. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . side of the river, and anxiouslyawaited the arrival of Lee. He left more than a thousandmen dead or wounded on the field, but he had inflicteddouble that loss upon the Federals. Lee soon appeared andthe Grand Army of Virginia, as it was now known, was con-solidated. It numbered on the field, without counting thestrong garrison left in the works at Richmond, eighty-fivethousand men, in excellent condition, well equipped andeager for action. Lee studied th
. The lives and campaigns of Grant and Lee. A comparison and contrast of the deeds and characters of the two great leaders in the civil war . side of the river, and anxiouslyawaited the arrival of Lee. He left more than a thousandmen dead or wounded on the field, but he had inflicteddouble that loss upon the Federals. Lee soon appeared andthe Grand Army of Virginia, as it was now known, was con-solidated. It numbered on the field, without counting thestrong garrison left in the works at Richmond, eighty-fivethousand men, in excellent condition, well equipped andeager for action. Lee studied the field before him carefully. His plan wassoon formed. He would attempt to get between Popesarmy and Washington, or at all events to bring him to animmediate battle. Pope had about forty-five thousand menwith him and was in no condition to meet his great enemy;but he made a brilliant retreat, and crossed the Rappahan-nock River without loss. Then he blockaded the fords andposted his army so that when Lee appeared on the southbank, he was fain to stop and consider how best to crosswithout danger of repulse. Lee desired to fall upon Pope. Copyright 1868. Harper » Bros. From HaiiitiB Piciorial UisUrj ofihe Civil WarMAP OF CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA. p302 Jacksons movement. 303 before the army of McClellan, which was hurrying to thefield, could arrive and form a junction; but Pope was vigi-lant and so effectually guarded all approaches to the rivercrossings that he could do nothing better than seek a cross-ing higher up stream. The opposing armies camped in view of each otherseveral days, while their batteries thundered sullenly acrossthe stream. Lee moved upstream, along the south , fearing that his opponent, by reason of his numbers,would be able to cross above and take him in flank, exten-ded his right wing northward towards Warrenton, so as tocover the space between the spur of Bull Mountains nearthat town and the river. But Lee had conceived anotherplan, and designed flank
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