. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . men sacrificed each lour. Itis the belief of some military writers that Lee deliberateljchose the Wilderness as a battle-ground, as it would effectuallyconceal great inferiority of force, but if this be so he seems tohave come to sliare the unanimous opinions of the generals ofboth sides that its difficulties were unsurmountable, and withinhis entrenchments he awaited further attack. It did not come. The next night, INIay 7th, Grants march by the Confed-erate right flank was resumed, but only to be blocked againby the dogged determ
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . men sacrificed each lour. Itis the belief of some military writers that Lee deliberateljchose the Wilderness as a battle-ground, as it would effectuallyconceal great inferiority of force, but if this be so he seems tohave come to sliare the unanimous opinions of the generals ofboth sides that its difficulties were unsurmountable, and withinhis entrenchments he awaited further attack. It did not come. The next night, INIay 7th, Grants march by the Confed-erate right flank was resumed, but only to be blocked againby the dogged determination of the tenacious antagonist, afew miles bejond, at Sj^otsylvania. Lee again anticipatedGrants move. It is not strange that the minds of these twomen moved along the same lines in military strategy, whenwe remember they were both military exjserts of the highestorder, and were now working out the same problem. Theresults obtained by each are told in the story of the battle ofSpotsylvania. [50] U PART IGRANT VERSUS LEE SPOTSYLVANIA AND THEBLOODY ANGLE. QUARLES MILL, NORTH ANNA RIVER—^XHE GOAL AFTERSPOTSTLVANIA THE BATTLE OF SPOTSYLVANIACOURT HOUSE But to Spotsylvania liistorv \vill accord the palm, I am sure, for hav-ing furnished an unexampled niuzzle-to-muzzle fire ; tlie longest roll ofincessant, unbroken musketry; the most splendid exhibition of individualheroism and personal daring by large numbers, who, standing in thefreshly spilt blood of their fellows, faced for so long a period and at soshort a range the flaming rifles as thev heralded the decrees of heroism was confined to neither side. It was exhibited by botharmies, and in that hand-to-hand struggle for the possession of the breast-works it seemed almost universal. It would be commonplace truism tosay that such examples will not be lost to the Republic.—Genei-alJohn , , hi ■Reminiscences of the Civil I IMMEDIATELY after the cessation of hostilities on the6th of JNIay in
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