Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . in the field on 4 May. During the night ofthe 4th and 5th Grant crossed the Rapidan and en-countered Lee in the Wilderness, where a desperatebattle was fought on the 5th, 6th, and 7th. Grantsloss was 2,261 killed, wounded, and Lees losses have never been reported;but, as he wTas generally the attacking party, heprobably lost more. He fell back on the 7th, andon that day and the next took up a strong defen-sive position at Spottsylvania. Grant moved for-ward on the night of the 7th. As he rode throughthe troops, the men greeted h
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . in the field on 4 May. During the night ofthe 4th and 5th Grant crossed the Rapidan and en-countered Lee in the Wilderness, where a desperatebattle was fought on the 5th, 6th, and 7th. Grantsloss was 2,261 killed, wounded, and Lees losses have never been reported;but, as he wTas generally the attacking party, heprobably lost more. He fell back on the 7th, andon that day and the next took up a strong defen-sive position at Spottsylvania. Grant moved for-ward on the night of the 7th. As he rode throughthe troops, the men greeted him as their new com-mander with an extraordinary demonstration inrecognition of the victory, shouting, cheering, andkindling bonfires by the road-side as he 8th and 9th were spent by both armies inskirmishing and manoeuvring for position. Sheri-dans cavalry was despatched on the 9th to makea raid in rear of the enemy and threaten Rich-mond. On the 10th there was heavy fighting, withno decisive results, and on the 11th skirmishing. 714 GRANT GRANT ami reconnoitring. On the morning of this dayGrant seni a letter to Washington containing thefamous sentence, 1 propose to fight it out on thisline, if it takes all summer. On the 12th a heavyassault was made on Lees lino, near the centre, inwhich ho lost nearly 4,000 prisoners and 30 -tonus now caused a cessation in the fight-ing for several days. On the 19th, EwelFs corps,of Lees army, moved around Grants right flankand attacked, but was repelled after haul fighting*Grants lossos from the 8th to the 21st of May, rad Spottsylvania, were 2,271 killed. 9,360wounded, and 1,970 missing. The estimate of theenemys loss, in killed and wounded, was nearly asgreat as that of the National army, besides about1,000 prisoners and 30 cannon captured. In themean time Butler had occupied Bermuda Hundred, x Richmond. Sherman had reached Dalton, and was steadily driving Johnstons army to-ward Atlanta. But Sigel had been forced to re
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