The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-10
SCENE ON THE APPoMATTOx.

A SCENE ON THE APPOMATTOx.
Stuart. singing. plunged with his staff
in the woods. His headquarters were
at Brandy Station"
Events and battles crowd quickly
enough on the heels Of that happy
day; the fight at Brandy Station. the
high-tide OF war at Gettysburg. the
march back home after that fateful
conflict, the charge of the Sixty-fifth
Virginia at Kelly's Ford, the stubborn
struggle At Chickamauga, by the Riv-
er Of Death. and what came after
Missionary Ridge. the army Of Ten
nessee at Dalton, Ga..- with General
Joseph Z. Johnston in command;
Resaca, the Wilderness. the Bloody
Angle, Cold Harbor. kennesaw. Hun
ter's raid. Jubal Eariy's Valley cam
paign. the Crater. Cedar Creek, Hood
and the Army OF Tennessee. Sherman's
burning of Columbia, South Carolina,
and then-the beginning Of the end
at Appomattox.
The mere citation Of these battles.
except to show the scope of the book.
means nothing. The vividness, pow
er and realism OF the great war can
vas which Miss Johnston has pre-
scented demand close attention for the
apprehension of their full meaning.
The chapter in which the tremend-
published in the August number OF
the Atlantic Monthly. and has been
quoted at length in the book review
columns Of The Times Dispatch.
That chapter alone should establish
at once the place which Cease FIR
ing" will hold in the literary and his
toric book shelves of the new South
of to-day and Tomorrow.
At an inspection Of dcfenses at
yicksburg, Mass. by General Joseph
E. Johnston and President Jefferson
Davis in the third chapter Of Cease
Firing" Miss Johnston draws her de-
auctions and makes her reference to
the strained relations existing be-
tween the President and the COM
nauder OF the Department Of the
West Johnston" says the authoress.
appeared at this inspection, during
December of 1862, spare, OF medium
height, with griz=led hair. mustache
and imperial, riding beautiful chest
nut mare. But recently recovered
from the desperate wound OF Seven
Pines. recently appointed to the COM
mand Of the Department Of the West
the bronze Of the field had hardly yet
ousted the pallor Of illness. He
reached the broad steps Of a pillared
residence In vicksburg, and as he did
so the door Of the house opened and
the President, a number OF men be-
hind him. came out upon the portico.
Tall and lean as an Indian, clear-cut.
distinguished theorist and idealist, pa
tsiot undoubtedly. able undoubtedly.
Jefferson Davis breathed the morning
air Mississippi was his State He
looked like an eagle from his eyrie."
About to descend the steps. he paused
and greeted General Johnston, and
there arose between them q discus
sion as to the extent Of the lines Of
defense around vicksburg and the pro-
priety Of concentrating batteries and
troops aS a certain bend Of the Mis-
sissippi. The most that the President
would promise was to take General
Johnston's ideas under consideration.
And that meant that this ablest Of
Commanders was to be hampered and
thwarted at every turn.
Battles are largely taken into ac-
count In Cease Firing" bot lot more
than personality. Beginnin0 in Mis-
sis.ippi.- the figures Of General Van
born. with his long yellow hair. nd
ing like an Indian: Lieutenant-0en-
eral Pemberton. Generals Lcring. Pat
rick Cleburne and Dabney Msury and
others from Georgia Alabama, MIS-
souri, Texas. Kentucky and the Caro-
Hnss pass into view.
In virginia With the Third Corps.
A. r. HHI. Rodts. JubsI Early. Dear
Dick EweIi.- Edward Johnson. VII
liam smith. Longs'reet. Hood and his
Texans. Law and bis AIabanians. Nc
Laws sad HIS division. Gsrnstt. KEN
ser. Armistcac. Pickett and Trimbic.
hort OF others claim attention through
tics IN Ieadershir.
Every now and again tho Bosetourt
Artillery con~o into action. the mu-
.ic ~ ThonAeS Run repesss itself. Al
ieh Gold. Oh. scout. puTsuef bic secret
;rsis. ard Stephen Dsss. the sh'rkeT.
n forced - ~ q fighter before the
sad day os Appropriations arrives
Cess. Firing makes plain IN every
saY-tlo..re drawn the horrors Of
war. the Aesolstios ara cruelty snd
ses,h ~ sr,nss ssovt the ruined
homes. the brotsn- h~sft~s men ana
y,rlsn. 90. widows so6 orphans o.
leaves s~hin4. TIE rssbiess ana saw
az. rs.,boss bfsStioea by campaign.
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