Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-06-05

AFTER the capitulatiOn Of ViCksburg
was added, as if himself unconscious
of the importance of an event that had
given the army q leader who con-
makes him to-day the candidate of the
great Republican party for President,
an Office which he would not desire were
not the people intent on giving him
this last mark Of their confidence and
esteem.
i One who was within the Rebel lines
during the invasion Of Pennsylvania
in 1868, was told by an arrogant South
eEner, whose deserted home was near
i the spot where Grants army lay, that
the dark and fetid waters Of the YazOo
/ would destroy his men even If there
/ were no intrenched enemy in front to
/ pick them of in detail But the same
fash Of lightning that brought the news
OfMeades victory at Gettysburg brought
word Of Pemberton's defeat at Vieks-
/ burg As a reward for this victory,
/ Grant, in his own modest words, was
added to the Major-Generals already
/ appointed for the regular army, but un-
like the time when he was commissions
| ed a Major General Of Volunteers, no
fortune now could doom him to inactiv-
ity. Before he was ordered to assume
command at Chattanooga, after the Un-
fortunate battle Of ChickRmauga,. Pres
jdent Lincoln wrote him a GhaEagteris-
tic letter. It was dated July 13, 1868,
/ and was as tOlioW5s "h1y dear General:
I do not remember that you and I ever
met personally. write this now as q
Z grateful acknowledgment for the al
most inestimable service you have done
/ the country. I wish to say a word fur
! ther. When you first reached the Yicin-
/ itY of Vicksburg, I thought you should
do what you finally did-TnHreh the
troops across the neck, run the batteries
1 with the transports, and thus go below;
and I never had any faith, except a
/ general hope that you knew better than
I, that the YazoO expedition and the
/ like could succeed. When you got be-
low and took Port Gibson. Grand Gulf.
and vicinity, I Thought you should go
| down the river and join Gen. Banks; I;
and when you turned northward, east
/ of the Big Black, I thought it was
/ a mistake. I now wish to make
the personal acknowledgment that you
! were right and was wrong"
] A victory which could call forth such
/ a letter as this from President Lincoln
/ would produce in the mind Of the Exc
/ cutiYe Che most unbOunded confidence
I in the the capacity Of the commander
/ by whom 1t was gained. II is gratifying
/ that that confidence was never betrayed
and never disappointed. He first JUS
titled the Presidents faith, soon after
| he assumed the chief command in Ten
tnessee, by the brilliant victory at Look
/ out Mountain, driving the Rebel Gen.
Bragg from the Chattanooga Valley and
/ Mission Ridge, and opening up the way
for Sherman's Great March to the Sea.
The National House Of Rrepresen-
1 batiVes passed q unanimous vote of
/ thanks to Gen. Grant Tor his victories
/ and ordered a medal to be struck in his
/ honor, while both Houses of Congress
i eOncurred in the passage Of an act re-
/ Viving the grade Of Lieutenant-Gen-
era1, a rank never held by any one ex-
i cept Washington, and Grant was recon-
tmended for the post, it being prescrib-
ed that the Lieutenant-General should
have command Of the armies. Presi-
dent Lincoln formally presented him
his commission March 8, 1864, and hay
ing opened the path TO final victory to
/ the Southwest, he at once proceeded Bin
i pave the way to success in the South
+ East.
! The Grand Army of the Potomac,
/ smarting under its many m1sfOrtuues,
| Notwithstanding the bright spot of Get
i tYsburg upon its banners, and its inn
Il perishable record for heroism, needed
/ the prestige of Gen. Grant to give il
con fideuee in itself, Those noble Veter-
/ ans felt that success was assured when
I they found him willing tojoin his great
I fame with theirs, and to link his desti
nies with their fortune. He received
1 his commission from the hands of the
| President, with but few words, and
i without indicating his purpose left the
8 1sEecu5iVe I5E6zaIEC,e aegiEaz4klial=1 =1Efls
L vance upon Richmond, The Rapidan
j was crossed, and Lee fought the tor
I rfbIe DaJJIe or the Wilderness then
/ he advanced to the North Anna River,
and making a flank movement upon
I Cold Harbor, fought another sanguin-
| ary battle, the assault upon the Rebel
/ works at that place and then swing
/ ing around the intrenehed Lines Of the
/ enemy, he crossed the James and in
! vested Petersburg Desperate engage
/ naents followed, and, during the invest
/ ment, he mined and blew up Fort
| q Rebel stronghold, with the view of
/ taking the town by assault but the OPP
/ Grafton failed, with severe punishment
/ on our side, and heavy losses to the en-
envy. This, together with the desper-
/ ate straits to which Lee was reduced
/ euboIdened him to take the offensive,
and on the night of the 9th Of March,
/ 1865, he moved three divisions of his
] troops before Fort Steadman, and sur
i prised and captured the position. Be
/ fore night it had been retaken, and at
| the same time the battle Of Hatcher's
/ Run was fought, continuing until even
| ing. On the second Of April the Rebel
! intrenchments, with 5000 men, at Big
/ Five Forks, were captured, and an at
/ tack was ordered along the whole line
/ under Grant directions, which ended
| in driving Lee from his works and the
| abandonment Of Richmond. Lees re-
/ treat was cut off by the rapid move
/ m6ntS WulCH OEa1lG AA45g4SLtSoU OAA L44S
/ 9th of April, Just one week alter the
/ last great battle the army Of Northern
! Virginia capitulated. Soon after the
/ Rebel Gen. Johntson surrendered to
/ Gen. sherman, on the same terms grant
| ed by Grant to Lee, and the Great Civil
/ War was ended.
| IF Gen. Grant was appointed TO- the
| armies with rank never held by
| any one before except Washington, q
/ greater honor if possible was in store
| for him. He is now simply General Of
/ the United States Army, and soon he
win be President of the United States.