The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-06-21
What Grant Is DOing-Ihe Campaign
Reviewed.
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Reviewed.
frrom be Richmond Wing, Jcne 81
Whether the iaics hase decided
that the war shall terminate ihis year
may be doubted but none will deny
that in selecting Grant as The leader
Of the grand Army Of the Potomac
our enemies have unwittiogly chosen
tie man Of all others best adapted to
the work Of bringing The war TO a
speedy and ,leiinie lose. Ii peace Is
10 come in consequence OF the de-
struclion OF the Yankee army, Grant
surely is the right man in The right
place for he alone has the faculty of
j diving his men htaGlons to ruin-
We are not disposed to blame him
on the contrary, our gratitude TO bin
Is lnbounied--or to impugn his mer-
Its as a soldier He has done all that
ia him hay has displayed all the
skin, caergy and courage Of which he
ia master; aud ii he has failed, the
fault hns not been OF him or his men,
butin the nature Of the obstacles which
they had 10 overcome.
All admit thar Grant has niade the
Yankees light us they heyer fought
before Time aud again they have
charged very formidable works, and
on two occasions they have carried
q portion Of those works By. storm.
10 be sure. the salienls thus carried
were the weak points OF our defence ];
but compared with other works before
which Tie Yankees under Burnside,
Hooker and other commanders failed,
they were powerful indeed The
stone wall a hiarye's Hi, o. which
so much was said 1t tile time Of Burn
sides defeat was not much higher
than mans knee aud the works
erected by lhe Ceiiederates tie night
before ilWt bloody. repul.e were SIM
I plj rife pits, THROWN up witllbayonets
and TN pans
Not only has Grant infused audac-
iiy into his men, and made them fight
recklessly-l loolishly, but he las con
Quoted the campaign on principles de-
rived from personal experience in
previous campaigns.
Remembering how lie had carried
Donclson, Lookout Mountain, Bakers
creek and the works on the east OF the
Big Black by bold assaults, and max
ing no allowance for the difference
% edWmaaders, h sought 10 practice
Oh Lee the lesson which lie learned
50 successfully in his conbats with
Floyd, Pemberton and Bragg. lIe
had no other ehore, because all other
modes Of lighting Lee had been tried
in vain Was he TO discard expert
ence and trust TO invention and the
spur Of the momentF That, in the
irsi place, would have been unwise,
aud, 10 the next place, asking too
much OF him. He did not pretend,
like Mcclellan, TO possess The genius
Of Napoleon, and he was not fool
enongl to rely npon sudden inspira-
lion and the suggestion Of instruction.
lie had plan which had been uni-
iofinly successful, and that plaf was
sfrai IN, forward hard lighting. Pro-
tceting himself against defeat. by in-
treuchmens equal 70 Hookers, he
ained 10 throw his whole weight on
Lees Rank, get in bis rear, and cut
him OIL from Richmond. lie could
hot ioresce, nor could he lave been
made to believe, that tile Confederate
Rrny had acquired the art OF baildiug
powerful field woxks with magical
quicknesss he hoped to meel Lee on
opeu giound, aud so he did IN the first
lsghf al the WILDERNESS, when Lee
drove bis hank tao miles or moreAnd
sitter that he had to encounter breast
works hte Zee, bigli AID ten eelihiek.
II be rushed his iHen uladly against
these works, ami drove them merel
lessly TO Slaughter. ard repeated Tie
hatchery over ard over again. at Tic
Wilderness. a. SYolseylyania Court
hoase three days 10 succession. and
siill agaui at iafkey Ridge, as If he
gloFfed q nsfe elfHage lhe iaHli. we
again deciarc. i ne, BIS. a task has
been given ban b tbs abolition lygaat
AZ Wasbington--nalnelY. 10 rsaeA
kiclmoHd for y tie McCltilau route.
sia he bad ne onlisn bni % hgli 9es.
perairly, and keep On iielin.g. Fl-
naily Nheu driven ty dsFe Necessity
10 the Peninsula Ave- iound lsee i. qalel
possession ilie very ppeiiiea seltclea
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