Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-08-05

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.shs,0 and AL the works n's' Il, are possibly IN
Co. pos,s sson the present nomsnt, al nouga the
siavs,saen, hid no IF nal report OF anything later
y ,Se s.saol, ou tie sns nV's works up 70 hAliIa
sIsven O'Clock Let night Having press d an earth
olske into his ssIvic the shspe OF amioe, Is erai
GRAFT bleu tbe enemys m, In works toEarcs tho moon
On Saturday snd carried the smaller ones By the bay
OF eS before the enemy TscoVsItd his ssnses NothpB
eOuld have brsn mOie finely arranged htn this Wiole
movement ry vas IN Northern Virginia Frightening
~ spc ano Pennsylvania With IN muehoi bsss army
IuaI Lse had lett 81 chmond and tersours only eish
divsions These eight dvi.ians psreape bO OOO pen
had 20 va Oa the Second + fin, n, th, leu Aqd go.
teen b CORPS ADVANCING AID % wing on VerS lon
nns But he lett of hiatt ns ne 10 front o. Peers
burg was the important point, and TIE ouik Of the
els ht visions msSsed there They were perfect
sale there and having the advantage OF veil bu'l.
fences il ~ss certain tLat they could hold Grant IN
check though he had hSe corps.
The ether end Of Grants Icing line was away CT
acOs the Appoms tox acroes the peninsula OF Der
da Hu l6red and across the James 80 at Grants right
rsacned out ike long ard omI iger pointing the
road 20 r chmood ante right at Deep BJttom north
of the jams was thus ten niles from his LETT as the
brd e. but following the dsvaisn' of his line it
great DC al urther From this threatening right, thus
oodly pushed out Lee did not apprehe much dsnger
vet he watched IL but hs watched IL rather with cur
iy than With interest Suddenly no changed Lis mno
an tss point and became convinced sast be had made
nis,aie about T., Friday be vas cetla'n that Grant
md NJ that pOi TIE Tenth, ghtreuta and cond
cora de iore-sw - sudden sdvADce ~ the NsE Ma.
ket read the seizure Of The Redmond detsuc o. u
r.Na Il al. he.
ts deisu e. s1s watching 1t tae ether side. lder
the hueues OF this idea be made hurried change
IA ~ the stroag Holks Petersburg three dIVi
,iona sad with the other 6ye be hurried away up to
Richmond, and from b. hm0bd doEn on the other side
OF too fIvr . con ront Grant5 advAsce BY the Tigot
But while was making this change u ant vas Also
m king 4 change. Ia bad indeed sent force over 70
d sD Boucm but the Wa0le increment was ruse.
me force vas At Deep Bottom on Friday, when Lee
serted TO confront IL; but it Wss WITHDRAWN on kncay
night 70 TIE D ,ston front OF PetersourS-1sants
xrvme Left Ga Saturday morning. thou, this was the
position OF the Lss rad three divisions holding
Pater basz aud i've divisions thirty miles AWsy oy hi.
lne OF mArch-at D. D Bottom. Grant hao email
foree =. ep Bottom and his whole army msssed nesT
PssfsepFg, ready 70 oVerpoNer Lees three divisions
aud seiTl the important place. But Laes three d.
visions we're in well 0uls de ences aud thas made even
.uch force fornid bic. Grant, bOZeVer, hHd made
arrangements TO null thess defenSs, and did so a 5
o'clock OF Saturday mOrBi he Xploded large mis- Q
a. tha ur utterly strOyug pornOn OF 'he dfeEce-
and owe for tbe - o. he nde uod cover 81
be a am and su prise When Lse heard tbe txoO sion
OF ante mice be wished thag be id not se0t ely
10 ri sylvauia ana bis rtgress that hour tn psO-
Ole Of Pennsylvania had their revenge. he you'd aaVe
given MS light ha d If be Dad tft him alOIe.
Never Sas q more complete and brilliant piece OF
rAtsey than this PUT to PRACTICAL test OF 'xp-r
men; ard s singular that after all tn desperate
slrrgsles against ,e and 10 the midst Of all the IN
mus SO improven, u Of mldern warfare, the place
uSht for shCuli 6asly yield to sinpe stra;egem,
and ua LIE sbouldOs the important posni in his de-
'eucs because he gOt r. satened pom, that
not impo tAnt st all VIII Saerma4s <SeSt battles ct
llhtS AID this great Vciory o. Grams, 'he military
prospect Is as c,eerg it wss list ner when
n SUCCESSES East and West came together in the
,rleodid way. Grants N ne Snoss slenc,s the NOISE
that ELIly "a MAKING in Pcnnsl lvaniS.