The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-13
GENERAL GRANTS REPORT.
,lts Interest and Import ancc 20 European
Powers-A New system Introduced Into
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the a., and decisive year Of the We hase ass
,he Arm, ~ ~. potonar h.e"s. an'.t ~ s -"
.s the Tsc,ne of b,s nersonai eyor,,ons nv, hast~
a. tint the Army OF virginia WAS s.suanv .a - ~. =
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what hi. method was on whai principle \ was ,s@.d
@ told > 49, 'R'''s
Al an .,ea,,v ner,od Of IN. reb.I,o,u General Gran,
had OWNED ,he sees. O. southern strength and Nsers
namners and ' m%sas"rsS,v aper,or IN n,s.er r."
sources andyes the confedera'es shs
ana DEF nand iner ,errorss against ~. a.aeSA III
Gays Granl was because .he strength Q, ns s.rn Sas
never ssered on good system or WIN sniho,en' so,u
non me southern generals nela q posuon nse 'he
o"vernv 81 ,hs sonnry behind ,b.m Nv mcers oi
he taIIvans ln,ersec.hs .e n'.no. ney .o oouIu
orns up ane, o,ces y 20 any pon, GO o h me ~ m
point only they could always oontrye 70 be s!onser
~ thst point ,hnn ther aaversass me mr.. ana MOI
THIS favorable coDdlio. by attacking q. yaisy ot
po'nw once 10 ss :" lsu",n svsy s'u'nen @ sn,ny I'D,
forcing nS spo,be, w%a Hitherto % he Two main srm"s
VI SsSsd BEEN .sns 'a d. e General nsl
Jog The other backing tho able gcnersls Of
the confcdeIacy could ahif, concentrate or relieve
strenEth or employ II TO the greatest advantages Lee
hard resscd he could be reinforced by Beanrgnd
srou 1'1nsgn wsI Ps.o,.n ne o0us s' sa,
ndes at once pa these tactics would be imprac-
tcablc. Bui, be- los all this General Grant took
for man the sbulbernen were the best trpops, I
partly. perhaps IRON natural spttuds. hut mainly no
doubt, from the grcat military ability of their con
mapders, On fair ncId, ana IN any one batsis thc
federap could not pretend 70 rsckon confidently on wn
ming but. there sas one .hing on which shcy scuid
reckon and that was on Killing certain number O Con
fcicraies 0f course they must .'nsr sgusl Or SIeo
greater losses shenssve but ~ thsy could ven Au
II every battle cost me soutn = ccrAin proportion
southefn power. even w no oauie VA decfXvs ~
.ory 30 ersns ,:,s ss,rs =, .,sv snue vhss
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sna s.ss s .s ~as: , a. !" M - ia n{ M
done ne opened tne nsw sampsgn rese',sd 70 . On
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pou poIicy "a sspressed in every II,s Of he ~
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iaars 10 these words'-it vas ,Se only ssus,S "a
made nun the hapdsn 70 'he ysines VIII dd nJ ~
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hem bui ,hcv ,sa,eLed rnoo : ,he s,ssyx .sssrs
Iosscs which Tended ln thr end "a tbe sysr
eass he xo,,h ~ nse@ no, ..n 1s'. ~ 80, ss"a,
wIncss 10 th,s hour Whenever The 0snrr~ laO an a.
representing his Losses Ia Virginia are held 40 before hrs
very uIe A deprecatlan of s.n.arr wbstb.r n,v
views says he fmght have beer better In rsD-.o,,
frspds fs.p abd who hsy, 10 raw IN. naeunI,ry 80
70 cay All can say " that What have done ha. been
done to The eess of nv ability and In whai osse-vea
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Aa -tt ~ es.iesf pr,'fv n>ariy ss ssyd Mr. Tm1
be understood, 100, tbs, wherever min,ary .i.nA ~
Grant al~o The scheme Of sherman aupa.sn "a.
Dictated by Grant. as were others les Imn,,tssi
sd, and i... ...,.s osas' The aea 1're q %.
armies Of the Fast and West ~hcb on ~ osc cssoa
10 pull well together Grant sct hair doxsn oihsr
armies IN motion 10 dsfract ucrtpv ana D4nl.h tae
enemy i ali points together ha ofs "a y, nally sivn
W sherman wsrc that he should asfapoe assdIy n.a
through all obstacles 10 Atlanta On pffsnf railroad
centre In the BoY,h ~ Georza thar he en0nd oeenus
has town and then by strt ing sous Town on tb. -
coast, and holding the moe of commgnhs siop
eut ths eopfedsrsrS In too a. shss ,r,,~, sg hnd
ALREADY lr~p done On the line " ,t~ Ms e.l,,s ID,
this underptssdsos a~sssss sasv<d lfv-n tnataas.s
Jsss Grant sfvaneef npon FifhHouf, sIt Wa ~
suits n veii known A. a. Gvau, himssf vih hssds
army anoer bic immediate command %. ialis na
tie secret " bis caoy Ailens Ne tn@Ilcl ~ 40 his
by dnt ~ biows N destroy lss amy n0rA ~
bat hs hardly hsgsd " surer~d Az
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