The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1864-11-26
Eafai. Oh tho cone'tern,c secretary of

AN'l"ts VI 'h' 'IH''fF F't'' -V''"'h'' W
wan.
rra Il psr' pf,ie C,a.o .errte sc're.srv oi War,
JANrs szppoS, has teen snbniJed to thc
"Ir s'dant " the Corf~icrs'e e,ues." I presents
no cccrt ~ Tie sireng,h or eyrcrt,so i ,te Con-
fe.cra,c army, -rl chiefly devoted 10 generals
ties. I, Faios ~. 80 crrr,rci of'tc elcc, ous in
the t'nicd sae', and tie desperate oori!ion o.
ts finances c. mpcl ed the inaugn alton Of = last
grand e;ort Tor the suh,r alton 81 tic
Coincidence with ;h, view, the rrea'cst rrcr ara.
| tons were nEde for the Spring cnmpa IN, tho
foets were greatly sigrncn'cd, and The armies re-
eru;cd and equipped with lavish prodigslny 81
resources. Tie cnmpaign opened with nn alto pt
to obtain possession Of the States torlcr NJ the
Gulf oil Meyico. Florida was invaded, End nj CT.
, petition was organized TO sweep through Masis-
siupi ard capture Mobile, while formidable armies
! penetrated thc Utscrn limits Of Louisiana. These
cate'rrtcs were expected to give the enemy t:he
CnitcI States Government, q firm hold upon these
States, and enable him to concentrate his energies
COR nc Gecsiv. cnnps gns in Virginia aud Georgia.
plt hey were all defeated and t-pcllcd A series
Of brllinn, Confederate triumphs was achieved in
Louisiana auG Arkansas, at NJ nShe'd and Pleasant
| Hi. which extended 20 tho inferior Of Missouri,
resul.ag IN the an,oss complete rcrosc and irnu-
guilty o,tleen,lrc ,gsns.Mlssiss i region. o. the
campaign ia Northern Virginia, Mr.. Stid, II
s,stos;
~, tie prnery ohies, Of the enemy was to effect
| tie capture o. Richmond, and tao defeat aud dis
PERSON 81 IN, armies OF Northern Virginia and
| Tennessee. IL assembled lis main army for his
purpose in April last oh tho Rlppahanno'k, under
General Grant Another va COZ cctcd on the Pcu
nslla under command Of General ,ilcr, TO CO.
| the sati,h aifc of pifnrnonl A third
was designed TO penetrate to tho James river
throl,sh the valley Of Virginia, and the forces IN
Western Virginia and Fcnlu-ky were +, or - The
mountains and join 1t ~ MS march I, Ia believed
| that more than two hundred thousand troops were
combine for the execution OF this plan r. April
last, and that from AIRY TO one hundred thousand
| nel have been since sided M rcnf1rccmca,s
The army Of General Gran. Wa met AZ the WI
dernc@ on the 9Th of May last, md defeated. II
was cucouutcret With the same result al Spotsyl-
varla Court House, The Po, TIE North Anna, and 1t
Cold Harbor; arrr which II abandoned its march
on Richmond ana crossed the me, river TO torn
n junction with General Rrtlcr near Pc'orsburg
rac army Of General Batter had landed on the
south side nj the James, ut Bermuda Hrno rcd,
euly In Nay, to cooperate with the army 81 Gem
er,l Grant, which was expected to arrive before
Richmond In n short time On the 10th day II
May this army met with defeat nt Drury = Bun,
and was confined to us ntrcnthments from that
time until II was joined by the army of General
Grant.
The army of Genera, s rel, designated for the
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New Market in Nay last, and the troops from West
: Virginia driven from the valley Of the Upper
Roanoke about the same time Al later period
these armies were united under General Hintcr
and after . successful march up tie Valley OF Wiz
g'nia were encountered hy General Early at Lynch
. burg, AMI driven To the Ohio river. General Far.
~, finding Washington city and Baltimore en-
posed, passed through the valley, ta.oalins all OBJ
, posing orrcs, crossed into Maryland, ana pe IRA.
iel to the suburbs of Washington city ant Rail-.
more. The cavalry raids Of Sheridan nud WLol
were defeated, and the attempts to permanently
obs,ruot our communications have ialci. rnc
camIaign projected by General Grant with such
mighty preparation has been frustrated, and II he
depended alone upon the means tha, were pro-
y,dcd and were deemed TO be surerah Undsni, his
failure would he absolute. But proclamation hlf
: been made Tor the drit of live hundred thousand
men by tie Presidcn, Of the United staes to re.
: crlGt his defeated and dispirifed army, and We
cannot yet c'aim security or quiet.
. The Secretary states that tie campaign in Geor
pia has 20 far been "less favorable 10 our arms =
prudence or strategy" induced the General tJohn
son to adopt reircatng and Gccnsivc Inc Of ae
4 ton, and he graduslly retired to Alantf, thong.
, | not without mAct.ng great damage and many
z checks upon the cucmy. change 0. commudcr
tnsp t"2S P1s%ead ',engoHs s5OTt %' made t.
g er.l weeks tn the most pr rn.sl' rc9u!ts--un,'
o - hazardous IA 'ytmcnl OF the enemy tShcrman'
i frl,nd.d hank operii,ousl compelled tie cyacua
). felt vs. "a soriogs reverse" nd caused some &c
p,cssiol o. .,,rg throughout the Couf,dcrscy
y Bil he relapse lao Tive "soIr grapes" view rn'
i. insinua D. n = ..n.a .. 20 ere-t loss after all
/ tha, H. .., lafl'v WA tcttcr off without :,
lihcr-t t { .r'.'. H"uy for ohcrsiyr npcr-
1. tious, AZ a. ..'t ' "he enemy" Jow,
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