The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1866-01-03
General Grants Report

an early period he says he had been i'm
pressed that only active and continuous
operations in The field, regardless of season
and weather, would terminate the war
While the enemy's resources and numeri.
cal strength were inferior to ours, the ease
and rapdiiy with which he moved upon in
terror lines gave the rebels decided advan-
isge over u.s. The Lieut.. Gen. therefore
determined 10 mass his troops against the
enemy and then "to hammer against him
until by mere atlrition, if in no other way,
there should be nothing left bul submission
with the loyal section OF eur common coun-
try to the Constitution aud laws of the land"
And with this idea he set 10 work. Of the
operations of the Army of the Potomac, The
Lieut.. General says that he tried as far as
den; command of it, and his instructions
were all sent through him, aud were general
In their nature, leaving The execution OF the
details 10 General Meade. The campaigns
that followed proved him to 5s the right
man in the right place. His commanding
always in the presence OF an officer superior
TO him in rank, has drawn from him much
of that public attention that his zeal and
ability entitIe him 10, and which he would
have received.
The movements against Lee in the early
part of April, 1865, were SO successful as to
induce The Lieutenant General TO demand
the surrender OF the Army of Virginia, which
be did in a communication to General Lee,
dated April 7, 1865, TO which Gen. Lee
replied by by asking the terms Of surrender,
which as the civilized world is now aware,
were more liberal than any other successful
military commander of any nation would
grant 10 his oppon ent. On the 9Th of April,
therefore, the rebel forces under Gen. Lee
surrendered to the national forces under
Gen. Grant The surrender of Gems. JOHN
slon and Dick Taylor soon followed, and
the rebellion collapsed in the capture or
flight of its chiefs.
The Lieut.. Gen. concludes as follows -
cit has been my fortune 10 see :he armies of
both the West and the East fight battles,
and from what have seen know there is
no difference in their fighting qualities. Ali
that il was possible tor men 10 do they have
done. The Western armies commenced
their battles in the MISSISSIPPI Valley, and
received the final surrender of the remnant
of the principle army opposed TO them in
North Carolina. The armies of the East
commecced heir battles on the river from
which the Army of The Potomac derived it's
name, and received the final surrender of
their old antagonist at Appomatlox Cour!
of each have nationalized our victories, re-
moved all sectional jealousies lof which We
have, unfortunately, experienced too much)
and the cause Of elimination and recrimina.
tion that might have followed had either
section failed in lis duty. ALI have a proud
record. and ell sections can well congratulate
themselves, and each other, for having
done their full share in restoring The supre-
macy OF law over evry foot of territory be-
longing to the United States. Let them
hope for perpetual peace and harmony
with that enemy, whose manhood, however
mistaken the cause, drew forth such hercu-
lean deeds of Valor."
We have remarked that General Grants
hearty manner of speaking of some of the
army com manders, snch as Meade, Sherman,
Sheridan, Thomas and Schofeld, makes it
easy 10 understand which OF them have his
foil confidence. But he uses different Ian
guags in speaking of General Butler. Thus
he says that the time consumed in his ope.
raions, from the 9th TO the 18th OF May, al
Bermuda Hundred and Druryr's Bluff, 'slosI
TO US The benefit of the capture and surprise
of Petersburg aud Richmond, J" for it enabled
Beauregard to bring up his forces from
North and South Carolina 10 the defence Of
of those places. Again wheC speaking OF
General Buffers position at Bermuda, he
says that the army given him TO operate
against Richmond, bad "hsrmettically sealed
itself up al Bermuda Hundred" thus ena>
bling Beaursgsrd 10 lake away his troops 10
reinforce Lee, and al the same time making
anything
But the severest amin adversion upon thai
officers conduct occurs in General Grants
narrative concerning the Fort Fisher expe-
dilion. II is already known that the Gener-
al-in-Chiel did not intend that Gen. Butler
should command the troops engaged in thai
affair, but designated General Weitzel, TO-:
the purpose. The orders sent to Weilzel,
however. had to through Gen. Buffers hands
as Commander of the Department General
Grant now says that Wetzel has officially
informed him that he never received the
instructions which he (GrauD sent to him
(WeiizeD through Butler, and he was never
made aware of their existence until Gen
Bufler published bis official renort of the