. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . severeaction, with all the terrible but magnificent concomitants of anight-battle, he was driven back. During Sunday, the 5th, we continued the work of uitrench-ing. The Knes were very close,—so close, that the sharp-shooters did excellent work on both sides, by picking off theofficers and men in the trenches. At half-past eight, o-ithcommendable activity, the enemy sallied out and assaultedSmjths brigade of the Second Division of Hancocks corps ;but being manfully met with firmness and steel, he was againcompelled to retire discomfited to his
. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . severeaction, with all the terrible but magnificent concomitants of anight-battle, he was driven back. During Sunday, the 5th, we continued the work of uitrench-ing. The Knes were very close,—so close, that the sharp-shooters did excellent work on both sides, by picking off theofficers and men in the trenches. At half-past eight, o-ithcommendable activity, the enemy sallied out and assaultedSmjths brigade of the Second Division of Hancocks corps ;but being manfully met with firmness and steel, he was againcompelled to retire discomfited to his own lines. It shouldhave been said that Burnside was withdi-aAMi from the extremeright on the 4tli, and posted between Warren and Smith. Soalso on the 6tli, while we still contiinied intrenching on ourloft and centre, Warren was withdrawn and massed in rear ofthe centre. A night attack on Biu-nside was again repelled. The result of the liard fighting of the few past days was FROM SrOTTSYLVANIA TO TUE CUICKAUOMINY. 343 JWf JU\E r; ,, Jjygr 7,.. now painfully manifest in the great mimber of unburied deadand suireriug woimded lying between the two armies. After acorrespondence between Grant and Lee, dictated by humanity,an armistice of two houis was agreed upon, dm-ing which thedead were buried and the wounded removed. Again the operations of the army became problematical;and while considerable re-enforcements were reaching thearmy. Grant digested the details and co-operative portions ofIlls new plan. He had seen that in the entire movement fiomthe Eapidan, the enemy had been upon the defensive, willingto risk nothing, assuming occasionally a dashing but epheme-ral oflfensive, and always falling back, when pressed, behindwell-selected and thoroughly prepared inti-enchments. Tobeat Lees army, therefore, as had been his desu-e, north ofRichmond, he found was impossible, without gi-eater lossesthan he was willing to incur. He thi-refore determined tohold the gi-ound which he then o
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