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

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sooth Hounfain To F're.ieriekto,yn; or
ne rohltl phns nrunHh IipokCr,s year,
| So discretion WIS given ~ s,tnnrt
remhm nlfh the army In Virginia or
49, E"eil In Pennas iSnnin, hut dis
rrcftoh was given Him 10 10 b., st,e,
/ heru.uWn, or cross In Iiuukcr', rear
/ ~ seneca. No matter whieI, routc he
Went ne would be equally out Of sigi,t
", hc enemy ma QUE of con,muntcu-
hon with General Lee"
rms statement is incompreiousibfe
| ~ view OF the fact that had Stuart
| crossed at ShepherdstoWn on the 18TH
or June, as Indicated by General Lee,
, ne would nave been with EwelI, who
Itenefal Loe; and IL he had turned
] PACK when he encount cred the enemy
~ laVnarkct, lie would as Colonel
1 t ,g says, nave been ut Shepherds
. IN twenty-five miles of General Lee.
/ meMio was at Chambersb1rg, and within
ultg-nSo miles Of Ewell. who was at
1 Siarilsle. and the way open 10 both
have scrutinized very carefully
1ehorAI Lees letters to General Stuart
or the 22d and cad OF June. with a
view to see how they should have been
On 5Sne Ss G 5gndTal s. es wrote
you md that he General Hooker) Is
moving northward, and that two bril-
gades can guard the Blue Ridge and
take care of your rear, you can move
with the other three into Maryland
ana take position on General Ewcll's
right. In this letter IL liz clearly
stated that stuarrs crossing into
M was required only. in case
tie enemy was moving. northward.
On the evening of June 20 General
Lee had evidently decided that 1t was
VINE to send stuart with three bril-
2ades to join Eweli. whether the Fed
eral army was moving northward or
ilot, and he amended his Instructions
Of the. 22d as follows. III General
ROCKERS army remains inactive. you
can leave. two brIgades to watch him
and withdraw with the three others"
StuHrt's Heai orders.
Taking these two orders together.
We see that Stuart was instructed on
June 20 TO join Ewell with three bril-
gades of cavalry without further de-
lay, and without reference to whether
General Hooker was or was not NOV
Ing northward.
:. In his letter Of June a. inter giving
a once TO Join General IsWeli, Gen.
oral Lee further says: But should ne
General Hooker) not appear to be
moving horthward, ! think you had
better withdraw this side of the noun
tain Tomorrow night Dune 24), cross
at Shepherdstown next day. and move
over TO Fredericktown."
These were General Lees final In
sitFuctions 10 stuart. but General Lee
ever, be able to Judge whether you
can pass around their army without
hlndrance, doing them adj tho damage
you can. and cross the river east of the
mountalns. In either case, after cross
Ing the river. you must move on and
reel the right of Ewclls troops, col
Letting Information. provisions etc
q General Lees final Instructions to
him. General Stuart was going con-
trary to them when he left Rector
town on the night of Juno "a in his
while II was Sill inactive.
Neither General Lee nor General
Longstrcet seem 10 have contemplated
sinart's passing through Rockers
they wrote only OF h'u going around
IN rear of II, as Stuart finally did.
Was not this because they We're hourly
expecting Rockers army to begin NOV
Ing northward. closing the gaps be-
tween tho several corps. which would
make an attempt TO pass through II
abortive and cause the delay which
actually occurred7 For when Stuart
encountered Eancock's corps At Hay
market, Ito nrst moved back to Buck
land and then made a wide detour
through Fairfax county. which caused
serious delay.
"CoieneI TaIcott also says that Isill
and Iieth did not know thar the enemy
held Gettysburg. IL he VIII read their |
repnr's he will sec That they say they f!
knew it.v
What said was that Colonel Mosby
claimed that Hill and IIeth should !
bear the blame because they precipl- |
tated the battle by an unexpected col |
lision with the enemy" and that this
might have been avoided If they had |
Federal army. of which they were iSno-
rant because the cavalry We're alb
sent
a. r. Hiils Report.
Since then we have seen in your
Column General Heth's
account OF how the collision occurred,
and Colonel Mosby's reply thereto. in
which he says that "Heth'sk story Is
rontradicted by A. P. Hill. the COM
,nander of the corps"
Here is what General A. P. Hill says
in his official report.
son the morning of the goth of June
Tue Third Corps, composed of the divi-
sinns of Major-GeneraIs Anderson,
Ileth and Fender. ana Eve battalions
VI artillery, under the command of
Colonel II. Il. Walker, Hns encanpcd
IN the road from Chnmbersburg to
near the village of Fay
.tteviHc. was directed to move Oh
his road in the direction of York, and
o cross the susquehannH, mcnncinS
he communications of Harrisburg with
and to cooperate with
General Euell, acting ;is circumstances
night require. Accordingly. on the goth
: moved General Heth's Division to
,usI,toNn. some eight miles from Get
.yshurE, following ON the morning OF
he :Oth with the division of General
Gender, and directing General ..nder-
ION to move in the same direction on
he morning OF the ist of July. On
Irriving at CashtOwn, General Ecth, :
Who had sent forward Pctti.rew's nri-
...dc to Gettysburg, reported thnt Pet
lgrc,v had encountered the enemy at J
principally cnvalry, but in /
What force he could not determine. a
purier WAS then dispatched with this i
10 the general commands I,
me-, nnd to start Anderson emily: also {,
o Galeral ENcli, Informing him, ana !
hat intended to advance the next y
morning aud discover what ,yHH III my
rent" Ii
7rhe direct route between cashtownt 5
nd York, was. through Middletown, s
bout eight miles, and HeidleshurG,
nd whether Hill was advancing to- !
rard York or Early was returning
horefrom by this route, 1t was lmport- :
mt to know what force of the enemy {
,as on their flank at Gettysburg. That J
force was there was disclosed by
'ettlgrew's attempt to get shoes for
Is men. In the absence of the cavalry
he only way to find this out was to :
lake a reconnaissance In force, and Z
I'LL would have been unfit to command !
n army corps II he had not attempted /
. do this. =
In order to understand the sltua- !
ion on the 30th. when General Petit z
rev found the enemy In Gettysburg, :