Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-05-31

I objection 20 your making the enor,
what Is that? What is that?" ear,.,.
asked Magruder. hoping TO remove IN,
| objection and seeing honor and glory -
fore him.
Il am afraid" was the reply. ",h.,
you might hurt my little friend NJ,
| Kldder Meade. The enemy ia ro-,
time ago. and he is over thers r.co,'
| noitering"
EVIDENCES OF THEIR VArOP
| have made this paper so much lo,,.,
than l purposed. though | have bars.'
touched the subject, that 1 have ~,
| space 10 quote the strong TESTIMONY i,
| Federal officers. and OF General McC.s.i,,
himself as to the utterly wrotched a,t
| demoralized condition In which his ann,
| reached Harrison's Landing under th,
cover OF his gunboats; the panic ub.,
J ensued when Jeb. Stuart dashed on tt,
heights and shelled the camps win M,
guns OF the gallant Pelham" ana ,b.
peril the stricken army was in ..-,r
Stuart was driven on before tho c,,.
| federate infantry could come up. and IN.
heights rapidly and strongly fortified
Nor can / now refutc IN detail the sfafa.
ment of the so-called histories that LA
received so bloody a repulse GO N1Ir,-,
! Hill that he pursued no farther" or srso,
how. on the contrary he advanced o,
Harrison's Landing and ordered ar ss.
sault. which he reluctantly counteranfet
on the strong remonstrance OF St0raaal
Jackson, who represented that while hI,
men could take anything on land thsv
could not charge the gunb0ats or stars
their enflading fire.
And thus ended "seven DAYS aroma,
Richmond" during which Lee ana ts
army OF heroes had, with 5000 mon. ss.
sailed McClellan's $4,000 strong. .,.
trenched driven them pell-meu to Tia
cover Of the gunboats many miles t.ov
Richmond. raised the siege OF Richmond
and inflicted on the enemy a. loss of i.- ID,
men. fifty-two pieces OF artillery. urnarfs
OF 35oo0 stand OF small arms cartur.f
on immense amount Of stores of e,rrv
description captured. and a much hrea-
amount destroyed 10 prevent capture.
and given the Confederate people ana
army confidence IN themselves ana fh.-
great leader, which brought many Other
great victories 10 their standarle.
Nor can l now speak OF the iot n Rich.
mond over the results. m.nglaI vlth
mourning for the dead and ca.e f.- -re
wounded, when wcl-nigh every house.
was a hospital. and every woman min.
istering angel 10 the suffering.
second Cold Harbor.
one could. Of course. write voluns
on Grants campaign against Richmond IN
the summer of 1861. but 7 have oriy
space 10 speak very briefly OF lts culmna.
ton al Cold Harbor. June 30. when he at.
tackled Lees position IN fun force. ana
received one OF the blOodiest rCpulses u
all -.
the lenth OF time consumed IS considered.
Grant had begun his great campaign
against Richmond in the early days II
May with overwhelming numbers and uu-
limited resources. His column from
Southwest Virginia, the one that novel
up the great Valley Of Virginia. the one
under Butler. on the south side of no
James, and his own column with which
he crossed the Rapldan. were am t0 CON.
verge on Richmond. and numbered no
told. and counting reinforcement %.
ceivcd, 2l5,000 men, splendilly armed ari
equipped while TO meet this m eh.y
host Lee could muster only a bare 5000
men. poorly equipped and badly arm.l-
in fact, lacking everything but Iusi
cause and heroic natures. And yet IS
soon as Grant crossed the river. Lee b5l.
ly advanced to attack him. and there
followed the death grapple of The
wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse.
Hanover Junction. and Bethesda
Church, Grant always falling 90 pclma-
nently break Lees lines. using his lm-
mense numbers 20 move by his left Hank.
and deluding himself and bis people
with the idea that he was nearing bis
goal-Richmond; while Lee made no move.
except 10 meet and fight the enemy and
had outgeneralled Grant at every point
and whipped him wherever be- met bin.
until. at last he took position az Goa
Harbor occupying almost the Identical
lines from which be had driven MgCill.
Ian In 1852.
COULD NOT REACH RICHMOND
Butler had been bottled up" at Ber.
muda Hundreds by Beauregard. Sagel
had been defeated at New NJ ykct by
| Breckenridge, and the army 80 under
| David Hunter. had adyan-. again.
| brushed away the small Confederate force
| that opposed IL at Piedmont ana. Joined
| by the column from Southwest Virginia.
was now amusing itself by pillagins and
| burning, and was soon 10 be driven from
| Lynchburg by General Early. sent fI0m
| Lees army, IN inglorious retreat Through
the mountains OF West Virginia.
The next flank movement OF Grant
| would carry him away from Richmond
and so he resolved 10 break through Lees
| lines and thus enter the hated capital %
the Southern Confederacy. Accordingly
he withdrew from Butler TO reinforce lB
assault the best part OF his troops and
| issued orders for the attack. The result
| IS candidly told by Swlnton the able
| historian OF the Army OF the Potomac.
l quote from him only two brief extracts;
/ 1T took hardly moro than tln
minutes OF the Pigment men call time %
| decide the battle There was along TIC
whole line a rush-the spectacle Of Boo.
| pregnable works-a bloody loss-thCu a
sullen falling back, and the action vas
decided" Abiding 10 an order 10
attack again several hours later. sv.n,on
| says: mo man stirred, and no
| immobie lines pronounced a verdict
silent. yet emphatic, against further
slaughter. The loss on the Union side IN
this sanguinary action was over 0oo.
! while on the part or the Confederate 70
Is doubtful whether IL reached that many
/ hundreds"
LOST MORE THAN LEE HAD.
/ I never saw our men I'm better trim
/ for fighting or more anxious for fhe cue-
my TO come again than they weri
at Cold Harbor; but they did not cone
again. Grant crossed the river 20 receive
another bloody repulse at Petersburg.
and TO end a campaign In which be- lost
5000 men-mOre than General Lee h8i-
In order 70 sit down to the siege OF Ps-