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New Store (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
irits to sustain the wear and tear of body. The constantly diminishing ratio of the strength of Lee's army compared with ours made it clear that we should soon overcome that resistance and relieve Virginia of the burden of being the head of the Confederacy, and from that must follow the downfall of the Confederacy itself. In this race, the 8th of April found the Fifth Corps at Prospect Station on the Southside Railroad, nearly abreast of Lee's hurrying column, ten miles north of us at New Store, across the Appomattox,--Meade with his two corps close upon his rear. We had been now a week in hot pursuit, fighting and marching by sharp turns, on a long road. At noon of this day we halted to give opportunity for General Ord of the Army of the James to have the advance of us upon the road. He had come across from his successful assault on the center of the enemy's entrenchments before Petersburg to join our force and had with him the Twenty-fourth Corps under General Gibbon and Bi
Fredericksburg, Va. (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
ience for our much-enduring, much-abused old Army of the Potomac,--so taunted with not moving,--urged on to Richmond with the spur, but held to cover Washington with the curb, hitherto forced by something in the rear to stand still after our victories, and by something we did not understand to draw back from some of our best-fought fields. Yet it had been so managed that at the worst the enemy seldom got sight of our backs. For our part, we had come off in good order from Bull Run and Fredericksburg in ‘62, and equally well from Chancellorsville in ‘63, and from all the long series of terrible drawn battles from the Rapidan to the James in ‘64. And we had many times seen the rebel army retiring in good order from great disaster; for Lee showed his best generalship in the defensive, his best manhood and humanity in orderly retreat. But we had never seen anything like this. Now we realized the effects of Grant's permission to push things, --some of these things being ourselves. Bu<
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 7
, and strike Longstreet at Rice's Station on the Lynchburg Road where there is every reason to believe he would have brought about the beginning of the end. Alas for Meade! He never saw his army together again,--not even in the grand review at Washington,--from which time too he sunk from sight. To return to our story it will be borne in mind that the Fifth Corps and the cavalry held Jetersville from the afternoon of the 4th of April to the afternoon of the 5th, in the face of Lee's whole events explaining. This driving pursuit, this relentless forward, was altogether new experience for our much-enduring, much-abused old Army of the Potomac,--so taunted with not moving,--urged on to Richmond with the spur, but held to cover Washington with the curb, hitherto forced by something in the rear to stand still after our victories, and by something we did not understand to draw back from some of our best-fought fields. Yet it had been so managed that at the worst the enemy seldom
Cox's Station (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
y assault. It was sometime before noon when Miles made his first attack, and quite as late as 3 P. M. when he made his last and completely successful one. At this time the Fifth Corps, the head of Sheridan's column, had got around as far as Cox's Station on the Southside Railroad, within two miles of Sutherland's, and was tearing up the rails there. Our column was not near enough to Miles's fight to take part in the actual assault, although no doubt its rapid and close advance on the enemy'santime pushing forward to the bank of a branch of Hatcher's Run a mile short of Sutherland's. Here my command was held in line and on the alert while the rest of the Fifth Corps were engaged in tearing up the Southside Railroad between us and Cox's Station in our rear. We were on the flank and rear of the enemy fighting Miles, but the stress of that fire died away as we approached. Miles had utterly routed the enemy. No doubt our advancing along the Cox Road towards this point, and also our
Amelia Court House (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
de of the Appomattox, directing their course towards Amelia Court House on the Danville Railroad about equidistant from Richarning that Lee was trying to assemble his army near Amelia Court House, ordered the Fifth Corps to make all dispatch for Jeey had been heading off Lee from his nearest road to Amelia Court House, and precedence being given the cavalry in order, ound had he not been sent off by Grant and Sheridan to Amelia Court House whence Lee had already fled? For it was well known come habitual. Assured by him that Lee's army is at Amelia Court House, Grant orders Meade to move out in that direction ineight, when Griffin learns that Lee's army is not at Amelia Court House, having left there on the evening before, and being rmy corps. The passage reads: When the move towards Amelia Court House had commenced that morning, I ordered Wright's Corpsing more of detail. When Meade had been sent off to Amelia Court House on the morning of the 6th, Sheridan sent his cavalry
Deep Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
a Court House on the Danville Railroad about equidistant from Richmond and Petersburg. Those with whom we had been principally engaged, Pickett's and Bushrod Johnson's Divisions, with Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry, moved up the south side of the Appomattox, closely followed by us. The cavalry ahead were pressing on the enemy's rear all day, and just at dusk of the evening came upon a strong line of Lee's cavalry with Hunton's and Wise's infantry brigades boldly confronting us at the crossing of Deep Creek. The cavalry had forced them away in a sharp engagement before we got up to share in it. We could not help admiring the courage and pluck of these poor fellows, now so broken and hopeless, both for their cause and for themselves. A long and hard road was before them, whatever fate should be at the end of it. We had a certain pride in their manliness, and a strong fellow-feeling, however determined we were to destroy the political pretension which they had accepted as their cause. Before
Lynchburg (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
oads leading in the desired direction, either for Danville or for Lynchburg. So Meade was actually sent out with the foregone certainty of dere he expected rations, and possibly a clear road to Danville or Lynchburg. So he pushes the heads of his flying columns along the roads ru with Johnson at Danville, or at least, to reach the mountains of Lynchburg. What would this have availed to the main issue? Already theidges which might be used by Lee in the direction of Danville or Lynchburg. This Ord proceeded to do with promptitude and vigor. But not aver, burning the bridges behind him and moving out on the road to Lynchburg. Gordon, with Johnson's and Mahone's Divisions following, crosse Humphreys with the rest of his corps, pushing closely out on the Lynchburg road, came suddenly on the enemy, who had turned to give battle, e been anticipated, Lee retires, making all possible dispatch for Lynchburg, the Second Corps by daylight in close pursuit, followed by the S
Hatcher's Run (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
emained on the field with a guard at the Ford of Hatcher's Run, and a picket encompassing that storied and now ituation, sent the Fifth Corps that night across Hatcher's Run to just south west of Petersburg, and faced themh the Lees joined Rosser at the Ford crossing of Hatcher's Run, and then drew back on that road to the SouthsiFive Forks, and pushes on by the Ford Road up to Hatcher's Run. What lost labor for Miles and the Fifth Corps,h is significant. He says: On the north side of Hatcher's Run, I overtook Miles, who was anxious to attack, anive Forks, and marched out the Ford Road towards Hatcher's Run. Two things are to be noted here: the reason off northwesterly from the Ford Road crossing of Hatcher's Run to cut off some rebel cavalry reported to have m command in the advance, down the Ford Road. At Hatcher's Run a vigorous demonstration of the enemy's skirmishntime pushing forward to the bank of a branch of Hatcher's Run a mile short of Sutherland's. Here my command wa
Sailor's Creek (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
through Paineville (well-named), Ligontown, and Sailor's Creek,--in doing this, observe, moved from the extremFifth Corps to Deatonsville, and thence towards Sailor's Creek, while the Sixth Corps under Wright moves from ridan's direct command only in the one fight at Sailor's Creek, and Sheridan did not get sight of it again,notd Corps took the road for Deatonsville towards Sailor's Creek and the Appomattox, and soon found themselves ickage. At Perkinson's Mills, near the mouth of Sailor's Creek, Gordon made a definite stand, with a well-placeen brought to a stand by our cavalry higher up Sailor's Creek, three miles on Humphreys's left. It was our Sg, and bivouacked after dark in the vicinity of Sailor's Creek on the Appomattox. We had encountered only cavt came down to us from the ensanguined banks of Sailor's Creek. As soon as it was dark on the night of the In the meantime the Fifth Corps had moved from Sailor's Creek at daylight, and at 9.50 had arrived at High Br
City Point (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 7
avis anticipated him with military promptitude, and succeeded in getting off with his personal effects and the Confederate archives by the Danville Road. Grant had ordered a general assault on the interior lines of Petersburg and Richmond early on this morning of the 3d, but it was then discovered that they had been evacuated during the night. These places were immediately occupied by our troops, and General Warren was assigned to the command of the forces in and around Petersburg and City Point. The order given by Lee for the general retreat had been put into execution early in the evening of the 2d; Longstreet and the troops that had been in our main front, including also Gordon's Corps, had crossed to the north side of the Appomattox, directing their course towards Amelia Court House on the Danville Railroad about equidistant from Richmond and Petersburg. Those with whom we had been principally engaged, Pickett's and Bushrod Johnson's Divisions, with Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry,
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