. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . WARD JOHNSON, C. S. A PHOTOGRAPH. days and count its various combats from the be-ginning of the campaign : On May 5th, three; onMay 6th, four; on May 8th, two; on May 10th,five ; on May 12th, repeated assaults during twenty J. The news of Stuarts fall reached General Lee on the 12th.— C. S. V. 244 GENERAL LEE IN THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN. hours in salient and two combats on another partof the line; May 18th, one; May 19th, one. Itis no wonder that on these fields the Confeder
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . WARD JOHNSON, C. S. A PHOTOGRAPH. days and count its various combats from the be-ginning of the campaign : On May 5th, three; onMay 6th, four; on May 8th, two; on May 10th,five ; on May 12th, repeated assaults during twenty J. The news of Stuarts fall reached General Lee on the 12th.— C. S. V. 244 GENERAL LEE IN THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN. hours in salient and two combats on another partof the line; May 18th, one; May 19th, one. Itis no wonder that on these fields the Confederateordnance officers gathered more than 120,000pounds of lead, which was recast in bullets anddid work again before the campaign of 1864 wasclosed. Lee, discovering that Grant had set out on the20th of May on his flanking movement south-ward, immediately marched so as to throw hisarmy between the Federal forces and crossed the North Anna on the 21st. GeneralGrant arrived on the 23d. Lee would gladly havecompelled battle in his position there. He wasanxious now to strike a telling blow, as he was. BRIGADIER-GENERAL GEORGE H. STEUART, C. S. A PHOTOGRAPH. convinced that General Grants men were dis-pirited by the bloody repulses of their repeated at-tacks on our lines. Lee had drawn Pickett andBreckinridge to him. But in the midst of theoperations on the North Anna he succumbed tosickness, against which he had struggled for somedays. As he lay in his tent he would say, in hisimpatience, We must strike them! We mustnever let them pass us again! We must strikethem! He had reports brought to him con-stantly from the field. But Lee ill in his tent wasnot Lee at the front. He was much disappointedin not securing larger results from the attack whichprevented the junction of Hancocks and Warrenscolumns after they had crossed the North Anna. On May 26th Grant withdrew his army from itsrather critical position on the south side of theNorth Anna, and moved again to the e
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