The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-01-21

He violated the last section OF this
maxim because he knew Pope, and
the first because he knew Jackson. It.
lis rare indeed that such strategy sue
ceeds. Hasdrubal, divided from Han
nibal by many miles and q Consul
lar army, fell back to the Metaurus,
and Rome was saved. Two thousand
years later Prince Frederick Charles,
divided by few marches and two
Austrian army corps from the crown
prince, fingered SO long upon the 1ser
that the supremacy of Prussia trem-
bled in the balance. 1t has been re-
marked that after Jackson's death Lee
never again attempted those great
turning movements which had acheiv-
ed his most brilliant victories. Never
again did he divide his army to re-
unite it on the field of battle. The
reason is not far to see. There was
now no General in the Confederate
army to whom he dared confide the
charge of the detached wing, and in
possessing one such general he had
been more fortunate than Napoleon"
"It is noteworthy that Moltke once,
at Koniggratz, carried out the oper-
alton referred to Wellington, twice,
lat Victoria and Toulouse; Napoleon,
although he several times attempted
lit, never, except at Ulm, with COM
|plete success"
In his "History of the American
War;" Lieutenant Colonel Fletcher of
England, says:
"The armies of Grant and Lee were
still in the vicinity of Spottsylvania
Court House. The former, notwith-
standing his vastly preponderating
strength, was waiting reenforcements.
The latter, with only small and over
worked army to rely on, was expect
ing the arrival of troops from the
Shenandoah.
at must ever remain a marvel how
. this small force, ill-supplied, over
, worked and harassed by continua!
fighting and marching by night and
by day, could hold it's ground against
,, the almost innumerable host in
Grants command. That it did So
inf1icting losses far heavier than ii
sustained and creating belief in the
mind of the enemy of numbers far
larger than it contained has been al
ready shown.
! "Two of the three armies of Sigel
: Meade and Butler had been forced tt
? seek shelter behind fortified lines, the
: third had been brought to halt tt
await re-enforcements and the arter
: les which supplied life to the capita
:. of the Confederacy had been pre-
served"
= Of the movement to the North An
: J, ma River in the Wilderness campaign
II he says: "Here Lee by the exercise
:, of consummate generalship foiled hi
y opponent." And of the final end o
: Grants endeavor to crush Lee in tn
!; campaign he says: "After many bat
u ties and losses of which few wars ca!
. afford a parallel and which surpass
: ed in number the whole strength o
. the enemy's force, General Grant ha
:, brought his army to position whic
~ Mcclellan had reached with far great
:, :, er ease and far less expenditure o
=. - life two years previously"
- From the History Of the Unite
,e States by the distinguished writel
Mr.. James Ford Rhodes of Boston,
:, quote this concerning Lee:
III "The Conufederates had an advar
" tage in that Robert E. Lee espouse
D their cause; to some extent apprecia
,; ed at the time, this in reality was a
~ advantage beyond computation. Ha
- he followed the example of Scott an
81. 81 Thomas and remained in service unde
y the old flag in active command OF tn
. Army of the Potomac, how differen
~ ly might not events have turned ou
- "Lee, now 81 years old, his face e,
10 hibiting the ruddy glow of health, We
:, physically and morally splendid e.
IN IN ample of manhood. Able to trace h
~ ~ lineage far back into the mother coul
20 try, the best blood of Virginia tiowe
~ u in his VEINS Drawing from knigh
- ly race all their virtues, he had inhe
u tied none of their vices. Honest, sil
- - cere, simple, magnanimous, forbea
';s a;s ing, refined, courteous yet dignifit
lis and proud, never lacking self cor
oil .l mand, he was in all respects trl
~ man. Graduating from West Poir
q Gu his life had been exclusively that
n soldier, yet he had none of the SC
}}i- dier's bad habits. He used neither
ne ouor nor tobacco and indulged rare
eu g in a social glass of wine, and carr
a. a nothing for the pleasures of the t
n n BILE. He was a good engineer and u
Vh der General Scott had won distincti'
C. in Mexico. The work that had fall'
to his lot he had performed in sy
tematic manner and with conscientio,
mt care. DUTY is the sublimest word
pc our language he wrote to his so
e. Sincerely religious, Providence to hi
ne was verify, and it may be truly sa
ea he walked with God.
o. "a serious man, he anxiously watc
ne