Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-31

General Grant Gas commnndcr-in-
Chief had under his orders more
men than the cunfcdcracy mustered
all put together during the Who.e
war,and more than four timc as many
as we had then under arms. AS Tor the
army with which General Grant OPP
posed General Lee, Secretary Stanton
Opage 5) puts the aggregate aVaila-
HE t"rce present for duty May l,
1854 As follows
Department of Washington .-....- -. +2.l2i
Army OF the tomac l2O, $50
Department OF ' lrSlnia and \. t....---. Hl.lA
Department OF West IrgInIn. ....-....-. 3O,Is2
Middle Department 49,. ...-.-....-... 3,62.
Ninth Army Corus. 2u..su
So that General Grant crossed the
Rapldan with l4l 100 meu, and had
AS Il reserve upon which he conid
traw an avail lble force of 49, ,612.
making Il grand total of21S,SS2. His
own official report shows that
yearly the whole of this force was
actually engaged in his and Buffers
operations, or III Hunters expedition.
winch latter General Lee was com
y lied to meet by heavy dctachmcnts
from his own army. To meet this
mighty host General LIE had on til"
Il ,pidan less than $1,000 men, aud III
ni- whole ''DepartIuenl OF Northern
Virginia (Which Included the garrI-
| SON around Richmond and the troops
III the valley. his field return tor the
last Of April, 1864, shows only 52,626
present for duty Add all OF the
troops which Btaurrg.ri had in
front of Butler, or which Joined Lee
at any time during the cam paIgn,amu
| , I.,., ,.n,,.l,t,s .,y.I,.E l'A, a =
table talh or The ingenious manip-
ulatiou OF his military secretary and
aid fucIlc iutervicwcI) the stubborn
| official fact that General Grant had
OF that campaign four times Us many
men ~ Lee could command.
Gen. Grant says that Lee WIS of Il
slow. cautious. conservative nature
But whru nlnt=ry critics come IL
study this camp ilgn III the light OF
all the facts when they STE that
81 soon a. Grant crossed the Rapidan
with his mighty host Lee. instead Of
r~etrratlng, advanced Al once upon
AIM aud forced the death graphic oi
tie wildcrueS.-that he boldly With
stood him at Sp~uit>vIvauIa Court
House. 1T IIuuvrr Junction and at
Bethesda Church. and mat after deal
IHg him the crushing d,trat nj Cold
lltrhor. Lee W 5 just about to attack
Grant " 1t II ir cIo>-ri the James and
st down To the scIgI OF Petersburg
We think IL II they Will hardly ac-
c, pit THIS "itblr talk' as truc,bui will
IatHtr conclude tina Lee was one OF
tue bu!dc>t soldiers OF all history.
luc simple truth - that III that great
CAMPAIGN Lee tOllrd Grant III every
move he made, defeated him i'll every
battle they fought, and so completely
C 'ushcd him III thai last trial OF
strength n Cola Harbor hat his men
refused to attack again, aud his
brave army shaken III its structure.
its valor quenched i'll blood and thou
sands OF Its ablcst officers killed or
wounded. was the aruIv of the POto-
mae no morr"(S and the gov
crumrmt at Washington would have
been ready t" give up the Struggle i
Its further prosecution had depcndsC
alone on It Ic great butcher" Grant
says he lost i'll this CAMPAIGN from the
Wilderness 10 Cold Iiarour, SO, 0ot
men; but Swlnton puts his loss nj
over $1,000. and IL careful eXainimst on
OF the figures of the surgeon genrr.
al viii show tuat his real loss WA.
Ierrer 100, 900. In other words, ht
lost about twlce IS many a. Lee had
IN order To take Il position which lit
could have AIKEN al first without Fir.
lug Il gun or losing u man. 1t viii
take Il large Amuuu OF table talk
to GET uvt the logic of these fact,
anu figures.