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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Causes of the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg. (search)
was chiefly due to the unaided exertions of General Lee. While the army was in admirable condit opposing armies early in June suggested to General Lee the advantage of a departure from a strictl, I will repeat in substance the remarks of General Lee, when the invasion of the North was under cwerful cavalry. Such were the prospects of General Lee when he crossed the Potomac on his advanceg him on his own soil was not considered by General Lee when he was forming his plan of invasion. ancellorsville. 4th. I do not understand why Lee, having gained some success on the second, but hat it was imposed upon him against his will by Lee. General Early says distinctly, in a paper publ preparing for his campaign in Pennsylvania General Lee carefully considered every contingency thatttsburg. As had been previously concerted, General Lee ordered a rapid concentration of his forcessignally defeated, and almost annihilated. General Lee arrived on the field near the close of the [1 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Second paper by Colonel Walter H. Taylor, of General Lee's staff. (search)
econd paper by Colonel Walter H. Taylor, of General Lee's staff. [The following paper by Coloneldversary. Nevertheless, in the judgment of General Lee, it was a part of a true defensive policy tof this design, early in the month of June, General Lee moved his army northward by way of Culpepery continued to advance. On the 1st of July General Lee reached Cashtown and stopped to confer witheneral Stuart since crossing the river; and General Lee was consequently without accurate informati that he was in position to attack, whereas General Lee but anticipated his early arrival on the seed hardly add that the delay was fatal. General Lee determined to renew the attack upon the enetire to his original position about 1 P. M. General Lee then had a conference with General Longstreand menabout ninety-five thousand. I think General Lee had about ninety thousand infantry, four thn I was informed by a staff officer of Lieutenant-General Lee, Lieutenant Farish, that Colonel Hunte[22 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Leading Confederates on the battle of Gettysburg. (search)
ecting your corps to move to the support of General Lee was received about the time General Hooker to this effect: We must obey the orders of General Lee. I then rode forward with my line under a his fact entered very largelyin determining General Lee to make the attack on the 3d of July, at Gedier in the Army of Northern Virginia, from General Lee to the drummer boy, who did not believe, what as soon as the latter (Meade) began to move, Lee, who had undertaken nothing but a raid on too l will not be contradicted, I am satisfied. General Lee, had he seen fit, could have assumed a defes battle-field. On the 29th of June, 1863, General Lee's army was disposed as follows: Longstreet'hem against Rodes. I reported this fact to General Lee and again requested to be permitted to atta should not have been made at all. I Was by General Lee's side when this attack was made, and the tstronghold; and such I believe to have been General Lee's views after the fight, as he remarked to [37 more...]
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Report of General Patton Anderson of operations of his division from 30th of July to 31st of August, 1864, including the battle of Jonesboro, Georgia. (search)
In compliance with circular order from Headquarters Lee's Corps, dated January 24th, 1864-a copy of which rea On the 28th of July, 1864, Hindman's division, of Lee's corps, was hotly engaged with the enemy about threeault's brigade of Alabama and South Carolina troops. Lee's corps was, at that time, holding the extreme left o in front of Atlanta; my division was on the right of Lee's corps-my right resting on the Lickskillet road, my nt-General Stewart's corps, which was on the right of Lee's corps. During the night of the 26th he withdrew fr At the same time it was explained to me by Lieutenant-General Lee that his eorps — of which my division compo the division commanders assembled at the side of General Lee, awaiting the report of small arms ont Cleburne'scould be forced back, a staff officer was sent to General Lee to ascertain if the necessary assistance could be Anderson, Major-General. Major J. W. Ratchford, Assistant Adjutant-General, Lee's Corps, Army of Tennessee.
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 4. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Leading Confederates on the battle of Gettysburg. (search)
execution of the main object I have in view, I must notice a slight variance between the estimate of the strength of General Lee's army at Gettysburg made by Colonel Walter H. Taylor and that made by myself; and in doing so, I will go to some lengstood to be an extract from the manuscript of a volume on the war now in the hands of a publisher, Colonel Taylor puts General Lee's strength at Gettysburg at 62,000 effectives, and his estimate is repeated by General Heth, whereas I put it at sometth of the Potomac on the duty assigned them until orders reached them to rejoin the army, which orders were sent after General Lee received information, on the night of the 28th of June, that the Federal army, then under Hooker, had crossed the Potoving the enemy when we retired. There is no more reason for counting those brigades as a part of the force with which General Lee fought the battle of Gettysburg, than there is for counting as a part of Meade's force at the same battle the 10,000 o