Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-04-19

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snec;ol Correspondence of the South carglinian.
) -. 'rhe Fall of Richmond.
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DASylLLE,,l g., April 0, looo-
Richmond and Petersburg have fallen; but
they have gone down in agblaze Of glory, and
with record unstained by one blot of shame.
ALI that the enemy y-has gained, ,zhas been pur-
chased at asterrible price in blood; while our
own army. sltho,Ieh sigering seyerely,is still
sss,ng s ana ready for lis future work
4ls.sbe, eyeuts oG:tho slastifve. days; Iscan
ia I,n,, hSt q cnrsorv view and even this is
e1S el,sc;,Ssd hy theyet fresh smokeo battle.;-
Ssant ocn,morco3 his orarfi movement as
,o,1r asSTSasSysy SfbesSStb. It.Was not un-
ea.J On. onlv-- -do,,I,t was. as TO the
- III; oI,ba ,5yonld mako his ra,i,,
eAs1s po.ns T. AZ ua fslt ourlines
slocni;t;es aonp tbeirentire length.
n n u,,,e' fa Nailed 81 TO distrib
teI S. ssrcss @ ssifo bs nFanared Ito repel the
us;no;na1 ss,n,. with. tljeieast possible delay.
ot On ttha Tnesdaysip Question tie enemy ad
,,an..oJ :ibe sontb side to within one mile
tho Rovdkin plank road, threw up en-
.{,,,oS,np ntsand built alarge fort in the vi.
,o;,6tr of tlie Lewis house Durinsthe night,
~ i; MI sbed forward afew hundred
-, f,-tbor Waanasdav. we fought this
asl,,mn.n;tb vo rp;nr t,lecess. and night droop.
: 81 - = aro ,,, ioti}a.s; Al Hofcber,s Run,
: ), =. . tSa aftesnoo, .thera was also heavy
: - ,eb;nb tba enenrv lost baayily.
nost,,, st;rn,sb;ng and movement
i.s;,S IIr;saT ~ = eIfnyts ,yern resumed
o1pS. - a,n,,,,;-ntion 'rbe Fad-i
is sss,,t sronpd o,,r WorEs towards
h,,. ,,ot bv Cen Fi.zI,ec
7 sus ,..lao5 ta irhs yoniyno ;nf,ntry unwards
l anu - stroMa 1rsro ,nosse5 near
s, o. ior,s 'sGu sflI ond bor battIe was io;ned in
S 6,rIsSt ofI;Es rcsrits ] know nothing def
,;ta ssyc that, Ire one,ny ea;ned. no substan-
t;sI NJ ga and sniicred.preasly. Mecap-
z ,'red het1yas, f5nr snriis;x hundred prisoners.
~ ~ a-Sa,, @ rio . and sunday theflrbtina was
/. feoyfnl@,he M shocks of condictil,6sf terrible
,of tbe w,a.r.aand the casualties on both sides
immense. Our entrenehments, in. many pla
4. .ces,: were held by q thin line only but this
stood ncbly to its post, throughout Saturday
On SUNDAY. however, Grant resumed his old
roratiou Of mButcher.r Finding that be
could make little or no impression in the or
dinary way, lie inassed his troops several col
unns deep against portion Of til line on
the right, and then driving them re,entlessly
forward succeeded at last-after frightful sacr
fce fife in obtaining possession Of a sec
ton of the.works. 1t was notin the power
of any men, however brave, to have with
stood these desperate assaults without greater
support. Longstreet had not yet come up,
although hurrying from another part of the
! field. Meanwhile the Federals were rolling
s1orward and reeoiling Ike waFes-thoseS be
bind impcllins those bcfore-nntit a. locg
S luent was elected, the %oHksmounted, NAM
ing position and eniiiade Ire secured, and the
battle substantially won.
..Our:grape and canister moved the.enemy
down by hundreds, our rifles t9id with uner-
ring precision, and the ground Was literally
carpetea win s. .nesoesa anu w9nnaIa 5al+ ou.
perior to everything else, and the defences
were taken.
:. w, i.aa.n o.l;,r 20. &c tho n;I;t,rv move.
VIC anoS ~, nI'ne 3eto;, pnt avern ,se, stotc.