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THE NEW ORLEANS DAILY DEM( ATi
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS.
VOL. I1--NO. 5. NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY, (DECEMBER 23;, 1877--TRIPI'LE SHEET. PRICE, FIVE CENTS.
THE NEW YORK Il)llR0Ot.
MII "I.Aia o0 TIl agxriP0iliO A
:IMIgVlI of the Dflbrl - Attention of
Ielnled to the Wounded.
Yoa,, Doe 2 --Thir wn the amen nnx
'tow of peopl. alt, to pser' of the liar
aire to-dry. The ruin4 are rtillt
etil oen, and two strtmatia of w.dtor are
I d upon t l1the r , lTh+ ll lnwl Of.
1 botitg nisr flll Ia nils niry. Thorr are nunny
SIvanid, but the or, niot .niorilly
p l Is ha thtre wir, 'rhanolral of r.,lmnr
nestliar.
O n jA1r o hath heen found. The r- -
0al fthie debtrio i bing pushont am ramldly
me. . employed ani the 1Ilrimrurllnrno.o
low, The woundelr are being earnrI for
ti t.test attetion, nnI tihe frlrend of
I runremitting In thl u attuundanour
'Snto of their uInfortunate crotmlluaiontls.
CAPITAL NOTES.
IV, Itl l Onndltien of srrnator Patteraon.
IWA. TO4.tol, Dme, 21.- -Ir ptolh'" hiav, thrn
it fo .n eator Pdttr'tron' frinnoel., IºiranIu
IUO tl tminnnt.
Patterson Rentinlg ~ alRier.
,11f i fTOi8 , Dee. 92,-8,n'Utor P'att rson It
to-d.av. lilo tihtyeltelaneo think
t l O1 i doI Pang'ruosely clok, his ,ondli
Pldaog aht New Orleans Ouestom-llnuse
rErmployrs.
SWAIý noistr Doc. 32.--Dr. John Wharton.
dIMbe itr otffiner of the UnlutI HStaitt c.iowt
ltlV º,bý ween dRtailed by eun tarty ihori.
l New Orleansi and pDay off theo OUn
O Otoit)loynO at thatI lrrt, an the 4'at;,n
ild to olnfirmn the Coll(utor for Now
e re Is no ouft,l,,r attncuhed to the
ltpltli-oue there who Is ',mnpntent under
law tO dllsburi the moneys of tilue govern
S DOMESTIC INTELLI(GENCE.
CANADA.
Wanted-A Prime Fight.
QuUUOJ I~ee. 22.--There It oontidurratt u x
Ot!m.ohrt hore over the prospect. of another priro
t b~tweeo (Carnoy a1ld one of the chatnpiuons
. lit ttt. The formor's hbnkers art
SjbIint owr his winning the heavy woigllt
Sof theu Dominion in tle cuonteot
L sa , and havi aruthorlzed nJarney
, X lltUe a Oha&longe to Ilght aeording to lth
Si.re ring ruleo, wittl Iglht glIve., Prof.
. ler of New York, (this, or any man
m. I tlist foratlOianI ton thnmtptonnrhio. Tino
: I 1oDlp Opion Is tlhat Mlllnr or Iitos will nmolt
r; t6i~e la OJipon.
SPlllIs of Mllextlen Raiders Beyond the
Border.
OpAn AlTrono. Dee. 22.--Informatilon rol'nh-ved
eI-di-y ays that Wlinot. Wart, with a dlota'll
Sot 0nh.vtry, follow Ie too trail of the raiders
Io r ndo, on the tnth. Wllhen bue rt"e;ched
rv i he sent Ward to he Mexican ofll'nr, to
. W Having the trail, he was invitrl
Oan oftfnr to oroas, and thei Am'rl
S 6lex,1 a troops followed the trail Into
twenty- ve mtso but, otilng to recent
wýhh obliterated thei trail, tho pa rouit
.~a e Ito luun, ard rottrnedn to Taxnt
Ot 9th. The exicans v luntoered co
ttl on d pDromlsd it n the future.
MalteNs Pursued Aeress the Border.
IMe.&xIesa Dso . n.-Fiv Mexlian, who
t LdthoLowut of 'allo, ani stole
0 3T&K.r· Wtur by th shorlrff and
1t aler'i Field, last. night a part
'1dt ene solret the jail, or broke open the
s , an l too th Mexicans. and
tti hunalg them in the roar of thoe ourt
o Te lynochers made no rattemont to c'on
alt identtty.
the PlttIsbrg lot Cases - Change of
Venue granted,
~ tl.., Pa.~ Doe. 22.--A c'hangs of venue
In ngfrnted y the nommn Plean Couart
S uits brought nRaainst Alloghany count y
o .I ep. Droporty destroyro during the
SriOts. 'The cases will be trans lfrrtd to
E ' O nt Cau, local rjudle Iso
it plalntiff as to rorntldi a fair trial.
OH S. eitenvolvin he liability of the, count.y
O tfor losses wII be appeal ed to the Bu
prelme urt.
The Light Weight Champlonshilp.
PIILADILPHiA. Dei. 22.-The artileso of rnoe
frt for prite fight, for $50io a side and tthe
t weight champlonshlp of Amnluricll, sent to
Yw York by Harry HhLkens a purill-t, of this
have been olgnri by Miike Oburn. Tl.n
takel pla.res on the 2d of Februl.ry nIxt.
e uglis' fight at .othll wllhtl. The tight
E plce within tsi ,t I'on of Now York.
FOREIGN NEWS.
ENGLAND.
emunetien of Iron Workers' Wages.
LONDON. Dec.22--In consequence of a pro
oed edue ion of wages to take effet after the
holidass, 1000 iron workers at Sheffield have
easned work.
--- .--
WAR NOTES.
An Attack Upon Erzeroum Improbable.
LO.po . Dec. 22.--A dispatch to the Times,
rom Pnra. says: The Itussicn concentration
an attack upon llrzroum failed. The atta ck
jsQw improbable. Tihe Russians are suffer
ais fo provisions and forage.
Rsaaa IndlWffrent as to England's Ae
tlin.
. PTItUMBURO, Dec. 21.-Th'e Oolosh publishes
lrtiea soeon the early meeting of the British
arllaent. and the possible measures of the
Uglish Cabinet. The article de lares that Rus
sia may wait without anxiety the result of this
politlcal episode and may quietly continue the
work she begun in the firm conviction that Brit
nt~llrlgue will in no way hinder the triumph
S ecorating Prince Charles.
BUCtAREBT, Dec. 21.-Prince Charles. of Rou
mani reoeived the iron cross from the Emn
teror William.
THE DEMOCRAT AND TIlE PRINTING
CONTRACT.
IMarkeville (Ivoyelles) Bulletin.]
The New Orleans T1mes denounces Lieut.
Gov. Wilts and Senator Robertson for the
and the position assumed by these gen
in the Printing Board in relation to
the appointment of a Public Printer. We do
mot agree with the Times. According the
ontract to the DEMOCRAT may cost the peo
pie a tew thousands of dollars more; still we
believe that they are prepared to make this
aermifoe in order to reward true merit
and fidelity. The people of the State
will not soon forget the valuable services of
Sthe DEMOCRAT in the last campaign, and the
tion o Lieut. Gov. Witz and Senator Rob
ertan was but a correct interpretation of the
publOi pulse in this matter. Dollars and
enats have little to do in this matter; it is
atly one of principle, and instead of cen
atur. g weare prepared to congratulate these
.entlemen upon their wise and patriotic ac
i.i~v4ng e a new lease of life to the peo
pie' campion and that firmest of all city
Sthe New Orleans DEMtOCRAT.
[L Propgateur Catholique.]
The DEMOCRAT has just reached its second
asniveusary, which it must have celebrated
with more reason in that this excellent jour
, nIs today in full tide of prosberity. It Is
,ttal that the DaiocnAT has pased
ny hardships, to which, In the
t a well nigh succaumbing.
t~ It has vanquished all dimculties
end , every obbtale, ani It. effort.
: oe b n cr oned with a suae It l sow
aI ' _.).ýi
Seatel upon 4 olid foundations, the strongnnt,
of all bIing tIln great popularlly whlih It 4e4
j.oY, due as mnluch to the patriotiU m as to lth
1a lnt of Its edlltors, We join our eongratula
tions to tthose already adrlrensrl by the pIra
14 that jolllrnal, which in nolw onjoynl
ntllought but, thll prosperity which it, well de'
IN, o. linen
We tendlr our11 con' frl)ret, the iM'IA'r, olur
4inc1re4, con.lratullation 4 upon theo )0,144wion of41r
tim oleledo0 anniversary of it1 foundation.
Minen it har conlim into 0xi43c t ilhe 1)ir4i.
('IA'T has pan4.ed through lllllny Itrying eoxpe
1rlncnts, bult It, hIl Ilnally lllrmountll all
ohlstaena 11 a4111 In loW 4s4Rurely senat)' l 4 11 l)on a
4olhi basnl thait a.sre' it' Iof ong life( An 1on
rgotKi(0 chapllllllol of thlle I.4emocrd,' t' party, It,
he largeOly c4ont'ri),utell 1 the su. n' of thell
V441lt ,rl r no 444141Ipll lnfl 44? 157t. 41,l44 n(4l!l)44 1,14 41
4vent1, ofur flnew (4government, ,the indep41nd4'en
and tIalent iof its e(itorial nI cltnlll8 hav4 overy
diay Iln0r1"relasul It. popIulari ity thrlo4lighout the1
ltate. We wlh it a eontilnu.ation of the 4prof
4Prity wh1th I shlown by the appe0.ran'ce of
(Hhrnvoenrt Tlmnn.l
Th'i oard of I'lulli Printing nint in Now
Orloans on the, IlBrt Monba, y in thli motI,h
and 44!elevtAl Mr. (lh.4, W. I)up re, of t,,he I)tri
o 'InAT, IA 4l) I,o, plblle ptrint l.y for the .41nsu 'I
igi year. I'hls i 1t a J t, j o)llllll4nllnt, io
the I,)an;tonATf ro the ildo.ity with which it
hInsexc4(ut4l l It4s 4l1t ('ontracl'lt,, antd for than zeal.
and ability with whichl it hIa1 d4'efe11nded the
bost Illterest of l;the State.l
The 4arn alttempt wIs madein nas lIst ynar
ion gt lthe board to lt I ot, the printlng 1. th lle
hlowest, I1hhletr. There s1 nlothlling in the Inttnr
or F)ilrit of thn law which !could( poI4sIy wIr
rant, anay ]such consatruction of it. The 144ard
i1 only required t1o contract wllith "such person|
no they Iliay cxnalleir proper an.I ri'(esponsl
Ible," "at a l1resonalble Irat ',' wht1ich rate in "not
to nxt44l4 t.he maximum ilxedI by the arlt." It
will thulsR he4 o4bservedl tlhat, the Iboard 1s vecnted,
with J 444t 4etPh a dlsertion as it Ihas nx0r4'al4..
It, mliKght happn, as It doubtle has4 haptHcntd,
and will ofell ( happon. that tie higLhest blider
will be the lmos1t plroier and responsi4lle person
t,o entl4rust with these important dulti4.
'Thie rate fIxed bIy the nct are extremely
low. In fact, If It hadl I.nl the design o1 the?
last LJogislaturn to starvo e out tlhe conse44rva
tive pr~es It could not have Ilit upon a more
ha1ppy expeileot. It has, theref4ore, butl the
ol)J11,t of the unitel aninmladvrsation of the
whole conse(7 rvative 4pre4s. 'Th la,(orer 18
worthy of his h1ire, no mnaLttor whether he
lahors for tho publ', or for a private Indivhl
ual. It Is not the true 4policy of the Stati to
nHt the example of getting work donen below
it legitlimate value. The printing rate( m4ir
as low aR the work canl Ie doplin for, and If any
one olT"rs to do it, for ioss It I for 1 o4 n 4 il44 -
rior pur4emo1. It is either to drlve1 out1 all
4t41l4lpntltin),t or 41444 to lIly ,the f 1undatl.in for4
a bill for rolldf before some L.egislature, which
shlloullll, perhaps, Ibecomle a4 ilboeral as thile
RtadI Ia Lgislatures have bee/n.
l1ut Iupposi)) that theI o)1bjet (r the1 Ioa4rd
was to 41u1tain a party orgll as hIa4 nollt only
Ibm Insilnuatled ibut openly 'charg(' l. We still
hold that Its4 atction was right anlld il'proper.
We as1ulnme that the, prlinciple of the )4l'emo
crath.1-('on4r1vatlive party are right, and will
bes4t ,onducrle to the Ilt e4.vt of the Itx-paxy
o4rs of the State. If they aroltight, thlnn they
ought to be propagat'ed by all logitimate
meilans. Among th..se me4ans is the voice of
the public prou. The support of the party
ptress by bestowlng on it the publhl patron
age, has ever been conaldered by all polti
cal parden ase irfeotly lgitimate. No one
ever thought oldenoulIine the Whig party
for making Mr. Oales, or the )mrnocratch par
ty for makng Mr. Ritchie printer to Congress.
The newspaper, therefore, which the mo(t
faithfully upholds correct principles should
receive this patronage, and no Journal which
is unfaithful to them should receive it at any
pric. We presume that no Conservative
would be willing to see the Repub1liean public
printer, even if It should offer' to do the print
ing at much lower rates than those Ilixed by
law.
What the l)omoerati4'-Conservative party
wants in an organ that will advocate Its [,ril
olpe11 In days that are dark as well as tlhos o
that am light. It wants an organ that will
not run after this or that god whonever a
proper occasion offers. The people of the
State do not believe that there exists among
the New Orleans daily papers printed in the1
English language any paper that comes up no
nearly to those requlirements as the Dinico
(nAT. Hence they indorse the action ot the
State hoard. They would not Indorse it if the
Legislature plundeird the treasury to sup
port the DEMOORAT es the Raralicals plun
dered it to tsupport the l.rpublic4an. hlit, of
this ther les no danger ulnh1er the a4ct of thie
Lgislaturoe which regulatoe the matter.
NARINI NBWN.
H8olrnwgsT PAR. I)o. 22.-Arrived: British
ship Stamboul. Calnn. Intlllr. 44 dlays from Liv
orpool, in ballast, to mallt.s(r: hoonor Santo
Oterl. PI'izzatl. master. s days from 11illa,. with
fruit, to Otorl Bros. Hallied: Hteamship City
of Me+xilo. Wind N. E.. light. Wother cloudy
and hazy.
P'onr EARs, De. 22.-Arrl.vdl: British steam
ship Abdil, at 12:so p. m.. .lTone, master, from
Liverpool. to A. K. Miller &, Co.; steuamship
Morgan City, at a n. m.. Head, master, from New
York, to C. A. Whitney & Co. Balled: Steam
shit A itmore, ship lock Terra"o, bark Ystawa.
hark Nimrod. bark Energie. Wind N. E., light.
Weoather fuggy.
Trade Dollars tor Circulation.
[Cincinnati Commercial ]
Several tons of trade dollars have boon
brought to this city, and a ready market has
boon found for them, but they cannot be said
to be in circulation. There is a tendency to
hoard these splendid dollars. We ourselves
ptaid out about $5000 in the trade coin, and
have not received half a dozen of them over
the counter. This shows that the people are
pleased with silver, and prefer it in making
up their little reserves, put away for rainy
days.
The IPaclflne Hallrand.
ISt. Louis Times.1
WARFINOTON, Dec. 18.-The Senate Judici
ary Committee is disposed to compel the Pa
cific railroad companies to meet all their lia
bilities by the payment of a specific annual
amount to be invested in United States bonds
as a sinking fund, and will not report Thur
man's bill or the proposition of the railroad
companies themselves.
Danger attends teaching the catechism for
purposes of exhibition. When the committee
came to examine the class each boy knew
what question he would be asked, and what
answer would be expected. It so happened,
however, that one lad was missing, and the
question, "Did God make you ?" was put to
the next in order. The reply was original and
astounding, "No, sir; the boy that God made
has gone home with the toothache."
Because of the numerous classes there is
greater variety of life in the streets of a Jap
anese city than in one of America. Tokio
streets are named for trees, flowers fish, ar
ticles of food, trades, etc., and I lived at the
corner of Brocade street and Congratulation
Avenue. The crookedest in the whole city is
called Conjugal Avenue.-[Prof. Griflis.
They say that Stanley Matthews is trim
min2 his sails for the next gubernatorial
no lnation in Ohio in which event, of course
Stanley is wasting his precious time. A good
many things may happen to Ohio, but it will
be a very long time before Stanley Matthews
will be again struck by office of any kind.
[Philadelphia Times.
Maryland is to have a convention in Balti
more on the 20thand 21st inst., to consider the
tramp nuisance, especially as an annoyance
to farmers. lon. Montgomery Blair will pre
side.
uAso. I BLUnBD Tazz. Co wer . eon
1i.u,--4e the adv"rdsesmin ' Mests. Nash 1
iod n oa uorFo Sale" colauon,
'THE I AT'fTLE OF' GEFTTYSJJURw.
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willIit ordenrs worn 4414i4t nft'r (bin. 1444 roti'9vo11
ltfirnt. 14lof4, on fho lIt., u IIIof lnt 1114434 of ,4lfl44,
itatl .4. It'rt4. atiny, 4444 nidtrih ooi' kerr1 hadl
4'rom.44 hlit I'4" .4 441444.. 'Th14mI" bll i'id' 44 44oi4444
I44'n P4)14 4' tIt WVhlla4.44 rtr, 4u4 tIli 241 44 .lity.
i444 H'Irt.nk't Itile ranl, 414t1 vII. l Itu 4in )I s to
141'p444int ott 1144 (' hiul 4t of I144 Wt r. i maris,, ii.
44444 a4441 airrl vil n4r Iiym1I stt iit114 I d iof
.liy, ninto441 tloIkp 44.44y' 4.t In tho lhait414 4nd
worst 4'.44o ont44 ou4 lr rlight. soa44r l''tt~lrilsi(iI. 44 ill 4 c
44.rlt 4.y1, 4241 veii. Woi4i'I y 1J'a4141 ,t)'r.1 ". I
''liThy woV.i4 141441 olrnl, nii o itvl l 1.4444 it, Il
III nvi1loin o 1''. u1V44.itn or 114 th44 141.114 (ill f
Iett bytshr 4 , btt. inerfy 44ldl iit guardng our
trtI n4144 to 4itpi r'otr 44.t4144i444r44i44W4.144 44t'144 wltot
wn ri'r41. Thrl nr4 14 444 mo0n rp fuor cll intt
lng t.14)44 14rig144144 44.4 44 parti. oif tltp torie with
whtlu'l Gen. 1.4.n fougt t u(4,I batillni iif (1i11tyysnulit
th4n1 th1444re 41 f or 144t4t4( as i4 part of Mw4.4
fuor e u Ith dawn batik, rho 40,444 or t4li44 mon
undnr French. iut FriwdplrIek 44414 Ha44rper 44 Furry,
and the very nonnlderuil for4 untder (' ub. at
Harrisburg, all of which were hee d tadslo
MInad4,4 ordurs, and wore ailtiallily .'mplliyoul
fir ithe purpose of wahsitng f~woli's atvaioe 1.o
thep M44slttu44444tsa t 44nd4 h44r41.44ilni him tsa4r '444
thI, mia4r4'1 to (hInttyMhltrg fromil Ot4r~lisi", am4 wag
thIt "i'4444 with4 4444444444 fiiti'i. 14.44 p.rotec411tng
ftlpai'ii eiinmitiii'a14rt4 4.4144 nIL)roa, 444 wts ilho
l'l4444 with Irrnitih'a llliUmmtt.nd. I11ofl444144'4 41444
Jioi4"' liriwit4Ium i''444Ita ly iitturitho oirver 314444
44tn,4 an44. v'rv jlrobabT1y olvir 1414144. Ta4k44 thorn4i
froum Col4. Ta44yloir's ilMtimltntl of (14,4)144, and t h4.rn
wnill l1441f 1 if y 11444.4 114,1444 44.44 4444 tuu r r4444l 441.r14414I.b
44!. (hinll 414114ir. llttoIisi14444 44444441 brlW4441p. 4141gh4
44.1441s 14'x0,1 4444.4 I roi 444 1.1444 lt. o4: 1441if oulr fortiP
pmtro44i444 fliti' ll114.id4 1444 th44 H1ti1.Ittiiro, andi 141414
1aio4 d rod 4141, 444 i tiVJ Ily wa4y 44! Miitlinin 4414.
burg(. wP tut, i (1 Ittn lbm,uirg4~t,4. anil by this Iii' .4r
4.4144"14 reatii'h 444 llip vinl nily ofutsybr (14.n)P1U t 4.1
on t~his a4ft4ruo 44 of4 tif " :14 t 4.; hilt. I havo not. mol4dt
any44 44..i4444444(4 fir Ithat brigado.
A stateid biy Cil. Taylor, our infantry a
shoiwnI by I ho ofllil rntl ria iif th11 ;4t. of
Lirelovn)44. 114444 ntugnI)r4d ti4,itri. t1444 at4ri fury
441404 44.nd this 4444v44lry 514314. making144 ous! w14;.41i
t(or44 t144n 654,:442.
III' mays)4 I'4tt.14r4w'm 1IrlW4441i juttouls thn, army
a4f44r I hatl date1; 1.4it to) lffmit the, Ini'r444144 by nILu
44(14 o! thaI ati144441itl 144n14 of41im r'gmnt and444444 4i
1,144 while it (Jiri..4'4 i~rIgai~il of I'iokisi1.i 1Ivl
milnl remim4.nedin t Virgcinia. at.1 llitiover Ju tt,
M iviio was14lf WhIP do 1C14111In tft4 tior'o oif in
fantry 44ho4wn hy thi roiIrnm4 4)t Matiy :ti. It. loft,
144( vil rlity of t rodl~rickibulr4! oi4 l.ltn4 It (4f.f444.o
and4( at- Culpoplur I.ltur1.-if s o4n114 fi.t13 4111h, whon
Its 44unt44!4C sin 444.4 4444t1whtl! 14444s thtan whoa my
rftl.itrn oft May :1 wit ll. 441.44. liy ruts441 (I f t. f ox
hi4m.tnlIon, foot1 440r1n44444 and44 strgiiW ngt "sflmmon4
1.o)4all armiesf a4nothe44r riurllrt wt4.4 m14ds,, witlol
144 now before1 4.44, a4,4d 44ho(ws:
Offll'ilri. Mon.
In Itlye4'4 ltrIlt4a14, for ditl V. 1:11ts 1.41111
Int 11ok(4'4 rigadl4.4, for duty1 .. . .421; 1.4144
In (bor '4444 lBrIWI 141. for 414ty4 . 144 2,4144
lit Sith'sl4 Birigtidi, for slul y1 . . 1414 1.24:4
6140 43,1444
* 1(5
In all, exclusive of divisTon and brigade
staff a.............. . ..........- ..... .. 7.220
My return for June 2o, made at Shhpherds
town. two days before I cro:sed the I'otomac.,
also now before me, shows:
Otfloers. Men.
In Ha ys' Brigade, for duty........ 119 1.281
In olokn's Briu'iae, for duty. .... t 1.225
In IGordon's Itigade. for duty .... 175 1.860
In Smith's Brigade, for duty....... 7 758
487 5,124
487
In all, exclusive of division and brigade
staff........... ........... ..... 5,611
This shows a decrease of 1615; but that in
Hoke's and Smith's Brigades was caused mainly
by the absence of threeo reglments from those
brigades left to occupy Winchest- r and guard
the prisoners taken theorand at Martinsburg
back to St unton. The decrease in Hays' and
Gordon's Brigades was 679. of which 163 re suited
from the loss in the fighting .at Winchester,
leaving the net loss in those two brigad, s,
frm exhaustion, foot-soroness and strag
gling, 51.. Their aggregate strength on
the loth of June was 4024; so there
was a loss of a little more than 12 per cent In
those two brigades from other cau-es than cas
ualties in battle from the lorh to the 20th. Thy
were composed of as good an I wet -seasoned
soldiers as any In ih t army. and I think I can
certainly a-sume that there was at le.st the
same percentage of lo-s in the entire infantry
of the army fr ,m the 31st of May to the time it
crossed the Potomac. Twelv' per cent on 54.
336 gives 6552, which being deducted, leaves 47.
834 as the strength of our infantry when it
crossed the Potomac, without deducting my
three regiments that were left behind or the
loss sustained in Ewelt's Corps in the fighting
at Win,.hester and Martinsburg, whih amount
ed to 269.
Add toe entire artillery and cavalry without
any deduction and our whole force would be on 1y
61.830. But the fact was that the cavalry had had
a very severe engagement wi h that of 'he ene
my near Brandy Station, on the 9th of June and
several other severe engagements near the Blue
Ridge before it er ssed the P ,tomac, in which.
If Hooker's telegrams are to be acoepted as cor
rect, our cavalry was v.ry badly handled, if not
almost destroyed.; but I take no account of
them.
It is well known how rapidly cavalry dimin
ishes from the loss of horses in ac
tion or on the march-in- fact, much more
than from loss of men, when there
are no means of replacing the horses, as
was the case with our cavalry. Stuart carried
three brigades with him across t e Potomac, to
wit: Fita Lee's. Hamp to,'s, and Wm. H. F.
Lee's; Jenkins' Brigade, not exceeding 1500 or
ieo, accomDpanird Ewell. and one battalion of
caval. Whi e's,. was with my division, while
Imb den went a one the Balt more and Ohio
Bailro d. then to Mc'connellsburg. ad fr.om
thence by the way of Chambnersbur to Gettys
burg. This was all tle cavalry that went late
Pnr1In van yln at tlre tIf r ollyr tinyivndr tlit tht,
rHt tte, lbO ,wrtt mn'l nlId . Iottr' btillin I, ft b,"hlnt d
atn trlrrwly vtatlid. tiven Ihork' r. who I ntltnatetnd
our ferr' thtlnt pl.lA1d througl h r tI terRl own it,
l7,1ix1 iInt ,ntry rand avitlry and 2111 glinal altl
wots, by nio meIan, t wlpoised to unditrrato, any
tart, tf nur armyl, hi' no' t nplt pt the navlry with
i| noart Iroyrr ld ur ixn i( (J in. Itotpl, llicl 171,
atilI Mr. .I. Evirett IPmramon. of nI tminttntor,
M trytirlllnd, who, natrrativn ia ,orltitltntl
in Ill, I tlr.anli't.lnrtl of the Houthtt rn Histor
tortl ttitlt y (i.oithotrn Maulcine for Jan
illr,v. IHT5I 1 Itty1 Of ilSllt rt nlrlmrnr nttni
Ilt it p.asHtiI through Ihat1 plta on Inll itilh io
Iulltlt: "Although t41111 lman itcr ior iltiri l I tleo whol,
comnimadl +itrc'lh ofl it., roximltn nti nnirnl++d1U 1 th.11
tlnlllllnr to a Inliovl"' (In1n, Fit, Larn without.
givingt ally stuttien ilmnt ts, tp, " tt+i fr tir vwfith 4iu ,nrft,
an.ym: " 1't tbrnail uof (iii.Jttikini. Nthtur "all
in tlnl at twi troPlls whtn tlavingi Virginia."
Now, t lO il,'. tIt. ha"It tllrt, hItl no mans r of
knoit wing) .inkllit' itrt'ngth all lll.t brle w1ig 1 hadl
nievi ws"rv'd undiIar hin, i., (n11, In Ib | r l . fr
Vm It. llln i mbr'l aboutll 1i fnil whim It jolneof
hilm ort the twnlith of Jinm, and Maden anot a
di Ii paI' tho tlillnok ion the twontvy-nightlh of
J In ,it gi vi Ig a ul at it eriti Is rnit lnd hi t lv pnr
slti fln llft Illlgratrwnt. who saw with v',ry latrin
Inottnirifying gli tran'. and phiind ourr arclvy at.
viry aI .ivy It!r+ FI, whil, s11 "R1( ! "inava lry
cam', Itr vt a w n . I lt Montitay--(I tis Jttn
kll having l0f Into ounlttl ilnfalntry, talbi to me
pinkid tirin Pfrom Jii 'km1i . rtinl n, ani thran or
foitur hunlired .tavalry otf hils owi." (tolrn, lunt..
4711 .ttnktinm hIt tuhan with him t ill of him n.v
tlry, lot no moI IttItId lflatt ory --'hotugh all of
Ilsli I'v, trv alight buthl t o bitity mtlomunlt
ndl. for it w' irmlrnd ns incuh only. I think it,
vatlltry ttito lil n hir-ttrt ttl tw the w irt our nav
ilt y in I'tItntsylvatntr , texluhivn oft Itob'rta ,n'"a
wnfrl ,)mot' r II' llgal i. did not n11 11nil 0llIln, or
Tria ttitt h io t. Iti, I.tlintltu g the artllliury at
4t001, wt ih mttiiakit a vatry miriall at owr nii, for id
crtamwi, antd ou r ntlre t.riti nlth t.It lpavt btmi
Ilmn thlan 11,1001 by mom) n 2(001 or t M ; itInd oven InU
t.rlll noar hn.vlrltin xtarr+d I that nil imbtri mort
thtanl rin fw thiadrio, If It, rn-trhOd irt. It mist
b, hiori Irt in lnd that our mrntrih, all tip, tlimt
from tin t strt,, loni Is from tthe wirtlires from
whih't otur ranktw inold ie rfliled, ant hettn,
outr lont nt wre prrnrRantnnt for tht nitir
'nm palgnr n, I havn iia, i allt wance for thnlI
dil rIaus aftr wit ,rossed the I',ttomtma: illt we
Itd lntmenl ll v in thea.
(J)o. Taylor glv.s our mtrcngth on the 201th of
.lti'y. after we had rmtuirne to the Valley, al
4l.:la nTiTtive Intfantry and art. lurv. a dll 7412
navalry-+in all 411,#01; and, 1ne+. h dhodtllnd+e
ioulr tita at aboui ,irltlt.
T'Iit I iodii of tntlm ,ting thlr lirain many itmnr
tanll vry niairly tlhe iir+ l poa., that t i, Iho nim
ier iof nito phttel /r n d' roItitt ; butiit, It. l al
ir' Titi tiogl rtat iset ti Lni apprIlnhanrton. The
oiletial rwnprts how the la, I In t.hli Infantry
alnd irtteinry of the nsvtiral curpsi dlne, a fol
In Langsfmltrita oi'rp om . 7.,109.
I itn I l'w!', rp1 - 1,114
l1 Ilill'as onrpi t .. . ... ,1112
Total ..2. . t 7:15
Thi Is in xlottstiv of tthe lo. in the navalry,
whllh wall not Inton+ilderatblo.
Adtid ill reporte'd Inu oif 22,713i to the1 49,e0l,
and it witn 't givn 71,785 as iotr forgeo In the ,arn
itghrpn. Add thie tamn lIo1 to the iefftt' tiv ,l n
faittrvy anlt artltillry smthowp by the returna of
,JuPy 21, rind It would n it 1,12u as the mtrtigt,h
of thl a aritMrtn; and ttledutring the artillery from
t hi latttir ntumr.tr, it. would app'ar that wt had
ariot. ar oli0 infrantry in tht nmppnaltn, whrasar
tirhe r'itllrnrt of May ai tlhiow ooly 54 350l.
(!,1. Taylor orinalts to takea intl) consideration
thll very large rtrimant, oif infltntry, loinnniman -
+vi by (to. Whar ton, the Fifty-flrst Virglni ,
whiti4 arrived at W rhtsl,tr frfrom Ho thwwtsrnp
Virgistia while wit wre In I'itnnsylvinla, thin
I-.otInvailnhelint wounded fromtn the blattle tfields
of (Jhaneal Iorivilln and Frtedetrlaksburg (Iecond)
thftt had, bythe twentieth of July, reachtd the
valley. as well ao my three r.giments that were
lti behind, and thn stragglers and dihtabll man
whmohad come up. ThIs om -lon gives rhse ton
criticlsm on hits estimates, which has alrealdy
been made by a distiLngtumd foreign writer on
thtt war In a privamt.o etter to mrself.
The dNlstrapany btween (1ol. Taylor's estl
mate uand the offi.ial returns of tbhe loss may e
rt.mn.ncld in this way: Thorn who lagged be
hind or foll out of the ranks for any couse before
wit crossed the Potomat could not rujoln Ithe
army aft,+r that time before our ret-urn. When
/lnidw of May and the etrly part, of June, and
prhapma some r,:ruiti. Home of them came
with thei supply orduianIn trin, which was a
part of that at akattd by tiher oneomy's cavalry at
Willitmsauprt taur lthe batt, l atnd many more
rtanth'Id uits In the Vt lly by I(he 2I. h of July
illtving Won tisamllotdm t w there whil e were ain
I'ennisylvania t. My thrlon reglments that hall
boottn uft behlind wort thenou counted n thIn rt
turns. am I aippome was the case with Whar
Ion't rugim'tnt. Bty thvsi mans the ranks of
thlt army thud bool n Increiadri probably tor
the oxtent of some atHXJ) or 10.000t men
mIoreover, many of those reported wounded
were very sllghtly wounded, as It wias
the, i'untom to report as sicth all who were hurt.
howVevtir slightly, and some vEtry Inslgnlfiat
surtltchoi sometnirp H were reportted iluder the
hea orf wounds. Many of the milghtly wounded
id nriot, in fail., properrly conmt under the hera
Of lostse to tst army. as they marteid with it
or with the ambuhlance trains. bringing off their
trmns antld itplpeints, anld, without, being sent
to hoiispitals, sooni rturned to duty. Their sor
vihou wrel not, tutuilly lot., or were ltst for so
short a tino as not to warrant. their tning
count'd in trhe raIl losses of the army.
Making thai allowatnit, antd Col. Tylor's enti
mate orf our tlosshs in the wholo campaIgn Is not
ftir from corrant.
T1o illust' ate this view: The om1iial reports of
Longstrett, Jaksoi alnd D. II. Hill, in whose
comiatnds wrn comprxised the whole ot our In
fantry and artilltry 'ngaied In the campaign,
blinnping with Codar ltun In August, itC2,. and
ending with the minor engi.g .unents in the
Valley af or htiarpsburg. from first to last, show
for that perilod ai los of 2129114 In kitled and
wounded alone. Th H. if course, excludes the
cavalry, and yet ti.t poturns mlO by the meid
leal dirateor of the army, whicth accompany
Gen. Lo'ts report. show only 9..u6e killed and
wounded in all arum. including the cavalry,
for the same period. This results from the fact
tihat a eonsitderable number otI hose reported si
woud..d did not oven require surglcal treat
.ment or attllentlon.
The returns at the close of 3uly, a1t., nine
hs befruori the battle of (Gdar rBin. or h-augh
ter's Mountiain. s.ow tt9.tts9 for duty In the ve
martmint of Notthdern Virgina. No new troops
reab'hred the army alter those returns were
iade before the campaign oaenti; sombe em
wbraced in It weret left at lchmond, and did not
paticipate in the campaIlgn. The returns for
t+eptember, made afteIr harpsburg andl tho
minor engagements followIng it, show for du'y
2,rO9. whiule th, loss in Longriret's. Jackson's
uind D. H. Hill's commands, includig missing.
for the period abovs statd, was gs,57i. Tous
rigdn excludes the cavalry. Adul the numbhr
shown by the rotu ns at tne close of Beptember
and the above loss, and there will awpar a
force of 74,181; yet it is very certain ,hat Gen.
Lute did not have, in tha campa'gn ag.dnst Pope
ira McClellan, in-luding all that came up
while it was progressing, that number of
men by many thousutds. Add the 52.69u
shown by the teptember rturnat to tha
toss shown by the Medical Director's
report it killed and wounded alone for Boons
boro', Cr'opton statar, Harver's Ferry. Sharps
burg and Shepherdstowt, which was i ,'291. and
we have i2,t0a to begin that series of enuage
ments wi-h, and yet we know that we had no
sui.h force the, e. Without counting the lots in
killed, wounded and m.ssing at 8harosburg,
which was 8to or 1O 000, and the September re
turns would gives us 62,609 to fight that battle
witt. and counting the losses, about ooo,0, yvt
Gon. Lee says he had less tha i 40,OO0 men at
Sharpaburg. and I feel sure that 30,000 would
cover our torct of infantry and artilery on the
dleld at that battie.
It comes within my personal knowledge that
Lawton's brigade of Ewel.'s division, which di
vision I commanded during the latter part of
the battle at Bharvsburi and from that time.
had on the field only 1150 men.and its loss there
was 554 in allied and wounded; and yet bef!rn
the return of September was made it numbered
nearly 2000. 'J his great qcoesaion of strength
was caused by the return of cony. le-cent,.
stragglers and temp rarily disabledi men who
h d fallen out of ranks before we cro-sed the
Potomac. A less time elap ed between the battle
of Sharpaburg and the close of betemb r than
be'ween the battle of G tty-burg and the 20th of
July, and thesr illustrations will serve to confirm
my view that the force shown by the returns of
July 20, 1863. included in it very many men who
had never crossed the Potomac at all
I hink it may be assume t as very certain
that we had lees than 60,00o eff -ctives of all arms
a Gettysburg. and that the battle was to ght
with som thing under 50.000 isfantry and ab.ut
4000 artillerymen on our hide. the e vairy mere
ly serving to proteet our flaks Hnd guard our
trains, as from the nature of the ground they
could not be employed in the battle.
I will now give some consideration to the evt
denee in regard to the Federal strength at the
Iamttl, ita tlt ihars ai very Importan' rhlation to
i jilt e1111timl aMe ,f tiorI bahle Itpelf. If, rIit mut. th
Iirnai In runi.ld ,iatt whin IIofkor movid front
thue hianks of the Itpt Iith sjnok, his rotll, lid
him all tie tirnelttowards tho uoulr.eAn from whlnh
lis army wan tar bh r, nrulitod:l that. while htlno
'rolto of our army was ther ari of n iruli- he
mvedl on thin nhord of it; and that, thornirr.
oulr mrovrint sl hi i hio, raid whil, hi q worn
sleow. Wiinn our army haid nrosspd the
I'. tulrnn' W he, was naltli to rnnriiit
his strlutti. illt iiily Iromn thie no illnva
,!,nts fr th hoiiteIs at, Wrllh fnntoii. Intl
timor" ind lu rther North,. tiriin mnush having
nilatil to' nahit thii" wiil nitnd fromn it,, theI'lsi
ir 9(hini.Ilorsvill hn'I Fridirinknbhurg toe h4n
to rut iii, to diliy but tisi trim thre trots In
th, idlit.uses of Wahington iijnth of thi I, ,0o
min', now rn.ld ureld u..Ions thero, ats wall npi
from nlow rr"rulits nlllWlring ti thne lmany lar
ilnt lnalonlsa Itj the "l'ioyal Nnrlth" to rally to t.lh
"'staindard of 'h Unif l an) Uio" d h, .if ',lt'- rf the
Inviididi "luoyal I4at0,l," ans will an of th i natf,iond
uitptil, it was nt lprotblin, 9threfore, Ithat,
hfis arm ay sh ll ll do'rnel1i from ciiIp.t's IlmItttr
to thmll that w're dilminlshing ours, Il ci hint
of sttff. wilho Atius.niqiu'ntI(ly ioiuiul'd l t11 1 saraI
rilt, un tio M dlo. il hs fIt Ita llinony (tIon. Ktip.,
429),·a. snys hitatothn tornthoi fu ll Wl.n Ionlioker
Wats yilt, iton the Ilrpt pahannni! k. "ti',, Fi rsl Ciorps
hi iti 9 ,'itr '; t'4e-ops I orps. 1e0it1 : T ' hirt ' Corpi,,
11,t.s FIf h Corps, 10 1i.; H rttl (Corps, , ir. t.;
liiovinntl h torp9. 10 77; '1'Twlth Unt(J'p,. 791r,;
minakilng In el1, 71,20t,"
Thia iwas nxnlluvve of the ctvyIlry, which
ftI.ns, In ih history of the hbattin, cinrnei's
tol havel btorin 12 lim. antilid orf tuhn roaorv'
atrt.illlry. which O n. fHunt,, n his t,,eil
miniy. says constitutlI ir-.-thlird of tie
artll iry of the ri, rv. Itihortiold, th i c hlif of
AtIT, In rmo v to t,he l1n~ ll-n: " lldat ttlhen to.rn
lany o lidirab.l', rchIIllugo inl tfh, arlny ii 4rwwoin
the , Ith ior .lin and til t, l imn r i I .nu t. of tlt
ty4tllr ' fought?"R s''l Iayi: "A portltn of the
1'nnlsyivan[ It 9 servios, ppi}op 41.9t or rilsmn, htul
b oin ult led to thn Fl h tift . ris: IUnimoral Ht.aun
nlard'3 Vermonost Jrlgwa, hal buipnun ul'ld to the t
Ftirst, Corpst, but wern to go out, of u nrviio vu ry
shortl.t, i t wis, hwYnvIr, at. (t flnit.y-tl ra/l; (Ipn
Oai'Hl Lo kwood, whitr the Mtry lalr l lin relt , of
at.,t 'hli men, hiul joined lh., Tw lrftlh (Iirps.
I hivve a m 'm 'ranllin lilllong my p9pers at
Look uit Vnlley, whlin will shW nif the addl
tion.s made to the Army of th, e Potom 1n. I do
not rpmnopmher the nxwit fiKllr t:."
(On pgie i 417-11, hbi n say '(tineral flooker hal
had inl nmin, it a part of his ou.ratio,un, to I 1o
rhi girl s.son ,at II rilir's Ferry, whlhb consllqsed
of lip0(x or 11,.010 men undlr teneral French. * *
(enorral looker's Iitention haul hiln to take
that garrlson, with leneril Hloullmn' (:,orps (the
Twlitth), n"ar Knoxvill, them wo making about
2,isisi men, throw them rapidly In roar of (len
orl lI1 .,.' et,.
It tikn not appear whmt.hnr Lonk wood had
tlihlu joined; but it will he moon that the 'I'welfth
(torps hald been inirrpasnel frorn 792i th) bout
12,cip, nvnaU if lookwood hwl thin jolnul, with
out c.iianting his brigurdu. which was an ln
Orelas of 40sI0. The otlher c. rs must. also have
inirensnd, ad ad 'cordingly wii Iltd 1 ioker t.eln
traptildg to Halotk o', the 27th of June, as fol
'iws (ICon.i. J.. 29'): " I woul roiuectfully
stito i that, inilnldiigl theo portlonr of (Inn.
Ilollti,zlran'sm nommann,l ant iHhn,'nlk's now
with mi, my whole fore" of unlisteld men for
d.ut.y will nut nxz:.ued 1r,(i5u." Ine Is then pro
testling that too muth r mitt nort bi expected of
hlimn, und. of 'ouplrseo., Was not d-iuposed to over
st.itl, his formo. A orcme of Iii,,1ii iu sit have
hald at lu.awt ripe offlm.rs, wlhch would make the
wuole tIt,iui. and 19t1 " was 'Xclutitivs of Frennih's
iomintlld, ltS stshown by CL.. Taylor. T'hlere is
no ronlsrn to pra'sumlle that this lfor(. dotrrmetsed
ati Mardlp aipperohlvh al Oettysburg i.fter he
ausslnlo| rcimlllnland, for he was proltbhly joined
by olletr Iroops. anld thoro are very eogerU rta
sons for iellieving tlhat hi. had btetwiin 9ioiti
andt liitiisio men, perhaps fuily the latter nuom
ber, on the fltld of Gottytburg, iexclusivo of his
cavalry.
The absurd estimato of Prof. Rates that the
IoI.oN reported by Hooker had been red ned
to only 72 00o between the 27th of June
aod the id of July. If true, would fur
nish a oarious commsentar on the "loyal
ty" and patriotism of the Norta, and on the
moral of the eold'ers who had rallied to the
standard of the Union " n order to ' save
the life of the nation." E.tually as prelos
terous Is the statemnnt of Doubieday that tbere
were only 14,000 men on the Federal side on the
1st of July to oppose 60,1050 on our side.
We know that, we got as many as m0Oo prlson
rs. includ ing the wounded left on the fllild wand
In the hiloplItals in Gotlysburg from the First
and Eleventli Corps, and there mst have etrm
a loss of os many more In killld and woundd
in fact, Bats putts the loss in those two corps at
about t10i.;i. iutt.rfield says that on the 4th
their command1rs rtportitl, rspetctiviiy. In the
First Corps rtn(, anl In toe E.eventh r,ii, Inft
altttr all the fl.hting of thin 2d andl 3d, which
doIesi not wceord, by any molans, with D)ouble
day's statumnut.
It Is a little strantrg that Northern writers
grote In the l dirk, and resort to c.n
jIituro to asoriutln the strength of
Meiwl's airmy at OUettyshurg, when the
offtial returns on Ilie In the Adiutant
General's office sbould settle the question.
Thuy always 9persislt in puttin' our lorce far
beyond tnat shown by any oflcial returns of
ours, and the Federal force greatly under that
shown tby their own returns. This applies to all
the b itt fi.
The assuniption that the Confederate govern
mmt. with at best only I population of 5.00,O1t0
of white.. to dlraw from.whn I. was hnard prussed
on all sild' s, anid i large u r:io, of Its popula
tion beyond its reach, could furnish wore
troops for the invasion of 1',-nnsylvania than
the FPed-rat government. with a poputlaton of
2.w0uiO,IO0 to draw from. beside its forelgn re
orults, could furnish t i defend the sgll ,of the
"loyal North"aimd tIe naitionl capl It, and that,
while tot soil of Pennsylvanla resounded with
the tread of the "rebol horde." "the deilnders of
the Union" wer,e availing the,mselve, of the ox
piration of their term,- of Horvlco to go home.
and otherwis', abandoning the standard to
which they had rallied with " atriotie ardor."
furnishes food for curious rifle'tlion.
I will now come to a consuld ration of the
points, to notice which is the main object of this
(en. Fits Len. after payina a very just tribute
to the memory of lien. ,well, says, in ref..rence
to th-- first day's fight:
"I btlleve a lit i, more marching, perhaps a
llttlt moro fightng. wouid harv. given us the
coveted porslti.n, alid that in such an event the
hbattle of Gettysburg would have hadl another
nam,. and io-sluty another result - who
knws ?"
Col. Allan says:
" The Confedurates would probably have been
successfui-fllt, had Ewell and Hill ushed
Ilowardi's broken troops over the top of Ceme
tery Hill on the fits day."
He then assigns four other conditions that
would have given us succe.s.
Col. Taylor. in his memorandum. makes the
same point as to Eweil's conduct, but it is more
fully set, forth In the paper irom the Pulladel
phia Tunes, as follows:
"(Gen. Lei witnessed the flight of the Fed
erals through Ge tysburg and up the hills
bevond. He then directed me to go to Gen.
Ewell and say ;o him that from the position he
occutle I he could see the enemy retreating
over th,se hill,, w thout , rganszation and in
great confusion: that it was only necesaary to
press 'toose people' in order to secure
p',ssessiou of the heights, and that, it
poss ble, he wished him to do this. In
obedience to these instructions, I proe..eded
immediately to Geln. Ewell and delivered
the order of Gen. Lee; and after receiving
from him some message for the commanding
Gener al li regard t, th r prison rs c tptured, re
turned to the latter and reorte-d that his order
hawl been deliv.red. Gen. Ewell did not express
any objection or indicate tue ex stence of any
impedim' nt to the execution of the order con
veyed to him, bur left the impression upon my
mind that it would be executed. In the exer
cise o,f that discretion, however. whl h Gen. Lee
was accust,med to accord his lieuteuants, and
probably becautte of an undue regard for his
ajimonition, given early in the day, not to pre
cipitate a general engagement, G.n. Ewell
deemel it unwise to mate the pursuit. Th,
troops were net moved forward. and the enemy
proceeded to occupy and fortify the position
whi.h it was des:gued that Oen. Ewoll shouldl
seize. Major (en. Edward Johnson, whose di
vision reached the field afttr the engage
ment and formed on the left of Early, in
a conversation had with me sined the
war about this circumstance, in which
I sought an explanation of our ina:tion
at the time, assured me that there was no hin
drance to his moving forward, but that, after
getting his command in line of battle, and be
fore it bearne seriously engaged, or had
advanced any great distance for some unex
plained reas ,n h, had orde s to halt. Thi- was
after Gen. Lee's mtessae was delivered to Gen.
Ewell."
The language quoted from all three of the
officers named conveys a very serious im
putation up'n Gen. Ewell - if not by
di' ect Imputation, at least by neees ary infer
ence. It ltulies that he was inactive who ihe
shored have preted on, and that he was. there
fore. remissin the discharge of his duty. CoL
Allan's languasge would make this impllcation
u'stily applllobihl to (itrn. Hill, nd, itn fant, to
qOnt. I,ro--for, tie howa Icy the slltateI iellat of
Col, Tayilor andl (Ion. I1Jtli, he was rll the flad
in full tIllmv tol dir~, all tIlhe inov, mnelta looting
toA a piaUrirsli and the rnoall.zt,lion of the lagit.
manl frli ta of the nnI lonls that hild ben gained.
In rtiltythere IR li0 .rarthrly r.,asou why the
ftlllre to sol ,,, I nLt, lmt iiy 11111 th+uttflt ritrjnoo
nhIouil rilt axiluaivtly on n e Ewili's shoutilders,
C(l. Allan'a Irlltalnl., threfrori, to that a tent
In mor tin ianrtial aud iltlln tilhan thatl
thhn ni.th.r: blt II Is to, b. rlumarke.l that netlher
of thon gentol'runn give i olltitary " r t.n. fotr
lth faith trat. In in thlr,''" lti I t( n , Iwell.by
woing on, noulil hlvo isotit d ronvort r111 cl
that ithe noi areri of that hill on Ith aftlrnioon of
tho tat won Ii tvoer h,on rlif maltrial adlvantage
to us. All thli In la .suninl.
Without 'ointrovrtlnag ainy fawt antit"d by Col.
Taylor on hils own ki 'WIlil-io s, tll o ior gantle
tnon i ate ni l Irits i thll l ,lrnt'tli.n), I propose
to fhlsw trlt! t.rny Ire all idlll'r a mintapprauen
amj.n as to the real fiIta oif the l.la l.n, tai that all
of their lonivllii!talir n arnl ienri lllltiions In relgard
to the tirotuhlvt riallt iof it fr I lr effort ron our
part on thel aftornoon of I t 1tt. have an . bh4l to
r,'st on,
In orilor to get at what w are ratl'ml the ' bottom
f,a.'.ts " alT 'itiag thea alit lln in hiand, I will give
a intaltlnl nepanit, of What, arnr unItar oy per
somnlt oiaervation on tjhat day, andll my own part
It ln only noi;nanry to rrofrr to the well-known
faIvtl that, t lhe wivllo oif I Illm il dvlyl.do on t e
road from ('ilittown, p. ;i.ported by Vtandlers,
hal brought. ',n tln.eirmgagl'n.iit, arld that todas,
who, haul 'nauned at. lhi le l rg the nig ht bl
fore, and wau on htI way to tnllsitowp, oanMe
down onl thll rowl from tllmriunuraburh about
2 o'. look i. il,. anIld tbe'airnr a.nrntl on teth's
left,. I arrlv.I about, an houlr afrr olodse go
iiup. I haul mar-tahod froim aboullt threet miles
frim fonidllernh.rg in th1 dlriru'stiho of York,i
tllntano.r of fullv foIlrtlen miles, I taitnl( a
hberhaptR morn. Of ioursa as I was tma ing
flt ar it nianiril a little time to get my
divion la line, ibut the formatlirn Was
van rapid as ,milltlile. The enemy WlW
thane holdiIng his lin, on the norlh of tg.wtnl
firmlvy anl h right,wa. pr-min , tiaeI Rodes'
brliagile. I htad not n.on Eweil or Irls losien
the nlti., teflri, alnd haul nra ly march mettety
rniolveiS ldirrctions Irom waell, is a note seat
iy courler, to morv towardl to t.,ybtlrl la
Hill was wivaintingl on that .I.c. W, I
waiting to oalrnmun.lcate with 4.rtmeaelr t .
asi soon as the divisionr was formed.t in lthi . w w
advalnove waS mll, with thhrn brigdesm-'(
din's, ifa) 1' Rand Ioke's-the latter .i
by (Ol. Avery; Hvulh's brigade belig p
near the York road to protect, on r trlie 1a
fl[nlk from nome :avliry roport.d to Dy Qnlts
(I irdou fi rt st.ruk Biarlow's dl islin, and drove
it b ack In groat disorder, Hays and Aeai y then
arlvani-d heyond (lordol's left, and streok an
other tine, retired bank from the first, a1n4
routed that, di lying Itthrougth the town. Elay
alone entered the town Ave, y gtIatin ipto pe
ground, or rather a Lhold. on tian ato V.i
town. Gordion's ammunition had
nearly exhauted., and he hai stoop 'd to r
hin nrcrtrhdg-it-boosi TIhe movements of my
brigatult hal bran very prompt and rapid and
brought them on the rear alnd flank of the trq
cont rontt na lodne. That for.e tlnn -ommeneed I
falling bhark, and the rout soon b,'rame g
eral. The troopi from Hodes' front io. to
our right of the towrn followed by his dlvisi
and I si)n saw the 'erderial troops from -
nary Hill howming back ealn. i sent for lth
brlg iae. and for my artiilery aiso but Rt
aid not come, and I rsni, a second time, oef
ttin artlilery came to me the Flderal roope
innsing to the right of the town toward Clo
tory Mill, had got out of renac. Ela evi th w l
sumacrss I rode Into the town. past the prisoaszj
streaming to the rear with aaroely any lft,
and found Hlays forming line aliong a treel Onl
tihe left of the town, 'h uemi my ibrul ll.g fit
Ing with artillery from Cemetory Hill aslslol
my line was formedi, ad still contlinued it.
wis very apparent that a fi roe was thlere Waia
hand not pariipated In thfe ftigt below,
sharp-s ooterSt were firing from te t a
town nearest the hill, ani from theoot of
latter. Assoon as I saw that flays
hi line and Avery had got his mennl t
behind a low ridge in the field, Iro t
lweli alind Bodes, or either, to ie
' ahould vdaone at once noon - Oi n
front, before the enemy could refg rll .f
some of daesi' lrilgaue in the wr 1 Ofi
town just form tg line. but di. nlOt nd tid '
Z thlnk alloti Ala brigades had set egnmeap, !
rode a little out of town on that side on llthe
Cashtown road, to look at the poeition
poInt of view and see If I could find wl or
Bodes, I mer here with a staff officer of
der's I)lvislon, who hi d ridden to the ton t
the enemy hail been driven from it re
queslerd him to go and tedl Gen. Hill that if he
would send forward a division we ooud t
that hill. None of Hill's troops had adv
beyond itmienly Ridge. In a very short dIme
Col. imead, of awell's staff, came to me In
formed me that well hail sent hdid to tell
that Johnson was coning up. and to a m
where I thought be ought to be put. The e Tgm
just about this time comm-nced a fariort fil
from his artllory all around. Whil Col.mea
and myself were having a hurried conversitoQn
ab ht the subject of hle message, with the
shtlis bursting around us, the aid of
imith came to me in a gallop and ader
great excitement, and told me that
Hmlth said the enemy was advaw'aig on the
Yo k road with Infantry artillryt andn alry,
and that he could not hold him back. L e.
Hmlth had not obeyed my order wwden I sent for
him. by reason of the report of an advaee on
that road. I had no faith In the, report myself.
but knowing the effect such a repo t must have
on the men In (h1tysiure. and to the rightae
lift of it. as if true, It would bring the enemy
In the rear, I immed;atety ordeere( one o mr
sa.ff officers to go and tell Gordon to take hli
brigade out on the Yo'k road and take oom
mand of Hmlth's also, and stop that "stamper
ing;" . . . .
All this had taken place in a very few mo
ments, and in the meantime I had d
to Col. Hmea'l C'uld's Hill. the wooded hill at
of the town and adjoining Cemetery Hill, Ma
position Johnson seould take when he gotp,
as it evidently eomminded the en-fmy' osition
I very quickly recelved another messagefro
(en. Ewell stating that he wished to see me i
the town. I rode to him at oc.ce, and he its
Inrormed me that Johnson was coming on and
wou;d soon be upn., and he reveated the u o
as to which I thought the best position fr on
son's division. I poinwed out to him
Hill as the propr position for Johnson,a
urged the propriety of pushing on and esptar
ing Cemetery Hill. He then asked me to ride
with him ur the street towards the hill to reon
noitre; but. as we were onrceeding that wayo
we were stopped by a fire from tee enemy's
sharpshooters in that end of the town. (ge.
Ewell was not di.losed to make the advanes
until Johnson arrived, because Iodese' D/pioa
had sustained a very heavy loss--fie, as Bodes
states-and only two of my brigades were avail
able. Reports were being constantlyreved
of the enemy's advance in force on T
road, and it was necessary to keep my two to
gades in that direction to prevent a pae sad
protect our flank and rear, if there should b
any trurh in thereporta. That wasbynomeana
Improhble, as we knew 8tuart had had a B
at or near Hanover the dAy_ be'ore, and VoL
White, who moved on the York road on the
march back. had reported to me that a foree of
the enemy's infantry and cavalry hat been on
that road. Ewell. Bodes and myself, while wait
ing for Johnson's arrival rode out, of thetowa
a short distance to loos out on the Tork read.
which was visible for nearly or quite two
miles, to see if we could di cover any indi
cations of the enemy's a evance. I placed no
confidence in the rumor, but Bodes was in
clined to believe it. while iwell seemed at a loss
as to wh It opinion to form, as the reports came
malsay from straggling carvlrymen, some of
wnom. I think, were waifs from the bsttledeld
of Hanover.
While we were discussing the matter,aUlle o,
skirmishers was seen away out on our right of
the York road. as we stood. apparently sdvae
ing towards us. when Bodes exclsime, "'There
they come now!" To this I replied, in some
what emphatie langu ge. that it could Net
be the enemy; that Gordon was out there;
and if the enemy was advaneing he would ear
tainly be firing on him. It must be recollected
that it was very hard to distinguish between the
blue and the gray at a distance, as both looed
dark. To solve the doubt. LieuL T. T. Turner.
of Ewell's staff, and Bobert D. Early, of min
were sent to ascertain the fact. It turned t
that the skirmishers were some Gen. Smith balt
sent out, which Gordon was having moved bas
to Dtet differently. All this consumed time.
and Johnson had not yet arrived.
When the enemy was driven through tfie
town it was about 4 p. m., and it was now gettins
towcrd sunset. I rooie out to ma
about my two brigades enn^afront.
the enemy. as it was very appasrent he
wae determined to hold the position on Oeaue
tery Hill; in fact that purpose wa+ taitn
from the beainning. I was. soon searefo b
Gen. Ewell and on reaching him I founte.e.
Leewith his and Bodes. in the bck por* at a
smail honse north of the town, near the r,1
from (uriile. when a eonfestea e toqk rnlaes,
whieh i wig speak b~Itp lam done,
It wa. now tsar ,uie and lobeonubs p-

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