. The life and campaigns of U. S. Grant, from his boyhood to the surrender of Lee . e thus thrown down,and hastened to a strong position which had been prepar-ed for the emergency, near Spottsylvania armies were at this time so far out of the Wildernessthat artillery could be employed with effect. Saturday dawned, and General Grant was ready to fight;but no signs of conflict appeared along the rebel lines,beyond a little skirmishing during the morning ; when,assured of the advance of the Confederate columns, he pre-pared for the chase. Anticipating the dodge, Grant
. The life and campaigns of U. S. Grant, from his boyhood to the surrender of Lee . e thus thrown down,and hastened to a strong position which had been prepar-ed for the emergency, near Spottsylvania armies were at this time so far out of the Wildernessthat artillery could be employed with effect. Saturday dawned, and General Grant was ready to fight;but no signs of conflict appeared along the rebel lines,beyond a little skirmishing during the morning ; when,assured of the advance of the Confederate columns, he pre-pared for the chase. Anticipating the dodge, Grant hadsent Sheridan with his cavalry on the road through Spott-sylvania Court-House, to Grangers Station and HanoverCourt-House, encountering Fitzhugh Lee, who offereda fierce resistance. Before night, Stuarts cavalry corpsprotected the right flank of General Lees army, whichGeneral Grant hoped to turn. The preparation now wentforward to put the entire army in motion along the irreg-ular line of flanking toward Richmond. It was the pur-pose of the Chief to make time by forced marches, and iir. PREPARATIONS FOR ANOTHER ADVANCE. 489 terior lines, with -a bold front pressing vigorously uponthe enemy when necessary, to reach Richmond beforeGeneral Lee ; or, if compelled to meet him in decisive bat-tle, defeat him, and then, with comparative ease, capturethe rebel capital. The setting sun of Saturday night, May 6th, was reflectedfrom the arms of the infantry on the march, to anticipate,if possible, the foe, by turning his right flank. The Ninth Army Corps led in the cavalcade a short dis-tance, then halted to let General Warren pass with theFifth. This movement opened one of the most romantic andimpressive scenes in the marches of a vast army. Fromthat sunset hour till midnight, the columns of the PotomacArmy were getting into marching order—the ranks quietlyemerging like spectral processions from their entrenchments—and the cavalry wheeling into position to protect theflank, as t
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