. The life of General Ulysses S. Grant. Containing a brief but faithful narrative of those military and diplomatic achievements which have entitled him to the confidence and gratitude of his countrymen. se intrenchments werewithin reach of the enemys guns. Unseen and unsus-pected in the movement, this majestic host of a hundredand fifty thousand men, — infantry, artillery, and cav-alry, — with their almost interminable line of wagons,pressed on towards their goal. All day long of Sundayand of Monday, and until Tuesday afternoon, with scarcelyany rest, even at night, these iron men tramped on i
. The life of General Ulysses S. Grant. Containing a brief but faithful narrative of those military and diplomatic achievements which have entitled him to the confidence and gratitude of his countrymen. se intrenchments werewithin reach of the enemys guns. Unseen and unsus-pected in the movement, this majestic host of a hundredand fifty thousand men, — infantry, artillery, and cav-alry, — with their almost interminable line of wagons,pressed on towards their goal. All day long of Sundayand of Monday, and until Tuesday afternoon, with scarcelyany rest, even at night, these iron men tramped on in si-lence, till the extraordinary feat was accomplished. Theycrossed the Chickahominy and the James, accomplishinga march of fifty-five miles without the loss of a wagon or agun. This extraordinary movement was effected in thepresence of an enemy a hundred thousand strong, des-perate in courage, ably officered, and whose rampartswere in many places within fifty yards of the intrench-ments from which General Grant marched his possible path was crowded with the immense swamps and dust, and the blaze of noonday andthe gloom of midnight, the army, guide by the energies. FROM THE CHICKAHOMINY TO PETERSBURG. 257 and protected by the sagacity of one mind, pressed forwardtill the marvellous feat was accomplished. It will be remembered that General Butler had as-cended the James River with a division of the army, tomenace Richmond from the south, and thus to preventre-enforcements from being sent to General Lee. Thismeasure accomplished one of its expected results. Gen-eral Beauregard in Richmond, leaving Lee to struggleunaided with Grant, hurried south with an overwhelmingforce to crush General Butler. It was impossible forGeneral Butler to meet such an army in the open accordingly threw up earthworks, and held his posi-tion. The enemy reared strong intrenchments in frontof his lines, and held him where he was. Though trans-ports, with any amount
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