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QBMTLEy and EADER q the CYL MAR1S1RI
~ 1861 LEES INVASION OF MARYLAND ''2~7'-A'

against the ab1est and iercest Of McClei-
lan's lieutenants. history has told.
During all this time Longstreet. stripped
of his troops-sent 10 the help OF Jack
son-held the right almost alone. with his
eye on the center. He was now called
into active work on his own front. for
there were no unfought troops in Lees
army at Sharpsburg; every soldier on that
field tasted battle.
Gen. Burnside, with his corps of 14O0O
men, had been lying all day beyond the
bridge across the Antetam which now
bears his name. Ordered TO cross at =
o'clock, he managed to get over at j. and
by was ready to advance. lie moved
against the hill which ID. r. Jones held
with his little division of :, 900 men. Long
street was watching this advance. jack
son was at Gen. Lees headquarters on
knoll in the rear of Sharpsburg. A. l..
Hill was coming from Harpers Ferry,
but had not arrived. and IL was APP
parent that Burnside must be stayed. IL
at all, with artillery. One of the sections.
transferred to the right from Jackson at
the request of Gen. Lee, was of the Rock
bridge Artillery, and as IL galloped by
the youngest son of the general In chief,
Robert r. Lee. 1r.. a private at the guns.
black with the CRIME and powder OF A
long days fight, stopped moment to sa-
lutte his father and then rushed after his
gun. Where else In this war was the son
of commanding general private in the
ranks?
Going to put this section in place. 7
saw Burnside's heavy line move up tho
hill. and the earth seemed to tremble be-
meath their tread. 1t was a splendid and
fearful sight, but for them to beat back
Jones feeble line was scarcely war. The
artillery tore, but did not stay them.
They pressed forward until Sharpsburg
was uncovered and Lees line OF retreat
was at their mercy.
But then. just then. A. p. Hill, pic
turesque In his red battle shirt, with three
of his brigades, $500 men, who had
marched that day seventeen miles from
Harpers Ferry and had waded the Poto-
mac, appeared upon the scene. Tired and
footsore, the men forgot their woes in
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boots and sword. His staff were equal,
comely in costume. On the other hand.
Cen Jackson was the dingiest, worst
dressed and worst mounted general that
a warrior who cared for good looks and
style would wish to surrender to. The
surrender was unconditional, and then
Gen. Jackson turned the matter over to
Gen. A. P. Hill. who allowed Gen. White
the same liberal terms that Grant after
ward gave Lee at Appomattox.
The fruits of the surrender were 12,52O
prisoners c'Official Records''), 13, 900 arms.
70 pieces of artillery and several hundred
wagons
Gen. Jackson, after sending brief dis
patch to Gen. Lee announcing the Ca
pitulation, rode up to Bolivar and down
into Harpers Ferry. The curiosity Of the
Union army to see him was so great that
the soldiers lined the sides of the road.
Many of them uncovered as he passed,
and he invariably returned the salute
One man had an echo of response all
about him when he said, aloud: Boys.
he's not much for looks, but IL we'd had
him we wouldn't have been caught in this
trap!
X y
Gen. Jackson lost little time in con-
templating his victory. When night came
he started for Shepherdstown, Va, on the
Potomac above Harpers Ferry, with j. r.
Jones and Lawton, leaving directions to
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Well Kept.

A PROPOS of the downfall OF Ernest
Terah Hooley. the English promoter,
Senator La Toilette said the other day
in Washington:
1.-The English law doesn't allow q man
as much rope as the American law. An
American multi-milnonaire once said to
an Englishman:
oh, yes. you have a good trade here in
England. perhaps. but as far as Napo-
Icons of finance 60. why. have never
once met a Napoleon OF finance In all my
visits to London
No. probably not the EnSlishman
replied. You see, we keep our NaDoleons
Of finance In JAIL"
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trality treaty. in which Russia and
Germany pledged themselves not to take
part in aggressive wars. AehrenthaF $
steadfastness to the triple alliance fooled
Franz Ferdinand's design to revive this
league. The anti-peace press complained
that the late foreign minister sacrificed
everything to Italy's friendship. which,
however, they add. he failed to keep.
They declared that he even induced the
Vienna newspapers to suppress the tact
that Venice is erecting a monument 10
Oberdank. who was executed IN Ieol TOT
an attempt on Kaiser Francis Joseph
life.
The leader of the Franz Ferdinand polit-
ical campaign is Prince Alloys Lech-
tenste,n, Leugers collaboration n buildlng
up the great Christian social party. Prince
Alloys is member of the sovereign mouse
OF Liechtenstein. which, after Monaco and
San Marina is the smallest Independent
state in Europe. Prince Alloys began life
as a soldier. next went into diplomacy
and later entered politics with strong
ultramontane program. He Is the author
of a work on 1.-The Empire of the Ro-
mans" and originator of the famous and
fiercely debated "Liechtenstein school
proposals." the aim OF which was TO re-
store sectarian elementary schools in Aus
tria. The Christian-socials were badly de-
feated at the election of 1911, but they
are stilIca powerful party. and are partic-
ularly strong with the rich Roman Cath
Ollie mobiles.
BY those same mobiles Aehrenthal was
regarded as an upstart because he was
not a grand seigneur like his predecessor,
Count Goluckowsky. Austria's diplomacy
is socially the most exclusive in Europe.
Vienna is the only capital where a foreign
diplomat must be an aristocrat IL he Is to
be received in society; Aehrenthal was
the son Of a rich Bohemian landowner,
but he was Of bourgeois Jewish descent
and his first known ancestor, Johann An
ton Lexa, was a cotton spinner Of Prague
He was without diplomatic finesse. but
had tremendous sang froid and self-con-
fldence, and this made trouble with the
foreign ambassadors. especially the phleg-
matte British ambassador, Sir Felix Cart
wright. AS an upstart Aehrenthal was
disliked also by a large class Of Aus
TRANS, who ascrfbed to his Jewish origin
his popularity with the bourse and with
the business circle, and regarded him a.
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world who embodies the bold, impudent
spirit Of the middle ages. He wants war
because war is interesting, picturesque.
glorious. attractive and exciting. and be-
cause he is certain that he will win. And
with him goes solidly the army. which
admires Gen. Conrad because he wrote
the three best military books in exist
ence, and loves him because he laughs at
books and believes only In fighting. And
the army is very angry that Conrad Won
Hoetzendorf is no longer chief of staff.
People laugh when they realize that
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soon after Jackson's departure for Har-
pers Ferry. Hooker and Reno. under
Burnside and under the eye Of Gen. Nc
Clellan. were fighting the battle of South
mountain against D. III. Hill and Long
street. Here Reno and Garland were
killed on opposite sides. and night ended
the contest before 1t was decided. At the
same time Franklin was forcing his way
through Champions Gap. driving out
Howell Cobb, commanding his own bril-
gade and one regiment Of Semmes bri-
gade. both of MoLaws' division; Parn-
hams brigade of R. II. Andersons di-
vision and two regiments of Stuart's cav
airy under Col Munford. The military
complications We're losing their simple
ity.
Being advised of these movements,
speedily. Monday morning, at O'Clock,
he sent me to the left to move Jones for
ward at first dawn. and to open on Boil
war Heights with all his artillery. This
feint was executed promptly and pro-
duced confusion on the enemys right
Troops were moved to strengthen it. Then
the guns from Maryland and Loudoun
Heights opened fire. and very soon. of
on our right, the battle flags of A. 2.
Hill rose on Bolivar Heights. and Har-
pers Ferry was doomed. Returning, I
found Gen. Jackson at the church In the
wood on the Bolivar and Halltown turn
pike, and just as I Joined him q white
flag was raised on Bolivar and all the
firing ceased.
X
Under instructions from Gen. Jackson.
I rode up the pike and into the enemy's
line to ascertain the purpose of the white
flag. Near the top of the hill met Gen.
White and his staff and told him my mis-
sion. He replied that Col Miles had been
MORALLY wounded, that he was in COM
mand and desired to have an interview
with Gen. Jackson. Just then Gen. Hill
came up from the direction of his line.
and at his request 1 conducted them to
Gen. Jackson whom 1 found sitting on
his horse where had left him.
The contrast in appearances there pre-
scented was striking. Gen. White, riding
dressed and had on untarnished gloves,
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q September Jackson crosseo lno
tomac at Whites Ford, a few miles
below Leesburg, Va. The passage OF INC
river by the troops marching in fours'
well closed up, the laughing, shouting
ana singing, as a brass band in front
played Maryland. My Maryland was
q memorable experience. The Maryland
ers in the corps impaired much of the
enthusiasm to the other troops. but We
we're not long in finding out that II
Sen. Lee had hopes that the decimated
regiments Of the army would be filled by
the sons Of Maryland he was doomed to
q speedy and unqualified disappointment
However. before We had been in Mary
land many hours. one enthusiastic citi-
zen presented Jackson with a gigantic
gray mare. She was a little heavy and
awkward for a war horse. but as the
generals Little Sorrel'' had a few
days before been temporarily stolen, the
present was timely one, and he was
not disposed to look a gift horse in the
mouth" Yet the present proved almost
. Trojan horse to him, for the next
morning when he mounted his new steed
and touched her with his spur the loyal
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McLaws and Walker to follow the next
morning. He left A. p. Hill behind TO
finish up with Harpers Ferry His nrst
order had been to take position at Shep-
herdstown to cover Lees crossing into
Virginia. but whether at his own sugges-
ton or not, the order was changed. and
after daylight September Is he crossed
the Potomac there and Joined Longstreet
at Sharpsburg, Md. Gen. Mcclellan had.
by that time, nearly all his army in posi-
ton on the east bank of the Antietam
and Gen. Lee was occupying the irregular
range Of high ground 10 the west Of It,
with the Potomac in his rear. Except
some sparring between Hooker and Hood
on our left. the 18th was allowed to pass
without battle. fortunately for US. In
the new dispositions OF that evening Jack
son was placed on the left of Lees army.
The first onset, early on the morning
of the 18th. told what the day would be
at Sharpsburg. or Antietam. as the Fed
erals called the battle. The impatient
Hooker. with the divisions of Meade,
Doubleday and Ricketts,. struck the first
blow, and Jackson's old division caught
it and struck back again. Between such
foes the battle soon waxed hot. Step by
step and marking each step with dead.
the thin Confederate line was pushed
back to the wood around tho bunker
Church. Here Lawton. Starke (com-
manding in place OF Jones. already
wounded and D. III. Hill with part of
his division engaged Meade. And now
in turn the Federals halted and fell back,
and left their dead by bunker Church.
Next Mansfield entered the fight, and
beat with resistless might on Jackson 5
people The battle here grew angry and
bloody. Starke was killed. Lawton wound
ed. and nearly all their general and field
officers had fallen: the sullen Confed-
crate line again fell back, killing Mans
field and wounding Hooker. Crawford
and Hartsuff.
And now D. H. Hill led in the rest of
his division; Hood also took part, to the
right and left, front and rear of bunker
Church The Federal line was again
driven back, while artillery added its din
to the incessant rattle Of musketry. Then
Sumner, with the fresh division Of Sedg-
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Ferdinand admirably If only Aehrenthal
had added land bad relations with
Italy," for the heirs aim is to revive.
instead Of the triple alliance, the extinct
'.Dreikaiserbund." the League of the
Three Emperors. and the appointment Of
Count Berchtold as AehrenthaIs sue
cessor looks as if he were about to have
his way. 1t is also significant that a
meeting between the three. emperors has
been arranged for the spring. The "Drei-
kaiserbund' was formed at a meeting in
Berlin in 1872 of Wilhelm l. Alexander II
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thai dared to oppose them. For six
months the late foreign minister fought a
valiant fight with the party Of glorious
strife, and when he seemed on the point
Of routing them a foe from the other
world seized him by the throat So brave
hearts throb and pulses beat high in
tedious Vienna, which has languished six
and forty years in uninteresting peace.
Austria Il rent by two inimical factions,
the supporters Of the late Count Aehren-
thai and the anti Aehrenthalists, the
peace men and the war men. The peace
men are backed by doddering Kaiser Fran
CHS Joseph and the German progressive
parties. the Hungarian cabinet, the social
democrats and the craven, meticulous
bourse And the war partys chiefs are
soldier Archduke Franz Ferdinand, fiery
Prince Alloys Liechtenstein and Herr
Fuchs. with their fiery Christian social
lists; some still more fiery hungArians,
and finally. the fieriest man on earth,
Conrad Won HoetZendorf, the magnetic,
chivalrous, worshiped army inspector,
until month or so ago chief of the Aus
tro-HungaEian general stan.
It was Conrad Won Hoetzendorf who
set the pot a-boiling. This swashbuckling
wallenstein pants to fight for Austria.
He knows how to fight Conrad is not
only, perhaps, the ablest soldier In Eu-
lnpa. but the realest soldier: the one man
- ooek-tired. sneorizing. bourse-bossed
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minute OF tho time he was in that city
ne was there only twice-and nothing like
the scene 80 graphically described by
the poet ever happened. Mr. whittier
must have been misinformed as to the
incident
I'm the march that day the captain of
the cavalry advance. just ahead. had in
structions to let no civilian 20 to the
front. and We entered each village we
p p,,s peiore the inhabitants knew OF
our coming In Middletown two very
pretty girls, with ribbons of red, white
ana Glue floating from their hair. and
small Union flags in their hands. rushed
ouI OF mouse as we passed. came to the
their flags defantly In the face of the
general He bowed and raised his hat,
and turning with his quiet smile tn his
slalI; sald: We evidently have no friends
IN thls town And this is about the
way ne would have treated Barbara
Frietchie! "
Having crossed South mountain. at
turner's Gap. the command encamped for
the night within a mile of Boonsboro.
Here Gen. Jackson must determina
whether he would 60 on to Williamsnnrt
or turn toward Shepherdstown / at once
rode into the village with a cavalryman
to make some inquiries, but we ran into
a squadron Of Federal cavalry, who with
49, SAAAoiiJ
upon us. We retraced our steps, and
although we did not stand upon the order
OF our going. a squad Of them escorted us
out OF town with great rapidity. When
with my revolver they returned them
with interest, and shot hole in my new
hat, which, with the beautiful plume that
a lady in Frederick had placed there,
rolled in the dust.
This was Of little moment, but at the
end Of the town, reaching the top of the
hill, we discovered, just over 1t, Gen.
Jackson, walking slowly toward us, lead
ing his horse. There was but one thing
to do. Fortunately the chase had be-
come less vigorous, and, with a cry Of
command to unseen troops, we turned
and charged the enemy. They, suspecting
trouble turned and fled, while the gen.
eral quickly galloped to the rear. 1 re-
covered my hat and plume, and as re-
turned to camp 1 picked up the gloves
which the general had dropped in mount
ing, and took them to him. Although he
had sent a regiment of infantry to the
front as soon as he went back, the only
allusion he made to the incident was to
express the opinion that had very
fast horse.
The next morning, having learned
that the Federal troops still occupied
Martinsburg, Gen. Jackson took the d.
rect road to Williamsport. twenty miles
as the crow flies above Harpers Ferry.
He there forded the Potomac, the troops
now singing and the band playing
Garry Me Back to Ole Virg1nny! We
marched on Martinsburg, twelve miles
to the south Gen. A. P Hill took the
direct turnpike, while Jackson. with the
rest Of his command. followed a side
road, so as to approach Martinsburg from
the west, and encamped four miles from
the town His object was to drive Gen.
White, who occupied Martinsburg. toward
Harpers Ferry, and thus corral all the
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OW, say the war
men OF Vienna,
there will be war.
With Count Alloys
on Aehrenthal
dead, all the bold,
adventurous spirits
OF Austria : Hun
gary feel that joy
has come into their
lives They want
war and turmoil,
and Count Aehren-
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army corps on Italy's Tyro1 frontier.
That was the initial step to mobilization
against Italy; and Archduke Franz Ferdi-
nand approved Of It.
Conrad, like all the men who rule Aus
tria today. is protege Of the heir. Franz
Ferdinand discovered him-that is. Con-
rad discovered himself to Franz Ferdi-
nand during the Tyrol maneuvers by
rushing his battalions and batteries over
impossible" mountain passes In way
that astonished the helpless, amiable
old chief of staff. Beck. Franz Ferdinand
resolved that Beck must go and that
Conrad must replace him. Since then
Conrad has been the soul of Austria's
army. He drafted the new recruit con-
tingent bill. Experience in the Tyrol
taught him that war with Italy must
come He reorganized the fort garrisons,
built wonderful Qualifications near Garda
lake and in the Dolomite passes, and
planned to double the force on Italy's
frontier. Then Aehrenthal interviewed. He
declared that Conrad's provocations, if
continued. would make war inevitable.
Franz Ferdinand backed Conrad, Kaiser
Francis Joseph backed Aehrenthal; and
Conrad went From that time Franz Fer
dinand and all who stand with him OPP
posed Aehrenthal and have been working
to bring back Conrad to the general
staff.
Three powerful groups are opposed TO
the peace party. First, the Christian
social or Catholic clerical party: second.
the military party with the whole army:
third, the Hungarian opposition. Apart
from their private interests, all these want
to please Franz Ferdinand. The army
looks to him as the future kaiser; the
Hungarian opposition has its accounts with
the -Hedervary ministry; the cler-
icals have wide schemes of domination
The one uncertain feature is the attitude
of the Slavs: but this too, inclines to the
scale against the peace party. The Poles
and Czechs see in the appointment OF
Count Berchtold rapprochement with
the Russian government which never
forgave Aehrenthal for the humiliation
of 1909.
Aehrenthal once described his policy as
good relations with both Germany and
Russia" This would have suited Franz
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TN Which a Member Of
i "Stonewall'' Jackson's staff
Describes Jackson's Capture
Of the Federal Garrison at
Harpers Ferry, the Battle Of
South Mountain and the
Supreme Conflict at Ante
tam, One of the B1oodiest
Battles Of the War.
By Col. Henry Kyd Douglas,
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N the 80 Of Sep
TENDER, 1862 the
Federal army un-
der Gen. Pope
having been con-
founded in the sec
ond Bull Run cam
paign, Gen. Lee
turned his columns
toward the Poto-
mac. with Stonewall
Jackson in front.
On the 9th day
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Heir to the throne of Austria Hungary,
who aims at q dissolution Of the triple
alliance and q revival Of the "drei-
kaiserbund," or league Of the three
emperOrs of Germany, Russia and
Austria-Hungary.
and Francis Joseph with the aim Of pre-
serving peace.
The Russo-Turkish war Of 1877-7S
brought 1t to an end: and 1t was followed
for q decade by Bismarck's secret "neu-
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speechless But once safe in his tent he
was seen no more that day.
The next evening, Sunday. he went into
Frederick for the first time to attend
church. and there being no service in the
Presbyterian Church he went to the Ger
man Reformed. AS usual he fell asleep,
but this time more soundly than was his
wont. His head sunk upon his breast, his
cap dropped from his hands to the floor,
the prayers Of the congregation did not
disturb him, and only the choir and the
deep-tOned organ awakened him. After
ward l learned that the minister was
credited with much loyalty and courage be-
cause he had prayed for the President of
the United States in the very presence Of
Stonewal jackson. Well, the general
didn't hear the prayer, and If he had he
would doubtless have felt like replying
as Gen. E,well did, when asked at Carlisle,
for President Lincoln: Certainly; I'm
sure he needs it,
Gen. Lee believed that Harpers Ferry,
twenty miles to the west of Frederick,
would be evacuated by the Federal gar
rison holding 1t as soon as he interposed
he found that it was not evacuated he
knew some one had Numbered, and took
steps to capture the garrison and stores.
On Tuesday, September 8. he issued an
order, directing Gen. Jackson to move the
next morning, Cross the Potomac above
Harpers Ferry near Sharpsburg. Md,
and envelop the town on the Virginia
side. In the same order he directed Gen.
McLaws to march on Harpers Ferry by
way of Middletown, Md, and seize Mary
land Heights, and Gen. Walker to cross
the Potomac below Harpers Ferry and
take Loudoun Heights, all to be in posi-
ton on the 18th, except Jackson, who
was first to capture. il possible. the Fed
sixteen miles northwest of Harpers
Ferry.
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PRINCE Alloys LIECHTENsTEIN,

PRINCE Alloys LIECHTENSTEIN,
Head Of the Christian-social party, and
leader of FFan8 Ferdlnand's political
campaign.
Count Won Aehrenthal stood for SO long
in the way of war; and laugh still more
at his opposition to Archduke Franz
Ferdinand. Only three years ago Aehren-
thai was Europe's firebrand: submissive
instrument Of the warltke designs OF
Franz Ferdinand. He made the puny
Kiderien- Waechters, Greys and Sasonoffs
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Early on the 10th Jackson was off. In
Frederick he asked for a map of Cham
bersburg, Pa, and its vicinity, and made
many irrelevant inquiries about roads
and localities in the direction Of Penn
sylvania. To his staff, who knew what
little value these inquiries had, his ques-
lions only illustrated his well known
motto Mystery, mystery is the secret of
success" I was then assistant inspector
general on his staff, and also acting aid
de-camp. It was my turn this day to
be intrusted with the knowledge OF his
purpose. Having finished this public in
qufry, he took me aside, and after ask
ing me about the different fords Of the
Potomac between Williamsport Nd, and
Harpers Ferry, told me that he was
ordered to capture the garrison at Har-
pers Ferry, and would cross either at
Williamsport or Shepherdstown, as the
enemy might or might not withdraw from
Martinsburg. I did not then know of
Gen. Lees order
The troops being on the march, the
general and staff rode rapidly out of
town and took the head of the column.
Just a few words here in regard to Mr..
Winters touching poem, Barbara
Frietchie." An old woman. by that now
immortal name, did live in Frederick in
tt ose days, but she never saw Gen. Jack
son, and Gen. Jackson never saw Bar
b,,ra Frietche." I was with him every
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Ho~oe - T9~ 0f~v
~ Ow, say the wal

VIENNA, March 8. 1912.