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E. B. Stuart (search for this): chapter 1.20
ood, June 22, 1863—7 P. M. Major-Genera J . E. B. Stuart, Commanding Cavalry. General,—General Leroof that it was not considered as a place for Stuart's crossing. He tells Stuart that it is bettery, but in front of both. If, on the contrary, Stuart had come over the Blue Ridge and crossed the Pet was west of the Blue Ridge facing east, and Stuart was east of the Ridge, it is hard to see how hGeneral Lee. But in his letter of the 22d, to Stuart, General Lee indicated no route—he merely ordewidening. He further says: Especially did he (Stuart) know that my orders were that he should ride on. But General Lee's final instructions to Stuart, dated June 23d, 5 P. M., shows what choice ofeport, at his headquarters. Should Read. Stuart's instructions to Robertson, which, through abver interrupted. General Longstreet speaks of Stuart's movement toward Ewell's right flank as a raier with precipitating the battle or losing it. Stuart was absent on the day it began for the same re[14 more...
Jonathan Singleton Mosby (search for this): chapter 1.20
d. 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.
James E. B. Stuart (search for this): chapter 1.20
he gaps on account of the presence of Longstreet's corps, Stuart was, to some extent, brought under his authority; for convenience, and to preserve concert of action, all of his correspondence with General Lee passed through Longstreet. In this way Lee and Longstreet were both kept informed of the movements of the enemy. On the day that Ewell left Hagerstown (22d), General Lee sent unsealed through Longstreet the following letter of instructions: headquarters, June 22, 1863. Major-General J. E. B. Stuart, Commanding Cavalry, &c.. General,—I have just received your note of 7:45 this morning to General Longstreet. I judge the efforts of the enemy yesterday were to arrest our progress and ascertain our whereabouts. I fear he will steal a march on us, and get across the Potomac before we are aware. If you find that he is moving northward, and that two brigades can guard the Blue Ridge and take care of your rear, you can move the other three into Maryland, and take position on E
John S. 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
June 19th (search for this): chapter 1.20
iew that portion of his book that relates to the management of the cavalry in the Gettysburg campaign. He says that on June 19th, under the impression that the cavalry was to operate with the first corps (Longstreet's) in the general plan, the comt 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 ag 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 If your advance causes Hooker to cross the Potomac, 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
22nd (search for this): chapter 1.20
t Hagerstown, Md., Early not having then crossed the river. General Lee says: I very much regret that you have not the benefit of your whole corps, for with that north of the Potomac you would accomplish as much unmolested as the whole army could perform with General Hooker in its front. * * * If your advance causes Hooker to cross the Potomac, 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 mea
January 23rd, 1896 AD (search for this): chapter 1.20
d. 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.
July 30th (search for this): chapter 1.20
bandoned it. Of course, when the base was knocked from under it, the theory fell. Who was responsible. General Longstreet now says that Cashtown was the place where General Lee ordered the concentration. He did not say so in the Century. He fails to show the genesis of the battle, and who was responsible for the defeat of General Lee's plans. I will first say that in my opinion General Longstreet was not. Hill, with Heth's and Pender's Divisions, was at Cashtown on the evening of July 30th. General Lee, with Longstreet, was still some distance west of the mountain. Every division of his army—infantry, cavalry, and artillery—was on the march, and converging on Cashtown on the morning of July 1st. They could all have reached there by night, or in supporting distance. On the evening before (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
February 2nd, 1896 AD (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
November, 1891 AD (search for this): chapter 1.20
ing of the kind, but a part of a combined movement of the whole army. The criticisms of Stuart are all predicated on the idea that Gettysburg was General Lee's objective point; and as Stuart was absent from the first day's battle he must, therefore, have been in default. But General Lee was not present in the battle; he arrived just at the close. On this assumption a plausible theory was invented that the battle was precipitated for want of cavalry. In Belford's Magazine (October and November, 1891), in an article on Gettysburg, based on a study of the records, I demonstrated the error; and showed that General Lee never intended to go to Gettysburg, but that Cashtown was his expected point of concentration. General Heth, General Longstreet, Long, and others, had represented Gettysburg to be the stragetic point on which General Lee was manoeuvreing. They forgot that we had held and then abandoned it. Of course, when the base was knocked from under it, the theory fell. Who was r
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