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The Daily Dispatch: June 28, 1864., [Electronic resource], A Review. (search)
ers of war, and he himself was routed, turned from his course, and hunted through half a dozen counties to the protection of his gunboats, but for which protection not a man of his command would have escaped. It is gravely announced in the North, from "the Army of the Potomac," that Petersburg has been taken, and even the troops that most distinguished themselves in the assault are named and applauded. Butler, or somebody else, telegraphs that 4,000 prisoners were taken in the assault of June 17th, when the Yankees were repulsed with a loss acknowledged by themselves to have reached 8,000 killed and wounded, and well known by us to have exceeded that figure by more than half. These, and many other falsehoods equally enormous, are the results of the new organization, and might have been expected. The Yankee Government resolved to make this a desperate campaign. They chose a desperate fighter to head their armies, and a desperate liar to write their bulletins. Their General has fo
The Daily Dispatch: July 1, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ve been light beyond all former example, or find a parallel only in the battles of Spotsylvania or that of Cold Harbor. While, therefore, he lets us into the secret of the Yankee losses, we console ourselves by contrasting them with our own. Nor is Forney the only witness to the troubles that have beset Grant in his hazardous and disastrous march from the north side of the Rapidan to the south side of James river. A correspondent of the New York News, writing from Washington on the 17th of June does not hesitate to say that he believes the "flank movement" which placed Grant on the south side of James river is the forerunner of a great disaster.--He says that it was, on the part of Grant, a compulsory movement, and that, in executing it, he was compelled to take the route he actually did take to avoid the necessity of fighting three desperate battles, the last of which, had he been victorious in the two first, which he (the writer) considered extremely problematical, would have
The Daily Dispatch: July 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
Later from Europe. The steamship Hibernian, from Londonderry June 17th, has arrived at New York with two days later news from Europe. The following is a summary: The Alabama —— belligerent cruisers. The privateer Alabama was admitted to full pratique in the French port of Cherbourg. She was also permitted to commence a series of very extensive repairs in the imperial dockyard. Capt Semmes landed the crews of the ships Rockingham and Altycoon, having hold them as prisoners since the destruction of the two vessels by the Alabama. Semmes published a letter in the London Times, occupying two and a half columns of the paper, in which he attempts to justify his action in burning his prizes asserting that he would take them into ports for adjudication but for the operation of the British Order in Council, which prevents him from doing so. The English Government has issued an order with regard to the reception of belligerent cruisers with prizes in colonial ports i
The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
and by far the weakest, of the works by which Petersburg is defended that "the principal line of the enemy's works" has not been even reached; and that all the really hard fighting in front of Petersburg took place after the Secretary's informant "went over the conquered lines? " These are the facts.--Would it not be well for Mr. Staunton to take some intelligent boy of twelve years of age, and employ him hereafter to get up these "official bulletins" The terrible fighting of the 16th, 17th and 18th of June has developed the real strength of the enemy's position at Petersburg. It is evident that Gen. Grant is butting his head there against a stone wall, with about the same results that usually attend such a performance. It is questionable, too, whether, after all, it would not have been better for Gen. Grant to have moved on Richmond from Harrison's Landing, when his army was there on the 15th, by way of Malvern Hill and the Charles City road, rather than have crossed the Jame
The Daily Dispatch: August 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
d and wounded out of the regt by the Rebs sharpshooters or by mortar shells. The rebs throw there shells into our works. I tell you it aint no fun to have them come into a squad of us. * * * * * We have bin 30 days in the works now and we have no coverin as the boys throw all there things away on the march. We had some hard marching to do and half starved into the bargan. One time we had nothing to eat for three days my god. I that I was gon up then we had to go into a fight on the 17 of June on a grand charge on a reb barest work an took it an four hundred prisoners. * * * * * * * Why in the hell dont you come up to the point like the 14 heavy artillery from New York forts. They came out with, 1900 men now they have 600 left. You ought to hear them talk about goin home, we soldiers caught at them. It is a luckey thing for you not gitting in this redgt you would curse the day that it happinged. You art (artillery we suppose) talk about going on Picket duty, how
The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1864., [Electronic resource], Two days later from the North. (search)
best blood of the army. We propose, says the journal to which we have above alluded, to show that, in detail, by a brief mention of the dates and engagements, with the loss of men in each case: May 5, Rapidan,2,000 May 6, Wilderness,15,000 May 7,skirmishes,300 May 10,Spotsylvania,10,000 May 12,Spotsylvania,10,000 May 18,Po,1,200 May 19,Po,1,200 May 23, North Anna,1,000 May 24,North Anna,2,000 May 31,Cold Harbor,3,000 June 3,Chickahominy,7,000 June 16,Petersburg,2,000 June 17,Petersburg,1,000 June 18,Petersburg,3,000 June 19,Petersburg,4,000 June 22,Weldon railroad,2,500 June 23,Weldon railroad,1,000 June 26, Danville railroad,3,500 Last assault on Petersburg,5,040 Absolute loss of men,73,340 The above may appear appalling to European eyes, as also to those on this side of the Atlantic, but it does not give the half of Grant's losses in this campaign. All the columns operating in Virginia are under Grant's orders, and must be received as a part of hi
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