Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-28
WITHDRAWAL OF LEE
TO VIRGINIA DESCRIBED
Confederate Veteran Writes of Incl
cidents Following Rattle of
Gettysburg.
FIGHT AT "FAILING WATERS"
Commander of Army OF Northern
Virginia, in Camp Near Orange
Courthouse, Handed in Rcsigna-
ton, but il Was Not Accepted

Y passed in comma tive c,,tc. \citbp-
3 ,,.,., :,
3 aihhs e''''oeu any disposition 10 assam
the other. notwithstanding the brill
liant achievement Of Generals E.well
and EJ,n ~, ~. o,s. a,y AVID ,h, 40
Seu va" '"Ee S"'"'u ny i'o"ks'rce'
on the second, tn" failure Of the op-
erations Of the third dax derived us
y in a measure ., IN. rrcs.;ro .. o,r
s previous suSc'SSeS "h" gave shau"w
( OF right to orr ndversary's claim Of
having gained a victory.
Th.,r .~,,.,,;, , ,.,
~
nave oeeh tempered win moderatnre
when 1t Is considered that after one
dar OF absolute o,,ict Tho Couro6,r
,tas ,..s go
'''''' ''t'' 'front.' WITH
ou1 serious moleStauon and with
bridges swept away and an impa ssahlc
river in tho re,r s,o,a =, -, .,;,,,
'''' "' '''''
"'''' '"e'' i'"e OIL Fe'Fc"t
could he rendered practicable, after
which they safely rccrossod into Vir
gfaia. Then. again So se-,ous ,r,s ,bo
,os, ,.;..
US Nisi.eu up"', we enemy IN tn"
go ssInsnts OF th' 'FS' ana second
cant,,ra 49, o.I.,.an. M"S INC cH"rt 20
80 -, nv 'os'.lo' Wv 'he 'hlEi Gay.
90! 'neii,S serves were undecided
trast 'ieH S"""'" stan" or re-
-,
49,. ~. 800 -. n ,na' "ehera' Lees
& fed his rov,n, nv n,,hc- 49,, -
tha .as .'o'i.E ny '''hcr nank 20 draw
sftIo- ~ ,as haoie 20
~" ~ ~ ''"Ne l"'cto ha't'e
nro,,,i,a ..' WIN greater
&C., -, % "iSh AGAIN 10
enenr.s Loo, ,,ns ,n".eH'en' 20 me
Lee bv car.rai $500 10 nsherhi
sao.S -; ,""sSrtr'' hoth the
30 ottao anu ,.,iro uhEs. rs me nest plan
S,na.h Sp.i - w N" army was
- 80 confluence III ms
smna1,a ~, .'!sn.". anu 'he !ack oil
strn;ra, NJ. "!I'in"i,itloi, alone con
t"i"eu MN |" abandon inc encmy'S
'' ar" 'tSf"sS 'he fotomac
oh july IN" trains were ordered
10 move 10 WiiiiamSport. Md. During
the nlSht the army withdrew from
GettysourE and was put in motion for
INC fotoTac' very heavy rain set
IN, and this so delayed the move
ments OF the troops that the rear
guard apart Of General Ewcirs Corps.
did not leave Gettysburg until late in
the forenoon of the hth. The enemy
offered no serious opposition, and our
army reached Haverstown. a no,tin,,
in the afternoon OF tho siy,h ,,d 49,
remainder on the morning Of Tho
seventh In conscouonco ~ ~ ~
cessive rains. tn. river n.,s ror,
able, and as tho only hid. ,.a
had laid had hcon r,r,;,J,
stroyed. nothing could ho &c. ~,
the waters suhe;d.I - o"s uht'l
were constrnn,o1 ~, NV orloees
General Strn., - ar y. uhntr
able service Z, - ain ms van"
orr 49,. .'"i"s inc hanks or
49,, uu.."s ,hc rotroerade move
80 maternity aided In the re-
puISe oi the enemy IN his attack upon |
"asoh Trains at "il!iamsport, and |
ny po!o movement on tho eighth in !
the oirection Of BoonsborouEh. check /
ca the ADVANCE OF III" enemy, drove I!
nun nack 10 EoonshorouGh and SO |
gained more tim" for General Lee in /,
which 10 perfect his line OF defense
AMY TAKES POSITION
READY FOR ATTACK
On July IL the enemy appeared in |
our front. and line OF defense hay
ing pcch selected, covering the Io- /
,omac from Williamsport To Failing
waters our army took position, ready. |
ana anxious for attack. You will OH /
serve, near reader, that the time that
INTERVIEWED between our forces le,w.
Ing Gettysburg and the cncmy's mrs,
appearance in our front. shows con-
ser1ifelE that the enemy was not very
eager to pursue. We remained mus
for two days, The enemy in front ,pari
Testing no 'disposition 10 ,,,ocL w..
steadily engaged in throwing ur
earthworks for defense. Our line Of
earthworks. where our hrirudc .,,a
regiment was stationed. was on :. lin.
of farm house tho occupants had de-
serted this homo. leaving cvery,biur
that was palatahlc To the hungry sol
der, so imagine our building :, nr. in
the range. making NJ flour ,lon,h ,.,d
cooking Il in the range W. crinJ
two year-old harms, shoulder and n,id
ding: went into the sidcbonrl aud
got out all the tableware. and spreaded
the nice snow-whitc table linen on the
table. Pretty soon thereafter our ,,ra,
was ready. We sat down 10 the table
tnke at homo but am sure we didn'.
offer blessing before we commenced
10 eat. so eager and anxious were We
TO devour that tempting spread. After
hnlsh!ng our meal We boys washed IN
Hd replaced everything just like we
found II, save what We had dcyourca
Hau II hot hcch Tor THAI square aud
sSianr -, - am sure IN" Van
Anfter a, .IraIIirr w., Nv wv ''hE
5pade and 1f,.,ssn as ouf hfl
80 "N S."' VIZ" GENERA! Lee :