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I'ETKJtMim-J 19 At*I i:mX(;h,Iamtt*trcct'M Itooli, itiicI allnclt | |ion I.ee-tJeucrul IladlcN .Htufeinem.i'cterabuig, Vu„ Jan. :*!}.—t^pec Lai)— Utiieral L\ A. I*.»tth*M p.pi*; nvkfti bv'('ho Vlrerlnlnn corp*. *hi* won hi make u reply p. ihe letter of tJemoul bronspnreet published in the I Lynchburg .\t\va ... .....I Imvc jUSt See II (‘rL‘lll'|\|| I ,OUgHl I'l'l'l'Mletter, HhvIxik been Invited bv A. P. Hill t'uniii. oi Petersbin g, v»., io speak , at their iMimuet on tin- evening i.j' the L'Oih iiiHlunI In celebration • • I the hlrrh u| rienenil Lee. I III.I fit. wit hi in i malice Iowards any and wUh jusilet* n. all. Itefnre Hitpper I was asked if \ had net'll Longstrctd's book. I replied hi the neipiUve, I was th.-n ti.M ihut n VV!lH a vile ullack upon ih-ni-ntl Lee, As , sunn as the fount was aver l made the litlli* speech I hud |*repared and was , about to lake my sent when ] caught I tin- eye ul the icvnlleitiuu ivln. bad sp,^ . ken to me adjoin t a I I #,niKalreet Hhook and I ai one lt;•»n11n■ imi speak-. big nbind Henysbm a. uiul made sub-, -'U'tuni!y the statement that has been published. It was no public lu'cnsium nobody was there Pul the A I» tltll rump, and I did nut know that a hIii-, kk’ word nf mine was h I.,- published , um II a Her I had spoken I mi | shall not attempt to nv..hl re*jM»indbllUy , I lav hip raised i* tempest mtiidmil lonuliv though p he, t shall look the storm In file eye and defy tin* thundi■ rln11 Hen* , *ntil Ijuiirstreet thinks I am atrer rullP trtiy fame. Not a bit ol n. Wluit Ian rels I wear «i o:ne from i he shnpl- fuel that I eh 1 .‘nif I the lt;’on flt;*d. i a I e Her v lee , a private, ami rasv to l.rigadh-r-gcnrrnl rbdltilip- under Hie rVe .Hobel I R,, . tv, i bn era I boiujste-i says a court at Inquiry can t try anybody That Is , true, We didn't try anybody We simply went t,. work and baind lams that would justify I'reiu-rul Lee in orderhiK a court martial, Thai he did not do so Is evidence or Ida magnanimity, nn.| tliat Is l’he point i was milking Long street may draw uiuc distinctions between I'tmrts of Inquiry and emirlmm-t In I. bu! lie will never escap. from the fuel thiil he dlsoln yed iJeneral Lee’s orders at Het lyslnirK. Hetutnl Lee ordered hint I attack early in tie- morning of the second day, and after waiting I mu i after hour for him to iiiov. forward Lie n era I Lee went to him at 11 | o'clock and urdei ed Jilm to altuek lm-niedlat ely ilem-rat Lonystt'eet debt yei| bis attack until Int. hi the afternoon. When the enemy had heeti heavily reinforced and ids position gi'm t ly. sti mglft • caied. Central Lee ordered tieivcral Long*! reel to attack on live third day Willi his whole mi p4, and authorized him Lo draw lt;m lt;hmi.Jral A. 1’. I! Ill for all I in- aid hr* needed, rbmerul Long . street made the attack wllli a small fnict Inn of his corps ami a few nf I Jill's m a. white tin* yrenl body of both corps looked In a max. -ruciil on the u win I sacrifice of Pickett s Imiv-* nu-m I will prove I he existence or the court of lh-iptlry, but ii must be by Individuals who know the fact, fur there Is no iceojiLJii the cas» th. p:tpm.s having I.e. n lost It will take Him to do iliis, for I commanded an Alabama brigadeami 1 have b* .• n absent ..... tin* Stateabout fifteen yens and I don't ktl « the present addr.ss of the men who know the farts, Pul I atn eoidkteht they* Will be I'l Ulll'l
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Norfolk Virginian
Norfolk, Virginia, US
Thu, Jan 30, 1896
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