Robert ELee and the Southern Confederacy, 1807-1870 . ac on the flank of the army, among theboulders near Longstreets quarters. The latterhad pitched his dwelling-place in a beautiful, shadedgrass-plot. When asked the reason. General Leereplied: General Longstreet is so slow. I amcompelled to encamp near his headquarters, in orderto hasten his movements. This practice Lee con-tinued almost throughout the war. It was, nodoubt, his high estimate of Longstreets ability onthe immediate field of battle that led Lee to retainhim as permanent commander of the First corps. The gallant Stuart kept clos
Robert ELee and the Southern Confederacy, 1807-1870 . ac on the flank of the army, among theboulders near Longstreets quarters. The latterhad pitched his dwelling-place in a beautiful, shadedgrass-plot. When asked the reason. General Leereplied: General Longstreet is so slow. I amcompelled to encamp near his headquarters, in orderto hasten his movements. This practice Lee con-tinued almost throughout the war. It was, nodoubt, his high estimate of Longstreets ability onthe immediate field of battle that led Lee to retainhim as permanent commander of the First corps. The gallant Stuart kept close watch upon Mc-Clellan. The saddle seemed to be his constanthome, and his eye appeared never to sleep along theforty-mile line of pickets that guarded the mouth ofthe valley. An humble Christian of joyous tem-perament was this bold Virginian knight. To theaccompaniment of Sweeneys banjo, he sang merrycamp-songs as he rode slowly along. Often he woulddash at full speed through the bivouac of the in-fantry, shouting the wild refrain, Jinethe GEORGE WASHINGTON CUSTIS LEE, ELDEST SON OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE. 18621 Fredericksburg. 235 With Stuart on guard at the front, Lees army wasalways safe from surprise. One week after Sharpsburg, Lee was sending thesuggestion to Loring to press forward from theKanawha through Morgantown into Pennsylvania,in the hope that a combined movement might bemade in that direction. To Davis he wrote, Septem-ber 25 : In a military point of view, the best move, in my opinion, thearmy could make would be to advance upon Hagerstown and endea-vour to defeat the enemy at that point. I would not hesitate to makeit even with our diminished numbers, did the army exhibit its formertemper and condition. The former temper of the soldiery was rapidlyrestored. Military enthusiasm glowed around thebrightening campfires, and to this was added a deepand growing religious sentiment. The Confederatechaplains were untiring in their labours. Each nightfound eager
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