, 1863-08-03
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rance :ast rear. bv wav Of the Peninsula
was not veil chosen. althourb with Fred.
ericksburg for base, he would have been
only sixty miles from Richmond. The
failure Of that campaign is to be attributed
10 the three or four iIl-timed halts which
the commanding General made at York
town. Williamsburg, Hanover Court
Honse and Fair Oaks. which afforded the
enemy a breathing smell. not only to re-
cover frnrn thc moral effects of bis reyerses
Int IN create. br conservation. an army ca-
1,able of taking the offensive under the
shadow of Richmond. The advantage Of
q base at White House, on the Pamunkey,
only twenty miles from Richmond, where
the largest transports could float under the
protection Of gunboats, was certainly very
great, and we incline to the belief that this
route to the rebel capital was the best one
on the map except That OF the James river.
Napoieon cared hllle 1or bases OF operation,
because ne matn1a1ned MS arm1es by con-
In the prosperous and wealthy countries
OF central Europe, where every rood Of
earth is cultivated to the utmost, this was
possible, but the Russian campaign fur
nishes the most memorable example in
history Of the neglect Of providing base
in sterile OF devastated field,
To Gen. Rosecrans has been allotted tha
task of keeping open an immense line Of
communication. and of advanc;nr in +ba
lace Of formidable enemy, while every
mile Of advance has added to the embar-
rassmnt ofhis rear. Buell. was enabled to
advance to Decherd and Stevenson last
year because there was no enemy worth
considering in his front. Assoou as Brarr
got his conscripts together and stoDncd
outside of Chattanooca. it became a rnce
between the two commanders which should
reach the Ohio river first and the rr;aon-
CTS ne lost in that celehratca heat at R;ch.
mond. fFv,. Nunfon1svj,le AM, :a,eer1,ara
Ito saw nothing Of the ahandoncd tor;tor,
gave the enemy a 1,a1ance aqainct nc ~ tha
matter Of exchange. which WIS mot fol1v
settled till the fourth Of Jn1r last ccn
Rosecraus is never rcouired to m ovcr tho
same ground twice Tie ..soutbe-, H;e+ow
Of the First Year Of the Warn recon,1,, i.
sued at Richmond savs that Roso.rans;
the only Yankee General WIN evcr batt,aa |
and discounted Lee and it admits without |
eouiyocation that he did run the latter home
from Western Virein;a with b;s comh cnt
and his beautiful Dlans all Turned tonsv-tn,-
W. In the person of Brace. Rosecrans h.e
undoubtedly encountered the second bpst
General in the rebel ser.ice FIR Ceneral
Joe Johnston has not achieved a victory
since the war began, unless we give him
the credit Of the first Bull Run, where he
adopted Bcauregard's plan, and where the
adopted plan totally tailed TIL Kirby
Smiths reinforcements unexpectedly came
upon the field Nor has Bragg, technically
speaking, won victory, though his skill