The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-05-18
Grants ! Coed Tsasl.

We befiexe thae no military hero in
the worlds history has won such impor-
tant succesa. unclouded by defeat As
our modest and unassuming Lieutenant
/ General. They may be summed up -
follows:
At Fort Donelson, FEBRUARY 10th, 1862,
he eaptared Maj. Gen. 5. b. Buckner.
with $4,000 prisoners, 5000 horses about
:, eco stand of arms, As field pieces, Il
heavy guns, and other military stores
At vicksburg, July 4th, 1858, he
captured Lieut. Gen. Pemberton, with
20 general officers, 1000 commissioned
officers, and $4,000 men-total about
"a 600. He also captured 12S pieces Of
field artillery and 90 siege guns, besides
s3 pieces previously taken-total Sol.
OF small arms $4,000, with arms and
! munitions Of war for 90. 900 men, with Q
vast quantity Of steamboats,, locomotives,
| cotton. etc--and, more important than all,
the Mississippi. As Vicksbnrg involved
the surrender of Port Hudson, We have
! to credit to Grant the fruits there gather
eds, 500 prisoners, 81 guns, "A, 500
pounds of powder, $50, 600 rounds of
ammunition, 5000 stand Of arms, 2
steamers, and other stores. Arkansas
Post, captured by detachment from
his command, adds, 5000 prisoners and
40 guns,
At Chattanooga, besides the brilliant
feat Of rescuing our beleagured and en-
dangered army, and driving the enemy
from vastly superior position, he
captured 5000 prisoners and 40 guns.
A detachment of his immediate com
mand, under Weitzel, captured 5000
prisoners and 1S9 guns at Fort Fisher
and Wilmington. In the crowning cam.
paign against Richmond, he destroyed
rebel army Of GO, goo men, oil Of whom
were either killed, wounded, dispersed
or captured. In the final surrender at
Appommattox Court House, April 9th,
1865, 26, 900 prisoners, 10000 stand OF
arms, 160 cannon, 20 flags, 1000 wagons.
1000 horses were all that remained but
at Richmond Weitzel had previously re-
ported the capture of 500 guns, and .
considerable number must have been
captured at Petersburg
This surrender involved the subse-
quent surrender Of Johnston with 25,.
600 prisoners and over 80 guns, and
must be followed by similar surrender
Of the armies of Dick Taylor, probably
L., 900, Kirby Smith and McGruder, esti-
mated at $4,000
1t would be safe to say that, including
hundred thousand men and two thousand
guns have been captured by Gen. Grant,
and as the immediate results Of his VIC
tories. His grand total 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 Donelson, at the battle be-
fore Vicksburg, at Chattanooga, which is
estimated to have amounted to sixty
thousand, and it will appear THAT Gen.
Grant has put hors du combat not less
than three hundred and fifty thousand
rebels in captured, killed, wounded and
dispersed. True, some of these sue.
cesses were obtained by desperate fight
ing and severe losses, but impartial his
tory will declare that we could not have
had Vicksburg without Shiloh, nor Rich
mond without the terrific battles Of
Spottsylvania. In the light Of the whole
record, now complete, every one OF
Grants campaigns is demonstrated to
have been q success. The temporary
laurals 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 others.-[ CAieago Tribune.