Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-10-01
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sidered = merely as q victory, Ia Il
il6 decided victory; but, 3 consider.
cd as q part of the attack ON Richmond,
il is far more Important. Sheridan having
deStroyed the forces Of Early,l and being
cohstantly fs:enfofeed, must, 1t seens to ne
bel able 10 seize the whole Shenandoah
Valley and any important point beyond it,
II necessary, 10 sAfze the DAnYille 4 Lynch
burg Railroads. p When that ,is done Rich
m9nd can hold out but 'littFe longer: The
| great point in q snct tessfnf attack on Rich
mond is 70 have tiO0 GTMieS-one to hold the
Shenandoah Valley and It's railroads, the
other to attack the city from the James
Wheuever.thoss conditions are filled Rich
mdnd falls. If7Lee stays in Petersburg or
Richmond, the fall Of Richmond will be the
fHPt and total destriietiol Of de reid Conted-
eTdey. That is the object Riped at, In COM
pafison o With which AlI others are of minor
consequence. > fa.-lI sye.fe - sy.,t III. "a : -
There arc two other poines which may
hete be notic5dss What was the object of
Early hfny, and what Is Rcoome eliahapti
itbl defeat His ekpsditIuu 20 Inei Potomac
was, IN some me6suFe3 experimental; but
Iir had two fmppttaht oejscts, 4 One vas %
make q diVer6oa from GrSnts army, and
the thought cause him 20 raise the siege
EIt did accomplish this, sOsfar as to take 4n
pei 1su 70 embody q slAtg force for the de,
fense of Washington. Another advantage
was to feed a 'conSiderab1e portion Of Lees
army without drawing on his gupplies5 and
this, too, was, done BY the raid ON Marys
land, and the grain ini the Sheneudoah
Valley. But Lee himself got no supplies
from there, and the Statements made Of
surplus grain IN that region are al mere
Imagination; O. large part of the products
being wasted aud destroyed BY !armies pass
ing through u, 10 -srs- = ,o,l Is iaa 90 ,,5.
~ What 10 accomplished by Early's defeat2
Most important results will follow. EariY's
broken banda VIII not be able to EesiRt
bridanHlong, although they may delay
him. Webelieve and hope that Sheridan's
army viii b re: fprced till it drives back
Lee and seizes all the remaining lines of
ommunications. Thpn It Is the eonlkseles,,
nisht az Ia fH--the final struggle will soon
be over. an ejoa s'i ia artf-sd-,7 800 60 =
Tothese remarks may be added another
statement. Suppose. Sher-
man detaches two Of his corps from At
huta, and sends them down the Virginia
valley by way Of Knoxville; what would
lfolloW2, The, whole Of South Western Wr4
ginia which, has been held by the rebels
during the war, would he takeu-=the entire
rail roRd to LynchbuFg, itself; and uniting
with Sheridan, the grand army would push
onto Richmend; then to Wilmington and
Charleston: and close the war by one deci'
sive movement This Is not only possible,
but itoissthei trielplanf ieAf any rate, and
pnder any circumsta tances, i, we have reason
10 believe that the second Inauguration Of
NJ 'Linoolu will be attended by skies as
bright and prosperous AZ they we're dark
and gloomy at the frst.ie Gan it be that
evbniths besotted politicians who met ct
Chicago will not rejpice in the common Joy
of the. enlEnLFyf Will they not he glad
that their silly plans did not succeed, and
they were not allowed by q aNcSssation Of
hostilities" to give a triumph to rebel
artnsP II they desire to share in the sue
cebs of their country, let them support Il
now, and lsape 10 political isfamy attacked
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