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Horatio G. Wright (search for this): chapter 21
on, should pass on and attack a point farther in advance. Such was the result. Crook was repulsed, and Custer gained the road at Sailor's Creek, a small tributary of the Appomattox. The divisions of Crook and Devin pressed up to his support, when the Confederate line was pierced, and four hundred wagons, sixteen guns, and many men were captured. By this blow, Ewell's corps, which was following the train, was cut off from Lee's main body. Sheridan resolved to detain them until the Sixth (Wright's) Corps, should come up, and for that purpose, Colonel Stagg's mounted brigade charged upon them. This enabled Seymour's division, which was leading the Sixth, to come up, when Ewell recoiled, and was driven to Sailor's Creek, but striking back such vigorous blows, that there was a halt until Wheaton's division should come up. Ewell's gallant veterans stoutly resisted, until enveloped by cavalry and infantry, and charged on flank and rear by horse and foot, when they threw down their arms
J. H. Wilson (search for this): chapter 21
ick's cavalry. Stoneman was ordered to take his command to East Tennessee, and Wilson was directed to march his from Macon to the neighborhood of Decatur, on the Ten pushing to certain points on the Florida coast. Rumors of Stoneman, rumors of Wilson, rumors of even the ubiquitous Sheridan, occasionally sharpened the excitement.fore the dawn. Vigilant eyes were now looking for the notable fugitive. General Wilson, at Macon, had been informed of Davis's flight toward the Gulf, and sent ouchard and his men, and with the rest of the fugitive party, was conveyed to General Wilson's Headquarters, at Macon. The method of Davis's capture, and the accounter receiving the report of the capture, from Lieuteniant-Colonel Pritchard, General Wilson said in his dispatch: The story of Davis's ignoble attempt at light, is evedon't look much like they belong to a woman. Come down, old fellow! --General J. H. Wilson's Report. Thence they were sent to Savannah, and forwarded by sea to For
Frederick William (search for this): chapter 21
pted to slay Mr. Seward, the Secretary of State, who was seriously ill at his house, in consequence ,of having been thrown from his carriage a few days before. Powell, or Payne, as his associates called him, went to the Secretary's house with the pretense that he was a messenger of the Minister's physician. When the porter refused him admittance, he rushed by him and up two flights of stairs to Mr. Seward's chamber, at the door of which he was met and resisted by the Secretary's son, Frederick William. Payne struck the younger Seward to the floor with the handle of his pistol, fracturing his skull and making him insensible. The Secretary's daughter was attracted to the room-door by the noise, when Payne rushed by her, sprang like a furious tiger upon the bed, and inflicted three severe wounds upon the neck and face of Mr. Seward, with a dagger, when an invalid soldier, named Robinson, who was in attendance as nurse, seized the assassin from behind. The feeble resistance offered b
Willard (search for this): chapter 21
coln. I gave him a package of old railroad reports, done up with great care, with a great seal attached to it, and directed, in a fair round hand, to a person at Willard's E. J. Allen (the assumed name of Pinkerton). I marked it very important, to be delivered without fail by 11 o'clock train, indorsing my own name upon the packagode to Washington, where he arrived on the rear of the sleeping-car, at about six A. M. on time, and saw Mr. Lincoln in the hands of a friend, safely delivered at Willard's, when he secretly ejaculated, God be praised! He also saw my package of railroad reports marked highly important, safely delivered into the hands for which it was intended. This being done, he performed his morning ablutions in peace and quiet, and enjoyed with unusual zest a breakfast at Willard's. At eight o'clock, the time ageeed upon, the telegraph wires were joined, and the first message flashed across the line was, Your package has arrived safely, and been delivered.--William.
Joseph W. White (search for this): chapter 21
yed as skirmishers, and formed a line a mile in length, protecting both front and right flank. It resisted every attempt of the Confederate cavalry to penetrate it. Such attempts were repulsed with loss to the assailants. The entire regiment moved back with great precision. The running fight continued about three hours, when the Con. federates desisted. So ended the battle of Palmetto Ranche. It was the last one in the. great struggle. At about sunset, on the 13th of May, 1865, between White's Ranche and the Boca Chico Strait, in Texas, the Sixty-second United States Colored Infantry, fired the last volley of the war. Written communication to the author, by Colonel Barrett, dated June 16, 1868. His reported loss in this expedition, in killed, wounded and prisoners, was 4 officers and 111 men. His force was 450 strong; Slaughter's 675, with a battery of six 12-pounder field-pieces. T]he last man. wounded in the war by a rebel bullet was Sergeant Crockett, of the Sixty-second
Ezra Wheeler (search for this): chapter 21
as they approached Raleigh, they saw the railway station in flames. The city was deserted by the Governor and State officers, and by nearly all of the inhabitants, who had been scared away by Sherman's approach. The Confederate cavalry, under Wheeler, were in possession of the city. These had plundered and fired the station house. The Commissioners found a single servant in the Governor's room at the State-House, who had been intrusted by Vance with the keys, to deliver them. Vance had alrived to hoist the Union flag over it. They took quiet possession, after Mayor Harrison had formally surrendered the place. No doubt, the arrival of Swain and Graham saved the city of Raleigh and the State archives from destruction, for some of Wheeler's cavalry were there, breaking open and plundering stores on Fayetteville Street. Swain, joined by a leading citizen, begged them to desist, the former telling them that he was just from Sherman, who had promised that, if no resistance should be
F. Wheaton (search for this): chapter 21
ons, sixteen guns, and many men were captured. By this blow, Ewell's corps, which was following the train, was cut off from Lee's main body. Sheridan resolved to detain them until the Sixth (Wright's) Corps, should come up, and for that purpose, Colonel Stagg's mounted brigade charged upon them. This enabled Seymour's division, which was leading the Sixth, to come up, when Ewell recoiled, and was driven to Sailor's Creek, but striking back such vigorous blows, that there was a halt until Wheaton's division should come up. Ewell's gallant veterans stoutly resisted, until enveloped by cavalry and infantry, and charged on flank and rear by horse and foot, when they threw down their arms and surrendered. Among the six thousand men then made prisoners, were Ewell and four other-generals. Lee succeeded in crossing the Appomattox over the bridges at Farmville that night, April 6 and 7, 1865. with his dreadfully shattered army. He tried to make that stream an impassable barrier betwe
Gideon Welles (search for this): chapter 21
ration. At that time they consisted of William H. Seward, Secretary of State; Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury; Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War; Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy; John P. Usher, Secretary of the Interior; James Speed, Attorney-General; and William Dennison, Postmaster-General. Mr. Chase, the formehad sworn to protect, and to the Government which had confided in their honor. and relied on their fidelity, to sustain it in conflict and peril. Report of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, December 4, 1865. Notwithstanding this condition of the naval service, the decree went forth, in the spring of 1861, that all the ptions which Mr. Lossing may consider essential in preparing his work. The usual courtesies, not interfering with the public service, may be extended to them. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy. for no passes were issued from the War Department for many days after the assassination. We went down the Chesapeake to Fortress Monr
Godfrey Weitzel (search for this): chapter 21
the fleet in the James River, at nine o'clock in the morning, that Weitzel had entered Richmond, Captain Chandler left Dutch Gap with his flegig. With its crew, armed with carbines, they landed and walked to Weitzel's quarters, in the late residence of Davis, cheered on the way by le of soldiers were needed to clear the way. After a brief rest at Weitzel's, the President rode rapidly through the principal streets of Ric, nearly all of Lee's army — would accomplish it, he left with General Weitzel, on his departure from Richmond, April 6, 1865. authority to given to the President after his return to Washington, he directed Weitzel to revoke the safeguard, and allow the gentlemen who had acted as ates abused him for dissolving the assembly. In his note to General Weitzel, giving him authority to allow the so-called Virginia Legislaturnished us by the general, first visiting the Headquarters of General Weitzel's Twenty-fifth (colored) corps, whose huts were decorated with
A. D. Vance (search for this): chapter 21
ible, in heavy rain, taking formal possession of deserted Raleigh on his way. When the Commissioners, appointed by Governor Vance (see note 8, below) to carry a message to General Sherman, returned, as they approached Raleigh, they saw the railwayion house. The Commissioners found a single servant in the Governor's room at the State-House, who had been intrusted by Vance with the keys, to deliver them. Vance had also left with the Mayor, W. B. Harrison, authority to surrender the city to SVance had also left with the Mayor, W. B. Harrison, authority to surrender the city to Sherman, in the form of a letter to the General, begging him to extend the favor of his protection to the citizens, the charitable institutions, and the precious documents and other property in the State Capitol. President Swain alone was at the Staose of effecting an adjustment of the quarrel with the United States. These two gentlemen held a consultation with Governor Vance, at Raleigh. April 9. The result was their appointment as commissioners, to carry to General Sherman a communication
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