The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1864-06-30

defend TO the last extremity that nersi
spot called home. Even the cripplcs vol
unteer their services, aud in many INSTANCES
fill positions which relieve mea capsbls
OF besriug arms, thus adding anothSv 10
the nusabor Of guns 70 be levellsd It he
invading foe. eA
Graat's Prosress In ylrginis.
The Richmond Despatch, Of the 18th
instant, in referring 10 Grant's movement
in Virginia, and his .Op TO Richm6uds
expedition, uses the following Language,
showing eouclusively the difseultiss sifss
he has thus far enconatered in sndeayor-
ing tUreach that city.
Gen. Grant crossed the Rappahanuock
on the 4th day, with the intention Of Rxhs-
ing his way through Lees army. AZ Rsd,
it Is said, 10000 MEN with him. and
there - no doubt that with this fbrce he
expected TO infiict fatal defeat upon Lee.
IN Spottsylvaaia, or some OF the couuties
between Spottsyivali aud Richmond. He
never dreamed Of the opposition he should
meet with; rs is EVIDENT from his proclaim.
ed determination ITO faht il out on this
line If it takes all summer"
On the very FIRST day of his crossing, he
was attacked in his entrenohmeuts near
Elyls Ford, and driven out Of them with
The loss of 800 men taken prisoners, and
wounded. On the 9th he was beaten IN
q severe combat near Parker's Store, aud
lost 5000 prisoners. the 6,hanother
engagement took place near the Wilder
ness, in which he was driven back, With
enormous loss, to Charlottesville, eight
miles from the scene Of conflict On the
9Th he was driven from the Germania road,
aud moved all his pontoons to Ely's Ford.
II was now that he attempted his no CALI
ed Ranking operations for the FIRST time,
aud he did it solely because he could make
no progress by moving strait forward. It
was necessity, not strategy, that dictated
has movements. On the 9Th, he swung
his right around his lett, aud advanced to
Spousyivania Court House by side move
ment, hopfpg to get there before Lee; but
he had been anticipated, for he had scarce
ly tYken possession before General Ander.
son attacked him and drove him out With
prodigious slaughter. On. the 9th, by
moving around our left with heavy force.
i.e contr,yed to yet possession of tho road
between shady Grove Church and Sposts-
81 ivania Court House, ond from this posi-.
tion he was driven On the 10th By Gen.
Eariey.
he operations Of Grant, thus far, had
been attended with losses unparalleled ii the
nistory Of this wur. On the 9th uf Nav.
previously 10 the military operations OF
that day, the official paper in Washington
stated lhs- lsusnber- OF kilied. wounded, aud
isiasiniiss AT 81, ,0ot,1--shat Is 1000 .. s.cay.---
here Is little doubt that this stste,.,snt
was tar below the marx; but as Gen. Lee
gave no estimate; We have no mean. OF
correciingit Grant was now on the Brook
road HIS first slide, instead of bringing
him upoa Cen. Lees flank or rear, and
enabling k,ni 10 march uninterrupted u
iSsciinwnd, has brought hi:s. directly upon
MS front at Sports, isania Court House,
wiisse he found hinl strongly entrenched
Ja.tle llth, the direct attack was tried
sszlis, and lssaited in the. repulse Of Grant
aud fearful slaughter af his men. But
tle ereNuing slaughter was on the 18th.
Miien the Aankd ten columns deep. aui
nsadleaed with ~h,skey, were urged ,up-
on Lees breastworks, ut the point of the
hayonet. BY sudden attack, Lefore day,
riu the midst of q thick fog, they succeed.
ed III obtaining temporary possession OF
u portion Vi oar lines, which had not been
.compie,ed, a,si captured. 1000 prisoners;
but they We're . on repulsed with immense
ioss foufteef different tiincs, from 4
ocivck A. NJ, until s T.. H., (ll hours)
they repeated their assaults In deep COL
umns- Sale behind their works, cur men
slaughtered them ia manner too horri-
niv "r coatenpiation
.hisd their courage or their whiskey,
gave oa', aud they retired leaving, some
sly 20,bJo, others a great many more, Of
iieir dead and wounded on the field. tin
tu this time the Yankee ncwspape com.
pu,ed their own iasses, from all oxuses. at
so,UG0. Grant remained in front several
ays, but he could not again briuy his
men up to the scratch. On the l4tb. from
necessity aud not choice, lie again began
to move to his lett, aud again Lee -antici-
Pated him, and agaiu appearedin his front
ut Hanover junction. The remaining op
erat'ons are {, such recent ccurrenee that
We need enter into no detail oil them Grant
has hanked aud fianked, us his admirers
call his sIdeieng movements, uutii he has
fianked himself down to Westoser, thirty
miles from Richmond b. the nearest road.
in no one OF these flank movements did
he succeed. lie did not for moment cut
Lee OF from his base. nor did he in sin.
gle instance deceive that General. Iu. sv.
cry one he found himself anticipated and
his object defeated
He has played havoc with his rspu,a.
tioa, having utterly destroyed II in oae
halt the time it took Mcclellan and Burn.
side to bring themselves down 90 their
proper level. Uulike those Generals, he