Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-06-14
The BATTLR OF COLD HARBOR.

A correspondent ef the Nav York Herald, with
Giants army, in le ter Of the inst, putt shed
In the Herald Of The 3D. asserts hAt all cottus Ia the
opinion, that the Losses Ct On. AIT HidAyf cut
numbered all Who fell eu,irg the entire tegs Of Vieks
burg. This correspondent adds also, a. Gen. Graat
has st asst determined that be will fight the devil with
ars"-iu o,her wer s. If the rebei will persist in en-
TREMBLING Gen Grant intends for the future, adopting
the same cafe mode OF warfare, and predicts glorious
sulls hereafter from the caution Of Meade combined
with the brilliant strategy OF Grant, Toe Petersburg
Exprtss suggests bas the Butcher has resolved an init
nation from Washing ton, TIA; his wholesale slaughter
must stop and that boundess as the resources OF
the Federal Govern 1T lave been supposed to be in
men, under the sly of fshusg adopted by him (Grh
a. Spots yvania Court House and Cold Harbcr, they
will soon be, if they are not Already exhausted
Tue paragraph which We publish among the mi eel
lAneots items from The Hesat asserting thattWo
ers loaded with one hundred days men from 10, had
sailed from that city for the White House. is cOn6rma
tory Of the opinion that Grants powerful columns hare
beel terribly depleted. Is will b, remembered that
these one hundred days" men were enlisted for the
express purpose Of guudug the iOrtfsAtiOns around
Washington and with that they bsguilHJ
ssnt III - Grau.s slaughter pens.
Another evidence OF tie unprecedented Losses of
Grant will be found in the correspondence recently sub
mtted 70 the Yankee Congress- by Lincoln relative to
the drAh, published in another part of tbs paper.
The folio wing paragraph from the Petersburg E<-
prs OF yesterday ia this connection, will be reed with
interest, deg 40 % Z
prisoner brOughsin from tn batsls Geld Ct Friday,
the told eminent minister OF Pea rsourg then in
chmond that be enlisted IN the heavy artillery branch
Of the tervce and was assigned to duty in the iorf
cadOns around New York. Immediately after The
bloody fights around SpotsyTAn Court House, this
soldier Vss psremposy ordered on board steamer and
CT 60 West Point on the York river from When,e
he was huried to Granite army. He told the minis er
further that he had heart Tor the war sick and
tired OF it. and that be lost time the day Of tie
battle 70 throw hmstlf no the hands OF the Confeds
rates as prisoner OF BE vas FAD ofths opportu
nifty and hailed il, under the circumstances, Of
the happiest Days Of his s GA; infoim stat tia
this prisoner was man of more than ordinary int lii
geuce, of genteel appearance, Aod Iea.ed his
story with fsanknsss, freedom, and sim
cerity that bespoke its truthfrness. He
added loo that his case mot isolated one but
frat there were hundreds similarly eircumslarcsd, who
bad welcomed captivity as a precious privilege, COM
pared Nth Sighting in GrAnts army. This prisoner
STATED further TO intO man That Whiskey rstionS
we're heIaly issued to Grants UOops during the night
Of she instant and that hundreds who we're LED up
to Gen Lees breAstWoIks ct early dawn tie morning
of the placed the cartridges in their guns with the
balls foremost while others fred wildly in the air AID
obers ttin beasty into Heated that they did
not fire at all being unable to bring their pieces TO
level. These statements are c)rroboraUd by the IN
preeedented pAucy Of CASUALTIES in cur ranks and Cspe
cia1y IN front Of Hokes division Tais numerous com.
mand We havs been positively assured did lose sx
men from all causes notwithstanding it was repeatedly
assaulted bY overwhelming numbers.