The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-06-29

other significant event in the story OF the
Army OF Northern Nirginia-Meade, IN
deed. once i'm November deploying his
line, along Mine Run in seeming oyertures
OF battle. but quickly concluding that
"diScretiOn in this instance was the
better part OF yalor,' hc marched back
across the Happahannock, content with his
observations.
SPOTsYLNANIA, COLD
HARBOR, PETERSBURG, LYNCHBURG.
Rut. 4, the May blossoms in 1864, We hear
once more the wonted strain of spring,
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys are
Marching" and Grant, who had succeeded
Meade. crossing the Happahannock with
~ 900 men. plungcs boldly into the VIII
derncss on MAY 4th, leading the sixth cru
sadie Tor the reduction OF Richmond. But
scarce has he disclosed his line OF march
than Lee. with 10000 Of his braves, spring,
upon him and hurls him back, staggering
and cory. through the tangled chnpparal
Of the wilderness, and from the fields Of
Spotsvlyania: and though the rcdoubiable
Grant writes TO the Government on May
12fn. Il propose 10 fight it out on this line
il il takes all summer" when we look over
the field Of Cold HarbOr on June 3d we
see there, stretched IN SwatEs and piled in
rocking mounds. $4,000 Of his men. the
killed and wounded OF his last assault in
:. the overland campaign y; and when
Grant ordered his lines 10 attack again the
bloody front Of Lee. they stood immObile-
i'm silent protest against the vain attempt,
and i'm silent culogy OF their sturdy Zoe.
one summer month had been summer
time enough for Grant along that lmper-
viou, line: and there at Cold Ilarbor prac-
tically closed the sixth expedition aimed
directly at the Confederate capitalize
Dowell, Mcclellan. Pope, Burnside. HOOK
err and now Grant-al being diSastr0usly
repulSed bv the Army OF Northern lir-
GINA, and all but tine first receiving their
rcpulsc from the army I'd by Lee. bui
Grant i'm some sort yciied his rcyerSes by
immediately abandoning attack on the
north side OF the james. which ne crossed
i'm the middle OF June, attempting To cap
tire Petersburg. on the south side. Dy 4
c0up de main. But in this, after four days
successive assaults. which ended I'M Nalh
cornage. he failed again; and almost IL
multoneously Hunters invasion through
tbe Valley was intercepted and success
fuIlv rcpeilcd at Lynchburg by the sWiIt
and bold movements OF Lees greatest
licutenant. the ever-to-be-counted-on Jubal
4. Fairly. who had been dispatched TO
meet him with force not half his equal IN
numbers. And when midsummer came
Grant was glad to shelter his dropping
banners behind entertainments; Hunter
was living to the mountains OF west n
ginia. and detachments were hurrying
from the Army Of the Potomac to save
Washington. which was trembling at the
sonnd OF Earlv's guns. In that wonder
ful campaign Of Lee from the wilderness
10 Petersburg Grant had lost no less THAN
IA. 600 men in reaching Il point which he
micht have gained by river approaches
without the loss OF one. Every man III
the ARMY OF Northern Virginia had more
than stricken down foeman; and fina
demonstration had been given to The
toct that in field-hght Lee could not be
matched in generalship, and that the Army
oi Northern Virginia was inynclDie
This fact the hard sense of Grant recoog
nized: and though no commander who Tel
himself and his men to be the Equals o