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The Daily Dispatch: May 21, 1864., [Electronic resource], The War News — Grant Quiet — Another Reverse for Butler on the Southside — the battles in Louisiana, &c. (search)
ed here. That it was a desperate and bloody one is certain. The loss of Gen. Sedgwick alone is a heavy calamity on our side. It is most likely that after the engagement Gen. Lee retired to his next defensive line, on the right bank of the North Anna river. It is believed here, and it is quite probable, that Gen. Grant felt himself too much weakened, and believed his army too much exhausted to renew the conflict yesterday. Even Mr. Stanton says plainly: "Gen. Grant did not design to renew th defence of Richmond, as to him was assigned the task of seeing that the city was property fortified. When Beauregard turns up, it will be at the rebel capital; and there will his troops also be found. If they are needed by Gen. Lee on the North Anna river, or on the Pamunkey, they will reach him there. But nothing has transpired yet to indicate that he does need men. The troops that were encountered by Butler, near Petersburg, were some troops that had recently been in North Carolina. As re
The Daily Dispatch: May 25, 1864., [Electronic resource], Reported Capture of a Blockade Runner. (search)
Army Northern Virginia,Hanover Junction, May 23d. Yesterday the army took position behind the North Anna river, some twenty-five miles due north from Richmond. By reference to the map the reader will see that Grant, having moved to the right of Spotsylvania C. H. across the Ny, the northern branch of the Mattaponi, might safety throw his army down the east bank of the latter stream on our right flank, advancing all the time upon the are of a circle in the direction of Richmond. Gen. Lee proper position, why, then, it may be asked, did General Lee fight Grant at the Wilderness and Spotsylvania Court-House? His chief reason. I apprehend, was of a political nature, since he must have foreseen that a retreat from the Rapidan to North Anna without a battle would have at the same time unduly encouraged the enemy and discouraged our own people. Had the topography of the country rendered it possible to maintain the ground first abandoned it would certainly have been better, in a po
The Daily Dispatch: May 27, 1864., [Electronic resource], [from our own Correspondent.] (search)
[from our own Correspondent.] Army of Northern Virginia. Near Hanover Junction, May 25th, 1864. My last letter told you of the change of base, and of the fact that our forces were in position around this place. Yesterday evening about four o'clock, Thomas's, McGowan's and Lane's brigades, of Wilcox's division, with Seales's of the same division in support and reserve, were sent forward to meet the enemy, who had crossed the North Anna river at Jericho Fard, a point about six miles above Hanover Junction. Our forces came up with those of the enemy near Noel's turn-out. Thomas, McGowan and Lane engaged them in front, while Scales was sent to take them in rear. A sharp fight ensued, and the troops were rapidly pressing them back, when just as Scales was opening on their flank and rear, Thomas's brigade, for some unexplained reason, gave way, and thus the fruits of victory were lost. We however captured some sixty prisoners, who say that when our men commenced giving back th
The Daily Dispatch: May 30, 1864., [Electronic resource], From the North. (search)
Army of Northern Virginia, May 28th, 1864. [from our own Correspondent.] Yesterday morning found Grant on the north side of the North Anna river, moving rapidly down its banks towards the Pamunkey. Scouts who have just come in say that Grant concluded to pull up stakes on Thursday. Accordingly all that day and night his troops were in motion. Sheridan made a junction with Grant on Wednesday night, and the next morning early he started ahead of the main body of the army with a large pontoon train, moving towards Mangohick and Dabney's Ferry the infantry forces following rapidly in his wake. During last night the enemy attacked our pickets with a line of battle; but the attack was feebly made and easily repulsed. Yesterday morning there was also some picket firing and skirmishing between the enemy's rear guard and our line of skirmishers. But it amounted to nothing. The enemy have, I think, evacuated all the country between the Junction and the Rappahannock river, in
The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
on the latter road, near Gordonsville, that Gen Sheridan's cavalry attempted to destroy the track. But even by his own report it is evident that he failed in his mission. He found a strong Confederate force at Gordonsville, of which Pickett's division formed a part. He says himself: "The enemy's position was found too strong to assault. We were twice driven from the enemy's works by infantry. My loss in killed and wounded is 575. " His ammunition ran out, and he retreated over the North Anna River at Minor's Bridge. It was a thoughtful provision of Gen. Sheridan to take ambulances with him. In these he brought away 377 of his wounded men. All the rest of his wounded, he says, he left in the hands of the enemy. Gen. Lee's account of the affair represents it as being a complete defeat of Sheridan. It is certain that he suffered great loss, and was compelled to retreat, and entirely failed to accomplish the purpose of his expedition. Yet the country has been told to rejoice ove
The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
nger the men they were in the beginning of the campaign. Grant failed here, as he had failed at the Wilderness, to drive Lee from his position; and having done so, he took himself off, in strict pursuance of Dogberry's advice. Here, according to this writer, commenced his grand flanking operations, which consisted in retreating from before a position he had been unable to carry and attempting to place his army between Lee and Richmond. In this, of course, he failed again. On the North Anna river he found Lee still in his front; still interposing between him and Richmond; still ready to fight, and still determined to force him to fight, if he would obtain the prize he sought, at every disadvantage.--He had already lost, according to the statement of the Yankee papers, seventy-five thousand men; in point of fact, his losses had reached one hundred thousand, and these were the very flower of his army. He had been reinforced while in Spotsylvania by twenty-five thousand good troo
The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Two days later from the North. (search)
n of the dates and engagements, with the loss of men in each case: May 5, Rapidan,2,000 May 6, Wilderness,15,000 May 7,skirmishes,300 May 10,Spotsylvania,10,000 May 12,Spotsylvania,10,000 May 18,Po,1,200 May 19,Po,1,200 May 23, North Anna,1,000 May 24,North Anna,2,000 May 31,Cold Harbor,3,000 June 3,Chickahominy,7,000 June 16,Petersburg,2,000 June 17,Petersburg,1,000 June 18,Petersburg,3,000 June 19,Petersburg,4,000 June 22,Weldon railroad,2,500 June 23,Weldon railroad,North Anna,2,000 May 31,Cold Harbor,3,000 June 3,Chickahominy,7,000 June 16,Petersburg,2,000 June 17,Petersburg,1,000 June 18,Petersburg,3,000 June 19,Petersburg,4,000 June 22,Weldon railroad,2,500 June 23,Weldon railroad,1,000 June 26, Danville railroad,3,500 Last assault on Petersburg,5,040 Absolute loss of men,73,340 The above may appear appalling to European eyes, as also to those on this side of the Atlantic, but it does not give the half of Grant's losses in this campaign. All the columns operating in Virginia are under Grant's orders, and must be received as a part of his campaign. In the table above, no mention is made of Hunter's losses in his advance to Lynchburg. They could not have been les
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