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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The civil history of the Confederate States (search)
dge, and after all, Grant's army had been compelled to intrench and await reinforcements on the ground most unfavorable for assault on the Confederate capital. Mr. Swinton, the historian, says so gloomy was the military outlook after the action of the Chickahominy (second Cold Harbor, June 2), and to such a degree, by consequence, assaults until 12,737 of his brave men were put out of line, and the remainder stubbornly but wisely refused to charge again. Another charge being ordered, says Swinton, no man stirred, and the immobile lines pronounced a verdict silent yet emphatic against slaughter. To this date General Grant's losses for the campaign as stateen-down horses. This estimate is made on the reports of the army of Northern Virginia, also the conclusions of Major-General Humphreys of the Federal army and of Swinton, the Northern historian. The United States secretary of war, Mr. Stanton, reports that Grant's available force at the same period, March 1, 1865, was 162,239.