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The Daily Dispatch: March 22, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
command, men and beasts, some considerable time must elapse before it will again be fit for field operations. On Monday evening, between 2 and 3 o'clock, our batteries on the Jerusalem plankroad, near Petersburg, opened upon the Yankee observatory recently erected on the Avery House, about a mile distant. The Yankees replied to our fire, and the cannonade was kept up till dark. It is not known what damage the observatory suffered from our fire. Grant still holds a heavy force on Hatcher's run. From North Carolina. There were reports current, yesterday, that General Johnston had again whipped the enemy near Bentonsville; no official intelligence to that effect was, however, received during the day. The battle of Sunday seems to have been one of those sudden and brilliant coups for which General Johnston is famous. It was expected that Sherman, having massed his whole force, would attack Johnston on Monday morning, but we have reason to believe that he failed t
The Daily Dispatch: March 28, 1865., [Electronic resource], Particulars of the fight at Petersburg, Saturday. (search)
out 11 o'clock, a flag of truce was sent across to the enemy, proposing a cessation of hostilities for the purpose of removing the dead and wounded, which was readily acceded to. Our dead and wounded were all brought off the field. During the remainder of the day, and since, there has been unbroken quiet on this portion of the lines. About nine o'clock on Saturday morning, after the fighting on our left had ceased, the enemy commenced demonstrating on the right, in the vicinity of Hatcher's run, and thence, during the day, down to Fort Gregg, some two and a half miles from the city. Our picket lines were charged and captured in front of several brigades, and in turn portions of them recaptured by our troops. These demonstrations — for they were nothing else — were kept up all day, the heaviest of them being made between three and four o'clock P. M. The enemy advanced in double line of battle, the length of a brigade front each, and drove in General Thomas's pickets, and pu
The Daily Dispatch: March 28, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
The news. The Richmond and Petersburg lines. It was reported here yesterday that there had been heavy fighting in the neighborhood of Hatcher's run, on our extreme right, southwest of Petersburg, but no official or well- authenticated intelligence to that effect has been received. Some persons from Petersburg, yesterday, stated that they had heard the sound of cannon in that direction; and that was the nearest we could obtain towards a confirmation of the report. We think it likely there has been heavy skirmishing in that quarter, and possibly there may have been an advance on the part of the enemy. Such a thing has been looked for daily for the past week. We received authentic information that Sheridan, on Sunday, crossed from the White House to the south side of James river. The Yankee papers hint that he is going on a raid to meet and co- operate with Sherman. It is more probable that Grant will retain him to operate against the Southside and Danville railroads.
The Daily Dispatch: March 29, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
The news. The Richmond and Petersburg lines. All was quiet, as usual, on this side of the James yesterday. On the south side, nothing of importance has occurred since the fights of last Saturday, east of Petersburg and in the vicinity of Hatcher's run. There was a flying rumor, yesterday, that the Yankees had made a move towards the Southside railroad; but we think this was only a guess, founded on the knowledge that Sheridan had joined Grant. Last Friday; a considerable body of Yankee cavalry were ambushed by our scouts near Proctor's, on the Jerusalem plankroad, and so harassed that they were compelled to retire within Grant's lines. The following dispatch was received at the War Office yesterday: "Headquarters, March 28, 1865. "Hon. J. C. Breckinridge, Secretary of War: "General Gordon informs me that, in his report of the action at Hare's Hill, on the 26th instant, he omitted to mention that Colonel H. P. Jones, commanding the artillery on that port
The Daily Dispatch: March 30, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
serious than we are prepared to believe; yet we confess ourselves to be without the means of contradicting the Yankee statements. Grant claims to have captured twenty-two hundred of our men during the attack on Forts Steadman and Haskell. General Lee, in his report of that affair, said: "Our loss, as reported, is small. " Telegrams and letters from Petersburg just after the fight stated that "we lost several hundred prisoners." Grant also claims to have taken five hundred prisoners at Hatcher's run on the same day. Again, as in the previous case, we are without the information necessary to disprove the truth of his figures. But when he comes to the subject of his own losses, we are more fortunate. He says: "Our loss is estimated at eight hundred, but may prove less." We have now — in our keeping over that number of prisoners, taken from him on that day; and surely it will not be pretended that no Yankees were killed or wounded in the fight. We have no doubt that Grant has as
The Daily Dispatch: March 31, 1865., [Electronic resource], Death of John M. Daniel. (search)
avy cannonade in the direction of Petersburg. From parts of the city the blaze of the guns could be seen through the black and murky night. With every moment the fire quickened and increased, and so continued for more than two hours. After midnight it slackened, but was renewed, at intervals, until daylight. It was the received opinion that a great battle had been joined on the Petersburg lines, and it was believed to have been brought on by an attempt of the enemy to force our right, on Hatcher's rue, and reach the Southside railroad. Early yesterday morning the city was refreshed with a report explanatory of the hurly-burly of the night before, which was to the effect that the enemy had attempted to burst through General Gordon's lines, but had been seven times repulsed with the most terrible carnage. The assault was represented to have been made on the portion of General Gordon's lines immediately in front of the scene of last Saturday's battle. Our loss was said to be tw
The Daily Dispatch: April 1, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
na and Seventy-third New York on the right, and the One Hundred and Twentieth New York and Eleventh New Jersey on the left.--Here the same result followed as in Miles's front. A brisk fight, a determined advance, ending by our occupancy of the rebel rifle-pits. The fighting was principally with musketry; artillery, on both sides, being very little used at any time during the day. Further down on our left, General Smyth, with the Third brigade of General Hayes's division, advanced up Hatcher's run until he reached the Boydton plankroad, a bridge on which he found burning, the rebels having fired it. His position being far on the flank and very much exposed, General Smith withdrew, and formed connection with the left of General Mott. So far, along the whole line of the Second corps, our advance had met with full success and little loss. The rebels, however, woke up to the fact that, if let alone, we might discommode them soon, and issuing from their works at all points, dr
The Daily Dispatch: April 1, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
t was yielded. After driving the enemy thus far, with beautiful success, our troops fell back a short distance and offered battle, but the Yankees declined to accept it, and failed even to make any pursuit. "The fighting in the vicinity of Hatcher's run on Wednesday afternoon was quite severe for a while, and the Yankees suffered heavily. "Yesterday morning, the enemy's cavalry were ascertained to be approaching the "Five Forks," on the White-oak road, leading from the plankroad, neao-day unless the enemy intrenches and assumes the defensive." Another account. Yesterday evening's Whig contains the following telegram: "Petersburg, March 30--10 P. M.--A heavy fight has been progressing all day in Dinwiddie, near Hatcher's run, eight miles from Petersburg. "Nothing official has been received here, but reports, up to five o'clock, deemed reliable, state that three furious assaults were repulsed. "At half-past 2 o'clock the enemy came up in overwhelming
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