The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1864-06-30

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defend 70 tho last sxtsen,ity thar messd
spot called home. Essn the cripplss ~
anteer their services, and in many inslaaeea
90 positions which relieys sen 6spable
Of tcsriug arms, thus s1tiinx iacther -
the numbor Of guns 70 Be- lerslied af ~
invading fos. W.
GrAnt's prsSfess la ylreiaia. /
The BiShmond Despatch, Of The 10th
iastant, ID rsfsrring TO Grant,s rpovsiaest
in Virginia and his s0n 70 Riekm6udss
expedisisu, usis The fbfl6vinS la6txua;es,
showing eouSIusivsly r,ths difsulsisu mt
he has thus hf encopatsred ia sndssyot-
ing srreaeh that sity. = IS:
Gen. Grsnt. crossed the Rsppahsnnock
on the 4th day, uith the intsntion of Geks
ing his wsy throuxh Lee army. 33s Ia
it is said 1901 900 men With hin,s md
there b no Doubt that with this fbrce he
,exPeo.ed 70 infict fatal defeat upon Eee.
iu SpottsylSsaia, or some OF the c0euties
'between Spottsyl aud Richmoad. He
never dreamed Of the opposition he should
meet with; as i evident from his proclaim
ed determination "to fight il ont on this
line If it takes all summer
On the very 6rst day of his crossing, he
was attacked in his entrenohmeuts near
ElyA Ford, and driven out Of. them with
the loss cf 500 men taken prisoners, and
wounded. On the 9th be was beaten IN
severe combat near Parker,s Store, and
lost 5000 prisoners. - On the 6,hanother
engagement took place near the Wilder
ness, In which he was driven back, With
enormous loss, to Chsncellorssiile, eight
miles ffom the scene Of conflict. On the
9Th he vas driven from the Germania road !,
aud moved sh his pontoons to Ely,s Ford.
II was now that he attempted his 70 cali
ed danking operations for the first time,
aud he did it solely because he could make
no progress by moving strait forward Il
was Necessity, not strategy, that dictated
his move,Dcnts. On the Sth, he swung
his right around his lett, and advanced to
Spotisylyan,a Court House by q side move
Il'ent, hopfdg to get there before Lee; but
nc had been anticipated, for he had scarce
ly t9fcn possession before General Ander-
son attacked him and drove him out Fith
prodigious slaughter. On the 9th, by
moving asound our left with heavy force.
he eontrved 70 gct possession of the road
between Shady Grose Church and Sposts-
q isania Court House, ,nd from, this posi-
t,on he was driven ON tho l9th By Gen.
Earley.
.ihe operations of Grant, thus far. had
beeE attended with losses unparalleled in the
alstory OF this war;. On the 9th of Nav.
previously to the military operations OF
that day, the official paper in Washington
stated ihss lsusnbsf- OF KILLED, wounded. add
p,izs,ps, y, q, 0ot.--shat n 1000 \ s.ay.--.
here Is little doubt that this ststsussnt
was Tar below ths mari; but n Gen. Lee
gave no estimate; we have no means OF
correc,ingit. Grant was now on the Brook
road. His first slide, instead Of bringing
him upon Gen. Lees flank or rear. and
eenaoi'ng him to march uninterrupted 10
itsstnwni, has brought hi.s directly upon
sis's lrant at Spofts3 isania Court House,
~bsre he found hiaa strongly eatrenchsd.
t)iss tte llth, the direct attack Was tried
ssslt,, and tssoltcd in the rspulse Of Grant
aud s fearful slaughter Ut his men. But
;tte srow uing slaughter was ON the 18th.
ssiep the iaakd ten columns deep. ami
n,sddsaed with whiskey, were urged rp-
;on Lees bresstworks, at The point of the
bayonef. l5y y sudden attack, before day.
m the midst Of thick tog, they saccced.
sd IN ottainp,g temporary possession oi
= poftion of our liues, which had NOT been
seompieted, a,id captured 20O0 prisoners;
bat they were . Joa repuised with inine rise
loss foa,teen different timcs, from 4
o civck A. ~. uatii s r. M., Ill hoars)
they repeated their assaults In deem COL
ua,ns. Sale beIiiEd their works, our men
slaughtered them ia manner too horri-
pic or contemplation
~ Ai:N their courage or their whiskey,
gasc oui, aud they retired. leaving, sosne
sly 10000, others great many more. of
lleIr dead and wounded on the field. Up
to this time the Yankee newspapers com.
pused Their own lasses, from all causes, at
so,0G0. Grant remained in froat scyeral
tays, but he could not again bring his
men up to the scratch. On the l4.b. from
pecessity aud not choice, lie again began
to move ". his lett. aud again Lee anti,,--
pated him, and again appeared In his front
ut Hanover Junction, The remaining op
eratiots are q such recent ccurrcnce that
We need enter Into no detail oil them Grant
has fanked aud aanked, ~ his admirers
Call his sideieDg movements, sntii he has
hanked himself down 10 Westoyer, thirty
miles froai Richmond BY the nearest road.
In no one OF these Hank ,novcments did
he succeed. He did not for a moment cut
Lee of from his base. nor did he in q sin.
gie instance deceive that General. Ia. sy-
cry one he found himself anticipated and
his object defeated.
He has played havoc with his reputa-
tioa, having utterly destroyed il in one
halt tle.time it took Mcclellan and Burn.
siie to bring themselves down 10 tl,cir
proper level. Uulike those Generals, he