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tie of the Wilderness. Hancock
said: Gen. Longstreet, at the
time you were wounded in that bat
tie you had had me wrapped up in a
wet blanket; you were about to cap
Iture my whole command"
Generals Lee, Longstreet and
Gordon are all dead, but in defense
of Gen. Longstreet I must say that
Gen. Gordon did him a great injus-
tice. When Gen. Longstreet was
sent to Chickamauga to REIN, ce
Bragg, be commanded the left
wing, and opened the battle and led
in the Van Hoods division of Long
streets corps; broke the Federal
lines. Later in the day Longstreet
drove'his column like a wedge into
the Union center, ripping asunder
the whole Federal division. No Of
icer or body of men could have con-
tributed more to the triumph of the
Confederates than did Gen. Long
street and the brave men who fol-
lowed him from the Rappahannock.
The praises of Longstreet and his
men were freely proclaimed by the
Army of Tennessee. While this
battle (Chickamauga) was in full
blast Gen.. Cheatham and Gen.
Polk came riding in rear of our
line. Polk was an Episcopal Bishop,
and commanded a division in the
Western army, and was great ad-
mirer Of Gen. Cheatham. As Gen.
Cheatham was passing he said,
Give 'em hell, boys" About that
time the Bishop was lost in the SOL
dier, and shouted, Give it to 'em,
boys! Give 'em what Gen. Cheat
ham says
In time the South will learn to
appreciate the worth .of. one of her
greatest military leaders. Thus far
she has done herself an injustice in
not allowing full credit for the SER
vices rendered to her Lost Cause by
Gen. James Longstreet., In time to
come the name of Gen. Longstreet
will be honored by America as
Washington, LINCOLN, Lee and
Grant. Why should we of The
South, the land of his birth, for
whose defense be gave his services
and imperiled his life.
Z. He:wss born,in Edge6eld countval
South Carolina, bat in little to-
sc alnia on the high ground.
6hsfte dns Rtt cid % that ont
whom Lee honored witt sa;lsateio- I
ship, and whom he called his War
Horse" Here Gen. Longstreet liv-
ed after his battles were fought and
the cause finally lost. Here he en-
tertained many distinguished veter-
ans of the late war. Here, too, at
one time visited the man who holds
the reins of this government, Wood
row Wilson. And under the roof
of the then home of Gen. Longstreet,
so l have been told, was born the
first daughter of MIR. and Mrs.
Woodrow Wilson.
Gen. Longstreet was one of the
greatest fighters, and could do as
much real bulldog fighting with his
corps as any other commanding otfl-
Ger in either army. All honor to
Gen. James Longstreet. His men
almost worshiped him. Whenever
he gave an order or command his
men responded ready"
Gen. Longstreet's command was
in Tennessee from September l9 to
April 81, 1864, without winter
quarters, fighting the most of the
time.
When the cam paign opened up in
Virginia Gen. Lee called for his
War Horse to come back as hur-
riedly as possible. We were then
camped at Greenville, Tenn. We
at once began the march to Bristol,
a distance of one hundred miles.
There we boarded box cars, and
were hurried to Virginia with all
possible speed. We. landed at
Charlottesville, and marched from
there to Gordonsville. We were
then sixteen miles from the Wilder
ness. The first days battle had
been fought-this was May S. We
halted for rest and to sleep. At
one o'clock the long roll beat, and
we all were up and IN line. Long
streets whole command struck a
turkey.trot and kept it for sixteen
miles, getting to the battle line at