Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-01-21

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tlis very sams RETAIN ~ date near .
81 a. ti.s battle vllgh tisnefal
Iadeaa Attempts n palm " on the /
Bntish p.llis - TIE Fetunn ~ that /
corIsf n 10 ssa sas ne seiaal
rethns, and vas nOt using = mere .
skiratt fssm them. he must have I
learned that the fso divisions ~
Lonssiwefs cops, which EeFr With 1
him ~ Pact rennessee. constituted
les than haifofths " Amy u Lat
TENNESSEE" the residue being com
posed in part II a division VI inisn'
iry which Afterwards, under lireok'
iuridsc. met and defeated sieel ON
the 18th Of May ia tho Valley
aud Of a body 0f esys.ry, =
porilen Of which subsequently, un'
der WIN, J.. jones, fought haalsr
al New Hope or Piedmont IN The
Valley, aud none OF these tro"ps
accompanied LaAgstres, on his re-
iurn 70 tho Army Of Northern 'ir'
ginla,
AnsT tho discovery Of this paipa'
bio atismp, at imposition, 10 II ne
cessary TO notice any farther the
statements az Gen. BadesuY ] VIII,
however. state that the first 70 In
forrements received hy Gen. Lee
AFTER the beginning o. the campaign
in the Wilderness, werc received NJ
or near Hanover Junction on ihe
2snd of May, when he Was joined
Nv one Of the brigsdes Of my dlvis'
ion lust returned from North Caro-
lima, numbering less than 600 men,
n inree under Breckenridge ffom lhe
Valley, numbering less than a'ooo
m usket,, and pioketts division oil
-f.onestreei's serps, rseHnily retnrn-
cd fiom North Carolina, and which
with my brigade had been Engaged
under Beauregard against Bree on
tho south side of James Xiv err
These troops did not make NJ the
losses at the Wilderness and Spot
sylvania G. H., and In tho ineantims
Grant had received considerably
moro than 10000 re.inforcemenis
from Washington and baltimore Tor
his army. r.,r.r
In regard TO the strength of Cen
erul lees army at the timo OF the
evacuation of the works covering
Richmond aud Petersburg, and OF
the surrender at Appematox, it is
only necessary TO say that tho re,
turns for February, 1865, for the De,
partment of Northcrn Virginia, Al.
! ford no just cri'orion of the real
strength Of that army, rs those re-
! turns included the forces in the Val
I ley, and other outlying commands,
not available for duty on the lines.
Dctachm tor the defence of Will
mington had been made during the
winter, and General Lees army was,
at tho time Of the evacuation, the
mere skeleton of what it had been,
and its supplies and means were cy-
shausted. Again. all the energies OF
the United States Government had
been put forth, and Grant was at the
head of an ovcrpowering army, tho
roughly equipped and appointed in
every respect, and with the most Il
bundNnt supplies Of all kinds. Yet,
General Lee conducted his retreat
in the faco of,his, seiiemy, and over
roads almost impossible, for more
than one hundred miles, and finally
surrendered less than s 900 men with
4 arms in their hands 1t is true that
% sos men of his army were parol-
led, but the greater part OF them
!, were stragglers' witl1outarms, whose
4 commands had been cut pin detail,
tcamstcrs, camp follewersand extra
dnty mca aud Wa fail 10 see in. THO
! statement Of parolicd men contained
lin MR. Stanton's report, on page At,
tho tens of thousands also belong
inr TO. Lees army" who General
7 Bideau says afterwards came IN and
gave themselves up. MIR. Stanton
1 IN fact shows only .17+,223 men who
(, surrendered ard were paro'led at
ithc close OF hcstilitios in a!l'the Con
/ fedcrate States. .s 49,
Mr.. Stanton, nllpage 30 of his
.hreport, shows chat there were $685.
/ 553me put into the United States
service46ring THO war, by calls on
] the States that is, more than one
half ofthe number of the entire
| white population, young and old,
male and female, to which tho Con-.
Ifcderate States had TO resort for
soldiers, while the author Of the
Hotter 10 the, ThIIrNE states that he
Judges, (from the RETURNS, pro-
4 sumo that 100000 in all were put
| into the Confederate service during
4 the same period, - that is, less than
: tfc available force present for duty
!. in the United States Army on the
4 list Of May, 1864, and ,at.the close Of
the war, This estimate is very
Z nearly correct, and fully covers our
whole strength from first to last. -.
| Is anything farther necessary to
I show the tremendous odds against
which We fought?' y $780, - N
In view of the results, so far Of
the unfortunate war now progress.
4 ing between two of the greatest
Powers Of Europe, nearly equal in
men aud resources, and each hav!
! ing the, benefit of the most i'm
proved engines of war, may I've not
\ look the world sqnareiy in the face,
ll.,,na;nl 10 oHr struggle, and tho sacri
fees and sutfsrings wo, cndulsa,io
i the cause ior. which We, faugn,, and
! challenge its iadgn emit as TO whcth-,
er we are TO be regarded as .'rebcis
rtraitorss WAC rwcre scyk ing 10
foyertprn =. benign goyernmentT'