The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-07
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,t which undertakes IN 2
a SsSs CO. story of the battle q Of
kll III 5irsst opposition to the
y y ..ts d,iodii oding of the fight,
pdsis.iI dss,.Io HThe high tide
'',fi:h Y The rebels is usually
ssi .yS;y5 81 day of that battle,
a s''iN Sv Pickett s division
ussh h.S1 ~ universally held t.
g " III that fight; Captain
~srsr. =, explicitly opposes
shsi ythe charge was a
bg gsssr .Sr' absolutely hopeless
gl'e, and that General Lee
ga h.stsn Sts at the end of the
An the second day of
s,I rJsces the crisis of the
!. P,sd'J bsd pressed his charge
f,hc Union line that even
n have swept the Union
~ field. But a heroic
~ ~ First Minnesota, and
ii Enforcement of that part
s General slocum, is shown
y. bsen the turning point
% AZ. after that the rebels
,hly beaten. The nara
4. 'Sbo participated in that
Ii.s;y fight on the evening
~ duy' He was on the
n first Of the engagements
asr On the second day
IN concentrated, but the
sa,ps of the Union army
q 'ut ne field. Sykes got IN
IN corps just at the turn
I n ths battle on the even
..,oud day, and right there le,
II. Was determined. The
!g.;c hears every mark of
- .heoInte knowledge
"a 'af Il ii the writer. Captain
;s,s and we believe has
a. siory. He takes his own
z ,,d I1 personal knowledge to
a and supplements these by
( ,,norts and all the litera-
= siuee been written about
his story of his was a
. nrinQ, but now that 1t has
Sijsys it TO be the correct
! ,,,uunt of that great and
frrraIe. Lee could have won
I a the afternoon of the
4 ths evening of the sec
4 Il appeared to be undecided,
a long before making his
:. Incidentally, a number OF
raiiops have been solved IN
a, flat Of the claims of Cen
8 oi tbe Confederate army
4 Il ihe most puzzling here
m uf the accounts OF that
(tdon's statement is, in this
iyen it's full weight, aud 1T
Ont Gordon was absolutely
a his idea of the Importance
1lnent which he held to be so
Beeshsm, besides giving
hlieTe 10 be the true account
Iitl Of Gettysburg. INDUCES
ins that are equally sound
lHaal position. Speaking OF
a.se between raw recruits
z,s (psge BY he says: cit
h i any of our military au-
i7u learned the superiority
vtsn Of sending recruits TO
|6is ID tho field, over adding
" regiments; and If they
nuM not, or at least did not,
} pIsrtire to any extent. Up
ytar and last month of the
bate authorities recruited
|hb Of green troops and sent
" front in great unwieldy
|hl up the armies, while the
zrieuced regiments OWN
\ botbingness. That plan
official positions for politi-
rst Of whom were worthless
, n any position, but it did
} tsst that could be done for
y one of these full regi-
} itded to a brigade, it out
|1e old four regiments com
I'm The first battle any one
p regiments with a hundred
lE Vas usually worth the
y rsw regiment would soon
|lqvT in the brigade. but at
nrifice Of life. When re.
iDtat five hundred men. that
,5H at its best, and became
*,s Of the brigade. BY their
'nulng mp their old regiments,
'sfats kept them at all times
'arly their fighting weight,
se have stated, was about
,% /, nsr TO the regiment; and
'nsads in both armies con-
2! dr five regiments, it is
IarHtsnd how even a slight
p the numerical strength Of
!. |.asaled a difference in all the
- above the unit
E.thsm does full justice to
sapdity. especially in this
snese Halleck disagreed
ts az to the withdrawal of
|st s Ferry garrison, to which
,seala not consent, which
( altolshnes5 saved Lees
Y = added that "Hooker was
10 bis contetion, and Hal.
seng-as he usually was
\ .'sa as an excuse to get rid
But the opportunity had
ss Trains had got away, /
= sl turned in his tracks.
,Js. ssal o. caring for the sol.
~ ~ !. BcecnGm (page 1927
5a sulogy to General Rey-
'ss soldiers called cold
- because he had regard
( 1ioft and convenience of
a.;l ~ comparison with Rey.
the faults of some
general officers in these
(, s,s suOunle'q quick in the heat
,.sih.a.l ual one part of a battle
srs IN order to meet the
EilEssa uhexpected quarter; to
.5ii,' " stronger or more de-
\ Inn r,ss. when in proximity with
L iS'snce H. Of the enemy; to
q ,Ss Ss.. amy, Or the whole of