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Samuel W. Crawford (search for this): chapter 16.107
f affairs there. I found Ayres's division had been driven in, and both he and Crawford were falling back upon Griffin. Miles, of Humphreys's corps, was sent to reennd Ayres down the Boydton plank and across by the Brooks road, and Griffin and Crawford by the Crump road, which runs from the White Oak road south to J. Boisseau's. ments at Five Forks, which seemed likely. General Warren, who had accompanied Crawford's division, arrived at 11 o'clock and reported in person to Sheridan. A fewn ground near the church, and form in order of battle, with Ayres on the left, Crawford on his right, and Griffin in rear as a reserve. The corps was to wheel to thery leaders were in their element, and vied with each other in deeds of valor. Crawford's division had advanced in a northerly direction, marching away from Ayres andard the right to see how matters were going there. I went in the direction of Crawford's division, passed around the left of the enemy's works, then rode due west to
W. H. F. Lee (search for this): chapter 16.107
ett placed his infantry in line of battle. W. H. F. Lee was on lis right, one regiment of Munford'sugh Lee, commanding the cavalry, had placed W. H. F. Lee's two brigades on the right of the line, Mutect his own detached command from an attack by Lee in the morning. He said he had relieved Warrene against the enemy's lines at once, to prevent Lee from withdrawing troops and sending them againsSheridan and enable him to make a stand against Lee, in case he should move westward in the night. an's looking out for a push in his direction by Lee, and then began his sleep again where he had leward the inner lines which covered Petersburg. Lee had been pushed so vigorously that he seemed folly, and could not be moved from his position. Lee had ordered Longstreet from the north side of tt I have had a feeling that it is better to let Lee's old antagonists give his army the final blow t that our troops here are amply able to handle Lee. Mr. Lincoln then began to talk about the ci[3 more...]
G. W. Custis Lee (search for this): chapter 16.107
and dispersed. I had no artillery, all being with the train. My line ran across a little ravine which leads nearly at right angles toward Sailor's Creek. General G. W. C. Lee was on the left with the Naval Battalion, under Commodore [John R.] Tucker, behind his right. Kershaw's division was on the right. All of Lee's and part ed, I surrendered myself and staff to a cavalry officer who came in by the same road General Anderson had gone out on. At my request he sent a messenger to General G. W. C. Lee, who was nearest, with a note from me telling him he was surrounded, General Anderson's attack had failed, I had surrendered, and lie had better do so, toold,.covered with dead and dying, the fire of artillery and musketry ceased, and General Ewell, together with eleven of his general officers [including Kershaw, G. W. C. Lee, Barton, Du Bose, Hunton, and Corse], and about all his gallant army that survived, were prisoners. Commodore Tucker and his Marine Brigade, numbering about 2
Henry E. Davies (search for this): chapter 16.107
in that direction. Crossing by the Brooks road from the Boydton plank to the Five Forks road, which runs north from Dinwiddie, I saw a portion of our cavalry moving eastward, pressed by a heavy force of the enemy, and it was found that Devin and Davies, after holding on tooth and nail for hours, had been driven in by the force of superior numbers and were falling back toward the Boydton plank-road. The brigades of Gibbs and J. I. Gregg had rushed in on the right and rear of the enemy, and got e circulated among the troops as rapidly as possible. Grant and Meade both went into camp at Sutherland's Station that evening, the 3d. The Army of Capture of guns and the destruction of a Confederate wagon-train at Paineville, April 5, by Davies's cavalry Brigade of Crook's division. From a sketch made at the time. The wagon-train was escorted by Gary's cavalry with five guns. General Humphreys, in The Virginia campaign, says it is believed that the papers of General. Robert E. Lee
Wesley Merritt (search for this): chapter 16.107
0,000 men were engaged with us when we surrendered, namely, two infantry corps and Custer's and Merritt's divisions of cavalry. General J. Warren Keifer, in a pamphlet on the battle of Sailor's Cd joined the Third Division in the attack and pursuit. The main body of the cavalry, under General Merritt, was dispatched to intercept the Confederate retreat. General Merritt passed east and soutGeneral Merritt passed east and south of the enemy across Sailor's Creek, and again attacked him on the right rear. By about 5 P. M. the Confederate army was forced across the valley of Sailor's Creek, where it took up an unusually steral Sheridan to attack and, if possible, flank the extreme right of the enemy's position. General Merritt's cavalry divisions (First and Third) simultaneously attacked the Confederate army on its rront. The swollen stream forbade a Confederate advance to attack the unguarded artillery. General Merritt and Colonel Stagg's cavalry, in a simultaneous attack, overthrew all before them on the rig
Romeyn B. Ayres (search for this): chapter 16.107
It was finally decided that Warren should send Ayres down the Boydton plank and across by the Brookxious night in hurrying forward the movement. Ayres had to rebuild a bridge over Gravelly Run, whi Forks road not far from J. Boisseau's house. Ayres had his division on this road, having arrived the church, and form in order of battle, with Ayres on the left, Crawford on his right, and Griffiany with Sheridan and Warren, with the head of Ayres's division, which was on the left. When this central position with reference to his corps. Ayres threw out a skirmish-line, and advanced across of the Ford road in the enemy's rear. Soon Ayres's men met with a heavy fire on their left flanldier who could help following such a leader. Ayres and his officers were equally exposing themsel material could suffer but a momentary check. Ayres, with drawn saber, rushed forward once more wid in a northerly direction, marching away from Ayres and leaving a gap between the two divisions. [2 more...]
Theodore Read (search for this): chapter 16.107
dark. Ord had pushed out to Rice's Station, and Sheridan and Wright had gone in against the enemy and had fought the battle of Sailor's Creek, capturing six general officers and about seven thousand men, and smashing things generally. Ord had sent Colonel Francis Washburn, of the 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, with two infantry regiments to destroy High Bridge and return to Burkeville Station, but becoming apprehensive for their safety, owing to the movements of the enemy, he sent Colonel Theodore Read of his staff with eighty cavalrymen to recall the command. Read advanced as far as Farmville, and on his return found Washburn's troops confronting Lee's advance. The enemy were now between Ord and this little command of less than six hundred infantry and cavalry. Finding himself thus cut off, the gallant Read resolved to sacrifice the command in a heroic effort to delay Lee's march, and repeatedly charged the advancing columns. He was soon mortally wounded and not long after Was
Charles Forsyth (search for this): chapter 16.107
here. Are there any more of you? We want every one of you fellows. Nearly 1500 were captured at the angle. An orderly here came up to Sheridan and said: Colonel Forsyth of your staff is killed, sir. It's View on the Confederate lines covering Petersburg. From a photograph. no such thing, cried Sheridan. I don't believe a word of it. You'll find Forsyth's all right. Ten minutes after, Forsyth rode up. It was the gallant General Frederick Winthrop who had fallen in the assault and had been mistaken for him. Sheridan did not even seem surprised when he saw Forsyth, and only said: There! I told you so. I mention this as an instance of a peculiar Forsyth, and only said: There! I told you so. I mention this as an instance of a peculiar trait of Sheridan's character, which never allowed him to be discouraged by camp rumors, however disastrous. The dismounted cavalry had assaulted as soon as they heard the infantry fire open. The natty cavalrymen, with tight-fitting uniforms, short jackets, and small carbines, swarmed through the pine thickets and dense undergr
F. C. Newhall (search for this): chapter 16.107
self into his campbed, and was soon sleeping as peacefully as if the next day were to be devoted to a picnic instead of a decisive battle. About 3 A. M. Colonel F. C. Newhall, of Sheridan's staff, rode up bespattered with more than the usual amount of Virginia soil. He had the latest report from Sheridan, and as the general-in- want to take this opportunity of sending further instructions as to the morning's operations on the extreme left, he was wakened, and listened to the report from Newhall, who stood by the bedside to deliver it. The general told him of the preparations being made by the Army of the Potomac, and the necessity of Sheridan's looking out for a push in his direction by Lee, and then began his sleep again where he had left off. Newhall then started to take another fifteen-mile ride back to Sheridan. Every one at headquarters had caught as many cat-naps as he could, so as to be able to keep both eyes open the next day, in the hope of getting a sight of Petersburg,
Charles L. Fitzhugh (search for this): chapter 16.107
ackets, and small carbines, swarmed through the pine thickets and dense undergrowth, looking as if they had been especially equipped for crawling through knot-holes. Those who had magazine guns created a racket in those pine woods that sounded as if a couple of army corps had opened fire. The cavalry commanded by the gallant Merritt made a final dash, went over the earth-works with a hurrah, captured a battery of artillery, and scattered everything in front of them. Here Custer, Devin, Fitzhugh, and the other cavalry leaders were in their element, and vied with each other in deeds of valor. Crawford's division had advanced in a northerly direction, marching away from Ayres and leaving a gap between the two divisions. General Sheridan sent nearly all of his staff-officers to correct this movement, and to find General Warren, whom he was anxious to see. After the capture of the angle I started off toward the right to see how matters were going there. I went in the direction of
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