The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30

wecks ngO and consisted lnrEciy OF
direct citations from the "Onicinl
Records OF the War or the RcbcI- j,
Hon. showing General Lees plan OF
campaign md clucidntints his order.
TO his suhordinntcs. since Colonel
Monb.'s article was received REV.
Randolph ,1ciSim, y. d., OF wash
jngton, ID. e., late MD to General
Edward johnson, delivered nm nd
dress on the sumo subject before
IL. H. Lee Camp. 40. 8, Confederate
Veterans. In which nc vigorously
defended General Lee. We hope
soon to print this address,.
Three letters have lately appeared
in The. Times Dispatch from Colonel
4. A. r Talcott. In which he attempts
TO answer my objections 10 General
Lees two reports OF tho Gettysburg
campaign in my book, "stuarts Cav
airy in the Gettysburg Campaign"
which was published nearly two years
ago. The around OF my objection is
The inlustico they do to the commands
or OF the cavalry.
As hiB name IS not mentioned in ary
OF tho official reports OF thc CAMPAIGN.
. ~ 49, Nbbo AAai were lal-
eott'g relations with tho army at that
Time. or what opportunity nc had for
observing ~ operations. lie docs not
even profess TO have discovered any
new evidence 10 support the old and
exploded charge against stuart OF dis
obedience Of ordcrG and all tho docu-
mentsry evidence he produces is quot
cd or referred to 30 my book i, is
true that ho publishes q. letter To him
self from Colonel Walter Taylor, As-
sistant Adiusant- General TO General
Lee. but as Taylor IS already a dis
credited Witness. his testimony is en-
titled to little weight In tllis contro-
scrAy.
The statements in his letter TO COL
onel Talcott arc contradieted by a let
ter from General Lee TO Stuart. dated
: r. M June %, 1853. a copy OF this
letter appears IN General Lees letter
book in Colonel Taylor's handwriting.
Colonel TAYLOR Gays Stuart was adj
monshed all tho whiiet to keep In touch
with our main army and to keep Gem
oral Leo informed as TO the movements
OF the enemy
Colonel Taylor depends on his mag
instlon for hts facts. | defy him 10
letter 10 Stuart about keeping '.n
N'NNt WIN liz HAlliN, Vi NINp-
ing General Leo Uniformed OF the
movements OF the oneiny..
II was in reference to this oblivion
which has come over General Lees
STAFF officers that l said the Honeric
legend of the Lotus Eaters, who lost
theig memory, ia no longer ii romance,
but reality.
lees orders of June 80.
On June % General Leo had written
Stuart 10 leave two brigades of cav
airy with him. and to cross into Mary
land with three brigades. "and take
position ON General Ewell's right.
place yourself in communication with
linn, guard his flank, keep him In
formed OF the cnemy's movements. and
collect all the supplies you can for
the use of the army. Ono column OF
General Ewell's army will probably
move towards the Susquellanna by the
I.mmittsburg route, another by Cham
bcrsburg'' This letter is in Colonel
Charles Marshalls handwriting. Gen
crai Lee was then in the Shenandoah
Valley with the corps of Longstrcet
and A. +. Hill; Ewell was about Ha-
gerstuwn, Md, and had been ordered
to the Susuuehanna.
According to Colonel Taylor. General
Lee issued an absurd order requiring
Stuart to cross tho Potomac and put
himself on Ewell's right flank on his
march to the Susquehanna, and at the
same time keep IN touch with the oth-
er two corps, and In addition to watch
md report to him tho movements OF
Hoofer's army on tho Potomac. II
Stuart could have performed all those
things he would have surpassed any
thing In the enchanting tales OF the
A ia nj a N NjphtS
Colonel Taylor does not say what
General Lee expected to do with the
two brigadcs of cavalry he kept with
him in Virginia..
The letter or June % was sent to
Iongstreet to be forwarded If he
thought Stuart "can be spared from my
this) 'front.' Longstreet did forward
the instructions, and referring to Gen.
cral Leo said, "He speaks Of your leav-
xa aad nassngg bD f the u rear o
the enemy" AT the same time Long
street, who was at WILDWOOD, wrote to
General Lee, yours OF 4 o'clock this
AFTERNOON received. I have forwarded
your, lottor to General Stuart with the
suggestion that he pass by tho enemy's
rear II he thinksShe may get through"
This was notice to Lee OF the route
Stuart would go. so the cavalry move
A|Cuk tuIpNlIN 5LIOohSF4S Ichr IllQ LILO
approval in advance OF both General
Lee and General LonGstreet.
Hooker was then In Fairfax; Gener-
al Leo was In his front General Lee
could not have expected Stuart to pass
nround Rockers rear to cross the Pos
tomac.fand ut tho same time keep in
touch with the main army and in COM
with him unless he had a
machine that could ny over Hookers
head and navigate tho air. Yet HIS
report complains that "by the route
he pursued the federal army WAS In
terposed between Ills command and
pur main body--preven,ln any COM
muntcation with him until he arrived
ut CARLISLE"
!, Report IL Confusing.
Nobody would suspect from roadlng
his first report that General Lee kept
two cavalry brigades with him toll