The American conflict : a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64 : it's causes, incidents, and results, intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery, from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union . Ered-ericksburg, and by a multiplicity ofnarrow cart-tracks, used in peace onlyby wood-cutters. (It is a mineralregion, and its timber has been repeat-edly swept off as fuel for miners.) Inthis tangled labyrinth, numbers, artil-lery and cavalry, are of small account;local kn
The American conflict : a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64 : it's causes, incidents, and results, intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery, from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union . Ered-ericksburg, and by a multiplicity ofnarrow cart-tracks, used in peace onlyby wood-cutters. (It is a mineralregion, and its timber has been repeat-edly swept off as fuel for miners.) Inthis tangled labyrinth, numbers, artil-lery and cavalry, are of small account;local knowledge, advantage of posi-tion, and command of roads, every-thing. Lees army, alert and vigilant, wasjust west of it; the roads diverged,fan-like, on that side: it was Grantsobvious interest to get through thischapparal as quickly and with as lit-tle fighting as possible : it was Leesbusiness not to let him. Hence, the mo-ment our movement was developed,the Rebel army, which liad been look-ing north across the Rapidan, wasfaced to the riglit and moved rapidlydown parallel with our advance, form-ing line of battle some six miles eastof its strong defenses on Mine run,which profiered a safe refuge in caseof disaster. Lee, like Meade, hadreorganized his army in three coi^ps ; Mav 4. GEN. GRANT ACROSS THE RAPIDAN. 667. BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS. whereof Ewells (late the right), onits change of front, held the left,next the Rapidan ; A. P. Hill cominginto line on the right; while Long-street (recently returned from hisEast Tennessee campaign) was postednear Charlottesville, two inarches off,but was rapidly brought up, and cameinto action the second day. Theground was as unfavorable for us ascould be; yet Grant, being unexpect-edly assailed—for he had confidentlyexpected to get through unmolested—had no choice but to fight: neitherBurnside nor our trains being yetfairly over the river; so that any at-tempt to evade Lees unlooked-forblow would have compromised, notmerely the campa
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