The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-01

burg. Much time was lost BIT first IN the
bePeP pan @c me hsd beea
/ Suggested by President lincoln, but which,
| after an immense expenditure Of labor, was
found TO be impracycable. An effort was also
/ hem in the enemy But these attempts were
found to result only in failure, and finally
| which was to move the army down the west
bank OF the river, and cross TO the east side be-
| low the city. April 80, 1883, he crossed the
| river, took Port Gibson and Grand Gulf. and
began his march into the interior, defeating the
enemy in the actions Of Raymond, Jackson,
| Champions Hill. and Big Black, kept j. E:
| Johnston from Joining his forces with those of
| Pemberton at Yicksburg and finally laid siege
| to that city MAY 10. After great deal of hard
| fighting. vicksburg was forced TO surrender,
with 27,Q00 prisoners, july. 4, 1868. Grant was
| Immediately made Major General Of the regu
| lar army. He remained at Vicksburg till Aug.
| go when he made visit to New Orleans. While
there he was thrown from his horse at q review
and so much injured that he was not able to re-
turn to his post until Sept IL, Oct 10, under
ward, meeting Mr.. Stanton, the Secretary of
! War az indianapolis. That official notified him
that all the military departments OF the West
were now to be under his supervision, with the
exception Of the Department of the Gulf. At
Louisville, word was received by Mr.. Stanton that
ROsecrans, whose campaign in East Tennessee
| had been so disastrous, was now about to aban-
don Chattanooga Grant, therefore, with the
! full sanction OF his superior, Immediately re-
/ IeVed ROseCrauS of his command, assigning
Gen. Thomas TO his position, and Oct. 70 started
by rail for Chattanooga, to take personal direc-
tiOn of the operations there. The army here
nearly surrounded by Confederates, aud greatly
weakened by sickness and losses, but Grants
presence put new hope into their dropping
hearts. He there concentrated troops from other
points, attacked Bragg's army, strongly in
! trenched on Missionary Ridge and Lookout
Mountain, and carried both points by assault
Nov "a and 2j Bra2g's forces were now driven
back to Dalton, Ga. Sherman being sent to the
I bestpup1
street at Knoxville, drove back the COnfederates
from that point, and by these successes the Con
federate communication between the Atlantic
and the Mississippi was broken. Dec PreSi-
dent Lincoln ordered thanksgiving In all the
churches tor the victories Of the Union cause
Dec. II Congress passed a resolution ordering
that a gold medal should be struck for Gen.
Grant, and returning thanks to him and his
army About Christmas Grant went In person
to Knoxville to inspect the command there, and
Jan. IS went by way of Cumberland Gap to
Nashville, where he now placed his headquar-
tiers. Jan. q, 1864, he went to st. Louis to visit
| his eldest son, who was very I'll. Feb. he was
back at Nashville. March / President Lincoln
signed bill passed bY Congress reYiving the
grade OF Lieutenant General of the Army, and
Immediately nominated Gen. Grant for the po-
sition. and March the General received the or
der summoning him to Washington He
reached that city March 9, received his commits
sion at the hands of the President, and March
] issued his first general order, dated at Nash
vile, assuming command OF the armies of the
United States and announcing that his head
quarters would be in the field, and until further
orders with the ARMY of the Potomac March
% he arrived at Washington again, and imme-
diately began his preparations for the grand
campaigns which were to terminate the war At
midnight, May 3, Grant began the movement
against Richmond, crossing the Rapidan with
the army Of the Potomac His force now num-
bered 10000 men, His first battle was that of
the Wilderness, fought May 5, e, z. The losses
We're terrible on both Sides but the results were
iudecisive Lee retired within his intrench-
ments and Grant made flank movement on
he LETT in the direction Of Spottsylvania Court
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of May to the night Of May y one of the
bloodiest struggles of the war. in which
the. Union forces gained some ground,
and captured one division but made no
impression on the defenses of the enemy. Grant
now made another movement to the lett, crossed
the Pamuukey and brought his army before the
almost impregnable ritiepits of Cold Harbor.
These he attacked on June !, but repulsed
with terrible loss. The assault was renewed
June 3, with more frightful loss of life, and
the gaining or no advantage. Grant ; losses IN
the campaign from the Rapidan to the James
May to June 81 aggregated total of "a ,55I;
those of Gen. Lee We're about $4,000. June
Is, Gen. Grant joined Gen. Buffers army at
Bermuda Hundred and the combined force
moved again on Petersburg. On June II and Is
assaults We're made on the Confederate in
trenchmeuts without effect. Lee army retired
behind the defenses, and by the latter part of
June Petersburg was regularly besieged Previ-
GUS to this Grant had ordered thanking move
ments by Gems. SigeI and AIcCook, both of
which had failed. In the hope OF drawing Grant
away from his position before Petersburg, Lee
sent an army under Gen Early TO raid Mary
land and PENNSYLVANIA. That invasion caused
so much alarm that in August Gen. Sheridan
sent against Early, and in a series of fights,
closing with tn { OF Oct 10 at AliddletOwn, COM
pletely defeated him and laid waste the entire
valley of the Shenandoah. During the sum-
mcr, fall, and following winter, Grant
pressed the siege of Petersburg with vary
ing success. July 80 mine was exploded under
one of the forts, and an assault made, only
to be repulsed with great loss. Aug. IS divis-
ion of Grant army seized the Weldon Railroad
and held it against several fierce assaults by the
Contederates, in which both armies lost thou
sands OF men. After a Lard-fOught battle on
tie road south of Petersburg the army went into
winter quarters there, pOstponing active opera
tious until spring. Feb ~ 1865, Gen. Sheridan
again assaulted and defeated Gen. Early forces
at NaynosbOrO, and then joined his COM
mander-in-Chicf with his army. The battle of
March % to April l, resulting in the defeat OF
Oners. On the following day Grant ordered a
general assault on the lines of Petersburg and
the works were carried On that night the army
of the Confederate Government also fed from
Richmond, and April thai city as well as
Petersburg taken possession of by the
Union army. The war lasted but few days
longer. Lee retreated rapidly as he could to
the Southwest, hoping TO JON the army of
Johnston Grant and Sheridan pursued and
I'M excepted him. and after making one or two
Intellectual efforts to rally his broken and de-
moraIiEed army against the victorious forces of
the FederalS, on April he surrendered to Grant
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