. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . troyhis army. In case of failure in these plans, his alternativewas to force him back by marching by the left flank, and bythis flank movement to follow him to Richmond. THE ROADS. A glance at the map will show two roads running fromOrange Courthouse to Fredericksburg—the turnpike and theplankroad; the former tolerably straight, and the latter tor-tuous, but in a general parallel direction. Let it bo particularly observed, to a proper understandingof the movement, that the Stevensburg plankroad runs fromCulpepper Courthouse to and across German
. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . troyhis army. In case of failure in these plans, his alternativewas to force him back by marching by the left flank, and bythis flank movement to follow him to Richmond. THE ROADS. A glance at the map will show two roads running fromOrange Courthouse to Fredericksburg—the turnpike and theplankroad; the former tolerably straight, and the latter tor-tuous, but in a general parallel direction. Let it bo particularly observed, to a proper understandingof the movement, that the Stevensburg plankroad runs fromCulpepper Courthouse to and across Germania Ford, in asoutheasterly direction, crosses the turnpike before mentioned,and terminates in the plankroad. At the junction of theplankroad and the .turnpike is the old Wilderness miles beyond, at the junction of the two plankroads, is theold church. The Brock road leads southeasterly to Spottsyl-vania Courthouse. To reach this latter point, and thus pass through the Wil-derness, if possible, without encountering Lees columns, was. FROM THE BAPIDAN TO RICHMOND. 288 GRANT AND HIS CAMPAIGNS. Grants desire ; for, that junction once being secure, Lees po-sition on the Eapidan was turned, and several roads to Rich-mond were laid open to us. THE WILDERNESS. The Wilderness is a broken table-land, covered over withdense undergrowth, with but few clearings, in which the rebelscould conceal themselves, which proved a formidable obstacleto our advance. It was intersected by numerous cross-roads,generally narrow, and bounded on either side with a densegrowth of low-limbed and scraggy pines, stiff and bristlingchinkapins, and scrub-oaks. The undergrowth was principallyof hazel. There were many deep ravines, but not sufficientlyprecipitous to offer us much trouble on that account; theprincipal difficulty being in the almost impenetrable under-growth, which would impede our advance in line of battle,and render the artillery almost useless. Besides the cross-roads mentioned, num
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