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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Chapter 34: (search)
t this point he halted for a few hours, to allow Ord's column to pass, and here he received a stirring dispatch from Sheridan: The whole of Lee's army is at or near Amelia court-house, and on this side of it. General Davies, whom I sent out to Painesville on their right flank, has just captured six pieces of artillery and some wagons. We can capture the army of Northern Virginia if force enough can be thrown to this point, and then advance upon it. My cavalry was at Burksville yesterday, and saine's crossroads, five miles north-west of Jetersville, to ascertain if Lee was making any attempt to escape in that direction. Davies soon discovered that Sheridan's suspicions were correct. Lee was already moving a train of wagons toward Painesville, escorted by a considerable body of cavalry. Davies struck this force at the cross-roads, defeated the cavalry, burned a hundred and eighty wagons, and captured five pieces of artillery and several hundred prisoners. The rebels promptly sent
Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 2, Index (search)
of Cedar creek II., 95, 97, 98; at battle of Waynesboro, III., 413; at Dinwiddie court-house, 467-470; at Five Forks, 485, 486, 493; battle of Sailor's creek, 575; at Appomattox courthouse, 593. Dahlgren, Admiral, in command of blockading squadron near Ossabaw, III., 297. Danville railroad, route and importance of, II., 292; Wilson's movement against, 403-412; Sheridan ordered against, III., 442; struck by Sheridan, 500. Davies, General H. E., Jr., at Dinwiddie, III., 468-470; at Painesville, 559. Davis, Jefferson, at Lookout mountain, i. 451; bombastic speeches in Georgia, III., 50; imprudent disclosure of rebel plans, 51; orders Kirby Smith to cross the Mississippi, 175; visits Hood's army, 193; unpopularity of, 354; presents Lee's despairing report to rebel Congress, 403; abandons Richmond, 529; desertion of his people by, 537; passes through Burksville, 555; living in a box car at Greensboro, 627; instructs Johnston in negotiations with Sherman, 627, 633; Johnston's re