The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-02 00:00:00

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GEN. GRANT'S REPORT.--In submitting his re-
port, Lieutenant-General Grant says he was impressed
from an early period of the rebellion with the idea that
active and continuous operations of all the troops that
could be brought into the field, regardless of season and
weather, were necessary to success. Our armies, east and
west, acted without concert, like a balky team, no two
ever pulling together, thus enabling the enemy to use
to great advantage his inferior lines of communication ;
and it was a question whether our numerical strength and
resources were not more than balanced by his advantages
and superior position. I was convinced that no peace could
bo obtained until the military power of the rebellion was
entirely broken. I determined first to use the greatest
number of troops practicable against the armed force of the
enemy, preventing him from using the same force at different
seasons against first one and then another of our armies,
and the possibility of repose; second, to hammer continually
against the armed force of the enemy and his resources,
until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should
be nothing left to him but an equal submission, with the
loyal section of our comma country, to the constitution.
These views, Gen. Grant says, were kept constantly in
mind, and orders given and campaigns made to carry them
out. Whether they might have been better in conception
and execution is for the people, who mourn the loss of
friends fallen, and who have to pay the pecuniary cost, to
say. All I can say is that what I have done has been done
conscientiously to the best of my ability, and in what I
conceived to be for the best interest of the whole country.
Gen. Grant then refers to the situation of the contend-
ing forces at the date of his appointment, the main armies
of the rebels being commanded by Lee in Virginia and
Johnston in Georgia, while our forces were commanded by
Sherman in the West and Meade in Virginia, Gen. Grant
exercising general supervision over the movements of all
the armies. Sherman 'was instructed to break up John-
ston's army, go into the interior of the enemy's country, and
inflict all'the damage possible to the enemy's water courses;
and if the enemy showed signs of joining Lee, to follow
him up to the full extent of his ability, while he (Grant)
would prevent Lee's concentration upon Sherman. Gen.
Grant then details his instructions given to Generals Banks,
Butler, and others, and enters into a detailed account of
the progress of the campaigns. Of Butler's movement
against Drury's Bluff, Gen. Grant says the time consumed
was lost to no benefit, fears of the surprise and capture of
Richmond and Petersburg inducing Beauregard to collect
his loose forces in North and South Carolina and bring
them to the defence of those places. Subsequently the
enemy attacked Butler, who was forced or drew back into
intrenchments between the James and Appomattox rivers,
and his (Butler's) army was as completely shut off from
further operations directly against Richmond as if it has
been in a bottle strongly corked. Gen. Grant gives a suc-
cinct and clear exposition of all the military movements
which resulted in finally crushing the rebellion, and closes
with the statement that he knows no difference in
the fighting qualities of the eastern or western armies.
All have a proud record, and all sections can congra-
tulate each other in having done its full share in restoring
the supremacy of the laws.