The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-08-06

All OF this endorsing the sentiment
expressed by President Lincoln. las
he stood upon the rock wall when he
went to Gettysburg on the occasion of
laying the corner stone at the Fed
eral cemetery. There were no
Sloiches ont there. (pointNS towards
the Confederate positionl and | am
siad to be the countryman OF those
soldiers who assailed these heights" +"
Wherever you went upon the field
you were met by old Federal soldiers
and upon seeing your Gross OF Hon
cr,' YOU had to stop and talk with
them. Close 10 $4,000 soldiers were
killed and wounded in this battle.
more than the combined losses in the
american Revolution and Mexican war.
Almost all writer's on Gettysburg
have something to say about WHO was
to blame on our side j have always
held to this that Longstreet was the
cause Of Lee failure on the third day
by not coming to time on the second
day. If YOU believe Fitz. Lee. Pendle.
ton, Early, Wilcox or Gen. Long, then
Longstreet was ordered to open the
battle very early in the day. This he
did not do until about the middle of
the afternoon and then as Hoods bat
tallions OF gray are moving down iipon
Little Round Top, Gen Warren grasps
the situation and rushes troops on the
IL. How easy was it to take 1t in our
possession any time in the forenoon
and with 1t in our possession all the
strongholds of Meads lines would
have been destroyed and he would
nave been forced to have waged the
fight somewhere else, where positions
would have been more favorable to
our side. Any one standing upon
Round Top can see this for himself.
Warren's statue is standing on
large boulder on top of little Round
Top, visible for a long distance. Many
monuments are yet to be erected on
the f1eld. Arrangements are being
made to erect an equestrian statue of
Gen. Lee just across the road on
Cemetery Ridge in front of where
stands that of Gen Meade.
We'll, the war was finally ended We
did not win. | am glad we didn't.
we are now reunited country, strong
in every respect that goes to make nm
mighty nation, with no superior one
the face of the earth, slavery abolish
ed. Without the war, that would have
been done any way; it was tottering
on its last legs when the war came
Was Lees army whipped at Gettys-
burg? | do not believe now. neither
dld then, that the army was whip
ped army, but more of a drawn bat
tie. The first day they were driven
back through the town of Gettysburg
with two corporals literally torn to
pieces, to position on Cemetery
Ridge On the second, Sicklcs with
MS command, takes position way
out in front OF where Meade had told
him. Greedy says Sickles was spoil.
ing for fight and didn't believe
Meade was. Sickles was driven back
by McLaws and Hoods divisions with
heavy losses to the enemy. So in the
first and second both sides agree that
we got the best of 1t. and on the third
mat by the prestivc of the DAYS fight
ing, Lee thought he could break the
centre and rout the whole army and
the assault was made by Pickctt's di-
vision and few other brigadcs, about
one-eighth or ninth of his forces. ana
ialled to accomplish the desired re.
suit. Having pretty we'll exhausted
his heavy ammunition. he thought IL
prudent to withdraw. The balance Of
the army was in splendid condition.
The army remains there another day.
no assault was made upon thnm they
surely did not consider then that our
army was badly defeated. Our army
quietly withdrew without baggage
and ammunition back to and near the
river and find it too swollen to cross,
and there formed our line of battle.
threw down the gauntlet and awaited
thelr coming for several DAYS. They
never came. | read recently an artf-
Gle from one close to Gen. Meade. in
which he says there was about that
time council of war held. The CORPS
commanders with but one execution
insisted on following up and renewing