The New York herald., 1865-04-04

The lighting took place m the afternoon. All the fore
part OF the day was intensely quiet Mcansme General
0rins and Crawfords divisions advanced In the direc
ton Of Dinwiddie Court House, and, meeting but little
opposition on the way they have had very little lighting
expected that tomorrow will be an active day in
pushing up our victories.
NN WARREN REMOVED
Unexpectedly to many, General Warren was relieved
from command Of the corps today and General Glib
bon assigned temporarily to the command Various
reasons wcrc given for this change The general under
standing b that on account OF alleged disobe-
dience of orders One thing is certain that he has
always had the respect and confidence Of his troops
His courage Ia Of the highest order But let the
mander Of the corps be who he wiI the troops will
never fAlter In their allegiance and duty
THRxx PRIvATEs CAPTURE FIFTEEN RxBEL CAvALay.
VIM H. streyer, Achlind McCroney aud Walter Cronk-
rite prvates Of Major Jackn's Sixteenth Michigan
sharpshooters this morning captured fifteen rebel
arymen-a captain, sergeant ana thirteen privates.
Pursuing their vocation skirmishes front they
saw these cavarymen moving along and cautiously ad-
vanced % intercept them.
Halt and surrender, " called out Strever
Surrender TO whomi" inqustively responded Cap
tain Clements leader Of the rebel horsemen.
You in Of battle line and lie surrender
or speedy death TO you," replied Strever
The Captain surrendered gave up his sword carbine
and revolver and told his 70 follow his example,
which they Of course did The three captors marched
their prisoners to corps headquarters Very much cha
grned were Captain Clements and his TO nnd they
had been made the victims Of sharp Yankee trick but
their chagrin too late The men belonged 10 the
Sixteenth North Carolina cavalry regiment
OFFICIAL RETURN Yesterdays LOSSES.
Complete returns have not yet come in Of our losses
yesterday At the hospitals there have thus far been
s supposed that the killed and captured will
swell this number TO fully thousand, from
which It will be seen that my estimate Of losses
In my last despatch, good deal below the real
amount. But experience has long since shown the i'm
possibility Of stating very accurately losses directly
ceeding fight 1t is believed, however, that in this
days contest the previous day. the enemys loss
largely exceeds own
Too much credit cannot be given TO Captain Wabon,
chief Of the ambulance corps, for his activity and
prompttude, shown in not only getting wounded
from the field but in their speedy removal City Point
preliminary being conveyed to Northern hospitals for
final treatment All the remaining wounded except those
the nature Of whose wounds will not admit of removal,
were today taken away.
And in this connection speak highly of the
efficiency Of the multitude Of corps surgeons the dis
patch and skill with which the wounds dressed and
Portable possible under the circumstances Under the
able and accomplished Dr. Faxon Chief OF the
Fifth Corps Hospitals at City Point Is well known that
the same skilfu treatment with increased comfort will
be shown them on their assignment to his custody.
WOUNDED OFFICERS TAKEN PRIsoNERs
II IL cheerful that few Of our wounded fei
into the hands Of the enemy Thus far have heard
but two officers wounded and taken prsoners-Captain
Pinkington, Fifth New York, and Major Dkeman Fif-
tssnth New York heavy artillery. The FIRST wounded
In the hip and the latter In the leg but neither believed
70 be serious wounds
4 srAyv OvvICxR VERY NEARLY CAPTURED.
Brevet Major Gentry, Commissary Of Musters Gen.
warren's stan, had escape from capture. He
had been sent TO arrange the picket line In the dark.
ness he stumbled upon one Of the enemy's videttes
''who thar" called out the vidette his mode
Of pronouncing the last word revealing his birth
place as south OF Mason Dixon's line and the proba-
by that he then and there working in the interest
Of the Southern confederacy.
'Hush your nose," responded the MajoS with sharp,
ddactic utterance ~ am the track Of two cursed
Yanks and will soon have them prisoners II you keep
shut your mouth, otherwise they will get shut OF me-
Tho MAJORS scfpossesson and sharpness served him
against Southern soourn for which he has strong
liking.
AoALASr oomnsARY.
In ralyng disorganzcd troops yesterday Captain
Finley, Commsary Of the Third brigade Second DIVISION
II appears, from the credit since given him. acted most
handsomely and calamity. He got together nearly
regiment and went with them through the fight The
report that he wounded arose from his accompany
ing Colonel Sergeant OF the Two Hundred and Tenth New
York regiment in the ambulance 10 the hospital after
the latter was wounded
ENGLIsH 0FrICxRs suING TIE FIGHT
The thrce English officers the field yesterday during
the tight werc Major smytho, Royal Artillery; Captain
Talbot Of the Light Guard and Lieutenant Abercrom-
bic Of Canada regiment II noticed that they took
birds eye view Of the contest which certainly is com
plimentary 70 their Judgment combatants, and
another thing showing like good Judgment were their
compliments Of the GOODNESS and courage Of our officers
ana men In battle.
WANTS TO nE wAR OUT.
Lieutenant Appleton son Of Nathan Appleton Of Bos
ton and formerly OF General Wainwrghts staff who
was wounded In the Wilderness arrived to-day and ten
dered his services AZ volunteer aid 70 General VAIN
wright, which procr Of services has been accepted He
has been improving his oonvalescence in foreign travel
After being wounded he resigned but he has come back
because he wants 70 sec the war out
HHADQUARrERs FIFTH ARxY CoRps
April 2-4A NJ
nE NINTH ooRys RnoRrD IN NOTION
News reaches us Of continued victories all along
lines 1t is confidently believed that will have Pc
ersburg within twenty four hours The story in fact is
that the Ninth corps have already broken through their
lines and that lighting now progress In the outskirts
Of the city
THE SIXTH CORPS.
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Mr.. Chas. III. Hannam's Dispatches.
HEADQUARTERS, SIXTH Army CoRrs,
NEAR PETERSBURG, April l, 1895. !
THE SIXTH CORPS WAITING TO ATTACK
Nothing has occurred to-day In this corps either great
or small In front Of General wheatons division some
picket firing took place before daybreak bu, resulted
from the nervousness Of troops, and soon ceased
On the front Of the Ninth corps there has been the
usual amount Of artillery practice
PROMOTION or LIEUT. oor. wALPotx