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Gtrecting that his army ahould That was no novelty, but a. ht as old ap wan It is /Just as fair and mone ane to use or destroy tha eupplies of an enemy as kill or capture him. As gubordinate, no doubt, Pope Was a good soldier, Dut BE was ds little fitted for his position: ey Don Quixote was to be a colanel PHS . . Wit emxalr gig iE ie ue nt of bl was hot a handred yards a3 John 0. Raed, Of Borton, a reliable Bistorian,) SomMng up Sew tek Freu,-but they. aright me i istols ba My ho) were now, saya: Fre to bis army on the 148h af July one Suv blasted, bute Ras ofthe most extrao1 addresses of which .we change of have record in military. history. Tet wa he saya, to Jackson the. had scarcely gotten, out of exclaimed, Here they are. A S3 BY JOHN S. MOSBY. (Oseystght, 2011, ty the New ork Hesaid Oo. Ail rights segeeved.) is an open setret that tn August, 1862, the diso- bedience of two Confoderats generals saved Pope's the of the Confederate chiet of cavalry. But : Sieplies Aas teas ecstacy sient segs a: Dart in the play-I take more pleasure ia telling about it now than I aia when I was un actor tn the * great drain. coe ee shadows. In the-retrospect we ste a great deal of the drumor of cometiy whereionce alt seemed to be tragedy. Shakespeare presents-in one scene ithe flery Hotspar Zo propetly understand the point of my story Knowledge of the military situation at thiit time ts necessary. The Seven Days battles around Rickmend, that closed on July 1. were succeeded by several Weeks * Of calm. McClellan had shifted his base from the Pa- lt;ahubikey to the James, and both armies restea for an- - other collision. If M Clelan had possessed the tntul- ton of Grant he would not hare halted on the baxk of the river, but would have crossed and seized the com- Was Nothing for Us to Do put Wheel and Run, Which We Did : the fate of the best laid plans of mice and men. It was i pailzona. which was his line of supply. Tt was inassed jear General: ease Permit me to pres nt td you munications of the Confederate capital. General MeCiellan. was sEflfal in the acience of war I mean a applying mechanteal principles where the fesulta can be calculated. But he was without in- tuition-and-siow to take-chances; and chance cannot oom a 3s othe Thee trom the West, 5 Bt state ot Dy Siustontes Some smemppDiaies of war. Now. while Understand exch always teas: tae Sacks of Sut cnt Nee wee regiment the Harris cavalry that capt the river, Lew with Jackson and Longstreet, The campaign writes: when it was fresh Pe Ne ae eenae 10 ft Seperel St Boos Te cs ak ary winter ee me. It bad ridden all night to cut the communl- Was 1 Otange counity; a few miles in his front Oi appa aL re ee te not inspire Sod takes no necount: of the enemy and to-beat him when he was found: See bepmeen: egies faskaon. se id ae easly ee eer ane as ge ae ee femted-by dilatory subordinates, and Stat be emotions events. or* icy 7 wo the train. I to em It wor londed w iy Teh, C 1 4 ee aE Sekt todaters or Ee ay cea ie soup at wih he: had Infantay. At won not rue, bert SE Roe en Ee eee utry, that Lee had atrived with he eagerness: of one ee eae ining ana. This was g reteers and a self-assertion that could by the code of war. 1 was takemfo General King s Longstreet. He thongyt Jackson was at fortunate Hat Jackson was not In commend Sorrmmlan ss Homie WES wheo he composed the tm- Jnit Thken command ar Winning a battle. General headquarters at Fredericksburg and very kindly treat. ville, twenty miles sough He thoke of drowite SURE diuBottio Yenrs aco. recelved. letter caaportal hymns that were sung at the banquets of the Pope's duty vas a defensive one. This Gunernl onder Cae a let me write a lettes to my- tamplySwhlet be. Pe ee M oo my sr ore a ry, of Windsor, Conn., who said FE Tt was mot pire'reason but Inspira- naturaliy provoked criticism and prodvced friction. sent frrough the lines Some letters. were santnred sf Bere diene io So eo ee ous pitth New York Gan a n 5 vever, s Thedepor. F e alond; e A : G heral ee ene Sake Canc ae era asus Neste some. Uae afot- General i Euchmond gicl wo her country ton for an army could not have beon selected for hiv Peotharels ie eae eee marobj at Chancellorweiii Samtibad 0 gt; precedent but (oig tein the caddie wee aeia iat even so grave a cousin. t remember four lites. 1 hope they won't by an enemy. He,ufged Halleck to let him cross the behind. in ey hoes a Abe Badackey that stolestie Are. of the (gods would: person ns Genetal Robert H. Lee made w humorous re. hock people win ed ens ; river and take the.offeiisive. ic, Wai thinjlntiet was dapesited th tie Matto reate a panic; and: 1 will 20d th re wns no reasob mark about It. Pope never said any such thing. but Jeff Davis 1s our President, Gefieral Lee never again had such an copoctapity SI went ther -and found it in as good: ee for th nie but Imegination a large tactor people iu Virginia as religiously believe it as they do 4 Lincoln is a fool. to destroyan army. It would have een it 'Y lt;was the moruing I lost it The whole a: war.. The two great solllers who dared the-emer. 3s send of Pocahontas peralaribe of posietena ee *efancoln ridega mules gg. Rhak ison the sodth bank of the Nasiiay seh ay basdwrlting. A: photographic ony. bss nificance: to me. It was a revelation of possi en 01 Lincol lesa mule. of th a te as-foltowes took into account the effect of a collision of which tind scarcely dreamed, EN a etnies caval aage dace A the fords below and. xbike Fope bow ip Gan and, BG, Qrs, Cava Moral gs well s physical forces and won. ee BE thear, of lined of rerveatsocloc -om the, evening of July 19 che: partie Uglt Pope had said he would look only to his front. ihe TR Tatts, Saat Stes rales sacscatsy shoe, Doel otis and olding them, uf Tins o sae set in rapid motion almost directly: south. By fact ls, an the ralitoad turns east ac suchen aoble inst Bnd isa kBy'to his chata ter ssa soldier, 254, Dases is-atudy the peodeble lines et retreat Weans ote forced uudsoh thrdngh tic nighe we weet Culpeper that after crossing the river below Pope There Was a heavy rein during the fight at Ctantllly. gf our obponents: and leave our own to take care ut arn of morning we descended upon Beaver Dam Lee's army would hive been dearer the Rappaliannock A general sent a.d spairing mesange to on th : udy COW bis ground: it was raining so hard bis guts Wuldn y go of Fackson instantly replied: eTel bin hold bis gronnd. off the enemy's won't That settled ft the general held his ground, The same instinct of gentys carried Hannibal across the Littie St. Bernard and made bim for sixfeen Years master of Itaiy. This-anecdote df Jack: was told to me soon after the event by the officer. whe carried the. message. By orders from Washington. but against his protest, MeCjelian's army was transferred to the line of the Rappabann ck. He tiad Jain for six weeks at Hartl- son's under cover of the gunboats, waiting for an opportunity tnat never caine. Just as McClel- Jan's star began to wane another nppeared in the northera vky. Pope was called from the West und gtven.the command of an army thut wad organjzed for by uniting a-number of divisions that. were scat- tered in Virginia. Fremont, a division commander, ras offended becanse his Junlor in rank was put over him and asked to be r lleved, His request was grated And he went out of sight. His. campaign against St e wall Jacksomin th Shetiandoah alley had not com- mended him to favor in Washington. The army under Pope was charged with the duty of u spertectts ing in Virginia wiille MeClellan was evacuating the Peninsula. Lee's army was between McClellan. and Rope. But he could not move against Pope while Me- ellan was near Richinoiid, Jackwor was detached and y ent-to Gordonsville, om the C. agd'Q,,Rallroad. about jc Sighty miles west of Rihmondyto ayperve Pope. He arrived there on July 19. Pope faguine temper nd a great deal of audacity. puts tly Incking 22 Giscretion. He wis not content Witt the defensive j, Fole that had been dssigned im glidhyyas, anxious to: ae the initiative against Jabkion, oaks pr reitrained him. Sudgitig bp whit occurred it ts fatr to Giterieint an ave been 9 fii he deat a bs a'shidow'or repnett 74 ity: Whey taking ogi iis ahantfesto in whigh Be army in the West ang paraggibent of the J Such, madifesto was in strikiig contrast with the mx Meportinent of the great snidier, who watter ward came from the West to finish war In Virginia Te bis. guns won't no At rhetime of which speak 1/was at the-cavalry headquarters, in Hanover. tounty. about ten miles fram Rlehniond. Wher 1 read: what Pope yild about Joolsing only to. bis front und letting his rear take care of tself Lisaw that the opportimicy:for whieh tad totiged had-eome. He hud opencd a promising fel for partisan watfare and hud invited. or tather dared, anybody to. take advantage of it. The cavalry at Richmond was doing duthing but picket duty and qulet to quick bosoms 1s a bell , So I determined to xo over and tike tare of Popes rear for hifi, und 4 proposed ty General Stuurt, as the cavalry was inactive, to give-tue u detall of wen to redp the -hurvest where the Inborers w t had reason to. think that Stuart w: dlspused tofard mez be bad spoken well of me in tits report wolves. During our-affray we captured a young Con- federate officer why gave bis name as Captain John S. Mosby.g By bis sprightly-appearance and conver- D tttacted cousiderable attention. He. is slight but weil formed. tus a keen blue eye and a Horid complexion- and gisplays ug small amount of Souther bravado tn ob s dress apd -ianners. His eoiy. piash hat ts surmounted by waving plume SHB Te tosses as he speaks In reat Prussian style. He had 4 Jetter tn -his. possession from. General Stuart r cothwending him to the kind: regacde of Geumrgh Jackson. Vim setter ix yetuted Ii tue War Records and was pabiished in the uewepapers 0 was a prisoner about ren days aud exchanged fa Hime te tke pare tie rie cimpatey agimst oye, but hot fh the Yeading position I had hoped. MeCiellan Was leaving the Games and General Led. wig con- eentrating qo-the Rapidan. So'I went, hone, 7 horse. aud atrrived Ju-Orange ou August 1 Just tt, of hisiride afound. MeCleiian: on the. Chickabomiuy- tine toaieer' Stuart. who bad come by rall from thet, few weeks before. and General Lov bad. alsu wen- tloned mie iootis generat order atmouncing tt tw the army, 1 hiid served the flest year uf the war tt tegiment of cavalry in the region that was now tn Pope's dypartment and hada geieral knowledge of the eountey J was sure chen uta strer gow ibit could inike Pope pay is much attention (0 bis rear, na 10 his fol Ah CoaCT coplmeorapel framec desteh most. of hsvea alry to guard pix long, line of evs wunlcatigns of turn bis eommissarg departinent and transportation over to me, which would tare been Lperfectiy-watixtavtory 10 ihe, There hever was after ward stich a field for partisan war in Virginia, Rreak- ing onimulveations ig the chief work for a partisan, It defedts plange lt;Gruaten confuxion by destroying: supplies In; tBiiiatay the: offensive strength of an army ty: dim i einai ae er to Jackson. phesine getting bis cavalry pon to begin, but that tiotd, He told tie he was gufiz to meer Fite Leo who. would be at Verdieryiite with the cavalry that night He hind Just had) avcmference with Uvheral Tee ued had received bis Gon) fosiructious. He did Hot sy what they were, Dur the coming eveut cast simdow, befor ms T Wad tivtatius tad, linea Pistols. when f was captured- sbut'itrasted to'luck to get another pair Siiiaas No Cavalry There. On the way td meet Iie Lew We jmaxed Longvireet's camps. The soldiers dagtinctiveiy kuew a movement wis on fout mud were covking und) sluging. ach Nourt regalied wt diferent nite, udt ul Sang cont Laurie. We reached the appointed rendezvous ae night. wits a deserred village no signs of cavalry Were tere, Stuart was greatly worried. 1-did- uot thet suspect. how mach depended on meeting the cavalry and how much was lost py its absence. It Wasthe crucial point of the camp: Ay, A staff officer, at onc in Pope's army; his-raiiroad commninieations vath Washington would have been seized and rein foreements cut off from McClellan. According to Pope's despatches that day. to Halleck there was no sigik ofa movement to cross fhe Rapidan. He was UOh: fairly. won. promot: T sous that he should. some anxfous to attack Jackson; Qjax asked no inore . Froth this dream of security P pe by an accident was Company of Sharpshootens tn rudely astakened and ndrrowly: escaped the-deom uf muster:ralls eect ets ceenee 1 : bim to notice. +. the Assyrian: Like the Igaves of the forestohen PM ea J BaF eae Most Respectfully, Geo autualne huith blown, that host on. the morrow lay Your Obedient S saw bly opportunity, He ordergd Longstreet Jackson to cross the tver by Raccodmand Somer even with them. Ate tee tation, destroving the bridge thers, wig then, rurniug? 4 nid Catlelt, Stadaae 5 wit to the left. Ton. the tight of Longatrertis corpa, 4gfter anand, wile Ae LA ES Pope would hare been attacked tn rear and flank and rt galloped by: wie on: cumstances might wall hve been ruin. From this dis: ter fortune saved Pope thraugt the eapeure. pt ld sare on to look for-Pitx Lee, whose orders: feqaired hia to Xt Verdlervilie-the night pf the 1th. 1s afew mill for months past has. ten ides: of the most importan himsel regardiossGtAMp withoredand strewn: j oe Jolie. Lopes, of Boston, says: Hence, when he : mint saw liv Quietly occupying the line of the ltapidan Lee : Bri General Command Sootral siaas ioe WO eee a General Stuart Fost the Kant fords atid to tive on Culpeper Gourt Hot i a trophy the guvulry of Stuart. crossing further ti Bp nk cacsied 3 cent ear 4t- Morton's Ford, was to makes Keappabant ; ls cotamunications severedin the.bargain. Doubtless: he wotld have made.a stZamous abt, but ye could Hat, he .w Teather ae Eeoee hardly have escaped defeat: and defeat Under such oir: At ANG 9 feather to oot. IE Lee's Disobedience, 1 Have stated Luat.Stour(ulo-sent: Major FiteHugh quarter S0utl of the Rapidan. Daybreakoy U WAS. ee chelf tive fixed for crosing the tiver.. But Pitzubee, ait tonel peuts fom Stuart's report, efter leaving Hanover, in+ fate wteud Of marching, us he was ordered, dir etly tolghe uniforin a1 Sicinity of Raccoon Word, changed his course ahd). a great parlety ie wrued. back to follow bis wagons that had been seme inji Goulding. the. by Lotisa Court House for'provisions. By this d Ul at -Hlong' Kong and) Dw he was a day late in rouching his destination, - ears Afterward. lig Wis tatal.to General Lee's ping aud aavedarpe. amiathy stories about General Lee would n t, nuke the mov ment 1 td me provided Hallecs/prms sexe aes tt Fit-Hogh, went in search of Fite Lee and we it horses and jay down to sleep'pn the porch by the road. Before stintive: I. was fwak- ened: by young mun, Gibson, who fis itt ine ubarmed from prison, He said that he heart Genctel Jackson. who nei jf. wasited. - So las Dtobably Fitz Lee but might be Yankee were near the Rapldan we eile of Longstreete plekets1 be canght napping again. awoke Pid him what we had beard and that inht ride dare the roed'to senate nena ta ibs rom gray. they were friends or Teileved wf dou Be forward. w fire lt;that setiied It We on friends. A3 Gibspmand AT tol rangert rites they, this cavalry, but Jackson wanted to'go on. witho sSAlvation Army. Colotieh J Major Fitz- . apt red on tho night of theateby afbod fust-come that had been sent over th Thad the-same body that campo awheneptbe tatap of cavalry down the plank rpady that. Se norping. They is : ugh, while jookingy for Rope s staff, of whon of General Robert bd got a pras a that she ca iver om a scourt It-was Aeeticateting us tbe next. 5 ae por the 18th and The judy pralse te hot hast 4 Was. resound with. his: i mene as the urcieat to Sffe, Marsball on ough brother. Het reply 3 hasty and ungire- says the cuvalry expedition - agjutant Keneral of Gepidral e letter oh the-day-he n puting thatbofficer himself. ted States army the fen from bink was ay milto- feryvrote ber In which he lamented that-he, Robert EB. 0 ashes t cho epee Brawing his sword-ggutnst the; inanifest, the dispositions ang ernie: fantily,. thelr determination tor overyiat nelghbo Salta thy

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