The New York herald., 1865-04-14

that General Meade very popular with his army
THIS 10 great mistake and has been fully verified in to
past two days never q much enthusiasm d..
played fos any man ~ was for him utter the surrender -
Our troops were drawn up either side sf tho roal
and when General Meade rode through they seems4
nearly crazed with Joy Cheer followed cheer and hass
where they should land or what became Of them.
=. General Made was equally excited He seemed fog
the time TO throw on his and dignity and enter
fully into the spirit Of the occasion.
RETURNING TO BuRKnwLLB
General Meade. with the Second and Sixth corps
moving back TO Burkesville for supplies The FsA
corps to remain and take charge Of the captured pc
Pery Tho Twenty corps and cavalry are sAid =
Taking all things into consideration the campaign jass
closed was the most brillant record J-st eleven
days day that we broke up winter quarters ths
entire rebel army destroyed, not vestigc rmain-
ing. What TO be done with the Army Of the Fo-
tomac. is question many times asked each day.
MIR. L. A. Hendricks Despatch.
HEADQUARTERS, FiyrH AMY CoRrsl
NEAR ArroAArroX CocRT HoUsk, !
April 94P M
This Is the brightest day In the history Of the
Lees army, in 'front.' has surrendered The of
captuation has just been agreed upon and in the
ing the conditions will DO carried out
ADVANCE " rna FIFTH ,oRrj UPON riE ESEMY.
Daylight found tho Fifth corps resumlng Its march
At eight O'Clock General Bartleus and General Ayrcs
div vsons in two lines OF battle, with skirmsbers
front General Crawfords division held support
IL requ Iod quick work. our cavalry was engaging the
enemy in General Ayres' 'front.' and falling back
against infantry attack Of overwhelming
bers Such the impetuous advance OF The
enemy that General Ayres afraid that he could
not form his lines quick enough but he did manage 70
form them in tme General Hayes brigade had the
right OF the DIVISION and the Maryland brigade,
manded by Colonel Stanton, the left Genera. Gwynt
brigade was massed In rear Of the Maryland breads>
General Ayres' object to prevent his left his weakes
and vulnerable point, being turned The Ono Hua
drcd and Ninetic.h and One ndrcd and Ninety hrss
Iennsylvania regiments, Colonel Pattce commanding.
wore deployod as skirmshers General Daret.s lines
formed with General Chamberlan's brigade the
right General Pearson the centre cd General Greg
CORY the left. The One Hundred and Fifty Gfth Penn
sylyania Major Kline, the division skirnisherA
Meantime the cavalry, after being driven back reformed
the right OF the s division, while the left Of ho
corps the Twenty fourth corps and now began The
advance.
GALiASTRv or GENERAL orYitEns-
General Griffin and stan rode between the sklrmhA
liue and first battle of the First DIVISION carrying
corps colors with them General Bartlett and staR
were even heroicaly daring than this, they
rode carrying their brigade colors with the skrmsA
line General Ayres and staff and coors also
spcuous in the extreme front The preparation foR
| Q bold, determined, invlncible advance.
| wDEig ADVANCE LEd' N.
II began near the Appomattox station II ended =
SsS SSur r'' O. mss Hss %Ss s aS
three-'o rhs OF mile wide lay before Into this WOOD
pushed skrmshes and hattie lnea In the middle Of the
| wood encountered the enemys skrmishers, wha
| fell back ~ ours advanced Now q wide, open
clearing OF rolling ground The skiTmish and advance a
| our limos OF battle these spacious h,lda .
splendid sight and the impersonation Of sublime courags
and nation From the crest Of hills beyond hua.
nssus nan, Hiram CLARK Company One Hnndrs
and Eighty nth New York-was killed inst By tho s6s
Of Of General Bartlett ~. nn he =: 'sa.s- I'd
saInoneer., the enemy's skirmisScrs and battle lines
in m. nad two strong lines OF batilc-wers
Abe.sket was fred from battle lnes-not a corps
cannon nredtho whole work Of driving the enemy
done by the skrmisherS Pell nell fell bsck thes
artillery The skirmishcrs armed most were, wisA
Sharp's scven shooters did terrible execution The
enemy after falling back rallied twice, but could mako
axsERAI BARTLETT cApyunn xnn HR,oApE
General Bartlett WAS the 0rst mounted oicer entering
the town.
II surrender my brigade to you said Colonel Stanley.
| commanding Genccl Garoies old brigade, TO 0encr3
| bartlett. Here is my br gade "
"But where is your brigadef asked General Bartlese
looking about him and seeing only about hundrs4
"Thesc men the remnant OF thirteen hundred sarti.R
| on the campaign ten days ago" Colonel Stanley and
mr. brigade was Immediately sent TO The roar ColoDss
Pot'crs men were at the same time picking prisone
There wns strange ming OF blue and gray uniforms
In tho streets About this ,ms Ave Of Nsicr JacknS ,
sharpshoo,crs fired into u company Of rekss
! oliccr, cmptying i've snidles
| SURRENDER
AZ this crisis rebel ohccr advanced waving Gag a
| truce II minutes before its presence We
known along the cniirc line A known hrina
ceased Ten inmates moro and we should have cnC,-
turrd thousands Of prisoners and must have inevi,s
taken the bulk ~ their artillery aud trains The poA-
ton OF the troops and artillery and trains such
To render any other result impossible The Tag
their savat on but ther, " here regret
mono who wish the useless shedding Of blood.
An ARNIrTcE TILT roUR
Al the solicitation OF the enemy, General Gordon sce
ng ON his representative and Generals Sheridan and Or
as ours cessation Of hostiHrs granted l four p.
| NJ E,cryihing remained "a u was except that ous
sirnish line for convenience fell back TO the edge OF
town
| coxvrRrycrs oy COMMANDING orrcxxs
conference Of commanding officers on both sides
soon held The place Of preliminary conferences ws %
Generals Ord, sheridan, crook, Gbbon, Grn,a,
Merritt Ayrc, Bartlett, chsmbcian Forsy1
Lonsstrcc,, Gordon, Hetb wilcox Colonel Fairfax snA
other officers. The conference lasted hour .
Laf II was a singular spectacle. stood skirl
ush line but general being allowed 10 psss
through the line and had uli vw Of the group There
were mutual inroductions aud shaking oT hands ans
pas about wiskcy General hyrcs fur
nishcd the wbiskey, and he alleges that u rSe
class ar,icc) and mutual heahs drank and alto
gethcr wls orange grouping The rebel officers wore
AL elegantly dressed in fdll uniform Gradually
the Of the conferences widened. from
street and before IL closed some wers scala1
on the steps and 9th rs for lack OF more comfortable
fence Az stated above, the former interview only
| preliminary. This tine of remaining together was
| spent waiting the arrival OF Lieutenant General Grams
and m interview between the latter aud General Lea
Lieutenant General Grant miles away. and the cor
ference ended "a b. tween the parties named.
| Aguyu. Oy LrrrEsir GsNLnAL GRAM
About two O'Clock Y. NJ Lieut. General Gran, srrvel
Tho particulars of that interview only tho
knos The results known, and they all thnt coul
have been desired. AT four y NJ cment OF The
| result " the Interview made known There lss
climax ~ human cheering I will not describe H. 10
vss cheers mol Of exutation conquered enemy,
bot Joiolng a, the probable close OF the
1ut ISIRvAL
such scenes those presented H. day have never D.
fore been witnessed IN "a army and bcfJre has
betn such susi ense and cb Interests a. sake. Oss
sOldcfn ID. f0 IT, looked H. skrriish Inc ccnfront
cd knish line tines Of battle confronted lines Of battle
cannon confronted cannon Highest hopes hung on ue
interview bctNccn the opposing great connsndctsof v"s
great armies Peace, long coveted Icace, mgnt ioov
| tls interview. I! might cad In rsumrtcn of hcs~h-
ties ~ nerocst battle IN terrible carnage II strange
spectacle that general eh cs con errisg with
the rtbc general onlcer much sirnlcr waa te View ~
| the two trioice during the aruisoc inc Two armics
| wcrc pln My visible TO one snyth-r ous lay ON ths