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The Daily Dispatch: June 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
of escape. The campaign in Virginia. Petersburg is in possession of our forces. An outer line of entrenchments, two miles from the town, was stormed by Gen. Smith on the 15th inst, town, was stormed by Gen Smith on the 15th inst, and the town was occupied by Generals Hancock and Smith the next day. The fact that Gen GGen Smith on the 15th inst, and the town was occupied by Generals Hancock and Smith the next day. The fact that Gen Grant has been able to get Petersburg so cheaply may doubtless be accepted as an evidence that his passage of the James river had taken Gen Lee by surprise. Had Gen. Lee contemplated the passage of the river as a possibility he would have thrown a large force, if not his whole army, into Petersburg during the two days in which GranSmith the next day. The fact that Gen Grant has been able to get Petersburg so cheaply may doubtless be accepted as an evidence that his passage of the James river had taken Gen Lee by surprise. Had Gen. Lee contemplated the passage of the river as a possibility he would have thrown a large force, if not his whole army, into Petersburg during the two days in which Grant was making his way to the river. He had ample time to reach Petersburg, and it was certainly the point for him to hold. His army is of more consequence to the Confederacy than Richmond is, and he might better have risked that now worthless city on a single battle than to risk the very existence of his army in the attempt to hol