Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1864-10-13

In copying from the National EtsAig:nser tie re-
port OF GRANTS Losses from May to the last as
saulC PetersDurg which the IneLigencsr places at
Is $40 men, The Petersburg Express very justly re-
narks:
The above nay er2ear appalling to European eyes,
also TO those tbs Atlantic, does
give he maS OF ahtd losses in this campaign All the
Operating Virginia, Grants orders
and be received part his campaign. Ia the
table above mention Esds Of Hunters Losses in his
advance to hyuchburg They could not have been less
than 10 900. bueGD l07cneuts ia Chesterfield too are
guJea entirely lo th3 fga at Drurys Bluff on the 18th
Ray taay I'll CT 1909, say nuhrg Of hB heavy
losse3 pCfvi asEi ct P0JG WaItLal Junction and Swift
Creek. the cody battle Morocacy in Maryland be-
tween Ger. kGrls md Lew Wa lace, ao omitted Also
+he f. around The WLshGgt0a deieTces The writer fails
TO refer TO ne 3h: al the Crater IN which tho ney
cedoG :0ss oi over 5000 No merGior ade Of the
blood, fgh's on tie Wodoa R&iioad, which occurred ca
the Is && Gosh Of Auga thu Davis House. where
ok over Goo prsones alone and the enemy admit
ted heavy II Killed ana wounded The table does
not i3nude eLe tho fgh: o. tee e II August at Rearns
S:l Ian, between Hancock and Generals a, P.
Hill and hampton. It also omits any ne1.ioa
Of Halnpton's great victories Sheridan at Ire.
Williams depot and below Richmond. The table was pYob.
ABLY made prev IS to The late s2ogunay conflict near
Wine 81 sr Qua hat nust ne taken into the sccouus
anu later t thu fights Of last Thursday Fidav and Sat.
urQay, P9terahrg, sid below Richmond. The orss
specified n tho 1Rpi7 il many are known to be
uLdcr IS 'uaCd and maj safely safe, that Granta
los1es il the pre- capagn 9nong the fvst
week il hay aid enang October LIST, say fvs nonsaa
act been iess t-an rs coo men.
" "a this connection, paragraph which appears IN a
lac plumber OF TIA BoetOD Goursr. uDder the caption
Gaats Waste II Men ia not Inappropriate. That pa
per tErhS share aise illustration the havoc OF
wien carried ulfF Wul guidance than the cond-
ton Of tie let Mass h2ayy Artillery. Wal for over to
yeats stall led IL Il desnos O. Washington, doing rnsst
the pe5C le CT the Wilderness 1T wss ordSred TO the
front int: 2ntry OTga1Z lion It marched out $50
and Sd 9oera sd the bruat of the BATH at
eposyiV&aia Courthouse. It retlrps with but go
leaving At P2IaIshury about many enlisted -n
and recru, whSse time is pC OUT and there are only Is
officers left. Thus, ithn sixty days. about 100 Of
eco have melted away IN what il called glory" oar.
aiay b1vely gl:h G-sariCD, Struggling, no slow
disease Chickah0iny swamp, to detract from their
iaures from tie record of fac regiment physically
Massachusetts, could produce. YETI hig is no isolated
case, but only fair sample of all and sn i1refrasabe
proof that Grants OF men had not been exagceTa
ted.
What O fearful responsibility rests upon Il. shoulders
Of this auEan butcberl How many widows and orphans
this day bowed gith gre, trace the cause Of their widow
hood and crphanage directly to Grant What an insup-
portable load Ct guilt has accumulated upon his fnty
heart a1i what must he render at the Grand
Aseze when Confronted by tho Grea: Judge aud called
upon for zee kOnini."