The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-24
gof which tho following copy is taken
from, the 5oilrial records;
.tplnnk 51,oatl, 9 miles from
Chahuo!lorsvile, May lat 1859 n

W 9WHicn the following copy Is tuKen
from, the goillnial records;
Chanuoorsvile, May lat, 1853,
* a o'clock.
Major General stunrt Commanding Cav
"rl,e captured prisoners agree III stating
that tlitsais Mcndc'a corps with witch We !
nrc now engaged, and thut Towards corps
sos nhs roed ns IL In, h' only
column we cnn ma III this direction What 4
Nhss become Of tho other ,two2
Meade ,nppenrs TO lie falling hack, \
''T. 5l1 l.isis uehpral''
~ must l,ave bcen soon utter sond-a 4
ing this that lie rcceive1 General 4
)aclssoh's itcssugc saying tliat tho
enemy hnd lrnntc 1, stand MT Cliancel- !
lorstilo. snhd moved forward OIL tho
Plank laoud to the meeting with Gen
cral jackson, which, for reasons tll-
ready stated, could not linvc occurred
Inter, tllan G:80 or z p. M,,sturtcr which
tine sthey Wore In close proximity until
the next morning: vet we ,lre told
{ by Hptchltiss TINT noA1,lAh ef nttncls
\ was decided on, and 10 ORDERS FOR the
1 movement sor troops were given until
/ several hours after daylight Saturday
1 morning.
| Hotchliiss makes 1t appear Tint oW-
ing to imperfections in tho maps pre-
! pared by tho Confederate engineers be-
1 fore the battle Of Chnncclorsvillt,
| General jackson did not know low to
4 reach Hookcr's rear until the morn
/ ing of May I'd, when he Utotchklss)H
| obtained information of IL hitherto un-t
| know road. which met ali the require
NETS of Il detouraround Hook.er's right.
and laid it3down on the map for Cen
eral Jackson's Information and g,lidance.
Jackson's chief engineer, Captain 4DOs-
i we'll was still. alive OH tho morning
of May I'd, and it was to him that Cen
1 cral jackson would naturally look for
! such information, and not to 1lotchlsss,
| who was one o Captain Boswell's sub
i ordtnates. Furthermore, from tho ac-.
count given by Dr.. Dabney, 1t appears
that It was from the Rev. B. r. Lacy,
that General jackson sought inforrnH-
Y ton Saturday morning of some shorter
4 route than by the T'uracc and Brock
Roads, which had been Indicated by
4 General Lee the night before
/! Map Of the Positions Of the
A Armies.
1 In order to show what Information
j Generals Lee and jackson had before
i 3them and what was proposed when they
4 We're In conference Friday night
1 submit herewith an enlarged copy of
8, part OF Campbell's map OF Spotsyl-
a vai1ia county. upon which / have noted
i the Federal position dis 1t was at that
/ time. the Confederate lines In front
4 of charlottesville. the movement Of
/ Jnckson's Corps and it's position for
4 attack atop. Nj. on Saturday., May 2nd.
4 A close examination of this map shows
Il that eventhe by-road suggested by DIR.
4 Lacy as a cutoff was alrendy laid
Z down on Campbelrs map, rs well as
Z the roads which were followed by the
Second Corps on May End, 1863. and
4 there is no material difference in the
ronds around charlottesville us laid
{. down by Campbell before the battle
and as shown by Hotchkiss on his
map. which was made after tho battle.
With Campbelis map befUte them
on, the night of May LIST, and the posi-
ton of General Hooker ascertnined, as
/ have shown 1t thereon, there is no
reason why General Lee should not
have been able to indicate to General
4 jackson the route to Hooker's rear
q by the Furnace or Brock Roads, as
stated by Colonel Marshall, aud the
fact that General Jackson dld follow
n the route indicated by General Lee il
n fully established, not only by Hotcl-
kisss map. published in 1867, but by
], official maps, and by General Lees Of
n fetal report.
Summary View.
have. I think. shown that the evi.
4 dence is all against Hotchkiss' &C.
count of how the movement OF Jack.
son around HookcrSoriginated and thai
DIR. Dabney's claim that NGeneral Jack.
son proposed the movement rests or
: the meaning of the word undertook
: as used by General Lee in his lette,
!. to Mrs jackson:
l. That he. and he alone, wa:
responsible for the operations OF thu
III Confederates
o That when he overlook Genera
= Jackson on the evening OF May Is
2 he decided against an attack in from
. and stated to him that We must attacl
. on our left as soon as possible If
i 3. That 1t was resolved that nigh
& to turn Rockers right flank and gall
r his rear.
i 4. That the execution of this plal
t was entrusted to General Jackson. VIII
= undertook to throw his command ii
Hookcr's rear.
Y s. That early on the morning o
3 MAY End General Jackson marched b,
!. the Furnace and Brock Roads.
: %. That the movement by which TIL
enemy's position was turned and til
i, fortunes Of the day decided, was con
!, Quoted by General Jackson
: The strategy ut Charlottesville wa
\ General Lees. and nowhere does h
even intimate that General Jackson wa
2 entitled to the credit OF originating 4
7 but he was most careful and particu
lar In according to General Jackso
credit for the tactical skill display
= ed by hiSi in the execution OF til
: plan Of attack. 4
!. General Lee never shirked RESPONSE
i bility. even when his orders We're nc
], properly carried out, and always az
g corded to his subordinates full meas
y urc of recognition for what they cor
y tributcd to his SUCCESS Whcr
y criticism was due, 1t can be discovere
.s in his reports, IL Mt all, only by hi
- failure TO commend, but he could nc
- by silence assume, to himself cred
= that properly belonged to another.
y General Lee says In his letter to D
: Bledsoc that the movement of Jncl
m CONS Corps Gas part Of the Army
y Northern Yirginia), or his conlman
u. (when detached). could not have bee
- indepcndent Of the general plan
or operations, for every movement or d
20 army must be well considered ar
g properly ordered and Jackson was t.
~ good a soldier to violate this fundi
IA nj tf,r AT Ia