. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Charles Francis Adams, who, as acavalry officer, scr\cd in Butlers cam-paign, compares Grants maneuvers of1864 to Napoleons of 1815. WhileNapoleon advanced upon Wellington itwas essential that Grouchy should de-tain Blucher. So Butler was to elimi-nate Beauregard while Grant struck atLee. With forty thousand men, he wasordered to land at Bermuda Hundred,seize and hold City Point as a futurearmy base, and advance upon Richmondby way of Petersburg, while Grantmeanwhile engaged Lee farther \rriving at Broadway Landing, seen int
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . Charles Francis Adams, who, as acavalry officer, scr\cd in Butlers cam-paign, compares Grants maneuvers of1864 to Napoleons of 1815. WhileNapoleon advanced upon Wellington itwas essential that Grouchy should de-tain Blucher. So Butler was to elimi-nate Beauregard while Grant struck atLee. With forty thousand men, he wasordered to land at Bermuda Hundred,seize and hold City Point as a futurearmy base, and advance upon Richmondby way of Petersburg, while Grantmeanwhile engaged Lee farther \rriving at Broadway Landing, seen inthe lower picture, Butler put his armyover the Appomattox on pontoons, occu-pied City Point. May 4th. and advancedwithin tliree miles of Petersburg, May9th. The city might have been easilytitkcn by a vigorous move, but Butlerdelayed until Beauregard arrived with ahastily gathered army and decisivelydefeated the Federals at DrewTys Bluff.:May 10th. Like Grouchy, Butler PORT DARLING THE MASKED BATTERY
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