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Pittsylvania (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 31
gue and hunger, many threw away their arms, while others followed the wagon trains and embarrassed their progress. On the morning of the 7th, rations were issued to the troops as they passed Farmville, but the safety of the trains requiring their removal upon the approach of the enemy, all could not be supplied. The army, reduced to two corps, under Longstreet and Gordon, moved steadily on the road to Appomattox Court House; thence its march was ordered by Campbell Court House, through Pittsylvania, toward Danville. The roads were wretched and the progress slow. By great efforts the head of the column reached Appomattox-Court House on the evening of the 8th, and the troops were halted for rest. The march was ordered to be resumed at 1 a. m. of the 9th. Fitz Lee, with the cavalry, supported by Gordon, was ordered to drive the enemy from his front, wheel to the left, and cover the passage of the trains; while Longstreet, who from Rice's station had formed the rear guard, should cl
Farmville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 31
d marched northward and westward, seeking to reach Farmville, on the way to Lynchburg as his objective, hoping long the Richmond & Danville railroad. Reaching Farmville on the 6th, Lee found bread and meat for his men, been parched corn. On the 7th, four miles beyond Farmville, Lee formed line of battle in opposition to Crook'al Second corps and repulsed their attack. From Farmville, Lee had turned northward to the old Richmond and ward Lynchburg. On the morning of the 7th, from Farmville, Grant, as he says, feeling now that General Lee's Early on the morning of the 8th, while still at Farmville, Grant received the following reply, dated the 7thwas therefore changed, and the march directed upon Farmville, where supplies were ordered from Lynchburg. The us left and attacked the wagon train moving toward Farmville. This caused serious delay in the march of the ce, rations were issued to the troops as they passed Farmville, but the safety of the trains requiring their remo
Burkeville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 31
Appomattox, with the Fifth and Twenty-fourth army corps and McKenzie's cavalry, to complete the paroling of the surrendered army and take charge of public property, General Grant immediately ordered the rest of his army back to the vicinity of Burkeville, the junction of the Southside and the Richmond & Danville railroads. The losses of the Union army under Grant, from March 29th to April 9th, the period of the Appomattox campaign, were 10,780; numbers that attest the character of the last strnd nights, obtained neither rest nor refreshment; and on moving, on the 5th, on the Richmond & Danville railroad, I found at Jotersville the enemy's cavalry, and learned of the approach of his infantry and the general advance of his army toward Burkeville. This deprived us of the use of the railroad, and rendered it impracticable to procure from Danville the supplies ordered to meet us at points of our march. Nothing could be obtained from the adjacent country. Our route to the Roanoke was th
Amelia Court House (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 31
out Richmond. The troops will be directed to Amelia Court House. On the 5th of April the most of Lee's army reached Amelia Court House, where, he had been officially informed, he would find a food supply for his armfinding the supplies ordered to be placed at Amelia Court House, nearly twenty-four hours were lost in endeavchmond & Danville road at Jetersville, beyond Amelia Court House, and placed a superior force across Lee's adve that if Lee could have rationed his army at Amelia Court House, he would have pushed his way through Sheridacumstances, on the night of the 5th, Lee left Amelia Court House and marched northward and westward, seeking tthe immediate defenses of Richmond, to Lee at Amelia Court House, following the highway along the Richmond & Derefore only now state that, upon arriving at Amelia Court House on the morning of the 4th with the advance of who were more or less under my command until Amelia Court House was reached. The disheartening surrounding i
Fort McIntosh (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 31
etary of war: I see no prospect of doing more than holding our position here till night I am not certain that I can do that. If I can I shall withdraw to-night north of the Appomattox, and, if possible, it will be better to withdraw the whole line to-night from James river. The brigades on Hatcher's run are cut off from us; the enemy have broken through our lines and intercepted between us and them, and there is no bridge over which they can cross the Appomattox this side of Goode's or Beaver's, which are not very far from the Danville railroad. Our only chance, then, of concentrating our forces is to do so near the Danville railway, which I shall endeavor to do at once. I advise that all preparation be made for leaving Richmond to-night I will advise you later, according to circumstances. This dispatch was received in Richmond at 10:40 of the morning of Sunday, April 2, 1865, and was at once sent to President Davis, who was at that time attending service at St. Paul's chur
Richmond (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 31
1865, the day following the defeat of Pickett at Five Forks, the day of the breaking of the Petersburg lines and the death of A. P. Hill, General Lee sent the following dispatch to Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, the Confederate secretary of war: I see no prospect of doing more than holding our position here till night I am not certain that I can do that. If I can I shall withdraw to-night north of the Appomattox, and, if possible, it will be better to withdraw the whole line to-night from James river. The brigades on Hatcher's run are cut off from us; the enemy have broken through our lines and intercepted between us and them, and there is no bridge over which they can cross the Appomattox this side of Goode's or Beaver's, which are not very far from the Danville railroad. Our only chance, then, of concentrating our forces is to do so near the Danville railway, which I shall endeavor to do at once. I advise that all preparation be made for leaving Richmond to-night I will advise yo
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 31
, of the United States volunteers, in a paper read before the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, makes the following comments: The army of Northern Virginia will deservedly rank as thesent one professor from its large corps of professors and instructors! We thought our own Massachusetts a pattern of loyalty and patriotism during the war. Read the Record of Massachusetts Voluntelars by the State, and more millions by the cities and towns—a worthless expenditure—to give Massachusetts a nominal credit, but of no service in sending good fighting men to the front); the desertioarching, no fighting, comfortable quarters, etc.! General Whittier then furnishes a list of Massachusetts artillery and infantry regiments, containing 20,957 men, of which only 95 were killed in bat and drill, added to the army of the Potomac—an army corps of twenty thousand young men from Massachusetts alone! If it was so with us, it is reasonable to suppose that other Northern States pursued<
Jetersville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 31
f Lee's army reached Amelia Court House, where, he had been officially informed, he would find a food supply for his army. Of this he subsequently wrote: Not finding the supplies ordered to be placed at Amelia Court House, nearly twenty-four hours were lost in endeavoring to collect in the country subsistence for the men and horses. The delay was fatal and could not be retrieved. That day General Grant, accompanied by the Second and Sixth corps, reached the Richmond & Danville road at Jetersville, beyond Amelia Court House, and placed a superior force across Lee's advance. It is more than probable that if Lee could have rationed his army at Amelia Court House, he would have pushed his way through Sheridan's opposition and marched to Danville. The same night the Ninth corps, following along the Southside railroad, reached Nottoway Court House, within a short march of Burkeville Junction of the Richmond & Danville road. It was evident, and doubtless well known by Lee, that the ent
Lynchburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 31
hose of the State of Virginia started toward Lynchburg. On the afternoon of the 2d, at 4:55, a dd, seeking to reach Farmville, on the way to Lynchburg as his objective, hoping to thus place his a position to draw supplies from the depot at Lynchburg. On the 6th, Sheridan's cavalry, accompano again get beyond Grant's advance and reach Lynchburg, which was now his objective point. Sherida and shorter road, secured possession of the Lynchburg road at Appomattox station in the afternoon ssession of the road he was following toward Lynchburg, he said, with suppressed emotion: There is t of the artillery and wagons to move toward Lynchburg. In the early part of the night the enemy aattox river, and the cavalry advanced on the Lynchburg road and became separated from the army. mile west of Appomattox Court House, on the Lynchburg road. The cavalry corps was formed on his r our rear, and Rosser and Munford out toward Lynchburg, having cleared that road of the enemy. Upo[4 more...]
Five Forks (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 31
Chapter 32: The Appomattox campaign and Lee's surrender. On Sunday, April 2, 1865, the day following the defeat of Pickett at Five Forks, the day of the breaking of the Petersburg lines and the death of A. P. Hill, General Lee sent the following dispatch to Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, the Confederate secretary of war: I see no prospect of doing more than holding our position here till night I am not certain that I can do that. If I can I shall withdraw to-night north of the Appomattox, and, if possible, it will be better to withdraw the whole line to-night from James river. The brigades on Hatcher's run are cut off from us; the enemy have broken through our lines and intercepted between us and them, and there is no bridge over which they can cross the Appomattox this side of Goode's or Beaver's, which are not very far from the Danville railroad. Our only chance, then, of concentrating our forces is to do so near the Danville railway, which I shall endeavor to do at o
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