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WAS THERE A COURT?,Tha J-ongstceet-Baltfe Controversy as to the Court of Inquiry at Culpeper.ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH GEN. BATTLEUcurrn! Jo new l?ei to ruled Bvfora the t-'Ourt on Nlunrl, rihI Klunri IVlicti (lao Court (Jot Alter Him Tolil on I'OnifNtrort-'tVliiU die court Dili— Ttaoi'hntiyo In Clou. l,ougair(oLPetersburg. Va,. Feb. 13.—(Special)—In an Interview with General C. A. Hat* tie In reference to the court of Inquiry, about which so much has been said, he stated: it hag been shown conclusively that a court of inquiry wan held at Culpeper In the fall of 1863, of which General Mahonc was president, for the purpose of Inquiring Into the? conduct of General Jones and otheitt. Wo don't know* what was intended to be the course of the Inquiry, but wo know* that on the 10th of September. 1863, General Stuart, through his acting adjutant* generals, sent u teller to General Robinson, In which ho said: The court ofInquiry requested by Brigadier-General W. E. Jones find others to Investigate the circumstances connected with the capture of certain wagons In Pennsylvania Is still In session In the vicinity of Orange Courthouse awaiting your testimony/ and we also know lhat Generals Stuart. Robinson and Jones were witnesses before that court. Three-fourths of the evidence before the court was given by General Stuart, anti more than half of his testimony relit led to his own operations In Pennsylvania. General Jones also had much to say. Jones unloaded before the court on Stuart, anil when the court got after Stuart he told on LoiigsirceL We could hot strike from the record what Jones and StuarL hail stated, and we so informed them. Is it any wonder that General Stuart* protested against the cavalry being held responsible for the CTo 11 federal., disaster at Gettysburg vhen. according to his own winlements.lieutenant-general was equally to Maihe Stuart stood before the world the flower of chivalry and the soul of honor, and In* had a right to demand further Investigation. Long si reel, too, hud won imperishable laurels on many a hard fought Ibdil Why should rumors about him he allowed to llom on around without investigation? The court of Inquiry had no right to try anybody, hut It did have a right to muke a preliminary Investigation and report to the commanding general. That was wlmt It was appointed for. and that was nil It did. Justice in all the parties demanded that the statements that had been made concerning Generals Jones, fit uni t and Longstreel be submitted to the general of the army. Suppose the court had been |nqultlng into the conduct of a private soldier and It became evident that a general was to bln me no less than he. Would It have been right to have brought the private to trial by court-nmiilal. while the general, with award, sash anil epaulets, was cavorting over the country a very spectacle to lie* Gods, Such a concept Ion Is utterly opposed to every principle of Justice. Every man has his faults, The greatness does not consist so much In never falling as It £does In rising an often a we rail. Long-f I root did much to redeem htmscif. nisi conduct In Hie wilderness whs absolute- [ ly splendid ami on to Ihe Inst Ik* kept his I colors to the front. All or us remember how he was received In Richmond nt the unveiling of ihe Lee plnlne, As one of the aids to the chief marshal I rode In the* procession by the side of General Hansom, and with the rest lifted tny lint . to General Loiigstrevl. lb* wan honored ( then, hut what a change has come. Ii Is no pleasure to m* , imr to any of us. that the Mowers that were thrown In his path have turned to thorns and ihe nlr that fanned his brow now sniSps his cheek ami hEsses In his car It Is deeply regret led that General Lnngstre.u hasseen fit to attack General I and thusopen wounds that time was fas: hcutlnn. Lee needs no rlefptnli r, hut we cannot be silent when he Is assailed.General, have you seen General Lomustreefs rejoinder published in tie* Lynchburg !. ws lust Sunday?Yes, a friend of Ids s*nl It to mi, and I am obliged to him for tb-courtesy. I have lit lie fault tn find with It. Much that he says l hn.vc said myself. Of course T do not admit that | there was no foundation f m my statements, Nor can any man say s.* who ! has kepi up with Ihe prnyn-ssl ve de- , veb.piiiciif lt;if Ihe case. General ly.mg-streel himself admits that Here was a demand for Investigation. !!•• s.iys 131.11 . friends urged m- in ask fm- an inv»-s-tigatlon, lint ii was evident t-r.ouph ^ Hint sm ii proceedings could not ail- | va nee the Interval of the SJmHiern 4 cause. Aiyiln, he says. The oliieers C •:f the first corps, who cmipkihu-d ^ were told that It would Hot do to talk: that General Lee had taken upon himself tn all the hliitnc. Why need 1 say more'* v General Lmgfirecl says there was a demand for Inv■lt;*sligaIhm! “'G.m-r.U, wlJI y u tell some 111 big more alum I yourself'Only this I was never tin* distinguished general that some hsiv-* represented me as being. I war then, as now, a plain, blunt man. |:u: | had seme experience* calculated to iuipr* ss my mliul. I was slightty wmmded ai Seven IMnea, Hooftahor and Shaips-httrg: father more severely, but not seriously, at Gettysburg and Sp isylva-iiSa. and desopciTilely at (Vdar Greek in the buttle between Early and Hheildan 1 was four months la Hu^pHrd: most ef the time at Howard's Grove, Itlrltmoud: was two years on my crutch-.... y- * there Is nothing in my life mosv firmly intrenched In my men my than He ‘facts I have staled ah. nit ilio court of Inquiry.
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Norfolk Virginian
Norfolk, Virginia, US
Fri, Feb 14, 1896
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