Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-04

= which Il may he safely assuheA -'ia'
at least forty thousand men We're
cent 70 the front, a. Gen. Oiant
saws that, when be appFso4cllleo ne!
Washington, the garrison- OF Ina.
Mace aud Baltimore were made up
- beavv artillery regiments, hundred
Sev,' MEN. aud detachments nom tie
T-vslid Corps.D - and hence il became ne
.,asss-v 10 sfnd troops from his army 70
rsa-t me. This, therefore, made an army
~ onu hundred and eighty thousand
rrap which Gen. Lees army haa 70
rsse- before, IS l VIII show u had re-
,afre5 eny reiuf0rcements whatever
rrris esfiunste does not include the rem
f--~anents received in tie way o.
recruits from voluntary enlistments anu
rle draft, which were entirely gong Oh'
nor does u include reinforoemepls ron
The Northern Department ana lne AZ
usrtmeuts Of the East and the 9usai le-
hanna. where there were, Oy Dir. Slall-
frn's showing fifteen thousand three
Eurdred and fortv-four available mleA
~ drtv. the greater part q which II D.
r,-s-ur1ed. were zsur 70 Grant a. olteI-
Srisa. they might have been brought 70
NVashiucton 20 meet my force Wls-l more
case than troops from his army
Cen ] ,eefs army, 81 the beginning o.
She esfut,afgn. consisted Of two divisions
~ 7 T.ouU.trset's Corps. Ewells Corps, A.
p FTuFs C1rps. thrrs divisions Of cavalry
and he artillery. I commanded az ali-
rsreut times during tie campaign, In. 8
and Eueii's Corps, and am theteloieJ
sbte 70 state very nearly tls eh1iIe
strength Of The army. Ewei- bSii.s' ~
,vrfcE 7 belonged did not exceed loaf-
faao fhrr,s-sd nuskets Al the beginnln 8
rfrhe csnn2rn. Wheb 1 was placed N
command og HIPS C0rps on the elsntn -.,i
rf Nay. bv reason Of Gen. hiii
er..ress lis elective strength was less
7han thirteen thousand Inuskels, ana
q could not have exceeded etsl'
teen thousand Ia the beginning.
I.1rrst-eet'z CoFps wss the weakest OF
tha rnres vhpa al tie divisions were
present. and the two with bim hsc lilsI
returned from aa ardu0ls and e1lalsilIis
Winter campaign ir East eunessee. = =
s--er~ta could not have eEceesis1 slS1'
GeisGud niusksLs. Gen. Lees Wh0ie
effective infsutry, tnsiefCce old not eA-,
ce.d lo-tv thous8nd snu-kess, i u reached
that uuua1er. The cavalry divisions were
al weak neither Of the-1 exceeding the
strength ola xJod brigade. the 2rlhery
vas 10 properties. 10 Lbe other arms, and
vas fsr exceeded Uy CRAFTS. Dot only ~
the uumDer Of men and guns, buy lu
weight u l4elal. and especially IN the
quality oZ tue ammunition. Gen. Lee,
whole effective strength al the opening
of TIE campaign was NOT over dlty thous
ard mea of 81 arms. There were n meani
"a recruiting the ranks of Die army, anC
"a reinforceuents were resolved uatii &
resebed Hanover Junction, Oh the
fwspty-thind Ct Nay. 10 was this force
F3,ereflre. which csglpailad Grant, ate
ne iybtingat the Wilderness and AROUND
SoofrsvIvania Court House, inc,udn.
~ memorable twelfth OieMay, 10 wal
" daNs for reinfOrcements from Wash
t,.gfo5i tsfors he c0Iid move, ana baftie'
- fsyorite plan II reaching Aica!3und
~ VanOvef Junction, Oeu. Lee va
f1ine5 nv Pieketts Division OF Loag
ireefs 3 Corps, one small small brigsde {
~ Divisiah Ct Eweil's Corps, which IA
Ican In North Carolina wlth Hok'
and two small brigsdesi Win . oe
ieWod og artillery under Breckinrl,t' =
mis- force under 5geekinrldge, :, nc nc
80 tTseut estimates az fifteen tho1'
Eod ana which wss sitpse'i re-,
aui5ed 70 Iuine ~ Lyneho,u.i y. {
did aot exceed iWo thousanq p3liskee'
Al Coal Hsrh5F, about t4e hral 81 uA'
Hoke's division from Petersburg loine
gsn I ee. but Breckinridges force wa
ri sejsak Immediately after is srrlva
nssr that place, on account Of the defea
- fesfh I'D Ger. Wm. !. Jones, a
b.a5m6nt. I'M TIE Sheasu1oah Valley
"a Fweli'E corps, with two battalion
- artillery, was 5etacbed under mycorl
y,and on the morniGg of tie th3Iiesnt
lime 70 meet Hunter. Ihis eoante
balanced all reiuforcements- The for
-,oinO statement, which fully covers Gel
issrgau~th. shows the disparity Of 70
- ,,stSssseil tie two srmies in the begil
- end ID has meyer lssseRed eiter ths
@ ~ fheTjeinity Of Richmond 81
petersburg bat was greatly Increase
- os1riesls may speculate ss 70 wh
sssld ssys bssn the result Of the