The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26

at AppomAttox 10 summed up by tho biographeP
In o chapter on the collapse of the ConfederAoy,
We arc invited to consider the magnitude Of
tho forces engaged. the skill with which they
were handled for offence and defence. and the
typographical difficulties to be overcome. 1t 10
submitted that ito move 1bo. 900 mon in such
. country. in constant contact with an enemy,
was in itself no sruall feat Of arms. Advancing
from base to base, with TANKS exposed, and or
tending his line of communication with Zach
advance. Grant had kept his enemy on the
move from ono strongly intrenched position to
another, holding him In place until he was
himself ready to attack, and never giving him
tho advantage Of tho initiative. He had do
Tended Washington and succored Sherman and
Sheridan. not by weakening his own army. but
by keeping that Of Lee 80 constantly occupied
that, in spite of its interior lines and intrenched
positions. 1t finally fell exhausted" Might not,
however, moro scientific methods have accom-.
plished the same result with less loss OF he 7
Col. Church replies that every method. scien.
tihc or other. had been triod in the same field
tho relative positions OF tho two armies. TIE
blographer enters upon a comparison OF figures.
that from the time the Rapidan was crossed.
May .: 1851. to the surrender at A~ppomaitoN.
april 2, 1862; Grant lost I24. 800 men in killed,
exception Of about ]. 900 men. were incurred in
eight months Of active campaigning. nothing
Nv nv u llltllslN
otls6l-65. Now. from the time Mcclellan oprnC.
the siege OF Yorktown; April s., 1862, until
later, precisely the same period Of time namely,
eight months. had been devoted to active held
c"rrsd long on, intervals Of %inaction having &c.
had each esssyed, in the same field. the work
together, they had lost l39. ISL men wiihOus
reconnaissance 1t. When the losses from u.
ease are taken into account, the contrast I've
tween Grants campaign in Virginia, ana tho
campaigns preceding II there, becomes still moro
t onttrsts That me for statistics OF ,hc war hGr,
missile of the enemy two died OF dis
ease; and the discharges from various causes,
Eciher, exceeded by onehni the total Of
wounded and missing. Grant recognized no
and continuous movements. lie knew thai wh t..
IN given Time, he might lose Two men IN )actlnn,
~ ~ ~ouiu lose thrsc from other cashalIies, aln'
ments. which fastened the end, was really rro-
nomical in men as we'll as in treasure. In view
contends that mo criticism upon Grant is more
unjust than the one that accused him of b,ius Il
suits. but, taking everything into thu account.
ne was far more saving OF, hi; mn
a double ratio, without bringing the war uU-
step nearer TO its end. When Grant was, 30.
ates held 800. 900 square miles OF TERRITORY mud
they had 10000 men on their muster rous.
49, - toitHoiy pItNiDNSlN secured ny no
Union troops In the Southern States was hrI!
ny no certain tenure. A large force wac ,"1-
SANITY occupied. In guarding II and protect, =
the communication OF the armies IN the tr,d
from the attack of nntcrprising gucrrlllHs NwN
Taiding cavalry. Within one year al al ius
immense territory, thanks 10 Gen. Grant = ls'
Icy OF concentration and persistent lighting, bti
GONE under the control OF the Goycrnmru' a..
Washington. The last Coniedcr To soliicr N,t
passed through the Caudinc Forks as u Irt-nr'"
OF war. Thus was accomplished tha r-ar
which foreign observers had, from The first, -u.I
WINS impossible"
We shall not undertake to follow CO... Chnr
,hroheh inc concluding chapters OF The booze,
which deal with that mart OF Iraut'- r,rr.r
winch followed the termination OF the eva, ~.
! I may DC mat this section of ia" suhIc'' N,'
Oroh treated ms acceptably by othcr,, and
also possible that the time has not vet ,,..'
,Hr wri'ing history of Grants two lGmin-.I "
mons. le that as IL may, IL is mainly ns an .r.
mate Of Grants military ahilitic- aua ser. a
I'M a ms biography is nut forward. ana
S,rshi co'nmen1otion from this poin, Of -,
Sowhere else arc tho Characteristic merits -
Grant. considered as a soldier, brought out VIA
90 much lucidity and emphasis. Nj. ". Ii