Veterans with some 2it
G ,snm and Boys rushed tosether tor th l,
nccason whose iHaenIhS Sndpe tho '@ Com
mandh Of n nTisns eon'ssting Of the Thiry
siNth' the For,y-hfth and me ~, SISt ie',!
Virglnla regimenISsr v ahf' f Battery and I
E Fam otiIer TROOPS unknown to the, writer
eoManaea hy Bnbin ina ahra p part
ssoehssns tWo Rr94aI
f Rssme II Tho il virginia ~,
talon, the Twenly-sSth Virginia nm ,d ha Ma
lon, and Gha hH ensn t1at teoyss s. Patton
iicuteilnnt-C Colonel g. g, Derrick, ecu
tcnant-Colonel George NJ. Edgar ana Gap
chapmGan and he sefIona Re epsan
ani9t the Thirtle,h Virginia battalion com
manded respectively by Colonel 4. Eors s
berg and Lieutenant-co!onel ~. ~; ~,
Clark renaery yq fba a. SJrsf hrsade wa
i HrEadier. General John Echols, OF II
Second Brigade was NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Us, =
g. Wharton, In, the lower dg S11 nj, i w w
!sixty-second Virginia RegimehNt, ~ hn !,
few dsmounted cavalry ana a. M nsLi !,
hnns Battery, Just before the ~ ns y ~ ~ Y
o ePde Mbs soh' he a~i had about So, men m
Cadets, who Joined ns a. s barnn ~, me et
from The Y NJ ana nnm he conn ma llisl
Ihs ar!iaEGG uWa% MeIaSshllI
Jackson had with them q teW caPa4E'