On the L'Gth, after statiiiK tho posi
tion of the several corps of his army
and those of General Leo's. he wrote
that to make a direct attack by cither
\\ invr of his army would cause a
i,iaushter of his men that even success
would not Justify (coming from Gen
eral Grant, that meant .a frightful
amount of killing), that any attempt
to turn General Lee's right, between
thr two Annas, would be impossible or
execution on account of the swamp
upon which his rlpht rested, and that
it would he inexpedient to attempt to
turn his left, because that would iti
\nlvo tin' oiossing of Little River. Now
found Kiver ami South Anna fiivot.
.??It presiittlng serious obstacles to the
mo\ ? nil lit fil n army
General Lee's knowledge and experi
ence as an i-nuineer served him will in
Ih" matter ot l;ij mi; out his liin-.s of
defense, so he had dot? riiiim-d to make
another movement *?? Ills b it and to
cross the I'amiinkov Hivor. into which
these small strt am.- united noar Han
over Town.
It was at this point that Genenil
<; rant inform-tl tho War l?opartment
at AVashington that i^oneral Loo's army
was really wlu;It must have be. '>
infinite sat ; ict on for tho Secretary
of War to know ''it It w as tho mam
v thing they were stj-lvlng for. General
Grant th-n to -k a iiosiilon oti tho south
side of tho I'atntiti!<?'>' l!ivor.
General Le< movi-ii on parallel lltf-s.
his army still confrontInu the enemy,
and his head.iM,a-i ters, established at \t
lee's Stat iori,^ i,T.:?tln ' tli^n \'irc-nla <"en
tral Railroad, now.the t'liesap.ake ami
Ohio.
