. The life of General Ulysses S. Grant. Containing a brief but faithful narrative of those military and diplomatic achievements which have entitled him to the confidence and gratitude of his countrymen. els.—Military-Railroad. — Tidings of the Capture of Atlanta. — Obduracy of —Immensity of General Grants Cares. HERE is no rest in the trenches of a besiegingarmy. Every clay is a battle. Sharpshootersare constantly on the watch for an exposedhead or hand. Batteries open their con-centrated fire upon the rising mount shrieking through the air, and drop in themidst of t
. The life of General Ulysses S. Grant. Containing a brief but faithful narrative of those military and diplomatic achievements which have entitled him to the confidence and gratitude of his countrymen. els.—Military-Railroad. — Tidings of the Capture of Atlanta. — Obduracy of —Immensity of General Grants Cares. HERE is no rest in the trenches of a besiegingarmy. Every clay is a battle. Sharpshootersare constantly on the watch for an exposedhead or hand. Batteries open their con-centrated fire upon the rising mount shrieking through the air, and drop in themidst of the workmen who are burrowing in the par-allels. There is incessant toil with the spade, now undera blazing sun, and again in drenching storms. Oftennew positions are to be gained at the expense of a terri-ble conflict. The besieged are ever making desperatesorties, by night as well as by day, plunging, with over-whelming force, upon some point of the investing linewhere they hope to destroy both the works and theworkmen. In such labors as these the month of July passed Grant was daily advancing, step by step, nearerto the foe. His lines of circumvallation, ever changing, 275. J<0 LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT. were about twenty miles long. He was about to makeanother attempt to seize and hold the Weldon plan he adopted for the accomplishment of this endwas to send secretly a strong force, under the impetuousSheridan, to attack Richmond upon the north. ShouldLee send a large force from Petersburg to protect Rich-mond, General Grant could then strike heavily upon theweakened rebel lines. Should General Lee fear to with-draw troops from Petersburg, and thus send no re-enforcements to the ramparts above Richmond, Sheridanwould be able to seize very important positions there. On the 26th of July, the Second Army Corps secretlycommenced its march from our extreme right, and, fol-lowed by Sheridans cavalry, crossed the Appomattox atPoint of Rocks. Pushing
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