. 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 . , and that the enemy was alert. Grantdecided to suspend the movement, directed Hancock andWarren to retire to their former camps, and went back toCity Point. His loss in this movement amounted to nearlythirteen hundred men; that of Lee to more, since a largenumber of prisoners were taken by Egan. The success ofthe expedition was not as great as had been desired andprepared for; but it had not been organized to proceedindependently, and without doing so c
. 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 . , and that the enemy was alert. Grantdecided to suspend the movement, directed Hancock andWarren to retire to their former camps, and went back toCity Point. His loss in this movement amounted to nearlythirteen hundred men; that of Lee to more, since a largenumber of prisoners were taken by Egan. The success ofthe expedition was not as great as had been desired andprepared for; but it had not been organized to proceedindependently, and without doing so could not have passedbeyond the enemys works. Grant was not ready for themovement which he made later, when his cavalry took soleading a part. Butler meanwhile, instead of attempting to 518 THE LIVES AND CAMPAIGNS OF GRANT AND LEli. turn the Confederate left by a flank movement, andmaneuvering simply with the purpose of keeping theirattention in his front, had ordered an assault, the resultbeing that his troops were repulsed with a loss of over onethousand men. Grant extended to him a reprimand, andlater sent him to a different grants headquarters at city point. The people of the loyal states were not a patient peoplewith their generals, and had not the steady, uninterruptedsupport of the Great President been given the Lieutenant-General during the latter part of this and the beginning ofthe next year (1864-5), Grants star might have set in unde-served clouds. For, though the Union army had madeprogress in the siege, yet the Commander had determined MURMURS AGAINST GRANT. 519 that more could be done with less loss of life by cutting offthe resources of the South and weakening the enemy, thanby direct, murderous attacks; and also, he had determinedto bring to himself a stronger force and to concentrate armies closer towards the central point before finallyengaging in a struggle which he had determined should bethe death struggle. Therefore, while still retaining
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