The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-04-04
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ever oa- hesIs. turning ,he ar seemingly
Ike AZ aueur. bui ia ne instance tvlng any
great injury Al present We are located
Abeut miles further W The line y breast
works 10 vhat was once Virginia swamp
oftbiek pines, Bat the axe q tie YANKEE
soldier has laid !, leE. and bic iugcnuiiy aud
Industry built p'casautinle villages u butts
where once darkey toulj have been Lone
some. Tie weather for some dsys past has
been warH aud very pleasant, aai hne
tine f5r moving armies. But owlug to our
intimate relations With Gen. Lee, il does not
seem policy or 81 81 necessary forour corps
to move Atour len. and extending around
towards the South Side Rail Road, We save
the %, oh and Glib eorps, which II lot loose
as has been spoken u would in conjunction
with Gems. Sherman and sch1scld's forces
make al immense austing population to take
charge 4 the interests u the South and help
to establish better form Of goVernnca at
( One thing nov seeu7s 10 be evident. that the
opening buds q spring vii vituss, the fan
/ ug buds Of this rebellion never again to
( germinaie in this soil, made more sa-
cred by the tread and blood Of freedom.
some. Surrounded ON all sides as Lees ar
nv is. by the "inevi,Sble Yankee" and
still being pressed closer and closer. what
other alternative but actual surrender -
NOT improbable by any means that he. like
soldier and man. comes forward and bows
his head to the powers that be. and arc to
exist, and acknowledge to the world that it
is hard to kick against the Pricks," This
morning about o'clock We were suddenly
called out in line Of battle in view Of there
being heavy firing down on The right Of Fort
Dasis. II seems the rebels had planned =
rout by which they intended to go down to
City Point, some 8 miles distant. During
the u light they brought portion Of their
forces down from Hatcher's Run. sOme l6
miles distant. to take part in the atray.--
Therefore with (as they say 1000 men
they made an attack upon the Ing in front
Of Fort S,eadman. Many Of them actually
went into the tents inside the Fort and stab
bed the Boys in bed In short time they
had possession Of the Fort and we're pressing
towards the Rail Road not far from mile
Off In the meantime the "YaukS" begun
to wake up. Our first line Of battle was
formed on the Rail Road, and pressed for
ward At the same time the forts on either
side Of Fort Steadman were pouring grape
and shell into il which rendered il a BAG
place for the yictors. and what could, made
their escape In the short time in which
this was going on, heavy bodies Of our mel
begun to rally on them, and although asleel
when they pouncei upon the boys, they sool
found them awake TO the necessities Of th,
case and in full readiness for the final issue
Although the contest lasted only about tire
hours, it was terrible and severe to the reb
els. Over 1000 Of their men we're left on tn
field and some 5000 captured. and the great
err portion Of our men taken prisoners wer,
recaptured. Among their captured were
many officers Of high rank whose names 70,
will get before this reaches you. Yer,
many Of the prisoners as they passed BY III,
Army lleadqua rites seemed to feel happy a
the thought Of being captured.
In the afternoon it seems the rebs wer
not satisfied With their attempt, and tried t
break through our lines at the left, in iron
Of the 9th corps. and this eve it is rcporte
j here that We took two linos Of works. CD
fort, and 1000 prisoners. Therefore. q
She whole we are I'D to conclude that il " a
bad job aud bad day for them. cannC
: enter into any details Of the affair. HAYES
few Of marked interest connected with it,
! II General Lee should conclude not TO max
another attempt at breaking our lines j
does seem that the last day Of hope which j
left with him. must soon fade away. ap,
with it comes the establishment, Of those prin
eiples for which we are fighting.
e Very respectfully yours,