Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-05-25

GRANTS GRAND ToTAe,

GRANTS GRAND ToTAe.
We believe that no military hero il
the worlds history has won such i'm
portant successes, unclouded by de
feat, as our modest and unassumins
Lieutenant General. They may b,
summed up as folloWs:
At Fort Donelson, February l61h
1852, he captured Major General 5
B. Buekner, with $4,000 prisonerl
5000 horses. about 1000 stand oi
arms, 4S field pieces. II heavy guns
and other military stores.
At Nicksburg, July 4th, 1863, he
captured Lieut.. General Pemberton,
with 20 general officers, 1000 com
missiCned officers. and 10000 men
total, about $4,000. He also cap
tured l2S pieces of field artillery and
80 siege guns, besides So pieces pre-
viouslv taken-total, Sol. OF small
arms 40, ,0O0, with arms and munitions
Of war for 10000 men, with q vast
quantity Of steamboats,, locomotives.
cotton, etc-and more important
than sill, the Mississippi As Vicks-
burg involved the surrender Of Port
Hudson, we have to credit to Grant
the fruits there gathered-5, 800
prisoners, 81 guns, 44,S00 pounds of
powder, 10000 rounds of ammuni-
ton, 5000 stand of arms, . steamers,
and other stores. Arkansas Post,
captured by detachment from his
command, adds 5000 prisoners and
10 guns.
AT Chattanooga, besides the bril-
liant feat of rescuing our beleaueuer-
ed and endangered army, and driving
the enemy from q vastly superior
position, he captured 6. 900 prisoners
and 40 guns. A detachment of his
immediate command, under W eitzel,
captured 5000 prisoners, and $50
guns at Fort Fisher and Wilmington.
In the crowning campaign against
Richmond, he destroyed rebel army
of 10000 men, all of whom were
either killed, wounded, dispersed or
captured. In the final surrender at
AppomattoX Court House, April 9th,
1865, 10000 prisoners, $1,000 stand
of arms, 100 cannon, 20 flags. 1000
wagons, 1900 horses were all that
remained: but at Richmond Weitzel
had previously reported the capture
of 500 guns, and considerable mum
Der must have been captured at Pc
tersburg.
This surrender involved the sub
sequent surrender Of Johnston with
25,000 prisoners and over 90 guns.
and must be followed by similar
surrender Of the armies of Dick Tay-
lor, probably 10000, Kirby Smith
and Magruder. estimated at %, 900.
1t would be safe to say that, in
Guiding the captured not above EMU
two hundred thousand iaen
and two thousand guns have been
by General Grant, and as
the immediate results of his victories.
HIS grand total of captures are at
least twice as great as the forces
under his command at any one time
When we add to these figures the
rebel killed and wounded at Donel-
son, at the battles before Nicksbur@,
at Chattanooga, and at the Wilder
ness, the last of which is estimated
to have amounted to sixty thousand
and it will appear that General Grant
has put Aors gu combat not less than
three hundred and fifty thousand
rebels in. captured, killed, wounded
and dispersed. True, some of these
were obtained by desperate
fighting and severe losses, but i'm
partial history will declare that we
could not have had Yicksburg with
out Shiloh, nor Richmond withou.
the terrific battles of Spottsyivania.
In the light OF the whole record, now
complete, every one of Grants cam
paigns is demonstrated to have been
a success. The temporary laurels
won by Lee, Johnston and other
rebel chiefs, but add their tribute to
Grants enduring fame which, like
Moses divinely consecrated rod,
swallows up all the others.