The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-07-13
.....ss4rg. Pa. July ?. 1911.

..--.. morning this writer.
..~.r ~ friends left Washing
auto for Gettysburg. 10
-.a first time the field Of
....- battle iu the history Of
... Jed through Rockville, ft-I
.- srom the capital, We we're
.... that It was here. on the
80. .. june. 1863. that General J.
-.aza-t. in command Of the
r.s .-gaac Of calvary. on his way
General Lees army. IN It's In
...-.. . the north. was detained for
featuring and disposing Of a
..... .agou train eight miles long
..- hundred prisoners. During
...r. however, General Meade 8
.. ... moved up and gotten be-
49,. General Stewart and General
, .-s.. which made a circuitous
49,. necessary FOR him to join Gen
#.. thus IL was that on July
.. ..-..-s.ghi years ago to-day. Cen
-.. stewart was two full marching
ia. from Gettysburg, uncon-
....- d.. the fact that General Lee
-.. .. that moment facing General
u.... st the head of the army Of
.a. Potomac. the flower of the North
.-, ..rrs. i'm deadly combat. greatly
.......arrcd and in need Of every
NAN NJ the army OF Northern Vir-
ua.a.
m this connection, it must be re-
r.....ad that General Lee had in
tended 10 stay on the west side OF
..a Blue Ridge and force General
uaea. 70 cross over and fight on
.rognJ Of his own choosing. But
General 4. p. Hill got into an engage
men. with Meade's army, and General
Lee was then forced to cross the
Blu, Ridge and go to his assistance
n keep him from being captured or
cut 10 pieces This is why the battle
vas precipitated and fought at Gets
burg on grounds so unfavOrable to
the Confederate forces, and why Gen.
Stewart did not realize that hurrying
10 General Lee was more important
=
We sped on at a brisk rate, over
fl.riy good roads, and when about
forty miles from Washington sudden
lrobserved a fine monument near the
side Of the road and stopped to eX-
anime it, We found that it was a
monument erected by New York in
memory Of her soldiers who fell in
the battle of MonOcacy. We crossed
NOn0cacy Creek, and on the hill on
the other side we stopped to look at
another splendid monument to the
troops in that battle, under the COM
mand Of General Lew Wallace. There
EpOt a stone to mark the position OF
the Confederate troops, nor word to
recall the victory which General Jul
bal Early there won over General
Lew Wallace.
1t will be remembered that it was
after General Early's victory in this
battle in 1864 that he marched tri-
umphantly and without hindrance to
within sight of the national capital
and came very near capturing the
seat of the Federal Government, in
Guiding the President of the United
States. General Early marched to-
ward Washington, and had nothing
between him and the national capital
except Fort Stevens with a struggling
handful of men. If he had known
now poorly defended the capital was
ne POnlH houn rrnnnn1n6 o1 TnnCf
moiested, but he paused and went II
camp in sight of Fort Stephens, anC
during the afternoon and night Gen
eFal Grant rushed Federal troops
from Virginia across the Potomac
and next morning Early found him
sell greatly outnumbered, and, aftel
Skirmish, was forced to retire.
In just five hours after we lief
washington the great steel tower ris
ing from the pinnacle of Big Roun(
Top hill on the Gettysburg battle
Aeld came within view. Soon thu
monuments erected to mark the pc
Sl'lohs of the Federal troops and t.
commemorate the valor of their sol
from every hillside and crest, from
big Round Top and Little Rount
Top, across Cemetery Ridge, and t.
cups hill. Advancing up the En-
'iIISDurg pike, We soon came to Con
ieuerate avenue, where Longstreet'
uNlSlon at the right Of Lees army
was formed to attack the left Q
heade's army, who were entrenche
- line from Round Top hill to tn
famous Peach Orchard on Emmitts
burg Road.
we We're still two miles from tn
so"h OF Gettysburg, but Confederat
o,enue so attracted us that we turf
81 the auto into this beautiful an
- avenue and decided to circl
0eIore going to our hotel. AS "
peu around this avenue, forming
seat irregular semi-circle, we wei
81 ucN by the fact that there was n,
single monument erected by Il
~ States to mark the valt