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The Daily Dispatch: September 21, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
citizens were to be seen rushing wildly around, with carpet-bags in hand, eager to obtain some means of conveyance to get out of town. Omnibuses, stages, carriages, buggies and wagons were soon on the road to Pennsylvania, all loaded down with live freight. In almost less time than it takes to-write this paragraph, the town was left in possession of a few Union cavalrymen and several newspaper correspondents. Grant's Earthworks around Petersburg. A correspondent of the Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican gives the following description of the works constructed by Grant's army around Petersburg: After all the descriptions given of this battle centre, there are probably few at the North who have a correct idea of the position as it is. Even old soldiers, familiar with siege operations, coming here from other points, have been surprised at what they saw and what they did not see. The extent of ground occupied is enormous. On this, the excavations and embankments (al