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"f kla proteamai ff" 1 oor wat at
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tnvlen H nmfNaVeil teiic ta ta. eltl-
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1 ;npetBal arreVve t tka eltiaaa af Sb
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teali kaiaa a) arark. aarb aj fiUtnc ranv
'f ertratttair Ae. ArttSetal IMtofiil klaJa.
- tae beat aaatarlal kaaerkad. UpenaUcaat
arraaied.
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iv. .nii-utu lias wrxna-
Mtlr located h HftIIb anr tba araftta at
' "noa. trfte. oHneM. oaartea KrtaataaT-
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KTOYSTOWN. PENN'A.
n ptauar and well lam beam Aaa latere
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7w et tartltare. vktrfc ha Bab. H a werjr
ul,u flaea tar tbe traawltac paMle.
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w tm elu.ttk a Ian. pabllc waH anaebad
Jvi. Alaa taraa aa4 rT ataAMtw
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JOHNSTOWN, PA.,
aKM A aFauax.TT cm
FINE FLORAL WORK
FOB
Vails, Parties,
f unerals, &c
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PHYSICIAN ASD DRUGGIST,
SOMERSET. PA.
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AC, At, Ae,
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seat to ba aiad. wbea tbe aiare la known t be
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attewd wHb aa bare red aiaiv will be held respna
Ible Mr tbe teaaraaee. Proper ear will ba lak
aa. bat do arroaotabiltty tor aeddeot.
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JOSIAH AXKFNY.
Ovi u a d Kaat7s
BarlMaa.
EL. BOWERS,
BAKER AND CONFECTIONER.
SOMERSET PA.
HarlBrUani efaara-e of the pr"t;il ao4 flx-
tareof tbe rukery fortDeriy omHlacted by Albert
Krk. aad rehuad aad re'ewnUbed the ata. 1
aew iirepared to famieb tbe ablr with every
Lhttia ha aay line, steal laiuaiin at an avars.
ob abort antee, ao4 at reaaooaDte rate. Wa
Bar. eannantly oa Aaal tba ehatiaat
CR0CER1ES AND CONFECTIONS,
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bp, wlib cevrytbina; la ear una
Olrr a a call.
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H. BOWtKS.
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INO. Sttaated oa aeasaitt af A lie beaten. m the era-
Ireaa aaU an wan la ryrtufm. That wHaky I
a. he taw daai law itUBi &d aroaraa. aad Bar-
nnteed parfeetly pan aad rail proof.
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SpeciaL '.
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arwaai opywraaairy Bm paior. OPal , win etae.
araet fcr the aaaBafaetare f Wbbjky la aay aaav
tlty froaa t te ta barrel, arteinc tbeaa tba prtrt
leaw af tetliat U ta kaaaf tar tbrae yaaara. ebara;
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(3 te b BLa aee- (aalhaa. '
wnta tar tail auutaan ra reward ea laraw
naatltta
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Tea ioao (Set of Six). ...... ........
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SOMERSET CGUHTT BM!
(ESTAliLISIIKD IS 77.)
CEiELL I. EiElSCK. II I PE1TTS.
President Cashier
' roIlenioEj hud ta aU parti of th railed
Mata.
CHARGES MODERATE.
Panic wlahlaa to aeod ajnney Wert eaa b ae
ecmtoolated bT d-att ea New York la any mm.
Oollertionf mad. with prompuiea. V. S. Bod(
boaibt aod auld. Moaey and ealaahle aernred
byoceot inenoM celebrated taiea, witn a Bar
feat A Yala M time luck.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
49-AU lagal hoUdaji obKnaL-VI
Albkkt A. Horse.
J. Scott Wiin
HO Pi HE & WARD
BTcnwia to
EATON & BROS,
VA 97 FIFTH AVENUE.
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PITTSBURGH, PA.
PPRIXG, 1882.
NEW GOODS
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tQrAr by Ma3 attended to with Prompt
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POLLS
"THE OLD RELIACLE."
25 YCAWS IN USE.
Tha Qrwataat atedieal Tnttgrph af tte Aa
Indorsed all over the World
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Loss of appetite- Nausea, bo -o-eiscos-Utb.
Pain in the Head. with a dTiU senr
aaxioa ia thw back: part. Pain under
tha t&oalder-blAda, falfiieis after eat
m, witb a dismclinaUon to axertion
of body or mind, InttabiHty of temp,
er, I)w sjrfntsXoss of memory ,widi
a feeling of haying neglected some
duty, w-ertaess. l2TiBess, FhitteT
t ng of the Hearyfiots before the eyes,
TeUowSana- He-adache,Restlessnes3
at night, highly coloredUnne.
TT THESX VAJ55TNGS ARE T5HH)DED,
sootm tmtEia wnx. skb si tenures.
TTJITB PILLS are eopweialiy adapted to
aorh oaaea, oa doew elTreta aaeh acbaAga
of fcnlimc a aasKbnaish tbe sarlerer.
Tkev aana tbe Apawtiae, and caaj
tbe body to Take A'aaah, Una the era
am ,!. aad by tbetr Twauc
AeaaWm ea Lb IHpcele Ortaaa, bteaTWV
aar jiata are proiltK-ed. Prwe eeaiaa.
TUTTS linill DYE.
" bat Mara erWaiama ilnimil ta a
Glot Black be a aina-ie appltcaUoa at
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acta
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lAnnals of lie M
CHAPTERS OF UNWRIT
TEN HISTORY.
APPOMATTOX AKHIVERSARY.
Lee's Retreat and Surren
der as Called to Mind
20 Years After.
APRIL, 1865. - APRIL, 1885,
the Tsx Eidei ai tie Littla
Crert Ezzzs ca tha EiYendie
EL
BY EE FA. LIFXT. COL. G. W. BEAN,
Laxe of Cavalry Corpe, Army of the Potoatac
From the PhiladelpUa Tlmrt.
The remarkable events which im
mediately preceded the fall of Rich
mond and surrender of the great
confederate chief at Appomattox on
April 9, 1865, as seen from the Union
lines, were as follows : Sheridan's
abandonment of the Shenandoah
Valley, the capture of Early's forces
at Waynesboro, the James River
raid, the battle of Five Forks, and,
remotely, Sherman's march to the
sea. From the Confederate lines the
suej-estive factors of the period were
the refusal of the Confederate Con
gress to authorize the conscription
of male neeroes within the military
see, conditioned upon manumission
after the termination of hostilities,
as recommended bv Lee in the win
ter cf 1SG4-5 ; the failure to hold the
ground taken in connection with
Gen. Gordon's successf ul assault of
Fort Steadman, the inability of Lee
to successfully withdraw his armv
from the lines in front of Richmond
and Petersburg, April 2, 1805, and
unite them with the forces ef Gen
eral Joseph E. Johnson, in North
Carolina.
Few, if any, will doubt that if Lee
had made a successful retreat from
Richmond and established a new de
fensive line of operations oa the
Staunton or Roanoke rivers, within
supporting distance of Johnson's ar
my, then conlrontmg anerman in
North Carolina, that the Confederate
Corgrefs would have promptly reas
sembled, and as a ast resource giv
en the able-bodied elave to the Con
federate armies, and with one ortwo
hundred thousand soldiers of this
class lines could have been length
ened and strengthened, and a prom
ising campaign in the cotton States
assured to Davis, who had stoutly
resisted the measure. '
SHEBIDAN 3 ORDERS.
It is evident from Gen. Sheridan's
orders, February 27. 1 SG5, that Grant
did not contemplate a direct assault
upon Lee s works in front of Rich
mend and Petersburg. The inevit
able sacrifice of human life was too
appalling. Sheridan says in the re
port reterredto: "Hiy orders were
to destroy the Virginia Central Rail
road and the James river canal, cap
ture Lynchburg if practicable, and
then join Major General Sherman
wherever he might be found in North
Carolina, or return to Winchester ;
but in joining Sherman I must be
governed by the position of affairs
after the capture of Lvnchburg."
The inference is reasonable that tbe
Lieutentant-general was meditating
the concentration of Sheridan and
Sherman and a final investment of
the Confederate capital, and this
view seems to have prevailed with
Grant as late as March 2U, 1SG5, for
Sheridan in his official report of
events subsequent to that date, and
what took place on that day, says :
Tbe rirst and Second Divisions
(cavalry corps) went into camp cov
ering the VaDghan. Flatfoot, Boyd
ton and Fire Forks roads, all of
which intersected et Dinwiddie
Court House, rendering this an im
portant point, and from which I
was expected to make a cavalry raid
on the Southside Railroad, and then
join Gen. Sherman or return to Pe
tersburg, as circumstances might
dictate.
It is due to sav that when the re
united corps of horsemen, First. Sec
ond and Third Divisions, saw them
selves in column on the morning of
March 251, Imjo, issuing from the
left flank of Grant's armv, the pro
phetic at least of the staff felt the de
parture to be ior the Carolinas ; tbe
movement was hopeful of adventure
and promised the beginning of tbe
end, long and ardently looked for
by alL
GRANT AND SFIF.RMAN.
The correspondence between Gen
erals Grant and Sherman, from and
about the time when the latter cut
loose from Atlanta, November 6,
, : j 1 : .1.-4 . 4 1 I
1864, is conclusive that a potential
reason in Sherman's mind for pre
ferring to march to Savannah to ei
ther of the other two equally possi
ble movements, in different direc
tions, was the advantage that would
result in reinforcing our army in
Virginia. Sherman writes from
Kingston, Ga- Nov. C, 1S64 :
: u There may be reasons why one
route would be better than another.
There am three irom Atlanta, south
east, south, and southwest, all open,
with no serious enemy to oppose at
present The first would carry me
across the only east and west rail
road remaining to the Confederacy,
which would be destroyed, and
thereby tbe communication! be
tween the armies of Lee and Beaure
gard severed. Incidentally I might
destroy the enemy's depots at Ma
con and Augusta, and reach the sea
shore at Charleston or Savannah,
from either of which points I could
reinforce our armies in Virginia.n
Grant to Sherman at Savannah :
City Point, Va Dec. 27, 1S64. ,
It may not be possible for you to
march to tbe rear of Petersburg, but
failing in this you could strike ei-
tber of tbe seacoast ports in North
Carolina held by us. From there
you could easily 'take shipping. It j
would be decidedly preferable, how-
set
EST A TtT.TSEDED 1827.
SOMERSET. PA., WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22, IS85.
eer, if yon could march the whole,
distance, from trie oest in term a
tioa I have, vou will find no diffi
culty in supplying your army until
you cross the Roanoke. Fruni there
here is but a few days' march, and
supplies could be collected South of
tbe river to bring too through.
Sherman, at Goldsboro, N. C,
March 31, 1SG5, to Giaati
" If Sheridan swing off and is
likely to come down towards me, get
me word that I may meet him. I
doubt if be can cross the Roanoke
for a month yet, unless he has pon
toons with him ; but he cannot be
better employed than by raiding
about Burksville."
And in another dispatch from the
the same place, as late as April 8,
he says :
If General Sheridan don't run
his horses off their legs, and you can
spare him for a week or so, let him
feel down for me, and I think he can
make a big haul of horses. Tell him
I make him a free gift of all the
blooded stock in North Carolina, in
cluding Wade Hampton's, whose
pedigree and stud are of high de
gree."
THE CONFEDERATE RESOURCES.
Although Lee keenly felt the scar
city of quartermaster and commis
sary supplies during the winter and
spring of 1865, this was by no means
his greatest difficulty. He still
held a great trunk line of railway,
tbe southside branching out from
Burksville, and at other points fur
ther South and tapping many of
the most fertile regions of the Cotton
States. The James river and its
system of canals was a highway, trib
utary to Richmond, drainine a pro
ductive portion of Virginia, and un
til in March, 1865, a safe line of op
eration for the accumulation of mil
itary stores. It was, therefore, not
without reason that President Davis
maintained with admirable self-as
surance, "that, though Virginia
should be lost, tbe Confederacy
could and would be preserved below
the Roanoke for an indefinite peri
od." Arms, ammunition, horses,
mules, negroes, corn and bacon, all
were to be had in quantities to sup
ply a larger army for months, and
possibly for years.
It was men that Lee most wanted.
He was justly apprehensive of the
ever-extending left flank of Grant,
and without them he could not fill
the gaps made in his lines from tbe
Wilderness to the James, nor rea
sonably hope to much longer resist
the forward movement that Grant
would naturally make in aid of Sher
man's movement northward from
Savannah.
The attack upon Fort Steadman i
on the 24th of March wai well con
ceived and" executed. It" was in
tended to put Grant on the defensive
and assure the safe and deliberate
evacuation of Richmond, if it be
came advisable in tne judgment of
those in supreme authority.
SHERIDAN AS A SCOURGE.
Sheridan left Winchester on the
27 tb of Eebruary, 1865, with two di
visions of cavalv, about 8,000 effec
tives, under orders previously noted
After the capture of Early's forces at
Waynesboro he entered upon one of
the most destructive raids in mod
ern warfare. Sending bis prisoners
of War under Coloner Thompson, of
the First New Hampshire Cavaly,
with about 1,500 men to guard them.
back to mcbester, be destroyed
the iron bndge over the Shenan
doah, ourned the wagons and cap
tured stores, crossing the Blue Ridge
at Rockfish Gap, pushing on to Char
lottesville over roads rendered al
most impassible by heavy rains and
spring thaws. The trams were two
days behind the troops in raaching
this point Quartermasters, wagon-
masters ana teamsters will ever re
call this mud march, whose nightly
camp-nres were thronged with dis
mounts, presided over by the geni
us of profanity. The work of de
struction was general on the Rivana
river and at all points to Charlotte-
ville.
IN THE HEART OF VIRGINIA.
Un the bth ot Marcn the com
mand was divided into two
columns and all points along and
near the James nver, from bcotts-
ville to New Market and westward
along the line ot the Lynchburg
Railroad as far as Amherst Court
House, were raided, and at all places
where public property was found
it was destroyed, bridges were burn
ed and railroads torn up, canals and
locks rendered - useless and boat
blown to rieces. Succeeding day?
were devoted to the destruction of
public property along the James to
and below Duguidsville and in the
direction of Goochland. Sheridan
was master of the situation north of
the James, and his 6,000 raiders
were on double duty in destroying
public property and consuming and
wasting the resorces of the common
people among whom we were mov
ing in short, it not easy march
es. ror , three weeks this roving
scourge devastated the heart ofVir-
- - . 1 . - . ,
gima; then turning eastward and
north of Richmond, our movements
were hastened by troops sent out by
Lee, and tbe corps reached the
White House on the Pamunkey riv
er on the lVtn ot March.
WHAT WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
. Some of the fruits of this move
ment towards Grant may be sum
med up in tbe following results :
Three breaches in the James river
and Kanawha canal locks rendered
useless, five acqueducts (with fortv
road and canaLjbridges) destroyed,
twenty-six warehouses, two naval
repair shops, one foundary, one lum
ber yard, twenty-cine canal boats
loaded with army supplies, five hun
dred kegs of powder, ten railroad
depots, seven flour and grist mills,
four cotton and woelen mills, three
tanneries, one jail used for confining
Union prisoners, two hundred and
twenty-five ambulances, ninty
eigha wagons loaded with ama
nition and stores, eighteen
pieces of artilery and nine caisons,
five hundred wall tents, two thous
and small arms, sixteen battle flags
twenty-one hundred and forty-three
horses, tw.nty-three railroad bridges
averaging four hundred feet each,
forty-one miles of railroad, six rail-
road culverts, three saw-mills, six
hundred barrels
of flour, eighteen
wagons loaded with grain and com
missary stores, seventy-five beef cat
tle, five hundred thousand rounds of
rifle ammunition, three thousand
pounds of fixed amanition, besides
great quantities of wool, cotton, bacon
army candles, harness, blankets,
shelter-tents, small arms and about
sixteen hundred prisoners of war
and several thousand contrabands,
who brought in with them all man
ner of transportation, from the bull
cart to the plantation carriage, with
"massa's" best blooded roadsters.
A3 TO NEW MOUNTS.
, ,, . . I numbers, and our losses oi men m
The loss of horses on this raid was , the encounters of the day were con
terrible, but the Lnion cavalryman ' .-j. rablri Viht settled down nnon
had previously learned the art of
keeping himself horsed while in the
enemy's country. If his own steed
went down from exhaustion or other
cause, he carefully retained saddle
bridle and blanket, while his com
rades foraged for a new one, or
promptly dismounted a contraband
irom horse or mule, it mattered rot
which if well timbered, and he was
speedily back in the rank with his
comrades. This practical spirit of;
comradeshio ran high amonc the
veterans of the corps.
IN CAMP NEAR HANCOCK.
Upon reaching tbe White House
Landing on the Pemunkey river a
thorough inspection of tho command
was made. All condemned horsde
were sent North for care and neces
sary attention at the large (tables
then near Washington, fresh ones
supplied in their stead, absent offi
cers ordered front forthwith and the
command on the 26th of March
crossed over the James river and on
the dav following went into camp
near HantS;k Station on the milita
ry railroad in front of Petersburg.
Here the Second division joined the
First and Third, and the corps was
again united. In the subsequent
movements it was joined by the
small division of General McKenzie,
making fully ten thousand mounted
men.
SHERIDAN AT DINWIDDIE.
The cemp at Hancock Station was
of short duration. Orders to supply
tbe command were promptly issued
and officers provided for contingen
cies deemed by no means remote.
The experienced eye saw indications
of a great movement impending at
all points along the line ot Grant,
from City Point to the Boydton
road.
Early on the morning of March 29
tbe corps was in the saddle, with
Dinwiddie Court house for an objec
tive point The clouds hung low
and by noon tbe rain came down in
torrents. The country through which
we marched was of a swampy nature
The troops and artillery moved with
difficulty, while the trains, con
voyed by General Custer's Division
mere stuck at point, after point
and when night came on
were several miles in the rear
much to the chagrin of Cueter, who
was obliged to camp near Malon's
Crossing, on Rowanty creek, for
their protection. The advance reach
ed Dinwiddie Court house between
5 and 6 P. M. The outpost of the
enemy fell back with but slight re
sistance, and the First and Second
Division went into camp, covering
all public roads running south and
west converging at this point
RAINS AND BAD ROADS.
The situation was certainly dis
couraging with reference to rapid
movements towards Sherman ; the
nature of the country, the condition
of the roads and the presence of the
enemy in our front his probable
concentration at Fiye Forks, where
converged all roads leading to the
Southside Railroad, the next step on
our march south, tbe destruction of
which must be effected before we
could hope to swing off for Sherman,
the continuing rain and impossibili
ty of getting up our trains without
corduroying miles upon miles of
roadway these were difficulties con
fronting Sheridan on tbe firt night
out ( March 29;. That all these exi
gencies were really shared by Gen
eral Grant, with whom Sheridan
had parted company only a few
hours before, is shown by the follow
ing extract from the official report of
the latter ouicer:
"From Dinwidde I was expected
to make a cavalry raid on the South
side Railroad and thence join Gener
al Sherman. However
during the night (of the 29) the
Lieutenant General sent me instruc
tions to abandon the contemplated
raid, to act ia concert with the in
fantry under his immediate com
mand and turn the right flank of
Lee's army if possible."
grant's purpose.
What circumstances induced Gen
eral Grant to hold on to Sheridan at
Dinwiddie and employed him in one
more effort to tarn tbe right flank of
Lee does not appear in the official
papers of either. That he had made
repeated and fruitless efforts to ac
complish this object from the point
where he first confronted Lee in the
Wilderness in May, 1864 to and over
the James, and again to the left
of Petersburg, is well known. But
now, having Sheridan to execute
his orders, he concludes to make
one more effort and give to the Ar
my of the Potomac one more oppor
tunity to meet and destroy the Ar
my of Northern Va., before its escape
South or the arrival of Sherman, and
sharing with the army the honors
of investment and capitulation. Pos
sibly Lee's movement on the 29tb,
in throwing his cavalry and a large
body of his best troops across the
anticipated track of Sheridan's
march, had something to do with
his change of mind on this day or
later in the evening of this day; be
may nave inferred or known ol the
interval between Lee's extreme right
near the Crump road and Ander
son a leit as entrenched at t lve
Forks, and believed that Sheridan t
could occupy this interval and thus j
turn the flank of the enemy. Tbe
best of counsel evidently prevailed ;
and the authority given to this fam-;
ous cavalry leader at or aooui this .
Vinne Vuh in tha rnmW nf Imnrw
uwM, - - . . - r i - r v '
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he might call and the power oi deal-
in? with tbeir commanding officers
shows conclusively that most impor-
tant work was contemplated. 1
eraic
BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS.
On the morning of the 30th Gen.
Merritt was directed to obtain pos
session of the junction of roads at
Five Forks. A- reconnoissnce in
force was skilfully made by
First Division, disclosing the
the
fact;
that the point was fortified by a
large body of troops; the rain con
tinued; the roads were in an almost
impassible condition, the artillery
could scarcely be dragged into po
sition, catting hub deep in the helds
adjacent, the men were eaked to
the skin, the most skillful officers
(were everywhere met with equal
tbe command without the accom
plishment of practical results,
am ills t discomforts inbescribable.
The morning of the 31st showed a
clear sky at dawn of day, with a
brisk northwest wind.
chamberlain's creek.
The advance was again directed
upon Five Forks by Gen. Merritt
supported by Gen. Uavies' Brigade
01 tr- nd uivisioc, witn uen.
Crook on our left with two brigades.
After a severe struggle the junction
of roads at Five Forks was reached
by the advance, when it was con
fronted by both cavalry and infant
ry, and by 2 P. M. the whole line
was hotly engaged along Chamber
lains creek or run. The enemy
moved without wheels in well
dressed lines of infantry, driving
our carbineers back at all points.
Our led horses were moved back
thronsh miry fields and muddy
roads with great difficulty, while
our artillery was of r.o practical use
whatever in resisting the enemy's
determined advance. The eituation
was painful in the afternoon. Cus
ter was hurried forward with his
two brigades, leaving one for tbe
protection of the delayed trains
about Dinwiddie; but by about sun
set the main cotumand was drawn
back to near Dinwiddie Courthouse,
with the brigades of Generals Dev
en aiid Davies completely isolated
on our right and who were forced
to retir to the Boydton plank road,
finding their way to SheriJsn by
that road at a late hour in the
night
almost forgotten.
It was while the command was
rapidly falling back, though in ad
mirable order, closely followed by the
enemy at a point perhaps two miles
east of Five Forks, and where a nar
row and but little used public road
intersected the main highway, down
which, through a dense piece of
woodland, a squadron of General
Davies' tnei were holding the road
barricaded. Davies had been driv
en bsck so hastily that he could not
recall them. - General Merritt was
apprised of the fact and concluded
they must have a chance for their
lives, though at best it was doubtful.
Turning to the writer he gave the
order, and reached his band, saying:
' Good-by, Captain, it may be some
time before I see you'again; bring
the squadron out if you can." The
boy? were promptly found, double
quicked to the point where we left the
command, now occupied by the
enemy thick as bees. A ' detour
through the woods, however, was
successfully made toward the Boyd
ton road with other demoralized
troops, and reached the General's
headquarters about midnight, re
porting the squadron safe and in
time to tike coffee with the mess
and receive the hearty congratula
tions of the party, who had given
ns up as lost or captured. General
Sheridan summarizes this discourag
ing day's work in his official re
port as follows :
In this well contested battle the
most obstinate gallantry was dis
played by my entire command. The
brigades of General Gibbs and Col
onels Stagg and Fitzhngh in the
First Division; Generals Davies,
Grezg and Smith of the Second
Division; Colonels Pennington and
Cooehart of the Third Division vied
with each other in their determined!
. -
efforts to hold in check the superior
efforts of the enemy, and their skill
ful rcanacement nf their trnors in
this r.ecnliarlv difficult eonntrv en -
titles them to the highest commen
.. 1 ... -
dation.
Generals Crock, Merritt Custer,
and Deven, by their courasre and
aoiai'.y, bJsia.neu tueir comuiauusi
. . .t. j.i
and executed the rapid movements!
of the day with promptness and
aritKntif. iVinfits.ini, TV.irt remits
nf th ravlrtf ar-.s Veenltr
ataiiji iile w us fccruijr
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1
t and
dwitTlt
associated with it was the com pi
development of the enemy and the
dangerous assurance it gave to Lee
and Anderson that they were mas
ters of the situation ia front of Din
widdie. .
THE HAND OF GRANT.
The support of infantry wa3 now
tendered to Sheridan, with the com
mand of the left wing of Grant's ar
my. The movement of Warren's
Fifth Corps, during the early morn
ing of April 1, induced Anderson to
fall back rapidly to his works at
Five Forks. This movement was
promptly followed up by the cavalry
and by 2 P. M. tbe carbiners were
holding the Confederates close to
their inLrenr.hmenU on the White!
Oak road, with General Custer dem-j nothing but aa unconditional sur
onstraticg on their extreme right render, but he can never exact this
flank with mounted troops. While; from Lee and the men under him,
the woods and fields were in much ! and my chief object in seeking this
better condition for the operation of i interview wTtlTjoTrara brother has
troops than on the 30th and 31st of j been in the hope that by6me prov
March. it was still with the utmost idential means this universal feeling
ammunition
difficulty that our
trains could be
got along. They!
were not within tour miles oi us
after we charged the enemy and
drove him from his skirmish line
in front of and into his main works
on the White Oak road.
HOLDING 'THE ENEMY.
Orders were given to place every
possible carbineer on-the line cover-
inz the main road as the center and
pressing them to the nearest point
of contact, and then open and keep
up a continuous fire upon the en-
erov's works. At this hour the UneslLec a possibility, but
were aoout two nunorea yaras.
nrt tha TTnirn line rnnnintr Mr-
auei witn me one vac roaa ana
'mainly ' throuch heavy timbered:
land, with more or less undergrowth,
Ammunition was brought up by'tfonedsadif possible to appraise
WHOLE NO. 17(52.
horsemen from the train. Every
man to his tree. L annates were
laid at his feet in quantities to sup
ply his wants. Field, rtiff and line
officers were active and efficient in
j encouraging their men, intent on
holding the enemy close to his
works, assured openly that then-
dan was on the march and miht be
expected at any moment to attack
on tbe left flank of the enemy. We
never saw a more dogged determi
nation upon tie part of men nor
experienced a severer test of patient
endurance.
hot work.
For almost three hours the inces
sant roll of small arms Continued,
guns heated, vents were powder
blocked; water was not near at
hand. The smoke of burning pow
der was thick aud stiiiiug, the en
emy were pouring into the woods
volley after volley and sweeping
every road and opening with shut
and shelL Our killed ahd wounded
Uy aloug to Hue. tht aim. was low
ering, and at 4 o'clock no friendly
volley was yet heard on our right
from whence every miuute we hop
ed to hear the guns of Wur
ren and Sheridan. All knew that
upon the cavalry gaining the
line now held operations there were
placed under the directions of Gen.
Merritt and that Sheridan had gone
to hasten the movement of tbe in
fantry. victory.
A half hour more of intense firing',
of anxious waiting and then there
came distant scattering shuts on our
right, then the maniacent lines of
blue of the divisions of Avers and
Crawford, as they come in view on
the flank of unsuspecting Confeder
ates, with General Sheridan, For
syth ( his chief of euil") and others,
occupying the interval between tne!
two divisions, well to the frant with
bis headquarters flag. Cheer after
cheer ran out through the grand old
forest Forward! rang out from a
hundred bugles, bulled, shot and
shell ceased to fly toward. uj ; a
rush for the works foil-wtd. Caval
ry and infantry mingled ia broken
rtnks and vied with each other in
the capture of men and the trophies
of war. The sunset upon a victor
ious field ; 6,UJ prisoners, with
arms, artillery, ambulances, wagons,
horses and mules with the enemy's
dead and wounded, all fell into our
, , . J i. .1 L.i
nana, ana tetter ui;, ukm in , fe?er, moaleQt and pai(J but little at
had escaped were driven west and tur.;- tQ our is:t to hi.
without hope of reaching Lee for ef
lor tl-
fectual service ior uaya te come. .
A NIGHT CANNONADE.
Sheridan was thoroughly con
scious of the importance of the work
done and gravely solicitous concern
ing possible movements on the part
of Iee and therefore made necessary
dispositions of his troops-to resist J .The cavalry encamped on the
any immediate movement on thejightoftheSdontheNamorineroad,
part of that officer. This being ! near deep creek, wnere a slight skir
done and General Grant arrri?pd ' mish had taken place, towards the
of the victory and its fruits, h at
once opened along bis entire line a
cannonade with volleys of musketry
at all points until the earth shook
and trembled with the awful din of
battle, making the nijht at Five
Forks as hideous r.s the day had
been and rest or sleep an impossi
bility. AN INCIDENT 0" THE NIGHT.
By direction of General Merritt at
the close of the tattle, the writer
took charge of ail the prisoners, with
orders to have thera in readiness to
march to City Point by daylight on
April 2. The task was a laborious
one, as the names of all, with their
regimental, brigade, division and
corps organization had to be written
asd the men guarded from escape
and otherwise cared for. About
midnight we were met and recogniz
ed as a brother in a great fraternity,
the beneficent and friendly offices
of which were not entirely obscured
v . l v t:.: ..r tui'
u lue liuuuikies ut raj. lurj,
of
greeting was cordial and confidential , , , .
e . f . rru u .L to res-.st an attack, should it re at
mutual and strong. The brother ;.!..
, - , l a , a. a
wa P'EB'UUU uu lJT i
interview he requested was grants!
about an hour later. The name of)
the person is net and w;.l not i.
given. He was a commissioned era-
cer of the artillery and belontred to
the command of General Pickett.
ii. . i : . : : . !
ne was a veteran. ua .us; pui.ici piti
ed in ail the prominent battles with
the Armv of Northern Nirjinia, in
cluding the battle of Gettv?r.ar?.aTid
v. ,r , "
on ara vunMa nr tha timnna pharta
oi tits aivision. jus cisciosures
I weJe 48 tohows :
' 4Lee and the
Con federacy h a ve
v. Yon will never !
! been ruined tO-lbv
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! R rrrt tV a nrm v nf nrt nam ir7in I
Von haycapture and cat
ula mmj aaw w u vut ua - outer
tt thA rlAVAr nt f.lir rm vr i h lm
event is sudden and unlocked for at
Richmond. We knew the end must
come, but did not think it so near.
If General Sheridan fallows up h's
advantages, one of two thing. mnt
speedily happen, namely, Lee must
surrender or break up and disperse.
And of one thing vou may rest as
sured, and that is, the Army of
Northern Virginia will never rorren
der unconditionally to - General
Grant. Come what may that is more
than our pride can bear, and we will
not even should it be demanded.
The possibility of this contingency
has been discussed by many of the
officers, who know hat General
Grant UP to this time bas taken
of our army may be made kaownUrj
Grant and that he may be induced
to respect it when tbe last
hour
comes, as it most now soon.
gbant's terms.
Trie earnestness with which these;
disclosures were made left no doubt
r - 1 . . 1 : - i'
uputiuij v..v.
tbe man, who further
that wbea it ws understood in the
army that Davis had defeated the
proposed measure of putting the ne
croin the military service th end
Was felt to be near, the surrender of
uncondl-
tionai ,
Unon partlE? ' Wffil UUf
' . , .
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urutiier atari
earnestly re;uru me tw "a
use of all th information he had
given manY details, not here men-
those in command of the ruined
condition of Lees forces, resulting
from the action of the day. The
officer was ia no excitable condition;
be was intelligent cool, and evident
ly a brave maa, but he thoroughly
comprehended the situation a3 the
sun'weot down on the, to them, ill
fitted fields of Five Points, and lake
hundreds and thousands of his com
rades of that army, fought . and
fought only on the succeeding days
for honorable terms of surrender. It
is gratifying to know, no matter
what the inducing cause was, that
General Grant did make a new de
parture when the hour came, and
proposed terms of the most consider
ate aad honorable character to all
that was left of the Army of North
ern Virginia at Appomattox.
THE LAST rCRSUTT.
By daylight of April 2 the cavalry
were well ia hand, in bright spirits
and now fett that while the road was
open to Sherman's army, there was
better game nearer at hand. The
weather was tine, tne roads were
drying up, the country open and of
a character that rendered the move
ment of laraTw. - Lodiaa .. of mounted
troops and artillery comparatively
easy. The Southside Railroad, for
which Lee had staked so much
twenty-four hours before, was now
yielding to our passage without a
hostile shot IU value to the enemy
was not now worth the labor of its
destruction, and we left it in our rear
without drawing a spike or remov
ing a rail. We now wanted Lee's
army before L could possibly reach
Johnston in North Carolina. The
day closed by forcing the enemy's
advance or right wing to the north
side of the Appomattox, the cavalry
being but slightly engaged during
the day, with a sharp fight at Scott's
cross roads about dark, while mov
ing cn the left of Crawford's Division
which pressed the enemy, forcing
thousands of the enemy over the
Appomattox in flight with consid
erable loss of material
CUSTER IN THE LEAD.
On April d the cavalry started
by sunrise. General Custer having
the advance. The pursuit was vig
orous and. the troops following his
advance moved rapidly. The young
officer keenly realized the post of
honor on this day and he did not
stop to gather up his captives.
Abandoned artillery, wagons, jaded
horses and mules were counted as
nothing ; only prisoners of war and
battle-nags were trophies of war
worth accounting for now, and Cus
ter scented a surrender in the very
air.
We recall a sad scene as we hur
riedly passed a fine old mansion
near the roadside. A splendid
yours Confederate soldier bad been
IL tail y shot t as he was making his
escape directly through the back,
lie l'-ll in front of the Louse, where
he Hr-itned to be well known, a bed
was spread for him on the lawn,
where Le was surrounded by the
'itying'family, old and young; at
tended by distressed and sympathiz
ing ladies and commiserated with
by a score ft wrhrred people. They
seemed to be waiting for his death
., , . . . 1
nougn no unpleasant word was
said. We thought a silent prayer
in the hope that the gallant fellow
might live, and have often wondered
if he was among- therairseulous who
could not be killed or would net die.
UP THE RIVER.
close of the day. On the 4th both
armies moved along the Appomat
tox, Lee on the north and Sheridan
on the south. The enemy's line of
march could be distinctly seen from
every eminence hy the smoke of
burning fences and pine trees, incau
tiously set on fire by the "coffee-maker."
who will forage, cook and eat
under the most adverse circumstan
ces, and whose fires ax& left burning
while he hurried on, often blown by
the wind to fences by the roadside
. and firm thence to forests of pine
and evergreen", sending up blaok
clouds of smoke, denoting the lines
of march for many miles in every di
rection. Jettersville was tbe objec
tive point on this day, and it was
reached. We were now up to and
really south of the retreating army,
and 'across the" Danville Railroad.
Dispatches between Lee at Amelia
Court House and the quartermaster
at Lynchburg were here intercepted.
wire's cut, infantry up, earthworks
., , J , " .
trill I M -,A . lllD U1M AA B) LZLS:U TW lUlUUk
serious trouble
' fLn rwa;n t
Oheuth the Se Divis on ot
eu. v.iwa., uu m
J 3onj. tactual work ia the ni
I rection ot ram s cross roaus, uener-
al Davids destroying a train ot one
hundred and eighty wagons, and
capturing a large number of prison
ers. The Second Corps came up and
went into position and all now felt
dou '!y assured that we could suc-
' fi,ii ,K;it anT attarV tfct m,ht
J ?.
! be made. By sunrise on the 6th
the entire cavalry moved to the left
in the direction of Dracoosvilie.
From this point the trains of the
1 UC Vlu J eccu aa via t.u sicibhuu
r "
and at once became the objective
point The attack was made with
vigor, but the point was ably defend
ed by artillery and infantry. The
mounted troops could not reach the
road. Our cannoniers planted their
shot and shell into the wagons and
teams and at times seriously inter
fered with their passage, but the
long train Still moved on its flight
Troops multiplied on both sides.
This attack brought on the battle of
Sailor's creek and ended, as" all
know, in the defeat of General Kw
ell and capture of about ten thous
and rrisoners and trophies of war
enough to keep provost marshals
busy all the following night to clas
sify and care for. On tbe 7th Gen
eral Crook pursued in the direction
of Faimville, where he met with a
warm reception. General Gregg creas
ing to Ihe'nc-rTn side of Appomattox,
where a sharp fight ensued in an at
tack upon the trains, during which
the lattr general wasptured. Mer
ntt with two divisions fluster s ana
Deven Yi. moved to and beyond
Prince Edward Court House and
went into camp on tbe Buffalo creek.
A SCARE, BUT SO ONE HURT.
We recall an incident of this day s
march at variance with our daily ex-
Wa haul, in obedience to
assured meii" r "alTTr; -n
oraera, gone u me iruut enuacuiau
nartv of men to establish a picket
line for the night on a public road,
leading towards Appomattox station.
Passiog through a large pieca of
woodland, thence to the open eouc-
(try beyon, we posted s, jncket, and
burning found a road running Irom
. . . , - . i ..
of Farmville.
'" -?5 J . 7
r lacing TMess as
the intersection, we galloped oa to
(Continued w Fourth Pje.)