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Burkesville (Kentucky, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
s intersected by the Southside or Lynchburg Railroad, which runs westward from Petersburg, at Burkesville, which is fifty-eight miles from Richmond by the former road, and fifty-two miles from Petersburg by the latter road. Burkesville, therefore, was to Lee a strategic point of the first importance, for if he should be anticipated in its possession, he would be forced off the direct Danville l of the James, under General Ord, by the line of the Southside or Lynchburg Railroad, towards Burkesville, and Sheridan, with the cavalry and Fifth Corps, followed by the Second and Sixth corps of th Army of the Potomac, by routes near the Appomattox, to strike the Danville Railroad north of Burkesville. Lee's march led by the north bank of the Appomattox for thirty miles west, when it was nee James, which had been pushing its march by the line of the Lynchburg Railroad, had reached Burkesville; and on the morning of the 6th General Ord was directed towards Farmville. In order, if poss
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
to General Grant to unite Sherman's army with the army before Petersburg either by water or by an advance of Sherman through the seaboard States. The latter course was determined on as the more decisive in its character, and its execution begun on the 1st of February, 1865, when Sherman crossed the Savannah into South Carolina. When Hood's crushing defeat by Thomas before Nashville had made an end of the campaign that Mr. Davis had projected as the means of throwing Sherman back out of Georgia in a Moscow retreat, and when it was seen that Sherman, heading his columns northward towards Virginia, approached like an irresistible fate, sweeping a wide swathe of desolation through the centre of the South, the Richmond authorities, awaking to a sense of their fatal folly and goaded by the clamors of an alarmed and frenzied people, sought a measure of amelioration for the shattered fortunes of the Confederacy by the reappointment of General Johnston to the command of the forces opposin
Cox (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
line to Amelia Courthouse, which was the point of concentration of his columns on the Danville railroad. The direct route to that place is by what is known as the Cox road, which leaves Petersburg above the Boydton plankroad and runs due west, following the line of the Appomattox. But by the gradual extension of the left of the Army of the Potomac towards the Boydton plankroad, the flank of the Union line approached so near the Cox road as to make Lee's withdrawal thereby a very perilous operation. He resolved, therefore, to strike a sudden blow, and to give this blow such a direction that it would be necessary for Grant to withdraw his left, which wouldent, Lee counted that the blow struck at Grant's right would cause the retirement of his left flank, where was the greater accumulation of force, and that thus the Cox road would be rendered entirely free. The morning of the 25th of March was appointed for the attack. It was to be made by two divisions under Gordon; but to rende
Norfolk (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
the minimum number of cavalry necessary for picket duty, in the absence of the main army. A cavalry expedition from General Ord's command will also be started from Suffolk, to leave there on Saturday, the 1st of April, under Colonel Sumner, for the purpose of cutting the railroad about Hicksford. This, if accomplished, will have to be a surprise, and therefore from three to five hundred men will be sufficient. They should, however, be supported by all the infantry that can be spared from Norfolk and Portsmouth, as far out as to where the cavalry crosses the Blackwater. The crossing should probably be at Uniten. Should Colonel Sumner succeed in reaching the Weldon road, he will be instructed to do all the damage possible to the triangle of roads between Hicksford, Weldon, and Gaston. The railroad-bridge at Weldon being fitted up for the passage of carriages, it might be practicable to destroy any accumulation of supplies the enemy may have collected south of the Roanoke. All the
Weldon, N. C. (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
ral Sheridan, joined by the division now under General Davies, will move at the same time by the Weldon road and the Jerusalem plankroad, turning west from the latter before crossing the Nottoway, andrps may be thrown back so as to occupy the position held by the army prior to the capture of the Weldon road. All troops to the left of the Ninth Corps will be held in readiness to move at the shorteater. The crossing should probably be at Uniten. Should Colonel Sumner succeed in reaching the Weldon road, he will be instructed to do all the damage possible to the triangle of roads between Hicksford, Weldon, and Gaston. The railroad-bridge at Weldon being fitted up for the passage of carriages, it might be practicable to destroy any accumulation of supplies the enemy may have collected soutWeldon being fitted up for the passage of carriages, it might be practicable to destroy any accumulation of supplies the enemy may have collected south of the Roanoke. All the troops will move with four days rations in haversacks, and eight days in wagons. To avoid as much hauling as possible, and to give the Army of the James the same number of
Gravelly Run (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
as directed to move up this road, which, at a distance of two miles, crosses Gravelly Run. This stream could not be readily forded, but the skirmish line succeeded irds Sheridan's firing. Bartlett forced his way, after brisk skirmishing, to Gravelly Run, across which a hostile body was driven; but as it was much after dark beforght. You will be required to hold, if possible, the Boydton plankroad and to Gravelly Run. Humphreys and Ord along the run. Be prepared to do this at short notice. with my artillery, I think, can hold it, if we are not threatened, south of Gravelly Run., east of the plankroad. General Humphreys and my batteries, I think, could force reaching Sheridan that night. This was the fact that the bridge over Gravelly Run, by the Boydton plankroad, was destroyed. It was, by consequence, necessaryion and hastened towards Dinwiddie. When the condition of the crossing of Gravelly Run became known to General Meade, that commander, believing that Sheridan could
Mount Crawford (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
m Winchester the 27th of February, Sheridan galloped up the Valley of Virginia. With his superb column of ten thousand sabres, he little recked of any enemy he was likely to encounter. Early, indeed, still hovered about the Valley that had been so fatal to him; but what of force remained with him was but the shreds and patches of an army, numbering, perhaps, twenty-five hundred men. Foiling by his rapid advance an attempt to destroy the bridge over the Middle Fork of the Shenandoah at Mount Crawford, Sheridan entered Staunton the 2d of March and then moved to Waynesboro, where Early had taken position to dispute the debouche of the Blue Ridge. Charging upon this scratch of an army without taking the trouble of making a reconnoissance even, Sheridan broke it in pieces, capturing two-thirds of it, with most of its artillery trains and colors. Then, defiling by the passes of the Blue Ridge, he struck Charlottesville, where he remained two days, destroying the railroad towards Richmon
Ford, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
At the same time Crawford, who was moving further to the right, advanced steadily in rear of the enemy's line, driving back the skirmishers all the way, and continually turning the left of any force opposing Ayres and Griffin, till he attained the Ford road, which runs directly northward from the centre of the Confederate rear, and thence across Hatcher's Run. The outlet for the enemy's escape northward being thus closed, Warren directed Crawford's line to swing round to face southward and advahe Southside Railroad, and westward to the Danville line. But the Fifth Union Corps was already at Sutherland's Station on the Southside Railroad, ten miles west of Petersburg, and Sheridan, with the cavalry, on the night of the 2d bivouacked at Ford's, ten miles still further to the west. This estoppel compelled Lee, at the outset, to make his retreat by the north bank of the Appomattox, and threw him upon the exterior line. To the Union force set free for pursuit, in case that should be
Dinwiddie Court House (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
tering only a small picket of the enemy. At Dinwiddie, Sheridan bivouacked. It is now proper tow feel, wrote General Grant to Sheridan, at Dinwiddie, on the night of the 29th, I now feel like erce at Chamberlain's Creek, a little west of Dinwiddie. With his two brigades Crook held this body their line of battle to Sheridan's force at Dinwiddie, whereupon, seizing the opportunity, he direbelief that he could not maintain himself at Dinwiddie unless re-enforced, and such was the alarm iad the roads been unobstructed, the march to Dinwiddie would not have occupied above four or five hes crossed his division and hastened towards Dinwiddie. When the condition of the crossing of Gr that Sheridan could not maintain himself at Dinwiddie without re-enforcements, suggested (in a dis meditated rear attack. But the distance to Dinwiddie by the Quaker road was above ten miles, and,t afford to retain so considerable a body at Dinwiddie, both because it was very much out of positi[3 more...]
Boydton (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 13
y distinguished, capturing nearly the whole of the Fifty-sixth Virginia regiment, with its colors. Miles also took one flag and many prisoners. Humphreys, with his remaining two divisions, attempted also to carry the enemy's works covering the Boydton road crossing of the White Oak road and those on the west side of Hatcher's Run; but these efforts met no success. The details of Humphreys' operations on the 31st are as follows: Miles, by his advance, succeeded in occupying the White Oak rott's division was put into position to strengthen Miles, and subsequently McAllister's brigade was extended to the left to perfect the connection. During the day General Mott made an attempt to carry the redoubts and intrenchments covering the Boydton road crossing, but without success. General Hays likewise attempted to carry the Crow House redoubt, but was prevented by the heavy slashing, which was impassable for any large number of troops. To Lee paucity of numbers made economy of lif
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