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The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], The movements on Richmond — the fighting around Richmond. (search)
l, head; Robert Alice, shoulder and neck; R C Richardson, leg; W M McParr, shoulder Missing; Corp'l A H Brown, private T M Rafter. Co D.--Wounded: Lt R Motley, private Jas S Baker. Missing: W G Andrews. The Commander and number of the enemy's forces around Richmond. The commander of the force which is now operating around the fortifications of Richmond is Gen. Sheridan, who was formerly commander of the cavalry with the Federal army at Chattanooga, and was taken from there with Grant when he came to Virginia. In his experience as a cavalry commander we know of nothing very dashing or successful, nor is his reputation that of a great General. The force under him is represented by prisoners at the round figure of 20,000, all mounted infantry. That its strength is exaggerated is quite certain; that it consists of mounted infantry is equally certain, as in be fight at Brook Church yesterday the enemy's bayonets were plainly seen. In the fight yesterday the enemy used
The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], The movements on Richmond — the fighting around Richmond. (search)
he situation reverts to the two great armies now confronting each other on the Rappahannock. If Gen. Lee finally defeats Grant, the question is settled for Grant. He goes home, and, if he follows the fate of his disappointed and defeated predecessGrant. He goes home, and, if he follows the fate of his disappointed and defeated predecessors, to the shades of retirement. He will not be allowed to turn politician and run for the Presidency, like McClellan, who took care to make a "masterly retreat," which he called a "change of base," and to impute the embarrassments which led him to this course, to the Administration. Grant is likely to persevere to the end, and be defeated or victorious. Yet he may win the day on the Rappahannock, and Richmond still not fall. He cannot so damage Gen. Lee, as to disable him from retiring to Richmond, and if forced to that extremity, the General can defend this place against all odds. But Grant will not compel Gen. Lee to any such strait. In every engagement, thus far, he has been sorely baffled, and thus will he continue to be
The Daily Dispatch: May 13, 1864., [Electronic resource], The Trans-Mississippi. (search)
f, and no doubt thinks the ghost of Stonewall Jackson is after him. If he has not already discovered, he will find out before the summer closes, that Massachusetts is a more healthful place of residence for him than Louisiana. Altogether, the Trans Mississippi Department is in a most promising condition. If Banks is driven on this side of the river, we know of no other Federal troops in Southwestern Louisiana. Magruder has little or nothing to contend with in Texas, and we may rest assured that Gen. Price will give Steele no rest until he gets him out of Arkansas. This leaves the Western department comparatively clear of the enemy, and, as remarked above, we do not think the people there need live in any fear of their return. Our opinion is they have started home, and will not stop until they get there. As the West is clear, let us now look to the East, give our best attention to Grant at Richmond and Dalton, and the war is over, at least so far as the South is concerned.