Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-07-29
A REBEL VIEW Of THE SITUATION.

-ides has been terrible-N A. Ledger,
A REBEL VIEW Of THE SITUATION.
rHL CRISIS Oh GENERAL sHERNAY's CAMPAIGN
RkBELs THINK OF GENERAL GRANTS POSITION
The ORIGINAL PLAN OF THE SUMMER CAM
PAIGN ADHERED To-coSsEQUEScEs Oh THE
INVASION or NaRYLASD-THE OFFENSIVE To
BE RESUMED on 4 LARGE SCALE BY THE RIB
ELs-PEXysYLyAXIA AND OHIO TO BE INVADED
WHERE THE REBELS GIT THEIR NES-AN
ATTEMPT TO BIZ MADE TO CAPTURE WASHING
ToS-PEAcE CONSIDERED IMP ssIBLE WITH
LINCOLN A. PRESIDENT
from the New York Worlds Correspondent
BALTIMORE, July q
LATE NEWS FROM RICHMOND
have some news from Richmond today,
through source which il entitled to perfect
credit. as late the Goth inst. It will be seen.
in the light OF the facts mentioned below, that in
consequence of the failure of Grants campaign,
certain new aud startling elements of the strug-
gle have been developed.
THE CRISIS OF sHEKMAN's CAMPAIGN.
The progress of General Sherman toward At
lanta has been steady his move8nts have
been made with such uniform good Judgment
and have been attended hitherto with such sue
cess and the difficulties that he has overcome
have been so many and great that il ishard
to believe that he is 10 be baked ut last OF the
fruits of his hard campaign. Whatever may be
the result OF The operations OF the next few DAYS,
history will record that Gen. Sherman deserved
success. The march of his army from Nash
vile 10 Atlanta is OF itself a triumph OF which
future adverse circumstances rob him
His great merits as commander not over
looked or undervalued BY the Confederates, by
whom he il regarded a infinitely superior
to General Grant; and, indeed, as a General
of true genius
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE OPERATIONS or LIE
AND JOHNSTON
But General Sherman cannot overcome impos
siblities. The Confederates placed 50 high \
value UPON Atlanta at the beginning OF this cam
paign that no means were thought too great TO
secure its safety. The movements Of Johnston
ineXDhcable a. they have seemed and dsheart
ening as they have been To the mass OF the South
ern people. have been made in pursuance of the
original plan agreed upon between him aud Lee
at the beginning of tie campaign. This plan re
/ quired the large and well disciplined army of
sherman to be kept at bay, and employed in
/ 6ghting its way toward Atlanta. until the cam
4 paigB in Virginia should have assumed such a
/ phase that portion of Lees troops could be
+ sent To Atlanta to reinforce Johnston. In con-
sequence of the interference of Mr.. Lincoln with
Grants plans at the commencement of the cam
pagn, the particulars o. which, interference
| have heretofore meD;i0n,J,) and Ia consequence
/ OF the forced adoption bv Grant of the overland
route. and its necessary results-results which
were clearly foreseen 5y Lett was expected by
| tho rahel 10. iara that the "a Y
! would have assumed its present aspects some
weeks ago That il did not do so the rebel lead
ers are candid enough to acknow ledge. is due
| solely To the unconquerable and intexoe pur.
pose of General Grant, and to the superb dis
! cipine of the veteran trOups of the Aruy of the
Potomac.
! CONFEDERATE OPINION OF GRANTS POSITION.
But. if the rebel theory OF General Grant
position is correct, that period has now arrived
What they believe about his army is this: that
il has now done all that il will be able TO accom-
plish: that il may maintain ia present position
for weeks to come, but that any further offensive
operations. beyond the Smelling and destruction
| OF Petersburg is out OF the question: AMI as nc
military object can be accomplished by the de
struction of that place. they are prepared to see
| il destroyed The position of BeauregaTd's army
in their works at Petersburg, they regard as alb
solutey impregnsble. and they regard the recent
| contraction of General Grants lines, and his
abandonment to them Of the Weldon railroad, as
! a virtual confession even of his numerical weak
ness. | may add that they know precisely not
only that the efficiency OF Grants army is great
" impaired by the loss of 80 many of the most
valuable of officers, but also that they know
the very names Of many of those officers, the
dates when they killed and disabled, and
the actual condition of the divisions, brigades
and regiments which they commanded
ADHERENCE OF THE REBEL LEADERS TO THEIR ORR
GINAL PLAN or CAMPAIGN
Ever since the first OF July. therefore, the EN-
ergies of General Lee and JEFF Davis have been
bent TO the task of carrying out the main fea-
| lures of the original plan of the summer cam
pagn, which | described before il had been
opened. II il remarkable how accurately their
calculations about IL have been fulfilled up tO
! this time Ii is on record. aud therefore cannot
\ be denied, that they expected General Grant TO
! do exactly what lie has done at every step of his
campaign. and that they we've prepared for him
at every point. IL l. on record that. even in the
midst of the overland campaign, they knew that
+ be must eventually abandon it ard adopt tie
route of General Mcclellan, and the despised
! and rejected plans of that general. But IL was the
delays that were forced upon him by the conduct
of the administration which gave the rebel lead
ers time TO Illustrate even those plans. Ii il on
record that they expected, ana even desired MS
operations against Petersburg, knowing well that
he would be DELAYED there. H. he has been, and
that thus he would Toe ensblel e. carry out their
plans IN the West
EEiNFoRCENENrS TO BE SEM 10 Chs JOHNSTON
These plans. a. stated IN nv last letter, em
brace the reinforcement of Ten. Johnston nj
Atlanta by that portion OF Gen. Lees army no;
required al Petersburg. and also Oy the twenty
I rive fbpl.a uu pufar Zen a II
Smith, recently in the Mississippi valley. This
reinforcement, according their calculations, will
put il in Gen. Johnsions power 10 assume the
offensive. 70 attack and defeat Gen. Sherman
and 10 follow up that defeat III such manner as
will render the army OF the latter practically
useless during The remainder OF The war Blu,
that i not all
ooNsfoCrNCI> ol rnL LArI AxPLDirioN lSIo
MARYLAND
hc moral results that attended the late expe.
dition 81 Gen. Earley into MARYLAND have some
what modified the plans ~ the rebel leaders but
that modification has only made them more Az
dacious They will 40 longer DE contented with
the defeat OF 6eH Grants army, aud his forced
retreat from their capital This result they *
rect e. bring about y concentration of their
+ forces AT RIchmond aiter Atlanta has been re
lievei But they " III not ne satisfied with that
They know nov. that Washington was in their
power ON toe llth and 18th Of july. They
know DOW that q Confederate army can be
brought without difficulty from Richmond 10
. Nsrxl.snt and that IL l. ia the nauat nF such .,