The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-04-15

him and made important captures,
Our column bad intended to 60 Ia.
camp, but Grant thought Lees only how
was in forced marches, and he thereiar.ss
ordered the advance continued. The ~
who had already tramped twenty. miss.
on being informed of the stirring ne.s
from Sheridan, clamored to mach ~,
night, and started off with cheers. Whsc'
ever Grant was recognized, a. be ncsas
along the line, the delight of the soltl;s.ss
was expressed in the most enthuiis III.
manner. As one division exhausted isSS,s
in cheering, another would take It m. ~
so it went along the whole column.
Soon another dispatch was received frnr,
Sheridan, and its contents were sucH T.
to cause Grant ia, leave the roads and An
across the country to Sheridat,'s hesd.s
quarters. ytg.13s,, - qE9 yG.f
On the night Of the 5th, the army l.va.
line of battle, stretching across fhfes - !.
four miles of country and facing Gests.~l
vile. Clusters Division Of cavalry lsvn,
the right flank, and Mckenzie's az 8s'g ~
left. The infantry was formed win ~
9th corps on the right, The 9TH in the ~
ire, and the I'd on the left. Durinsfhs
night Lee moved off bis train and Il 49,
feared he would elude this column. ~
was to march in, the morning tovsS6u.
Lynchburg and cut of his retreat Ia AZ az.
psint south of that. ~
The whole army in the morning mov.a
five miles on the road toSArdsa 9SSes4 ~
vile. In the forenoon Tho I'd and Str co,n.
succeeded In falling upon Gor,dbn'sf NH,rs
guarding Lees army in the yicinit.s
Dentonsville, stampeding y portioo 4 =
and making many captures Of mes nd
material. Gordon took up one po6iti1S az
ter another on the hill top, and sueoeeied
IN retarding our pursuit to alimited erfsnt
T The HerdlFs correspondent lfrosnssSs
cavalry recounts the movements q ,fSis
arm OF the service I'm pursuit Of 49,
Their rear guard was oversaksu. dumhs,.
Ing $40, strongly eutrenched aCfoa ~.
[ogave creek, having destroyed IL bsia,s
and felled trees across the ford Id innssSs
pursuit. Advancing the enemy unsos6
nre, which was returned with vieoe. I'M
were finally shelfed from aheis. resisinIy
q number OF men were 81 once dismocnt.
ed, the obstructions. removed, ana ths
command crossed. Evidencju9 doann.
stratiOns on the front Of the eneriS. AZ
met with. The road was ,Str6wn ~ an
sorts Of munitions and debria,l CIanon
and ammunition were discovered sneoe1tsd
in the woods. Pushing ON Barrinlsrs
brigade Of cavalry was soon ancounfSred
by our second brigade, Col. Wells com.
manding. The rebels scattered sNle !
flock Of sheep on being fired upon. 49, =.
. In this charge Lieut.. Custer, brother a
the General, got detached from the CON.
mand, but came In with . rebel battie
flag and fourteen Johannes, Fr iii
Col. Cupbart, of the Sd brigade about
the same time, overlook the rebels 1eer
Dennisville. Spreading each side Of tho
road, our men went In under the wildeet
excitement. Gen. Custer seeing unleos ~
covered moro ground with our 'cayu:rv.
many more rebels would escape, sent back
and hurried up the LIST brigade. Several
miles were thus passed over and aaany
rebels and munitions. gathered in. Final.
~, the rebels rallied 70 make q stand. Our
cavalry formed for q charge, when asefons
force of rebel infantry was discovered IN
the rear. Our men fought slowly, falling
back when they were reinforced, and the
rebels driven again, followed closely until
night set in. The rebels had been driven
Y miles, routed at every point, and losing
men, army wagons &c. Our whole los
was not SO. On the 4th, the march was ~
sumed and continued till afternoon, when
the enemy were overtaken, and skirmish.
ing ensued, which continued till night On
the 9Th the fight took place. which he q.
ready been detailed. .i44
q New YORK, April 0-The CbnsNsereiaTs
Washington speciale says: Sufficient fims
has elapsed for Wilson to reach Selm1, Al.
ALBANIA, and military authorities hav0 ben
expecting 70 hear Gifts fall. reisfGih
g John @. Breckenridge fvSs knows TO b
with Lee on Friday, and hopeA arc sntsc.
tained that be has been captured. Dian
Pollard, who took advantage Of thA q.
cape OF Mr.. Richardson, has been afsoetod
and committed to Castle Thunder for troa-
Aonable Language. lgS asr II .hi4s
IS NEW YoRk, April l0.-The Ob1smsseiars
special sAys, order will ba sent to our ga.
erals to open communications with IL
enemy and.commanders Of rebels in their
front and offer the same terms Which,wers
accepted by Lee No difficulty b anticipa.
ted, except in Texas. aaass ssiiei edl