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Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.20
f the Blue Ridge and cross the Potomac on its right at Shepherdstown and make his ride towards Baltimore. He claimed that General Lee had given him authority to cross east of the Blue Ridge. The po to be followed by the cavalry, which was to cross at Shepherdstown, and ride severely towards Baltimore, to force the enemy to eastern concentration. Now Stuart did ride severely toward Baltimore, Baltimore, and near to the gates of the city. But if he had gone the other way, and crossed at Shepherdstown, and then ridden through Boonsboro Gap to Baltimore, he would have been as far from Longstreet's flaBaltimore, 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 ithat Hooker was still south of the Potomac he would not have moved north, but due east, toward Baltimore and Washington. There is not the slightest evidence to show that in this campaign any injury
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (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 d
Millwood (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.20
rt. In the correspondence during this period between Lee, Longstreet, and Stuart this is the first intimation about taking the route in the rear of the enemy, and it seems that General Longstreet suggested it. This is his letter to Stuart: Millwood, June 22, 1863—7 P. M. Major-Genera J . E. B. Stuart, Commanding Cavalry. General,—General Lee has inclosed to me this letter for you, to be forwarded to you, provided you can be spared from my front, and provided I think that you can move acoss 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 passage of the Potomac by our rear (Shepherdstown), at the present moment, will in a m<
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.20
ountain, 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 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 Harper's Ferry; his army corps, that he has advanced to Leesburg and the foot of the mountains, appear to be withdrawing. Their attempt to penetrate the mountains has been successfully repelled by General Stuart with the cavalry. General Ewell's corps is in motion toward the Susquehanna. General A. P. Hill is moving toward the Potomac; his leading division will reach Shepherdstown to-day. I have withdrawn Longstreet west of the Shenandoah, and if nothing prevents he will follow to-morrow. General
Blue Ridge (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.20
he commander (Stuart) was ordered to follow its withdrawal west of the Blue Ridge and cross the Potomac on its right at Shepherdstown and make his ride towards Baltimore. He claimed that General Lee had given him authority to cross east of the Blue Ridge. The point at which the cavalry force should cross the river was not determined between the Confederate commander and his chief of cavalry, there being doubt whether the crossing could be made at Point of Rocks between the Union army and Blue Ridge, or between that army and Washington city. That question was left open, and I was ordered to choose between the points named at the moment that my command took up its line of march. So our plans, adopted after deep study, were suddenly given over to gratify the youthful cavalryman's wish for a romantic ride. General Longstreet does not pretend to have any written record or evidence to support his assertion; on the contrary, the record shows that at that time no such plan could have been
McConnellsburg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.20
mac, or separate his army in any way, Longstreet can follow you. So on June 19th it was uncertain whether Longstreet would cross the river or not. On the 22d Hill arrived near Charlestown. Ewell was then ordered to enter Pennsylvania with his whole corps; Jenkins' Cavalry was with him. That day (22d) in a letter to Ewell, General Lee says: If you are ready to move you can do so. I think your best course will be toward the Susquehanna, taking the routes by Emmettsburg, Chambersburg, and McConnelsburg. It will depend upon the quantity of supplies obtained in that country whether the rest of the army can 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 brigade
San Francisco (California, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.20
. A high military authority says: When once the object of a reconnoisance has been gained, a retreat must be sounded even in the middle of a combat. General Lee was in a state of duress when he arrived on the field at the close of the fight. He was compelled to order up the remainder of the army and deliver battle on ground he had not chosen, or fall back to Cashtown, leaving his dead and wounded on the field, and giving the enemy the prestige of victory. It is clear that the want of cavalry had nothing to do either with precipitating the battle or losing it. Stuart was absent on the day it began for the same reason that General Lee was. This has been written more in sorrow than in anger. It is no pleasure to me to expose the mistakes of others; my motive is to defend the dead, and that arm of the service to which I belonged. It is a sacred duty I owe to the memory of a friend, To whom the shadows of far years extend. Jno. S. Mosby. San Francisco, Cal., January 23, 1896.
Cashtown (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.20
he halted. Early was detached and sent east through the Cashtown pass in the South mountain, to York. What the letters General Lee never intended to go to Gettysburg, but that Cashtown was his expected point of concentration. General Heth, G Who was responsible. General Longstreet now says that Cashtown was the place where General Lee ordered the concentrationwas not. Hill, with Heth's and Pender's Divisions, was at Cashtown on the evening of July 30th. General Lee, with Longstreetavalry, and artillery—was on the march, and converging on Cashtown on the morning of July 1st. They could all have reached would have been badly beaten, but Ewell, on the march to Cashtown, received a note from Hill, and hearing the firing, came as in force, and ought to have retired, and gone back to Cashtown. The trouble was, Hill had found out too much. It is plliver battle on ground he had not chosen, or fall back to Cashtown, leaving his dead and wounded on the field, and giving th
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 1.20
low its withdrawal west of the Blue Ridge and cross the Potomac on its right at Shepherdstown and make his ride towards Baltimore. He claimed that General Lee had given him authority to cross east of the Blue Ridge. The point at which the cavalry force should cross the river was not determined between the Confederate commander and his chief of cavalry, there being doubt whether the crossing could be made at Point of Rocks between the Union army and Blue Ridge, or between that army and Washington city. That question was left open, and I was ordered to choose between the points named at the moment that my command took up its line of march. So our plans, adopted after deep study, were suddenly given over to gratify the youthful cavalryman's wish for a romantic ride. General Longstreet does not pretend to have any written record or evidence to support his assertion; on the contrary, the record shows that at that time no such plan could have been entertained, or even discussed. He
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.20
ould 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 19th, the day that Longstreet says that all their plans of invasion were matured, and Stuart was ordered to follow his corps and cross
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