The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-06-14
REBEL ACCOUNTS.
What Grant IL DOing-Vhc Ca p ~ Ia n
Reviewed..

Reviewed.
from The Richmond whig, June 81
whether the fates have decided that the shall ter
inmate this yenr may be doubted but none will deny
that in selecting Grant as the loader oil the grand Army OF
the Potomac enemies have unwittngly chosen tho
man OF all others best adapted tho work OF bringing
the 10 speedy ard definite close. II ponce s TO
come 10 consequence OF The OF me Yankee ar
my, Grant surely Is the right man in the right place for
he alone has the faculty OF driving his men hcadong to
ruin. We are not Disposed to blame him-on the contra
ry gratitude to him unboanded to mpngn his
a soldier He has done all that In him lay has
displayed all the skill energy and courage OF which he Is
master and II he has failed The auit has not been Of
him or his men, bu, in the nature OF the obstacles which
Al, admit that Graut has made the Yankees fight as
they never fought before. Time and again they have
charged very formidable works, and two occasions
they have carried portion Of those work. by storm.
be sure The sents thus carried were the * points
OF dcicncc but, pared with other works before
which Yankees under Burnside, Hooker aid other
commanders failed, they were powerful indeed The
stone wall az harye's Hill, OF which much said
at the time II Butnsdes defeat, not much higher
federaes the night before that bloody repuse were simple
rifle pits, thrown up with baycnets and tin pans.
Not only has Grant infused audacity into his men,
and made them fight reck.essiy-ooshy, but he has
conducted the camisian principles derived from per
sonal experience prev lons campaigns
Mountain Lakes creek and the works the cas-. Of the
Big Bacs by bcld assaults, and making allowance for
the difference commanders, no sought 10 practice
lee tbs lesson which he learned successfully his
combais With Fioyd, icmberion and Bragg lie had no
Lee had been tried in vain. Was he 10
discard cxrerience and trust 10 invention and
would have becu unw,e and IN tie next place asking
too nnch OF him. lie did rot pretend, ike Mcclellan, to
possess genius Of Napoleon and he was not TOOL
enough 10 rely upon sudden inspiration and the suggss
ton 0f instruction. He Lad plan which had been uni.
iormy successful and lhat plan was straightor ward,
uenchmenis egua to f!ooers. he aimed 70 throw his
whole weight on Lees flank, get 10 his rear md cu him
have been ade believe, that the Confederate army
had acquired the art Of building powerful! ed works with
msgca qukpess he horei 10 meet Lee open ground,
be did 10 the first fight at the Wilderness when
zee drove his flank two miles and after that he
bad encounter breastworks i've feet high and feet
tnics II he rushed his mady agairst these works,
and drove them mercessy q Slaughter and repeated the
bucterv over and over again, at tho Wilderness, at
StsylvsDia Court House three days In succession, and
st again at Turkey Ridge az IT he glored in ear
mage, the fault. again declare Is not mis-. task
his been given him hy the abolition ,yran, at
wssl ington-r amcy TO reach Richmond not by tho
Mcclellan route. ned lie had no option but to fight
Sy r sT he e eaya Teep ee ii ansa
possession ci the very pos lion scle cd by Mcclellan Ia
1862 and which had thea cost lae concera;es dearly
IEere stood lee bebiui 20 Inevitable bicastworks,
which his men appeared tu nave carried In their
from The Wilderness 20 snosyiysnia thence to hc North
Anna, aud again ~ teal iarbor, ad seemingly wi'h
much case as though they nad been hemp bales. .such as
Price had ct Lexington
What was Grant ,o TO Was 10 recross tho pamun.
key, make way 20 the White Hose and embark
Washington. was he 20 move upon the White House,
or the south sde aud decline battle entirely lie could
90 neither the the other for other movements
carried him iurtter from Richmond Compelled TO 6gh,
he fought with stubbnruHees and piled up his
remorsry be had done r SpOttsylvanin Repulsed for
the fih sixth time with great oss, he waited few
days lcd 70 the left behind his nrenohments going
somea bere 10 do the next best thing that can Dc done,
whstever IL may be.
All these Efforts been attended with lcss OF .e
unparalleled during the war. The exact figures will
be known, but the aggregate enormous and ap
proxnlates hund Cd Thousand. Is Grant satisfied?
Personally he may be indeed prisoners toll Of a
what prolane but very complimentary speech which
Grant intends sooncr later 10 MAKE 10 Ice to wit
"Iske your little conseicracy and go 10 - with H."
Grsnt may he satisfied but his masters not. The
is their ife II mast on Grant ts not sickly sent
mcntast; ho is stout hearted aud strong Dervod and
order be tha, another hundred thousand victims
sacrificed q the nooch OF aboionism he will execute
10 TO the very letter and with the utmost despatch one
month AZ most Is nll he requires Within that time, II
go viii furnish the bfcastworks iand Lee Is q most
Obiigng gcntlcnanl he viii kill up hundred or one
hundred aud ny thJrsand Yankees with all imaginable
aud pleas ntness His features will remain unruled,
viii his per diem Of segsrs and brandy diminish.
as 10 by the furics, hs gloais tho
Yankee armies consumed from OF the earth lie IL
the peaccnsker and therein he pre- emnenty tho right
man In the right place.
OFFICIAL TytEGRtM PROM GENERAL LIE.
The following from General leo contains the atsst
o1clal Information received at tho War Department;
iirApcrARrEss, Asxr NosrHxRs vlrcrSA,l
June $50 T. ".
There has been very litto diminishing on the lines TO-
day.
il discovered carly this morning that the enemy
had Withdrawn from the 'front.' Of General Esry on our
ef and the most % the front OF General Anderson
On tho cenIre Respectfully, &C. r. 4. LIE, General
The Expulsion or German and Irish
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