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The Daily Dispatch: May 24, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
m, Lincoln called on the whole population to join in prayer and thanksgiving; members of Congress rose from their scats and cheered vociferously; the population of all the large cities were made with joy; Governor Seymour fired one hundred guns, and the whole Yankee race kicked up a fuss almost as prodigious as that which the New Yorkers raised over Tommy and the Japanese. We have had the curiosity to examine into the grounds of all this rejoicing, and the result is as follows: On the 4th May, Grant crossed the river with 140,000 men. On the 5th and 6th he attacked Gen. Lee's lines near Verdiersville, and was on both occasions repulsed with enormous slaughter. Finding he could gain nothing by an attack in front, he inclined to the right, in order to flank Gen. Lee; and the lines running northwest and southeast, this movement by his right of course brought him nearer to Richmond. Gen. Lee moved on the parallel line to intercept him, and succeeded completely. On Saturday, the 7t