. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . orters, to thought Grant was striving only to get between him andRichmond, and this he was resolved to prevent. He had astrong camp already marked out between the two Annarivers, and to this he hurried without turning to strike atthe great army stretching out across the country at his has said that this neglect on his part, this timidity, thisFabian policy, marked him as a second-rate general; but,though it was perhaps so if Grant had no
. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . orters, to thought Grant was striving only to get between him andRichmond, and this he was resolved to prevent. He had astrong camp already marked out between the two Annarivers, and to this he hurried without turning to strike atthe great army stretching out across the country at his has said that this neglect on his part, this timidity, thisFabian policy, marked him as a second-rate general; but,though it was perhaps so if Grant had not been Grant, yetit was not so, when one remembers that Grant was prepared,and that Lee had already learned in two battles, that hisenemy was not to be taken unawares. He did not take thebait, though tempting, which his antagonist held out to him;but, pursuing his policy, he moved rapidly to the front,placed his army across the path of the invader, threw upworks and waited with his weakened but intrepid force,for the hostile Commander to hurl his troops upon impreg-nable works. Having the shorter route, he reached theAnna Rivers p461 462 THE LIVES AND CAMPAIGNS OF GRANT AND LEE. The Union army, though one of its corps had the lead,was hindered by its imperfect knowledge of the roads, ai dthe nature of the path pursued. In their progress, theseveral corps gradually came abreast, Warren forging to theright, followed at his left and rear by Wright, Burnsidecame in at the centre, and Hancock found himself shortlyon the left. In this manner, they arrived at the shore ofthe North Anna river (23d), Warren at Jericho Ford, Burn-side at Ox Ford, and Hancock at a wooden bridge, knownas the Chesterfield Bridge. Lees position was exceedingly well chosen for lines formed an obtuse angle, with the apex resting atOx Ford, one side of the angle extending southeastwardalong the river and railroad, and covering Hanover Junc-tion, and the other side drawn across southwestward
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