Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-28

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70 90 this IS to execute similar maneuyers TO
those executed By Napoleon in 1905 and 'O6-
the relative position of the base of operation Of
the rebels to that of the line Of operation OF tho
Union army facilitating such action"
he gives, also, details of movement BIZ which
our army in Tennessee would be besten. This
done, he tells as the rebels would detach 8 force
to send into Kentucky, to march TO Louisville.
II possible, but at any rate to Lexington, thence
through the Cumberland gap to be transported
back to Richmond. The main rebel army Of
eighty Thousand men meantime pursues our
army westward, beating all forces which oppose
il, capturing Mersphis and then, after a short
time for repose, hastsniog part of this army
eastward again, for tbs grand AID anal opera
tious il Virginia.
Ia the meantime hs supposes the siege Of
Richmond going on; the rebel forces there re-
ceive daily occasions, as the operations in
North Carolina and Tennesses are completed.
The Union army has q long snd exposed Inc OF
communication from Fredericksburg or else
where. The moment ths rebels are strong
enough, thirty thousand men are dispatched to
make a " raid" on these lines, in the rear Of our
army. The UEiOn commander dares not 6etsch
fifty thousand men--half bis foTce-to meet
this, for in tia! case he leaves tho other half ex.
posed to the attacks of q superior force before
him in Richmond. Our author y
"ln a case like this the real character Of DIFF
fereat generals would show itself. A Napoleon
or a C8ssr would, al the first notice of the raid,
leave their trains and PARIS and movo with
their whole army, by forced marches, toward
Orange Court Heuss or PottelsViil9, according
to circumstances. Executed against them, this
raid would be destruction to the corps which
undertook i. A Wellington would probably At
first do nothing at all, but raise tho siege rs
soon IS the reports were fully coDfifRed, aud
move with his whole material compo 5edly back
to Lis fret base. a Jourdan or a Victor would
send = detachment after tbs rebels, Staying
themselves with the main body before Rich
mond. a Morsau OF Massene would get his
train in readiness, cave a strong detachment to
cover them, with orders to retreat as soon as
ths rebels in Richmond manifest = desire to At
tack, and with their main body would mach to
intercept the rebel corps which has undertaken
tie raid.
'In our case, 1 think that he undertaking of
the raid would be sufficiently justified By the
simple fact that a Napoleon or Caesar would
probably not have chosen the line Of operation
f-om Fredericksburg to Richmond
We have not space to quote tho details by
which it IS shown thst, choose whatever bsss
and line Of operations it viii, the Union army
before Richmond could not escape defeat.
"Immediately after the decisive defeat Of the
ONAt4 Iii UGlDAb As.GnlOlLs Eht tu6IHlF1
should be taken against the North IF the de-
s~sruction has been complies. the eutiro rebel
army should move. If the defeat has only bsen
such as after the seven days fight, $4,000 mon
Left at Richmond would be sCfi :ieut TO defend
the town; the Temainder-some $50 600 to 300
000-should move on the day after the battle,
by forced marches, TO the Nortb. Washington
we will suppose strongly gaTTisoned. as veil as
HaTpaT's Ferry snd Baltimore. At WsTreu.en,
10000 men wosld be detached to move, By way
Of CenterVille, against the Federal capital, es a
kind of corps of observation; 10000 men would
be sent through Ashby's gap against Wiaehss-
ter, and thence against Narthsburg.
CARVED at BaekletowD, thay would march
East, and thereby prevent the garrison Of Hsr-
per's Ferry escspiag West or Northwest. The
msin body of thn army has meanwhile moved
along L0u3on Valley; st Aide Gap about
100000 pass through it the remainder (some
40 000) move to Berlin a detachment takes
London Heights 10. 600 MAJ rsove 10 Fred
sTicktown, and the remaining 60 900 march into
Pleasant Valley, take Maryland Heights, a0d
force the garrison of HsrpeI's Ferry once more
to surrender.
Immediately after The sSrrel1er, and if IN
the meanwhile Washington has been captured,
the entire corps moves toward Cbam5ersbaFg.
for an invasion of the North if Washington
bas not been captured, then it moves against
Baltimore. The main body having passed
through Aidie GAP, advances to Conrad's ferry,
crosses the Potomac, and Immediately proceeds
toward Washington, which place ought 70 be
attacked simultaneously on tho right bank cf tee
Potomac, by the thirty thousand rebels coming
from Centrsville, and by the 100. 600 coming
from Conrad's ferry on the left bank. would
open the way into tia city, aud this Ones Occa.
pied, the garrison in the forts on the righ.
would probably be obliged to surrender.
This short expose viii show tia! The Tebsjs,
by taking to gran1 offensive operations under
the present circumstances by defeating FIRST
the smaller Union bodies, snd than By concsn-
trating all their forces for ths las. decisive ssrug-
gle by leaving the UaIol armies in the West,
faT gwsy from the decisive point. peri city free
to capture cotton plantations and open Western
rivers to Northern navigation, while they Che
are dealing decisive blows, ard capturing
large Union cities in the Fest, might finish the
war TO their own advantage, and this simply in
consequences Of the wrong plan Of conquest fol-
lowed by tRe Northern troops"
This is not an encouraging view. But !, x.
poses the weakness of that plan, Or lack of plan,
on which we havs eeted, and seam still to be
acting. It shows how the rebels, if Their lead
ers have sufficient genius, can, with smaller
means, make the campaign Of 1858 vary discs
trous and disgrsesf1l 10 Us. Il shows that while
batter awty vsinly a. Yicksburg and
Charleston, which places are Of slight impor-
lance TO US if we get them, we do not in sl this
time strike at the sole defense and reliance of
The rebellion, the rebel armies And if it sx-
POSES the false principles on which our general
n chief is acting, may We not hope that il win
tie adoption Of a soundHr plan