The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-04

!. This 4th OF May.
half-century anniFer-
NIX days OF the strenu-
IS 10 May I inclusive.
great game OF battle
ntween Lee and Hooker.
40 great antag onists.
',hern Virginia and the
'tomac.
pa ssed since the clash
the warning states.
ties had been fought
OF Northern Virginia
n OF its command by
20 offensive and two
nond's Seven Days and
5 In the first class. and
fredericksburg IN the
irnside. under the pres
ciamor. had attempted
those bleak days in
lie lost. and tho cost
head. Two later at
IN mis- name and his
proved abort!ve.
was very hckle toward
nmander. Frightening
hardening tine roads.
d 10 move upon Lees
Ell the tickle goddess
<, got Jupiter Plubius
and Hooded the whole
al commander believed
,ordinates had been In
ne nimblc goddess. and
pared a sweeping milf
Kissing from the army
=. Brooks, Cochran and
icving from their com
Franklin, smith. Stur-
}. \ copy OF this eX-
n was sent the Prcsi-
alternative or accept
resignation"
crla not see tho Wis
| n measure. so relieved
Ie OF the command o.,
my.
note Genera, Hooker
his own troops as
was named first Of
, considered chief con-
.Sely. the administra-
Ing General Burnside.
his SUCCESSOR the officer
.sponsible for his fail
ksburg.
blamed Burnside for
similar condition at
. when his official head
ilitary guillotinc. Burn
10 the chief command.
General Hooker. Mi.
u him Or tho censure
! his having thwarted
ndoned the offensc With
military success"
les confronted Hooker.
cNa animation. 2.a2c Off
enlisted men absent
early 5000 men of his
deserters. This con-
Ugh To appal any OIL
or set strenuously to
tho evil. 4 judicious
rlouGhS check ed the
orous recruiting labors
the Potomac Army in
unition.
lung her green banners
, found ne had brought
q standard never be-
I'ield returns for April
rcscnt for duty equip
g soldiers, with nearly
op lie; us glance across
ppa hammock" General
ire IN his fortified posi-
edcrick sburR. Embossed
the two splendid di-
It's and Hoods for ser
stern Virginia. Three
cavalry also had been
nnt TO the rear TO re-
Mounts. so that "A care
General Lees resources
soldiers for the firing
hism animated General
CONSTRUCTED his army.
sside's idea OF Grand
restoring the corps de
\ To the first he as
Off in Reynolds,
lccond. Dan Sickles to
10 the Fifth. ScdSwicli
tward to the Eleventh
he Twelfth. His we'll
iwell-mountcd cavalry
3tcd into a corps. and
led to the 13,39S fla sh :
In followed his stand
i again became FESTIVE,
lifted only the pleasant
I'D roads spring wo,Sd
Mas not ignorant that
i short 25 per cent OF
inc absence of Long
cavalry. He was cX-
y 10 strike before these
] again upon the firing
i, he dispatched Stone
around the Confederate
Is line OF communica :
what storehouses he
POSSIBLY by a coup de
the Confederate CAPT
Lee and Rooney Lee
protests to such pro :
;toneman for the time
Il the expedition.
II five hundred Con :
IS effectually barred
Stoneman's project.
ON started out, General
the whole army to
rs cooked rations in
ks. Stoneman's pla n
q. the infantry was not
lntil the 9th.
neral Hooker dispatch
Eleventh and Twelfth
ly's Ford, or the upper
o divisions of COUGHS
at United States
a precautionary mea :
night of the 2Sth and
29th the right wing of
crossed the Rappahan :
e immediate command
,ker. and in two col
or Germania and Ely's
tapidan. On the nigh I
'oker had called Couch
1centrated at Chancel-
les west Of Fredericks-