Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-01-11
GENERAL GRANTS REPORT.

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In submitting his report, Lieut.. Gen.
Grant says he was impressed from an
early period Of the rebellion with the idea
that active and continuous operations OF
all the troops that could be brought into
the field. regardless Of season and weather,
were necessary TO success. Our armies
east and west acted without con.
cert, like a baulEy team. no two ever
pulling together, thus enabling the enemy
to use to great advantage his interior lines
Of communication and it was q question
whether our numerical strength and re-
sources were not more than balanced by
his advantages and superior position. lie
was convinced that no peace could be OBJ
tanned, until the military power Of the
rebellion was entirely broken. He de-
termined first to use the greatest number
Of troops practicable against the armed
force Of the enemy, preventing him from
using the same force at different seasons
against frs, one and then another Of our
armies, and the possibility Of repose /;
second. to hammer continually against the
armed force OF the enemy and his re-
sources. until by mere attrition, If in no
other way, there should be nothing left to
him but an equal submission. with the
loyal section Of our common country. to
the constitution. These views, General
Grant says, were KEEP, constantly in mind,
and orders given and campaigns made to
carry them out. Whether they might
have been better in conception and execu-
ton, is for the people. who mourn the loss
OF friends fallen, and who have 10 pay the
pecuniary cost, to say. All that was done,
he says. was done conscien,iously and to
the bes, of his ability. and in what he
conceived to be for the best interest for
the whole country.
General Grant then refers to the situa-
ton of the con,ending forces a, the date
OF his appointment, the main armies Of the
rebels being commanded by Lee in Nir-
cinia and Johnston in Georgia, while our
forces were commanded BY Sherman in
the West and Meade in Virginia, General
Grant exercising general supervision over
the movements OF all the armies. Sher-
man was instructed to break up John
s,on's army, go into the interior Of the
enemy's country and inflict all the damage
possible TO the enemy's water courses t;
and if the enemy showed signs Of joining
Lee, to follow him up TO the full extent of
his ability, while he Grant would pre-
vent Lees concentration upon Sherman.
General Grant then details his Instructions
given to Generals Banks, Butler and others,
and enters into a detailed account of
the progress of the campaigns. OF Buffers
movement against Drury's Bluff, General
Grant says the time consumed was lost 10
no benefit, fears Of the surprise and cap
ture of Richmond and Petersburg Undue
ing Beauregard to collect his loose forces
in North and South Carolina and bring
them to the defense of those places. Sub
,equen,ly the enemy attacked Butler, who
was forced or drew back into intrench-
ments between the James and Appoma,tox
rivers, and his (Butler's) army was as
completely shut off from further operations
directly against Richmond as il it had
been in a bottle strongly corked.
General Grant gives a succinct and clear
exposition of all the military movements
which resulted in finally crushing the re-
bellior, and closes with the statement that
he knows no difference in the fighting
qualities Of the Eastern or Western ar
mics. All have a proud record, and all
sections can congratulate each other in
having done its full share in restoring the
supremacy OF the laws.