The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-23

cert or action when the last great eff
fort was made.
=, careful study Of the held and bat
tie does not lay General Lees plans
open 70 ccnsurc. They were well CON
ceiNed but the execution was faulty and
defective.
article ~. j. \, Alexandcr. OF Staunton.
IN The Times Dispatch OF Eovc,nbcr .
- consilatory and cxcusing. think
he "trs. however, when he writes: no
part OF General Longstrects corps was
~ Gcttysburg at sunrise OF the I'd.
Marsh creek -four miles away. and
did not arrive until three hours after
sunrise
, That Ttatement is in. conflict with
General Hoods letters OF June IS, 1873.
written TO General f.onSstrect from
New Orleans, when the discussion had
found 1p fnii on pn nns &c A Wi be
lsttcr: Whilst Ming in Fan amp p near near
ChamDerSburg information WAS re
ceived that f:well and IIill were about
70 com" in contact with the enemy near
McLaw's division. were put In motion
by the most direct road to that point.
which. atie. :. hard march, we reached
at or before sunrise. on July ?. ar
rived with my staff III front Of the
heights Of Gettysburg shortly after
daybreak on the morning OF the pa
My division soon commented iiling into
an open field near me" That evidence
seems to upset the statement that Hood
after Sunup.
II would be an excellent, bit Of cyl
Times Dispatch would print General
Hoods letter to i.onEstrc"t. written
, twelve years after the fata, battle This
VIII throw considerable light upon the
question
1t is til" consensus Of opinion i, was
IN" nobleness OF General Lees splendid
humanity that he visited no rebuke OF
ceuSur" upon his subordinatcs. Fair
minded critics do not blame General
Tor shoes for fettierew:s bar5footed5i
lfoops' Ihat was reasonable propo-
sition in the absence OF information as
10 the loca ton Of the enemy.
Nery little. IL any, information has
reached the public whore .lenkins's and
Whites cavalry were ,he Goth Of June.
that they had not discovered tho pres
"ncc OF M"adc's advance near o;cttys-
burg The duty OF Jenkins ANA White
seemed TO haze been to scout in front
and flank Of the army TO obtain infor-
nation. These commands were not
strong enough to attempt combats with
the cncnlE's cavalry, therefore their
duty was to actively scour the country
fQr Information OF the cnemy's who're
Or. McKim gives several contributinc
causes mat may be considered as parts
Tavio ,Jyomc 81 lee Zee iaiur. Colonel
hiin, II was not the plan OF the great
/ Ruler of the Universe that the South
the VIII of the Almighty though our
hearts were set upon the success OF
Colonel. John s Mosby has written
q book OF 500 pages defending General
stuart To-: tho failure OF the Army of
Northern Virginia TO win at Gettys-
burg He sits all the evidence and
fully e%onerates his chief from blame
in that matter.
Possibly tho nrst factor in that fail
ure was when Gordon's victorious and
enthusiastic brigade was rapidly driv-
lhg the beaten enemy and orders came
to MIN TO cease further pursuit Tnc
gallant Georgian. convinced tina, com
plete victory lay in our grasp. refused
70 comply with the order To halt until
~ mad heen repeated three or four
times Sic gloria transit mundi" anu
SO faded the glory that day that lad
every battle in which the Army OF
Northern Virginia had been engaged.
Tor with its failure at Gettysburg tn
fortunes of the Confcderacy began To-