, 1864-03-09

or lravc1y. TIC loss of the Icttle cost Gen.
Burnside his command. The fight at Aanns-
sas Was lost by reason Of the trcochcry OF
McClclIan's Generals, who were resolved to
destroy Gen. Pope.
at CI!c1emagna it is we'll known that the
I rebel force exceeded ours by q, 600; Bragg
having q, eco against cur 81 1000. Who said
there was sGve to one.''
We are surprised that the scceeh concern
mentions chickahon.iDy, rs there was but
one nacn who claimed that the rebels outnum-
bercd us, and tllat was Its pet, Gen. Nc
Clellan. When he reached Yorktown with
720 600 troops, he refused to attack the 1000
were more numerous than his army! When
he commenced "changing his base,'' he as
serted that the enemy numbered $50 900 1re-
caters, while he had but 125 200 innocent
lambs. when in truth the rebels were but
IS COO at the outside. At Antetam McClel-
Ian had - 600 and the enemy less than &C, COO
At Gettysburg the two armies were not
essentially different In strength-fhe rebels
being some 10, coo to 1890 the strongest.
But when they stood at bay on the bank of
tho Potomac and could not cross, they had
but St, Goo, while Meade's force was re-inforc-
ed up to $4,000, but he lacked the courage to
strike;
At Chattanooga the rebels had q, 600 and
wonderfully strong position. Grant attack.
ed them with x, 600 and crushed them as he
would m crg-ghell,
At Vlcksburr the garrison numbered 3o.-
GOO; Johnson had e; 600 Of relieving force
outside, and between them lay Grant's army
Of 50, ,0CO for two or three weeks before he
WAS reinforced.
At Gaiue's Mill. Porter with q. 600 men
foueht for ecyen hours, AGAINST more than
65. .00O rcbe1s. and Mcclellan refused In rr,n.
forc him a1thonc1 on 4bc other s,oe ~ Tho
creek Law 81. 600 idle mer, listening to the roar
OF battle. As soon os Porter was defeated
Mcclellan commenced n prcclnitate retreat
to the runboata on the James river.
At Stone River the Two armies were of
nearly one strength. Il yas q fafr omen field
fight, and the rebels were soundly whipped.
At Pe1rysvine, Buell. let onewfng of his army
tight the Whole rebel force, and consequently
got worsted- At Pea Ridge, the rebels had
three men to our two, bnt were soundly
thrashcd. At Donaldson, our force Was
nearly double that OF the entrenched enemy
but Grant carried the works by storm, and
captured 10000 prisoners, and all their NJ
tillerr.
In the late Flo7da hgnt the rebel force wus
csumated by nearly au the reporters at E2,ooo,
while ours Was barely 5000, md the superior
weight OF the rebel fire, proved that they
greatly Spfeponoefateo IN numbers.
From this hnsty summary, 1t VIII be seen
that' IN some na1ucs our forces outnnmbcred
tne feoels, *hue IN other engagements they
exceeded ours.
ihc war has demonstrated one TACT: that
When the opposing aolces a1e equm IN suengtn
every eohlss'" o"t 1n1o ..s eeeesn o.s.u W.
uu1 son1sa 10 u1s,a..ss :. os W. .ns
tcoets sef cn,on .t*nm so.osts ~ nsS ~ :. .sean
nua na.'ea ano o..tefness, aou ~ o. .,.ea
ePcaA y, 1nem' " tAe sAues w "A1sA Auos
eon,eno' IN 'efnns otnes '''An esiainns ana
'useAoou'
.,.s -, - s.+s,aI+1. 9o,,. ~" -
G.. ~ ,..5aaa,. 1s,,a..- .,.ao;es, p 80 ~ -.
saaa ~ +ha ~ no,,spae..s - 49, eI.,,pa..
49,. avd ho1r ~ 49, 49,. hn.a 49,. s.ssosses
80 1l,,.,.a. ~ =. 49, -. .4 t..N eu.~ee
snsan1at;or T. = roasa,sh,o - ..a. aass,,. ~
.!e-.a-e- ..at ~ essN,. '
.s"- ,.,a sea;..as | ~ =. sasaa.1,Io psu4,1on
wee 1vu ~ w eonetuns Mote .nan
oti's u JAZZ - une eue11uas !1on he ausslsslppi
nNe1 aue ~ appearances u eoas tne iauufe OF
lne ea'all5 colamn' unoer uenefals smith
ano e.'efson' 70 1olm . junction Win shef-
man. IN centra4 A1sslssippi' materially dis"
."foeu III p'aos' II WIS necessary beyond
ooupi' as ne *oulo ne comPeuea 10 obtain
supplies ny !ofag'ngn hepeIseSered IN going
forward and penetrated Alabama, that his
cavalry shonla be considerably superior to
.nat OF the enemy without tins superiority
hs coaIa mol cover enough OF Lne conntry 10
~ 1To,;a;.n 80 1,a,.s.. ats,s.s 80.
s1n;th 81, b..,~ r. 49, as,.,.n saa ,a;saa =
49, =, - . ..a,;,..,- s ,Io -s,"..1S au 'asu
-. 's, s.s. =. - ~ -. lew tna
Tnntsy,,,a ~ T. +ha4 -,a,n,tr ~ th,s 1 fo1-a,as W.
a for,n,aoh,e -,n1t 1vI,o f,r fhe Arm, ~ ~