. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. ROBERT E. LEE GENERAL-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY IN 1807; WEST POINT 1829; DIED GRANTS FIRST MOVE AGAINST LEE ADVANCE OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, MAY 5, 1864 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 th
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. ROBERT E. LEE GENERAL-IN-CHIEF OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY IN 1807; WEST POINT 1829; DIED GRANTS FIRST MOVE AGAINST LEE ADVANCE OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, MAY 5, 1864 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 difiicult and important task to be the destruction of Lees army, and therefore haddetermined to fight it out on this line. The Army of the Potomac was but one body of the 533,447 Federal
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