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Robertson (search for this): chapter 1.20
put Hampton in command of the two brigades that were left behind, for he had no such authority; neither is it true that Robertson was assigned to this command without orders to report, at his headquarters. Should Read. Stuart's instructions to Robertson, which, through abundant caution, he repeated to Jones, and all the correspondence to which I have referred, has been published. It may be that he hasn't read it. If he has not, then he ought to stop writing, and go to reading history. The instructions to Robertson says: * * you will instruct General Jones, from time to time, as the movements progress or events may require, and report anything of importance to Lieutenant-General Longstreet, with whose position you will communicateost officers in the army. Stuart's main reliance was on him. His brigade was at that time much nearer the Potomac than Robertson's. Jones in accordance with Stuart's order places the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry at Charlestown. Longstreet was responsi
Wade Hampton (search for this): chapter 1.20
at you will be less likely to indicate what our plans are than if you should cross by passing to our rear. I forward the letter of instructions with these suggestions. Please advise me of the condition of affairs before you leave and order General Hampton, whom I suppose you will leave here in command, to report to me at Millwood, either by letter or in person, as may be the most agreeable to him. Most respectfully, James Longstreet, Lieutenant-General. N. B.—I think that your passagone the other way, and crossed at Shepherdstown, and then ridden through Boonsboro Gap to Baltimore, he would have been as far from Longstreet's flank as he was by the route he took in rear of Hooker. He did not, as he says, order Stuart to put Hampton in command of the two brigades that were left behind, for he had no such authority; neither is it true that Robertson was assigned to this command without orders to report, at his headquarters. Should Read. Stuart's instructions to Roberts
Rodes (search for this): chapter 1.20
runs up against a fact then, like a battery or a line of battle that got in his way—so much the worse for the fact. Not that I would insinuate that he has consciously been guilty of invention; but seeing, as he supposes, in the light of events, that certain things ought to have been done, he persuades himself that they were done. At the above date (June 19th) General Lee had not determined on sending any of his army north of the Potomac, except Ewell's Corps that was in the advance. Only Rodes' and Johnson's Divisions, with Jenkins' Cavalry, had then crossed the river. A. P. Hill's Corps, that had been left at Fredericksburg, had not then reached the Shenandoah Valley. General Lee, with Longstreet's Corps, was about Berryville; Stuart, with the cavalry, was east of the Blue Ridge, guarding the approaches to the gaps; Longstreet on the west, was supporting him. Longstreet was facing east; Hooker in his front, was, of course, facing west. General Lee's plans. Now, on June 19t
John Buford (search for this): chapter 1.20
efore (30th), Hill and Heth heard that a body of the enemy had just occupied Gettysburg. Early on the morning of July 1st, Hill, with Heth's and Pender's Divisions, started down without orders to attack them. Before reaching Gettysburg they met Buford's Cavalry on the pike. Buford held them in check until Reynolds, who had camped some six miles off with two corps, hearing the firing, came to his support. Heth first put two brigades into the fight that were soon knocked to pieces; Archer and Buford held them in check until Reynolds, who had camped some six miles off with two corps, hearing the firing, came to his support. Heth first put two brigades into the fight that were soon knocked to pieces; Archer and most of his brigade were captured. Heth says: Archer and Davis were now directed to advance, the object being to feel the enemy and to determine in what force the enemy were—whether or not he was massing his forces on Gettysburg. Heavy columns of the enemy were soon encountered. General Davis was unable to hold the position he had gained. The enemy concentrated on his front and flanks in overwhelming force. The enemy had now been felt, and found to be in heavy force. Hill states substanti
Zimmerman Davis (search for this): chapter 1.20
se (1) Ewell was then in Pennsylvania and Longstreet in Virginia, and (2) Longstreet and Hill had received no orders to march. The next day General Lee wrote to Mr. Davis: Reports of movements of the enemy east of the Blue Ridge cause me to believe that he is preparing to cross the Potomac. A pontoon bridge is said to be laid at to his support. Heth first put two brigades into the fight that were soon knocked to pieces; Archer and most of his brigade were captured. Heth says: Archer and Davis were now directed to advance, the object being to feel the enemy and to determine in what force the enemy were—whether or not he was massing his forces on Gettysburg. Heavy columns of the enemy were soon encountered. General Davis was unable to hold the position he had gained. The enemy concentrated on his front and flanks in overwhelming force. The enemy had now been felt, and found to be in heavy force. Hill states substantially the same thing. He put in Heth's other two brigades, a
Imboden (search for this): chapter 1.20
an follow. If Harrisburg comes within your means, capture it. So on the morning of June 22d it had not been settled that Longstreet and Hill should follow Ewell. Later in the day (3:30 P. M.) he again writes Ewell: I also directed General Stuart, should the enemy have so far retired from his front as to permit of the departure of a portion of the cavalry, to march with three brigades across the Potomac, and place himself on your right, and in communication with you, &c. I also directed Imboden, if opportunity offered, to cross the Potomac, and perform the same offices on your left. Ewell marched with two divisions down the Cumberland Valley to Chambersburg: thence to Carlisle, where he halted. Early was detached and sent east through the Cashtown pass in the South mountain, to York. What the letters show. These letters of General Lee's show that Stuart could not have been ordered to march on Longstreet's flank, because (1) Ewell was then in Pennsylvania and Longstreet in
R. E. Lee (search for this): chapter 1.20
e but himself that he was ever the rival of General Lee and Stonewall Jackson, or that Jackson's fais ride towards Baltimore. He claimed that General Lee had given him authority to cross east of th received no orders to march. The next day General Lee wrote to Mr. Davis: Reports of movements ofn the correspondence during this period between Lee, Longstreet, and Stuart this is the first intim. But in his letter of the 22d, to Stuart, General Lee indicated no route—he merely ordered Stuarthe was at Hagerstown. So his spy only told General Lee what he already knew. It could not have bemust, therefore, have been in default. But General Lee was not present in the battle; he arrived j now says that Cashtown was the place where General Lee ordered the concentration. He did not say s a reconnoissance, then what is a battle? General Lee had not ordered any reconnoissance, and thebe sounded even in the middle of a combat. General Lee was in a state of duress when he arrived on[30 more...]
Robert Edward Lee (search for this): chapter 1.20
ed to march on the flank of the column with which General Lee was present. He couldn't be on Ewell's flank on the Susquehanna and Longstreet's flank on the Potomac at the same time. Neither would Longstreet have ordered Stuart to remain with him, knowing that General Lee had ordered him to Ewell. All of Stuart's critics have ignored the fact that General Lee ordered Stuart to leave him and go to Ewell. General Longstreet wrote as follows to General Lee: June 22, 1863—7:30 P. M. General R. E. Lee, Commanding, &c.: General,—Yours of 4 o'clock this afternoon is received. I have forwarded your letter to General Stuart, with the suggestion that he pass by the enemy's rear if he thinks he may get through. We have nothing of the enemy to-day. Most respectfully, James Longstreet, Lieutenant-General, Commanding. Longstreet to Stuart. In the correspondence during this period between Lee, Longstreet, and Stuart this is the first intimation about taking the route in the re
John Singleton Mosby (search for this): chapter 1.20
Longstreet and Stuart. [from the Richmond (Va.) times, Feb'y 2, 1896.] Highly interesting review by Colonel John S. Mosby. Cause of the loss of Gettysburg. Many of Longstreet's statements in his book Combatted by Colonel Mosby—The want of cavalry had nothing to do with the result of the battle. General Longstreet, having acted a great part as a soldier, now appears as the historian of the war. His book will soon be buried in the dust of oblivion, but, fortunately for him, his fame does not rest upon what he has written, but what he has done. No doubt he has had to endure much, as he says, for the sake of his opinions, as every man must who goes in advance of his age, and he has had strong provocation to speak with bitterness of some of his contemporaries, if he spoke of them at all. But his better angel would have told him that much that he has written about his brothersin-arms would injure his own reputation more than theirs, and that if he had suffered injustice in
Harry Heth (search for this): chapter 1.20
s are the statements of Generals Longstreet and Heth, and of Long, in the romance he published and cn was his expected point of concentration. General Heth, General Longstreet, Long, and others, had opinion General Longstreet was not. Hill, with Heth's and Pender's Divisions, was at Cashtown on thstance. On the evening before (30th), Hill and Heth heard that a body of the enemy had just occupie. Early on the morning of July 1st, Hill, with Heth's and Pender's Divisions, started down without orps, hearing the firing, came to his support. Heth first put two brigades into the fight that were Archer and most of his brigade were captured. Heth says: Archer and Davis were now directed to advstates substantially the same thing. He put in Heth's other two brigades, and then Pender's Divisioaring the firing, came to his rescue. Hill and Heth called the fight, which lasted from about 8 o'cThe attacking force then retires. After two of Heth's Brigades had been shattered and heavy columns
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