The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-10

position on Ewelrs right. On tr. other
mana, IL Robertson's two brIgaLs had
been where they should have been. on
lhe right and rear" OF tho army In
PehnsYlvania, the absence of Stuart
would nave been. to some extent AZ
lehst' COMPENSATED for; but tho abb
sehce OF bo'h left General Lee without
any cavalry between him and the
enemy at the critical moment OF the
campaign. when General Meade
changed the plans of General Hooker.
ana was advancing rapidly towards
II Gettysburg. 1t was under these cir
!. cutistances that, as General IJcth sa-,s
4 General Lee showed great ANXIETY to
know what had become of his cavalry
Dr. Mckim, IN his address published
In your Issue of February IL, has yery
ably met Colonel Mosby's denial or
the authenticity Of General Lees re-
i ports, and his denial of statements IN
/ them: but whether 1T is believed that
his reports were authentic or not.
there can be no question that General
Loo did attribute the failure OF tho
| Gettysburg campaign In part 20 the
absence of bis cavalry, for In a letter
| to william S. Mcdonald. in April, 1868,
| which was published In the Southern
| Historical Society Papers Toi. Z, page
| f56, General Lea accounts for the fail
IRE n, Gettysburg and refers him to
the official accounts. which is an as
surancc of the correctness Of his Of
ficial reports, ms followr.
CAS- to the battle of t;etty.burr, r
must uSnin refer you 10 the official
accounts. It's losS wa. accustomed by
combination of circumstances. 1t
was commenced In the absence OF cor
rect Intelligence. II WINS continued In
tic efort 10 overcome the difficulties
b5 which we were surrounded, and 1t
would have been gained could one de-
termtnod and united blow have been
| delivered by our whole line. As II
was, victor. trcniblcJ In tile balance
for three days, nnd the battle resulted
Ia the tnfilction of great an amount
OF injury ms was received and ip frus-
trnsinE the Federal campaign for the
HcHson.,
The evidence already before tho
public is probably sufficient TO enable
them to determine tho truth ror them
selves: but there are several state
merts In Colonel Mosby's articles of
January 60 and February % that I
cannot allow 10 pass unnotice5.
Colonel Mostly says:
"Coionci Taylor depend, upon his
u
to roint out one word In General Lees
letter to Stuart abou, keeping Gem
crnl Lee Uniformed of the movements
of the enemy"
Lee to DC Informed.
1t seems to me that this is a nero
bubble on the part OF Colonel Aicsby,
for the order to keep Ewell informed
meant that he was to keep General
Lee informed through Ewell who was
in command of the column with which
he was ordered TO move. lie had been
reporting through Longstreet south OF
the Potomac, and received Lees in ]
strttctions OF June "a through Long |
street: and he waa to report through |
Tho necessity for this was obvious. Ii |
kept the commander OF tho neares,
troops informed OF tho enemy's move
ments as well as the commanding /
general
Colonel Mosby invites similar chal-
lenSe when he says. "On Juno a2 Gem
eral Lee had written Stuart to leave
two brigades with him and TO cross
into Maryland with three brisades."
Here Colonel Mostly tnterpolates into
General Lees instructions to Stuart
tho words with him. for they cam
not, be found In the record. General
two brigades should toln him in Penn
sylvania as soon as the enemy left
Virginia, and 1t was unfortunate that
these instructions were not complied
with
Colonel Strlbliag calls attention to
the fact that II was the want of
prompt Information OF this change OF
caused Lee to fall back from before
for lie says:
.!sut on the :Sth, General Hooker
was Displaced and General Meade
lmnatlfately drew hack the corps from
to FrcGericktown, so that i
they might be prepared to Joint in
the general advance OF the whole army
side OF the mountain range, which ud-
vance was to be put In motion on the
Of the 10th. or this charge
of arrangement, General Leo had no
into collision near Gettysburg. Hnd
he known that General Meade HAD
the corps from Aliddletown
on the 18th, az he should have known
IL his cavalry had been watching those
gaps, and was advancing nv rapidly as
possible east OF the mountains ns It ,
advanced, the probabilities nre that he
would not have ordered the concen-
ration OF his army east of the moun-
tnin, for he no distinctly states: 'To /
Letter him from advancing further west !
md interccptinE our communion lions
With Virginia, II was determined to :
the army east OF the /
nOuntnins.''
Again Colonel Mosby says |
"The letter OF June :. was sent to (
L0nIsstrcet, to be forwarded III he; /
thought Stuart can be spared from my i
lhisl 'front.' LOnsstrect did forward
he instructions, md, referring to Gem s
sral Lee, said, 'He speaks of your
ewing via IIopewcll Gap tthc Bull /,
tun Mountaim and passing by the :
ear OF the enemy AT the same time :
who WAX at sIillwoOd. !,
wrote To General Lee, Yours or 4
Nci0ck this afternoon received I have =
0r,varded your letter to General Stuart
With the suggestion that he pass by
he enemy's renr II he thinks he may !,
get throuEh' THIS was notice to Lee
= the route Stuart was to 80. So !
ne cavalry movement around Hooks !
r's rear had the approval In advance
= both General Lee and General Lons-
trcct."
Ignores Lees Final Instructions.
Here again, as In his book Colonel .
iosby. Ignores General Lees final In =
tructtons to General Stuart OF Juno y
3, when, as DR., McKim has eXplained y
ne reason for I,ongstreets suggestion y
nat Stuart should GROSS the Potomac 9
asst OF the Rlua Ridge no longer !
Visited, In his letter to The Richmond '
dispatch of January %, 1895. Colonel \
dOSby based hiS defanSe OF Camera y