. Abraham Lincoln : a history . al Ewell invested the gar-june, 1863. rison of Winchester on the 13th. This post washeld by General Milroy, a man of stubborn courage,who, when ordered to evacuate the place, insteadof obeying,1 protested that he was able to hold it l Winchester and Martinsburg 1863. W. R. Vol. XXVII., Part were at this time occupied by L, p. 15. us simply as outposts. Neither General Halleck always dividedplace was susceptible of a good the blame of the mischance atdefense. Directions were there- Winchester equally between Mil-fore given on June 11th to with- roy and Schenck. I
. Abraham Lincoln : a history . al Ewell invested the gar-june, 1863. rison of Winchester on the 13th. This post washeld by General Milroy, a man of stubborn courage,who, when ordered to evacuate the place, insteadof obeying,1 protested that he was able to hold it l Winchester and Martinsburg 1863. W. R. Vol. XXVII., Part were at this time occupied by L, p. 15. us simply as outposts. Neither General Halleck always dividedplace was susceptible of a good the blame of the mischance atdefense. Directions were there- Winchester equally between Mil-fore given on June 11th to with- roy and Schenck. In fact, eachdraw these garrisons to Har- of the three is equally impartialpers Ferry, but these orders were towards the other obeyed, and on the 13th We give the following letterWinchester was attacked and its from the President to Milroy asarmament and part of its gar- a remarkable specimen of hisrison captured.— General Hal- dealings with his discontentedleeks Report of Operations in generals. It would be impossible. GENERAL RICHARD S. EWELL. THE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA 209 against any force the enemy might bring. His ch. were not repeated with sufficient prompt-ness and firmness, and he was therefore caught byEwells army, and, though fighting obstinately, to be more kindly or more au-thoritative. Yet he took time towrite this letter in the most criti-cal hour of the Gettysburg cam-paign.(Private.) Executive Mansion, Washington, June 29, Milroy. My dear Sir: Your lettersto Mr. Blair and to myself arehanded to me by him. I have neverdoubted your courage and de-votion to the cause. But you havejust lost a division, and, primafacie, the fault is upon you ; andwhile that remains unchanged,for me to put you in commandagain is to justly subject me tothe charge of having put youthere on purpose to have you loseanother. If I knew facts sufficientto satisfy me that you were notin fault, or error, the case wouldbe different; but the facts I dokno
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