The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-03
The TIMES DISPATCH: RICHMOND VA SUNDAY JULY g. 1910

tho form OF peremptory order. did
he unwillingly obey. His soldier In.
etinct admonislled the dernoralized
foe must be pressed as that demorali.
cation would become Infectious when
1t came In contact with Steirnwhehr
on Cemetery Hill, and must also in
oculate the other corps. Few OF the
OLD soldiers who have survived that
terrible conflict but at this date be.
lieve the impetus OF Hill and Ewell
would have carried Cemetery Hill with
but little loss. That accomplished. and
the tirst and Eleventh Corps In con-
fusion and decentralization. there could
have been no massins OF the other
Federal corps at or near Gettysburg.
Meade would have been compelled to
take position elsewhere, possibly at
Pipe Creek, Is first intended.
Lnck of Co-Operntion Lust Day.
Lack OF cooperation and concert
OF action during the second day lost
what fruits had accrued the first day.
The same may BIO said of tho third
days battle.
In the study OF Gettysburg, as we'll
as in the other passages of arms be-
tween the Army of Northern Virginia
and the Potomac Army one is forcibly
impressed with DR.. j. William Jones's
statement that General Lee. when
president of Washington College. told
him IL Stonewall jackson had been
with him at Gettysburg victory would
nave placed her crown of immortelles
upon the atar-crossed banner. General
Gordon likewise emphasizes this when
ne relates in his "Reminiscences" how
Impressed he was with the similarity
In sentiment OF the scer~ at the tomb
of Lazarus when. the bereaved sisters
said to Mary's royal Son: "1f Thou
hadst been here our brother had
not died" The gallant Georgian para
phrases the scene and language: IF
Stonewall Jackson had been at Gettys-
burg the Confederacy had not died."
But the past is buried with the
thousands who persisted at Gettysburg.
Refining avails nothing We must be-
lieve the hand of Providence so or
dered and we must submit.
over the $4,000 acres of tho Gettys-
burg Battlefield. Park the government
has constructed twenty-six miles OF
splendid macadarnized avenues, and all
parts OF the field are thus made easily
accessible. Along the lines held those
three eventful days are scattered $40
monuments. many very handsome and
costly. in the aggregate exceeding s2.-
100000 in their construction.
All objects that had historical value
have been retained intact. Woods,
buildings. fences are as when "stormed
at by shot and she'll" Granite slabs
containing bronze tablets designate
corps positions on either line. Iron
tablets mark position of brigades and
batteries, and in addition each bat
tery's position is marked by two or
more now obsolete cannon. hun
dreds of brass, steel and iron mounted |
guns being used for the purpose.
On Seminary Ridge, marking bat
tery's position. are placed the only two
breech-loading field pieces used in
either army during the war. These are
English Whitworth guns that SUCCESS
We're not captured at Gettysburg, but
fully came through the blockade. They
came into the United States govern
ments possession with the collapse of
the Confederacy, are supposed TO mark
the spot from which they threw shot