The New York herald., 1863-11-28
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Some tie ago We sketched, in ILLUSTRATION ef
the great <stSgic abilities Of General Grant,
the Manufactures Of his various successes. q
Belmontfort Henry, Shiloh, and in that mag
nihcent impaign that resulted in the fall Of
VicksbV and the capture Of Pembertsah
army. mother is now added to the list of tS,
soldierpuccesses that Is in every way worthy
Of the sociation; that will rank in the combf-
nationf involved in its completeness with any
victoro Of modern wars; that will stamp Gene
raj Ght Is one Of the great soldiers of the age.
and ave him without an equal in the list Of
| genels now alive. If there. be any man
! worry to be called the Napoleon Of the time
il iClysses Grant.
bout sixty days ago General Grant assumed
| tn command that he new holds. His central
o,anization-Thomas army-then held point
snost vital to the success of our Western sd-
| tnce; but It had just been beaten in great
sttlc; 1t was weakened in numbers and stores;
IT'S communications were in danger He had
force in Tennessee necessary to hold that coun-
try, just redeemed from the enemy; he had tho
force under Hooker en- route to join Thomas,
and he had the force under Sherman, then In
Mississippi, two hundred and City miles distant
from the scene of action. But some time was
necessary for the enemy to recover from the
effects Of the battle then just fought,
and in that time Hooker was brought
up. and by beautiful and simple maneuvre was
placed in position that assured the certainty
Of supply to Thomas army, and put out Of the
question all doubt as to our ability to hold the
place. Supplies were then hurried forward
with great rapidity, and offensive operations
were delayed only for the arrival of Sherman.
Meantime Burnside, in his exposed position in
East Tennessee, proved dangerous temptstioa
to the enemy. and diverted from Bragg column
of perhaps thirty thousand men. Sherman ar
rived while these thirty thousand were away,
and Grant promptly moved forward his three
commands at Chattanooga in mastery relation
each with the others, and gained victory Of
line Of the movements that resulted in the 10
cent battles.
Bragg's army. there appears every reason %
suppose, ia utterly broken to pieces. Our earliest
accounts represented that the robel retreat
was upon Dalton, Georgia, which, q II b
upon the road to Atlanta, is the enemy's natu-
ral line. But by Gen. Grants despatch. dated
tho 9th, at one o'clock A. M, it would seem
that at least 4 portion Of the onemy's force
was at Red Clay, which is on tho Georgia State
line, and on the railroad that leads to Dalton
and Atlanta in the one direction and to Knox
Vile in the other. Both accounts may be trusj
and these facts would then indicate dispersioB
Of tho enemys forces. No force at Red Clsy
could get ia Atlanta by way Of Dalton without
battle with Hooker, who ought to be there
first; and We suppose the force at Red Clay -
be only fraction Of the enemy's army, as It b
scarcely possible to believe that Bragg would
abandon Atlanta, and indeed the whole State
Of Georgia. for the doubtful advantage that be
might anticipate from q junction with Long
street ct Knoxville.
General Grant is entitled TO tho moro homes
for his victory inasmuch as It "a at once
triumph over the enemy snd over the Wash
ington authorities. He has repeated ths
achievements OF Napoleon In Italy in double
| sense. He has beaten the enemy everywhsrs
and, just as Napoleon got rid of the intsrfsrsaos
Of the Directory, and laughed at II, 90 Gensral
Grant hos triumpted despite the miserable
Washington Directory" that has prsvsutsd
the successes of all our other generals.
II is scarcely possible to overestimate th<
effect that this latest of General Grants suo
cesses will have politically, especially with u
people Of the great Northwest. Ho viii bs 70
gArded a. the great man Of the country; and.
once nominated for the Presidency, who CO..
question his succcssi Hc has never had . fall
ure, and would triumph over all opposition, q
he always has over the rebel forces.
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