e men floundered wildly back through the creek, and gave themselves up to the very brigades they had just driven across.
A moment later the two sections of the Sixth corps closed like gates upon the entire rebel force, while from the hillsides in the rear Merritt and Crook suddenly swept through the pine-trees like a whirlwind.
There was one bewildering moment in which the rebels fought on every hand, and then they threw down their arms and surrendered.
Ewell, in command of the force, Kershaw, Custis Lee, Semmes, Corse, De Foe, Barton—all generals, hundreds of inferior officers, and seven thousand men, were prisoners.
Fourteen guns fell into the hands of the cavalry, and the entire rear-guard of Lee's army was destroyed.
A few officers escaped on the backs of artillery horses, and some of the men broke their muskets before submitting.
A part of the wagon train had gone on during the battle, but Ewell's command surrendered on the open field.
Getty's division was pushed on
ce Officers.Engineer Officers.Signal Officers.Aides-de-Camp.Officers.Enlisted MenOfficers.Enlisted Men.Officers.Enlisted Men.Officers.Enlisted Men.Officers.Enlisted Men.Aggregate.Officers.Enlisted Men.Officers.Enlisted Men.
General Staff1331111112121212
Lt-General J. Longstreet commanding.
Staff112313111141441814
Pickett's Divisi'n13419612133044,7611840012895151218806,1776,5571032,0311016509,4426,520
Field's Divisi'n251145423414,436272722455814274395,2935,7323024,079721,32311,5085,797
Kershaw's Divisi'n123212514312062,96714227255867552863,8354,1212163,1361001,6069,1794,178
Total127136881751119285112,1645989961208986208111915,80516,4246259,2462733,57930,14716,509
Maj-General J. B. Gordon commanding.
Staff
Gordon's Div121951311261432,30928440183006582273,1073,3342665,3903704,16013,5203,372
Rodes's Div24951221863,0222649235700101002824,3144,5961683,3891773,84612,1764,445
Early's Div2426411121292,2929287193555771853,0113,196872,2521652,3108,0102,991
Total169224143621664587,62
ent, III., 356; supersedes Beauregard in front of Sherman, 398; plan to unite forces with Lee, 420; at Bentonsville, 429; retreat through Raleigh, 27; first interview with Sherman, 628; final interview with Sherman, 633; surrender of 634.
Kautz, General A. V. attack on Petersburg II., 344; at Ream's station, 404: in Wilson's raid, 404-409; at Darbytown, III., 70.
Kenesaw mountain, Sherman's assault on, II., 536-538.
Kentucky, neutrality of, i., 11; strategical situation in, 22. Kershaw, General, in Valley of Virginia, III., 84; at battle of Cedar creek, 93, 94, 96, 97; returns to Lee, 101; captured at battle of Sailor's creek, 577.
Kilpatrick, General, Judson, sent south of Atlanta, II. 544; in command of cavalry in Sherman's army, III., 283; in march to sea, 288, 289, 293; in campaign through Carolinas, 373.
Kingston taken by Sherman, II., 535.
Knoxville, danger of, i., 531; siege of, 534-543.
Lamb, Colonel, commandant of Fort Fisher, III., 341, 343.
Lauman, Ge