Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-15
arr LArr BATTLES IN AMERICA.
7 PLopi tie London Morning Herald, June IL

PBE LATE BATTLES IN AMERICA
TFLoDi tie London Morning Herald June
ID. tOi, Dsu faidsra The manly and self'rtliant
notto OF the nfeoerAts States see ned OF nst oo
ar ogant challenge to thsir enemies s1d 70 ne
When four years ago, tho neR republic drew s sWoru
and threw the fcsbbard its case sppo,rea
ate 10 tboss al distance who calmly caicuisno tne
chances Of Fuccess failure. The Northern ana uo
ern peoples Of the late Unen Strung no u sane
s,ock aud rutured in the same traitiooe dd not seem
30 ssmiar that either tide could be tupPoseo 10 pave
a moral advantage which would neu:rAlis1 dispAr'!
numbers H.
SIb rsct from them the doubtful popul tons OF the
border States and have 50 than PIX million o. S'uIn
srners to contend with at least twenty million o.
en mer Il did not seam 'ssble at h'st that the spA
minority shoud srcceed in asserting rs rgnis wiIuou
the &C i've asss Of come poEtrul iiients suen
friends volunteered the rtecue, aud most OF Us re-
garded tho cause of independence az o' ana '0Oreu
pi ynRiv on the Sluthernr RS as doomsd men The
event his hcst happily DISAPPOINTED sucn m!iAeehoy
or, hod;nrs We ale now the m dele Of the fourth
year of the war and at every pcpt OF the wide bats
Add The Sou letners have b. This me the best o. It,
aopelcss despera'e in the last stage oil exhaustion
Of money aud men, the Moth has brsced itself up for
one more convul i've ons the Conftd rate nss
Fresh az ss tie frat aad smul lted With conndenco
| gained By repes.ea victory, with resources val are
out &c developing, and supply oil material ana men
Who 81 en- 10 eprpg lrcm the ground La their country
nesd the s. nth has set itstlt dghanily egsnst the
| mighty hos,s Of It's antagonist, and huIled them
baSs, bleeding AID wounded, from the lines Of kioh-
| mead
sach spect cle as this has nevtF before been sien
In this world l. IL satisfactory 10 fad thas now and
then tho eht eau triumph over mighl-tiai the juet
use, however weas pcevG by tie mere reason OF
the cent lence in lie usuce, which arms the DR. ass OF
is CHAMPIONS with triple steel The Sousserners have
acted ~ Ihes bravo mjto s1d Tel-esrnsd their re-
ward. They have grandy proved than elves ns ion,
aud have tn applause o; Europe, OF toe world,
Ind oil pos'eriy.
We nav vepiu already to spsRt OF this campl'gn Of
Lse a. the gceatest OF the may trium?bs OF great
general II bis previous ext bits bal not earned IT, bis
sucoass III ressai Co to III immense ermy OF Grant
| .oud have viodca ed for him, alone among American
generals of is second revolutionary war; the tte to
rank with the great cPa ns Of Europe. He is probably
| he OILY mn in eericL who knjas how 10 handle
100 600 men. The Attacks made upon him have been
di-i ,ntgd attack, ea,h oy geaelGl OF DIVISION Ct
| 81 90 or 40 600 men.
Tnere has ossn tf .cive conbinsti4n between bis
aes ants. SedgsNick 0oes not come up until ia cock
is dictated Burnside il some here Ill tho rear, while
Warren is being sGnihila ed Tle whole mas OF the
Confederate ara kepl welt in taud, aud played alto
g,ther like the pieces che, board has been
C. at wok 10 crush lhese generals In detail Vigor Is
doub less, quality moss essential Tor soldier, and
this N litary atrbu may be GAINED Tor Gen. u ant
Blu the lis ory OF the osm?agn 90 far confirms tho
opui.n winch we vsntused to express at the outset,
that in science and strategy, the qualities which oIm
mAna success in such eAced Operations, Grant Is
mere i,fA.t ia tue hands OF Lee.
The statements o: Northern tile: rams, aGd the COM
m mis- made upou them 10 rope 10 the repu!se Of
Lee ana It's re,rsat over vast ent # country, Ae
AuoEn by this time to BE- .titiOuJ and llesory. he
| has not beel defeated
10 al ;ho sanguinary struggles from the 9th t. the
ls be Wesv cOiiors. He gal ed t"o pi ched batl' -
one a. Wilder uess ,hs Oh The ether Ct Spo cyl
yania on tbs 12h. He las not retrea.ed ov siogle
mil, Of ground, but has assumed aud successfully dc
Tended the position which from the very at he intended
to occupy which is Gig miles southeast OF the Rlpdan
fordg AID bars the roId 10 IdcLmond. With his camp
behind aud in front OF the Pc YER he fights bshind
ear b 1o,ks which we're aboriou-ly constructed under
his direct ons siter tho ba1le Of GeitysbnEg.
On billy Vantsge gtoand in thisk WOODS where the
Co ederate s9ldsr invisible to the enemy, shoot
h IN dow1 at hs leisure, the guns and ? hss Of The
S u hern arDy can play aiih most deadly ,fsct on
bOoies of The enemy which may mper thems Ives on
the pRia in froat. 10 the basls Of the IL the al
Vantsges of Il position were well SEEN The losses Of
the OUniSderaes supposed 10 have borne no COM
pasOu with those Of the army Of Grant Tle slaughter
Of the Fsderals such has parallel IN his DRY.
Whole regiments have disappeared from the muster
rCle whole divisions We been snnihla'e4. TGere 10
no room for The wounded Ia As town oil edercksburg
where open cts have been turned into hos tsl
| wards, and he loot Of mau AID horse 8 umbes il
teAds the gsuns pros rate forms Of dead and dy
ing TIE wsd ,m Of Lees strategy has boon terribly
vindicsted 10 judgment which recalls 20 the minds Of
rvmorselu Norleroers the sTuJ ion OF the host ct
Sennacherib by the sssa Of God
Il will take 10 600 to repair The glps hat have
en- Raee in the Federal Htmy, d " h whas Tor. of
oon6d ,Dco can this catscom0 Of fresh victims be
pected 10 march the death for broken I'm whose
| rutil has now bren sounded ibsse bloo1 stained
| Vuginiau h,li General Grant has paid d peoay Of
his overW heming presumption. Mcclellan long ag
pror cunced the Cueet advance TO Redmond 10 be u'
terly imoract eabe Hooker stsmped Is aud was
ruined. Meade rccon5oi,ered IL: am conceded in the
opinion Of N 0lellu.
Grans, uohiug dluntsd, ru'hed forward and we hat
ID On tho presumption that 10 the long Two msn
must COZ Ter enc, this beiI the simple secr o. 8
Wanted strategy. IL is possible, udet d. that when he
crossed the Ripidan Germanna Ford ant intended
| a nk uarca upon Redmond by way Of Go dlCsviis,
wherc he would have appro. cled is on tie side,
comparatively uadeltnded. Lee rendered this move.
Impossible By moving forward at once and attack
| ing Grant a. Wld ruess.
He cut lie right wing, and cut him from Gsrmanna
NJ lis and the RA iA1 Rver dfivDg IN ca t#ard upon
Fredericksburg hasa Of operatOn5 and leaving him
choice but to take The dice. road 10 Richmond CT
reet Having accomplished bic purpose IN the bat lie
Of tie b, Lee again ok Up his mpreg labl position
al S2otsyvans, against which Grant has hurled his le
| G ous in van When tn, FsJsrab 1isienily ex
Lsusted it wall be Gp. Lees turn to assume the ofsl
siVe.