The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-10-26
1 Retrospect.
From the L2naop 4,l.. cum, sep,emhs, so.

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British public as invited by It's teachers to
helleve that the American civil war WAS
over fhe two great armies of the North
wuro said to he ruined tieueeaii Grant. I
without plan, but with deinoralizcsl mot, |
ot armed lnen. Vas picturei as hpnndering |
la the ,lui Of the Janea river. whence ne |
would fad it hard 10 escape frIm Lee. even
with the ,loss Of his atores aud his artillery. !
9eiierAi Sherman having bean drawn away
-froin his b.se " Jolirsfnl aii,i being unable |
to hold Atlanta in tie face Of Hood. was
described as breaking 40 his camp and fly- |
lug toward the sea IN the hope, unlikely to
be fuitilie'i, of iiuiing shelter from the enc
my in his ships. ~ IT, '-'.'..' ~. aastfst
Men WHO felt no objection to the rise of
a slave Empire, and women who admired
the chivalry of Preston Brooks, ~ere iucigci |
10y their teachers to kill the tatted calf aud |
Subscribe to the Confederate loan Some
people did AZ they were told. Clubs were
jocVsa and Capel Court rejoiced. Money
poured III. ard the prospects, Of the cotton
loan improved Yet to soldiers who paid a |
fAlr'attehFiDsi to events, it was already clear
'sIilit the Soa!h was broken, and that It's sab
ttiss,on WIS sat IA Question of details aud of
itAYs1 Zee Wis iJCke,i fast in Richmond, |
just as Floyd had ha,,ii closed in Font Don-
.e,stul,4 md Peab.rt6n III Vicksbntg with 10
avenue Of escape left open to him but such
III led tdcaptu,e aud defeat. Sherman had
split the Co:ltederacy iitp halves separating
Lee from has supplies. aud pIr.iyz'n3 i,od.
OF course tine Critics VINO prared about
Grant nt,ltig without a plan. AMI of S.Ier-
man hells drawn into q trap knew little nj
these great Captains; not even the tacts Of
| thelT ca,npalgis during the current war
4 s.i,iitr y no had stu lied the strategy
xiich leii To the capture If Doneison ami
| Vlnxsbarg Would have tuu.'d nuthiug:o per-
| if-x 0gt.n in Graihs approaches towards
| iicnlnGiid .,Uiyss-s Grant Is a man of sc
aus Il soldier of new ld..iiS one who will
!,e iou,id 70 have Contributed fresh materials
| 10 tie art If var With hin seige is d
campaign Instead nf driving off the GOV
| erllig ar my frdin !, tort or city as old rules
| Insisted most be dnie, befnre couu ntlus
| operations against it, Grant uialeuVers t.
Keep tie covering Amy near uiiiL TO throw
IL .s,ttiin the iinrr, to compel it to take a
part III tie dtfyiGts, and to fail when the
|. nelplgllrred fortr, IS falls. Tins plan las
the disadvantage II Dlaking s,ege appear
iong ptrpirxing critics. who cAiInot suo
| that tue desc OF the 81, 80 Is to lie, uuoer
| GhIs new svsteiil Tie Gloss III the canipalgu
at DoI.eison at HicSshurg Grants plan
4 40 carried OUT III each the Covering army
| fell Win THE fortress, aud III each the blow
| Was f,,al Inc fall OF Fort Doneisou AID
is covering army put an eid t" Il e war IN
! k1i}tu,'ky dtid Western feiiues-ee; the fall
al Vi,kal,a,g aid its 1t'os+'it'S Amy nn@ued
tic ,i,a.er, s!Isr'ssillii uGver tn TIC closed
| tgain ,y tac; oJutn,ra gnIs.- E.,rh c.n
pdigu was final; not Only ogtepil.g away
the Amy ia tbs. fsid, to5rthir Min the
s;or..s gnus. clothing aniii,initou, bat
Crushing "a tins. catastrophe all spAtks Of re
| teiiiotla fire. Where Grant haq once been
il WIS found impossible tn rsise q second re-
bel corps. Ills lighting spirit Mas subdued
/ And that which had been done by tIr.sat in
tie States Of Tennessee and Mississippi 81
hfew being done by him, ON iaraer scale.
kalld with a stronger ssrIemy, in Virginia.
was being done in precisely the same ipsli.
nsr, and with precisely the sauIe object
GRAFT had 10 weaken the Confederate army.
| shut il Wy Eiriin the iines Of Richmond Anci
Petersburg, aud conlpsl II 60 surrender when
the capital tell. qE ...s .sL ssI
T. ,Hence the battles whieh be fought on his
| way 10 York river; hence ina refusal TO as
/ sauft the llnes on his first approach He
Ew - making q campaign not supply couduce
thug a Siege. Davis had boistcd7 that tbs,
war could be maintained, 10 Virginia alone
: for twenty years after Rchnond tslI, but,
like many other critics, lie made the mis-
taEse OF altogether misunderstanding Grant
Tins Captain knew his object aud t'ie rnenns
ny which hA could gain it. Richmoud
without Lee would hsvs given him little :;
Richmoi,d aud lee falling together would
/ give hiiii everything he wanted victory
union, p%ace. lnspite of military aud civil
critics his plans We're were CROWNED with n
magnificent success Tie war was flushed
mt i blow. and the SURRENDER Of Pemherton
was its. flied in the sUrreoier Of lee
Iie Sherman. when We catae. to kilow him al
4 all was il, sotnc res je&ts i1@ttdr Coinprshen-
dee! iiy the cI iIliB than Grant had been.
i after Savannah fell into his power, all no"
aei,at, about lid being ur;L~n from his baa-
aud fsiDa "a his ships died cat among us
IIhe ei0rse Guar Is, tG.egaIl 10 study lis re-
! usrhat,s march; and the DIXIE ot Cunbr!ge
i vent 20 preside at Il meeting Of the.li nited
/, ssarvices to hesr su az pianatlnn Of IL IN de-
sail; From That day forward simply be
eauss we began tn know him, Sherman be
caue our hero vi tie war 5..# -ual