The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . tes betweenRichmond and Washington. Under Grant and Meade, theArmy of the Potomac moved for-ward toward Richmond. It en-countered Lees army in a regionof dense woods, full of under-growth, known as The Wilder-ness. Grants forces were muchthe more numerous, for by thistime the South, which had putforth nearly its whole strengthfrom the beginning, was becom-ing somewhat exhausted. On theother hand, Lee fought behind in-trenchments, and, in changing hisposition, moved on shorter lines than his opponent. Forsixteen da
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . tes betweenRichmond and Washington. Under Grant and Meade, theArmy of the Potomac moved for-ward toward Richmond. It en-countered Lees army in a regionof dense woods, full of under-growth, known as The Wilder-ness. Grants forces were muchthe more numerous, for by thistime the South, which had putforth nearly its whole strengthfrom the beginning, was becom-ing somewhat exhausted. On theother hand, Lee fought behind in-trenchments, and, in changing hisposition, moved on shorter lines than his opponent. Forsixteen days, in the Wilderness and about SpottsylvaniaCourt-House, the armies were so close to each other inthe thick brush that the men had to be continually onguard, and so they got little chance for sleep. Whenthey changed positions, the marching was generally donein the night, while the days witnessed the most tremen-dous fighting that had been seen since the battles ofthe great Napoleon. In sixteen days the Union armylost 37,500 men, and Lees losses, though much less,were ROBERT E LEE. FROM THE WILDERNESS TO PETERSBURG. ZZl Lee was not crushed, but Grant got nearer to Rich- Manamond from time to time by secretly moving a part ofthe army from his right and marching it around tothe rear of his other troops, and then pushing it as farahead on his left as possible. By thus outflanking Lee,Grant compelled him to fall back, that he might notbe cut off from Richmond and his supplies. But Leealways managed to fall back in time to be again be-tween Grants army and Richmond. The two greatgenerals and the two veteran armies were well matched,and neither could gain a complete victory. This fighting and this moving to the eastward and Coid Harbor,around Lees flank were kept up with varying successuntil Grant got near to Richmond, when, on the 2dof June, 1864, at Cold Harbor, he attacked the Con-federate works along the whole Union army was repulsed witha loss of nearly six tho
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