. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . e put you in moti<m to offer battle to the invaders of your country, withthe resolution, and discipline, and valor becoming men, fighting, as you arc, forall worth living or dying for. You can but march to a decisive victory overagrarian mirci-naries, sent to subjugate and desjx)il you of your liberties,pro])erty, and lionor. Remember the precious stake involved ; remember the dependence of yourmothers, your wives, your sisters, and your children, on the result. Remembertlie fair, broad, abounding lands, tlie happy homes, that will be desola
. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . e put you in moti<m to offer battle to the invaders of your country, withthe resolution, and discipline, and valor becoming men, fighting, as you arc, forall worth living or dying for. You can but march to a decisive victory overagrarian mirci-naries, sent to subjugate and desjx)il you of your liberties,pro])erty, and lionor. Remember the precious stake involved ; remember the dependence of yourmothers, your wives, your sisters, and your children, on the result. Remembertlie fair, broad, abounding lands, tlie happy homes, that will be desolated byyour defeat. The eyes and hopes of eight millions of people rest upon are expected to show yourselves worthy of ytiur valor ami courage, worthyof the women of the South, whose noble devotion in this war has never beenexceidcd in any time. With such incentives to brave deeds, and with triLstthat God is with us, your general will lead you confidently to tlie combat, as-sured of success. By order of General A. S. Jounston, ? J ? ? :.- -^x^ f-sfi:: :r r: i; < HfHH nRANTP NEW CAMPAIGN. 86 On Friday, tho -tth, fivt< ^iays rations had been issued,—theyexpected to have hiter issues from our stores, wliieh they weregoiuj; to capture. The rebel march was alouj^ tho numerousnarrow and lieavy roads which converge towards the were unencumbered and hght, but it rained very heavily,and they were not able to get into position in our front untilSaturday ilight; and then so weary and worn, that they werein no condition to attack without a nights rest. The greatarmies being now fairly in contact, the men lay down to theirrest in silence. Those nearest our lines were allowed no fires,and there were no sounds of dnims or bugles which shoulddisclose to us their position or their strength. Beauregard,weak from ncent sickness, is the oracle of the more distantcamp-fire at his headquarters ; he completes his dispositions,and gives to his commanders their
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