The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-08
The Pursuit sf Lee.
Meade's Head Quarters, April 8.

At d. light this !. m. moved the q
5th, and 9Th corps along the railroad il
the direction Of Amelia Coust House! =
Soon sfter moving reliable intelligence
vas received that the enemy Vas moving
tow Fsrmerville. The direction Of ths
I'd aud 5th corps vas immediately chang.
ed from noriherly to . north hwestwardly
direction and the directing corps, the Cd.
moving on Destonsville, and the 9Th
corps heretofore in the centre, moved on
the right Of the Cd and the 9th facing
about and moving by lef, flank taking po.
sition on the left of the I'd. 1t was un-
derstood the cavalry would operate on the
lett. The changes were promptly made.
the Cd army corps soon becoming engag.
ed with The enemy near Deatonsvillo, dri-
wing him by the right across S,iIor's
Creek to the Appomatox. The 5th army
corps made long march. bat iss position
prevented its striking tho snemy's col
umn before il bad passed. The 9Th corps
came up with the enemy about : p. m
aod in conjunction With the ed on the
right aod cavalry on the left attacked and
routed the enemy, capturing many priso-
ners among them 1t. Gen. E~ell and
Gen. Cuslis Lee.
l transmit dispatches both from Gems.
Humphrey and Wright. which 10 justice
10 the disting uished officers and the gal.
liant corps they commanded. beg may be
sent to the Department for Immediate
publication. It is impossible ct this
moment 70 give any estimate Of the casa-
alities on the other side or Of the number
of prisoners taken, but it i evident TO-
day the work i going to be ono Of the
most important of tho recent brilliant op-
era,ions. The pursuit will b continued
as 5000 as The men have had . little rest.
Griffin with the 5'h cops will be moved
by the left and Wright and Humphrey
continue the direct pursuit ~ long ~ it
promises success.
(Signed) GEO. G. MEApz.
Maj. Gen.
Hd. Qrs. 9th Army Corps,
April 6-l0 p. m.
To Maj. Gen. Webb. Chief of Staff, Army
of the Potomac
In pursuance of instructions Of this
morning from Maj. Gen. Meade l moved
from Jettersville by the shortest prsetic.
able road to the left of DeasonsvilIe. with
the object of taking position on the left
OF the ed corps. striking the road running
from Deatonsville 10 Burkes' Station at .
point little to the sou,hward Of the for
mer place, found that the 81 corps vas
engaged to the front and right and the
cavalry heavily to my left.
Moving down the road towards
Burke's Station perhaps mile, and run
ming sharp TO the right, ! proceeded
across towards nearly parsilel road on
which the enemy vas moving, and along
which he bad thrown up = line OF en-
trenchments. As soon ss the leading
division. General Ssymour's, could be
formed, il va. moved up the road held BY
the enemy. which was carried; then
moving TO the left it was advanced down
the road against pretty strong resistance
By thi. time Whea,on's division vas put
in position as rapidly as possible on Sey-
mour's left The lines we're sgsin ad-
vanced and were swept down the road for
distance of about two miles. Arriving
At deep and difficult creek we found the
enemy had reformed bis line on the oppo-
site side, where we attacked and drove
him to point distance of half mile
further. La the first attack portion Of
the cavalry operated on our right flank.
10 its subsequent attack the mass Of cav
airy poured on the left and right flank Of
the enemy. The result has been . COM
plete success. The forces captured five
General fficers, among them Gems. Ewell
and Custis Lee and largo number Of
other prisoners. shall 60 10 camp about
two miles beyond this point and awsit in
slruction. The lst ard 81 divisions,
Wheaton's and Seymour's and the artil-
lery engaged to day behaved splsndidly.
A return OF casualties viii be forwarded
soon rs possible. The Corps has nobly
sustained the reputation it earned on the
2d inst. as we'll As upon previous hard
fought battle fields.
(Sigued) H. G. WRrcHF,
Maj. Gen. Comwspdipg.