The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-04-08
HARD FIGHTING!
Great Success Of oar Armies

l
more than a week past and constantly forward
ed dispatches to the Sec. of War, while the tight
ing was in progress The following dispatch was
the first official announcement Of the fall CT Rich
mond, which city our troops entered at half past
eight O clock on Sunday morning.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, April Sd.
My. Con. Dir, Ne,o York: 1 ea
The following official confirmation of the cap
ture of Richmond and announcing that the city
| is on fire has just been received by this Depart
ment:
Cry POINT VA, April 8. 1851 A. NJ.
| General Weitzel telegraphs as follows;
'sWe took Richmond at Sl5 this morning.
81 have captured many guns.
sThe enemy left in great haste.
''rhe city is on fire in one part, and am ma
king every effort to put it out
"TAe people received as acM enthusiastic eGpres-
sions Of joyF'
General Grant started early this morning with
his army toward the Danvlle Railroad to cnt off
Lee retreatng army if possible
President Lincoln has gone to the front.
(Sgned t. S. Bowers, A. A. G.
q EDWIN NJ. STANTON,
Secretary of War
Gen. Wetzel subsequently telegraphed that he
found in Richmond 29 locomotives Al passenger
and baggage cars and l06 freight cars.
After the defeat of the enemy they reireated
in the utmost disorder evidently trying to reach
Danvle to effect junction with Johnson's for
ees. Grant promptly pursued the retreating re-
bes Large numbers Of prisoners have been ta-
ken variously estimated at from l3, 600 to 5000.
The country is full of stragglers and deserters
trying to reach home, and the line of Lees re-
treat was marked by abandoned guns and amnu-
milton, burnt wagons, caissons, ambulances, &c
The houses in the vicinity of the battle are like
wise filled with wounded rebels. Our own loss
it is sad will not exceed 10, 600 men of whom
near g. 900 are prisoners. Gen. Winthrop OF the
Union army and Gen A. P Hill OF the rebel ar
my are killed, and the rebel Gen. Ransom is bad
ly wounded and prisoner. Our cavalry is con-
santly bringing in prisoners, and all goes to show
that the pluck and power of Lees army is effect
ually destroyed. aalgt-
The following dispatch from Gen. Grant shows
the state of affairs on Tuesday last IS nd
WILSON STATION, VA, April 4, q miles west
of Petersburg. Hon f. NJ Stanton, Secretary
of War: The army is pushing forward in the
hope of overtaking or dispensing the remainder
Of Lees army. ~ k9a
Sheridan, with his cavalry and the Fifth Corps
| is between this point and the Appomattox river.
Gen. Meade, with the Second and Sixth Corps is
| following. Gen. Crd is following the line of the
| South Side railroad.
All of the enemy that retains anything like or
ganization have gone North of the Appomatto&,
and are apparently heading for Lynchburg.
| Their losses are very heavy. The houses
throughout the country are nearly all used as hos
| pitals for wounded men. In every direction we
haer of rebel soldiers pushing for home, some in
| large and some in small squads and generally
without arms. g,.t sf e.f-sf
| The cavalry have pursued SO closely that the
| enemy have been forced to destroy probably the
greater part of their transportation caissons and
munitions of war.
The number of prisoners captured yesterday
will exceed two thousand. ta .f5N
| From the 18th of March to the present time our
loss in killed, wounded and captured will notprob7
ably reach seven thousand of whom from fifteen
hundred to two thousand were captured, and
| many but slightly wounded.
| shall continue the pursuit as long as there APP
| pears to be any use in it.
u S. GRANT Lieut.. Gen.
| The following official dispatch appears in
Thursdays papers. aA
WAR DEPARTMENT April Sill P. NJ.
Kajor Gen. Dr. NsO York
| Lieut. Gen. Grant telegraphs to this depart
ment from Nottoway Court House as follows:
s'Last night Gen. Sheridan was on the Dam
vile Railroad, South of Amelia Court House,
and sent word to General Meade, who was fol-
lowing with the Second and Sixth Corps by what
| is kno as the River road, that if the troops
could be got up in time he had hopes of captur-
ing or dispensing the whole of Lees army y
am moving the left wing commanded by
Gen. Ord, by the Cox or direct Burkesville road.
We will be tonight at or near Burkesvile. 5.
have had no communication with Gems. Sher-
10. A., - a., L,,k hA,, hoor
soon that they have come up with and captured
| or broken up the balance Of the ARMY of North
| ern Virginia
| In every direction we learn of the men of that.
army going home, generally without arms. +
! Sheridan reports Lee at Amelia Court House
| to-day. E. NJ. STANTON
Sec. of War.
! Burkesvie is the junction of the Danvie and
| Southside r. Roads, and its possession by our
| forces makes it next to impossible for Lee to
reach either Danvile or Lynchburg. Besides it
! is known that Gen. Thomas, is advancing from
! the West with heavy cavalry force, and large
body of infantry under Gen. Hancock is ut the
same time moving up the Valley in the direction
| of Lynchburg, and it will be little short of a
miracle if Lee succeeds in evadng the tolls that
have been so wariy laid for him. -
Through a despatch from Assistant Secretary
of War Dana, we have some particulars relative
| to our triumphal entry into the once capital OF
the ssConfederacy" On Sunday Gen. Lee tele-
| graphed Davis that he was driven back and that
he must retreat and the news was announced in
the churches. JEFF. had, it seems, prepared for
the contingency, and becoming demoralized, de-
camped between two days, with the cabinet, y
the 'Congress" joined no doubt, by the Legis-
lature of Virginia and others of the chivalry.-.
Gen. Ewell fred the city, and all the business por-
! ton of Main street to the James was destroyed.
The offices of the Enquirer and Dispatch were
burned, together with the bridges over the river.
| Many families remained on the arrival of the
yankees and placed themselves under their
| protection, including Mrs. General Lee The
| residence of Davis has been taken possession of
| by Major Gen. Weitzel, the commander of the
| colored troops Major Gen. Casey and staff have
taken quarters and are engaged in recruiting the
'contrabands." A later despatch from Rich
mond direct, states that Gen. Weitzel captured
in Richmond FIVE hundred pieces of artillery, five
thousand stand of arms, one thousand well pris-
oners and five thousand Rebel wounded. Pres
| ident Lincoln visited Richmond on Tuesday, and
returned to City Point on Wednesday.
RYIt is estimated that the oil product of
Venango County, Pa, is at least 10 600 bar
rels daily. This, at the average price of ten
dollars at the wells, which is low average
will give one hundred thousand dollars a
day, or over thirty-one. million dollars
wear. The number of wells on Oil Greek,