An American history . attack all along hisline only to be repulsed with frightful slaughter. In close cooperation with Grant, two other Federal armieshad invaded Virginia. General Butler with 40,000 men ad-vanced along the James River, while General Hunter led aforce of 20,000 men into the Valley of Virginia ^—thewestern portion of the state, where Jackson conducted his There is difference of opinion as to the size of the armies. Colonel Liver-more, , estimates Grants force at 115,000 and Lees at 70,000 (Reportof Am. Hist. Ass., igo8,1, 244). Major Eben Swift, of the general staff
An American history . attack all along hisline only to be repulsed with frightful slaughter. In close cooperation with Grant, two other Federal armieshad invaded Virginia. General Butler with 40,000 men ad-vanced along the James River, while General Hunter led aforce of 20,000 men into the Valley of Virginia ^—thewestern portion of the state, where Jackson conducted his There is difference of opinion as to the size of the armies. Colonel Liver-more, , estimates Grants force at 115,000 and Lees at 70,000 (Reportof Am. Hist. Ass., igo8,1, 244). Major Eben Swift, of the general staff ,estimates Grants strength at 100,000 men with 316 cannon, Lees at 54,000men with 224 cannon (same volume page 236). General Alexander, \.,thinks Grant opened the campaign with some 103,000 men, while Lee had but64,000 men (Military Memoirs of a Confederate, 496). The English students,Wood and Edmunds, attribute to Grant a strength of 121,000 men; to Leeover 60,000 (The Civil War in the United States, 311-313).. WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN
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