Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1864-05-30
PUBLISHED E,AEi-yj By
EDGAR SNOW DEN, .Ja.
sas~ :}FFICE-No. 304 King streos, ov'r
s.one:s, formerly Fre!lch'sl Book Store.
cR>y1"s CHANGE Of BASE.

WheG General Lee moves his army aFfer
last atte, f,r the purpose ct getting away
from bis antagonist, because he n'!s himself
una|,Ie &, a,uin1ain struggle 81 brute force
With iD. he niil have 1etveafefi. ESus It
81. her parfy has done that, it is certainly Grant
Lee Eonved hi!A tro,n tn Wilderness; he i
pev the last 70 ;i}ove and i pnr>,ler, nnf par
sued from. Sg,osl~ ~ylvanla. 1t i true that by
both movements these armies have seen
brouyh nearer 10 RichInnn<l; tsllk 1t'r Lee II
was rendered necessary hy the co''flsnTat1on NJ
she soil a!l! The lines i those rivers which ne
hal resolved 10 defend. They have their
sources rv,ll,te fron the cify. approach II III
th-ir ,nur.e, anl empty their waters N she
neishhorng Y,.TE. But f'r Grant it was
choice. H. is where he .npw Is because he
c ,ul,l MAJ pass over the rnad of bis first and
second ch,iee. EIe mighr have cotne t, Spo*t
sylvia s,is hv travelling anag he straight rnad
fr,u Warrington {" Fredericksburg through
81 # ri th.,nt firi;y 4 bot nr E'~lng man.
r. might have arrived as }lilf'rd or Bnw'lng
Greer, t. N, PR, Boy i "r 'Fapp4hann"ck with
ort the slaughter Of ii, trpoI's IN the ~ vIdeT.
r.>s nr AZ he Cou;t House H. might have
c, ne still n-a:er E. might have co:na t, the
PRONG Tree, within eleven miles OF Rich'S1n.l.'.
without an engagement with Feneral l4'e. He
mishr have c nae up the PENN ,sla. perhaps
10 Esir O.ks, and Joined hands with Bu5lrr on
the souh Si..e. as some stll expect nina 10 40
and ,h1s he Ail doubtless proclaim in a|e End,
70 have been the object ol all his e'rcu'tons
{ sl. .f y .
w,ul have brought Nenpral LIE fr'n the
Rspiian nearer 10 Richmond He di'i not
take ;hen because there were dangers and de
tvc;s Il, preferred the first ana The se"on'l
E,ef,,ve the a;rA, AMI rhis b-t're the fourth :
That be abandoned after trial, ,se tWo ilst IS
due t.. .o clear defeats in battle
50 f.r from! losing ground Lse has gained
manifest at!van,ayrs t,y each change OF The
Iine* / i easier 70 defend that portion Of his
line which is M ar e. Rirhncnd than that
which was far removed from Il. he i far
better situated now thar st Ss,otta> i'anla
Cnilrt El,,l, g, aud that was better than the
Wilderness. In either place his supplies,
stores ana reil,torceuents had t. come up
fr'.n Richmond The ,'.htry has been long
S:,ce scare! and traous into desert by the
duHls an! ,ram,lngS oi three lnva>'nns. =
Hrn the railroads e. hl~ camp weary miles OF
re! 's,! >ere always interposed ''y every
Shaver. His cavalry i III tnnon>iy defective
s'"i has always proven inefficient to protect his
/ COMMUNICATIONS al those moments When most
tsrtrd While Operating on h. lower rivers
I'll ot iheSe rnl les are over. 4 FpW n"ur'
give t!n his supplies 'i'h+ reads can ~"
longer lie severed with mpunity. ltrd'Fhcul
. ties !er which he has atored are tran~feF
n.l to the score OF the eaetny. Perhaps con
v:''f'''i! hat it wrul'l he 50 was the reason
Ehl'h na,ir Grant prefer +" enc"unter Lee IN
me ,,t. v lvgnvsS, instead Of coming straight TO
Milford.