. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. ROBERT E. LEE GENERAL-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY IX 1807; WEST POINT 1829; DIED GRANTS FIRST MOVE AGAINST LEE ADVANCE OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, MAY 5, 186-t The gleaming bayonets that lead the winding wagons mark the first lunge of one champion againstanother—the Federal military arm stretching forth to begin the continuous hammering whichGrant had declared was to be his policy. By heavy and repeated blow
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. ROBERT E. LEE GENERAL-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY IX 1807; WEST POINT 1829; DIED GRANTS FIRST MOVE AGAINST LEE ADVANCE OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, MAY 5, 186-t The gleaming bayonets that lead the winding wagons mark the first lunge of one champion againstanother—the Federal military arm stretching forth to begin the continuous hammering whichGrant had declared was to be his policy. By heavy and repeated blows he had vanquished Pemberton,Bragg, and every Southern general that had opposed him. Soon he was to be face to face with Lees mag-nificent veterans, and here above all other places he had chosen to be in person. Profiting by the experienceof Halleck, he avoided Washington. Sherman pleaded in vain with him to come out West. Grant hadrecognized the most difficult and important task to be the destruction of Lees army, and therefore haddetermined to fight it out on tliis line. The Armv of the Potomac was but one body of the ,447 Federal ^
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