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Burkesville (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
than twenty thousand troops. Gen. Lee had clearly seen that his retreat would put the enemy to the necessity of breaking up into bodies of one or two army corps, with a view to a vigorous pursuit. On the morning of the 3d, Grant commenced pursuit. Its order, calculated on the clear assumption that Lee would move for the Danville road, was as follows: Sheridan to push for the Danville road, keeping near the Appomattox; Meade to follow with the Second and Sixth corps; and Ord to move for Burkesville along the Southside road, the Ninth corps stretching along the road behind him. It was certainly a well-planned pursuit; but it involved the possibility that Lee might fall on the enemy in detail; it was a question of the rapidity of movements and combinations, in which, although Grant held the interiour line, his adversary was not in a hopeless situation; for Lee, even if forced from the Danville road, might take up an eccentric line, make a race to Farmville, there cross the Appomattox
Providence, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
se with my whole heart and soul; that I will never consent to abandon to the enemy one foot of the soil of any of the States of the Confederacy. That Virginia-noble State-whose ancient renown has been eclipsed by her still more glorious recent history; whose bosom has been bared to receive the main shock of this war; whose sons and daughters have exhibited heroism so sublime as to render her illustrious in all time to come-that Virginia, with the help of the people, and by the blessing of Providence, shall be held and defended, and no peace ever be made with the infamous invaders of her territory. If by the stress of numbers we should ever be compelled to a temporary withdrawal from her limits, or those of any other border State, we will return until the baffled and exhausted enemy shall abandon in despair his endless and impossible task of making slaves of a people resolved to be free. Let us, then, not despond, my countrymen, but, relying on God, meet the foe with fresh defian
Danville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
d after evacuation day. President Davis' proclamation at Danville. New and sanguine theory of Confederate defence. moral rates in a starving condition. Lee abandons the route to Danville and makes for Lynchburg, by way of Farmville. sufferingsulated in Richmond, that President Davis, who had reached Danville, had issued there the following proclamation: Danville, Danville, Va., April 5, 1865. The General-in-Chief found it necessary to make such movements of his troops as to uncover the capitallated on the clear assumption that Lee would move for the Danville road, was as follows: Sheridan to push for the Danville rDanville road, keeping near the Appomattox; Meade to follow with the Second and Sixth corps; and Ord to move for Burkesville along thein a hopeless situation; for Lee, even if forced from the Danville road, might take up an eccentric line, make a race to Farry and quartermaster's stores should be sent forward from Danville to Amelia Courthouse. But the authorities in Richmond bu
Appomattox (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
apparent security the general officers were consulting together; and their looks plainly indicated intense anxiety. Soon the rumble of distant cannon sounded in front. Presently came the ominous order for all the extra artillery to be cut down and the commands disbanded. The true situation was soon apparent to Gen. Lee. In pressing for Lynchburg he had to put himself in a dangerous predicament; he was on a strip of land not more than seven or eight miles broad between the James and Appomattox rivers; and the firing in front indicated that the outlet towards Lynchburg was closed by Sheridan, while Meade in the rear, and Ord south of the Court-house completed the environment and put Lee in a position from which it was impossible to extricate his army without a battle, which it was no longer capable of fighting. Early in the morning of the 19th, Gordon's corps was ordered to move to the front through Appomattox Court-house, passing the entire wagon and artillery train of the army.
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 42
eutenant-General, commanding Armies of the United States. April 7, 1865. General: I have receivGen. U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of the United States. April 8, 1865. To Gen. R. E. Lee, Commap arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged. I will meet yLieutant-general, Commanding Armies of the United States. April 8, 1865. General: I received, Lieut.-Gen Grant, Commanding Armies of the United States. April 9, 1865. To Gen. R. E. Lee, Commanieut.-Gen. Grant, Commanding Armies of the United States. April 9, 1865. Gen. R. E. Lee, Commandinrn to their homes, not to be die turned by United States authority, so long as they observe their pl 9, 1865 Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant, Commanding U. S. A.: General: I have received your letter of tment, and to every fort and arsenal in the United States, to fire a salute of two hundred guns in cf the Government, and of the people of the United States-their reverence and honour have been deser[3 more...]
Lynchburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
dition. Lee abandons the route to Danville and makes for Lynchburg, by way of Farmville. sufferings on the march. demoraliamong the troops. ominous sounds of cannon. the exit to Lynchburg closed by Sheridan. desperate adventure of Gordon's corpg the bridges after him, escape into the mountains beyond Lynchburg. With spirits visibly reassured, the retreating army rse. The head of the column had reached the Court-house. Lynchburg was but twenty-four miles off. Not a gun had been fired dsituation was soon apparent to Gen. Lee. In pressing for Lynchburg he had to put himself in a dangerous predicament; he was and the firing in front indicated that the outlet towards Lynchburg was closed by Sheridan, while Meade in the rear, and Ord In consequence of my having passed from the Richmond and Lynchburg road to the Farmville and Lynchburg road, I am, at this wLynchburg road, I am, at this writing, about four miles west of Walter's Church, and will push forward to the front for the purpose of meeting you. Noti
Amelia Court House (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
in from Richmond. order of Grant's pursuit. General Lee's New hopes. they are dashed at Amelia Court-house. the Confederates in a starving condition. Lee abandons the route to Danville and makes mountains beyond Lynchburg. With spirits visibly reassured, the retreating army reached Amelia Court-house in the morning of the 4th. But a terrible disappointment awaited it there. Several days lies ran through to relieve the evacuation of the capital, without unloading the stores at Amelia Court-house. Gen. Lee found there not a single ration for his army. It was a terrible revelation. To spirits of his men, and consume the last hope. Meanwhile the forced delay of his army at Amelia Court-house gave Sheridan, who was pursuing with his cavalry, and the Fifth corps, time to strike in he 4th he was reported at Jetersville, on the Danville Railroad, seven miles south west of Amelia Court-house. But it was no longer a question of battle with Gen. Lee; the concern was now simply to e
Sailor's Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
Amelia Court-house. the Confederates in a starving condition. Lee abandons the route to Danville and makes for Lynchburg, by way of Farmville. sufferings on the march. demoralization of the troops. some spirited episodes. the action of Sailors' Creek. the Confederates in the vicinity of Farmville. affairs with the enemy. the Confederates retreat to Appomattox Court-house, without molestation. sense of relief among the troops. ominous sounds of cannon. the exit to Lynchburg closed by be without its episodes of desperate and devoted courage. On the 6th, the enemy having changed the order of pursuit to conform to Lee's new movement, Sheridan, with his cavalry, struck in upon the Confederate line of retreat just south of Sailors' Creek, a small tributary of the Appomattox. Ewell's corps, consisting of about four thousand two hundred men, was called upon to support Pickett, who, with his division reduced to about eight hundred men, was being sorely pressed by Sheridan. On
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
sy for men to descend at once to the condition of despair. But even outside the circle of absurd rumours, there were intelligent minds in Richmond that still entertained lingering hopes of the cause of the Confederacy. The foundation of these hopes was small, but not altogether visionary. There was a chance that Lee might get off his army safely, and effect a successful retreat; he might unite with Johnston; and, although driven from Virginia, the armies of the Confederacy might reopen Georgia and the Carolinas, and place the Government nearer its resources of subsistence, with the control of a territory practically much larger than that in the Richmond jurisdiction. These things were possibilities, very small and very remote. It was learned through Northern newspapers, circulated in Richmond, that President Davis, who had reached Danville, had issued there the following proclamation: Danville, Va., April 5, 1865. The General-in-Chief found it necessary to make such movem
Jetersville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 42
uld have to break up half of it into foraging parties to get food; the country was scant of subsistence, a tract of straggling woods and pine barrens; and soon the pangs of hunger would tell upon the flagging spirits of his men, and consume the last hope. Meanwhile the forced delay of his army at Amelia Court-house gave Sheridan, who was pursuing with his cavalry, and the Fifth corps, time to strike in upon the Confederate line of retreat. In the afternoon of the 4th he was reported at Jetersville, on the Danville Railroad, seven miles south west of Amelia Court-house. But it was no longer a question of battle with Gen. Lee; the concern was now simply to escape. His men were suffering from hunger; half of them had been sent or had straggled in quest of food; soldiers who had to assuage their craving by plucking the buds and twigs of trees, were scarcely to be blamed for courting capture; and thus with his army in loose order, in woful plight, diminishing at every step, Gen. Lee d
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