Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-04


At 5 o'clock, Gibbs had fallen back 4,
within one mile Of Dinwiddie C. H., an.
has been relieved By Capehesrt's brigad,
OF Gusiars' division, .which3wa . rsoor
strengthened by, the arrival Of Col
Pennington with part of his brigade
From this time until after dark & IS llsr
had 70 do the lightiHg alonec Theentns,
did not adyApeeiia single rod astsr
4 str king bis ines
4 When Custar came 10 the frspt. a
I scene OF the widest excitemen, took
place Cspeheart had his brigade on
,rhe left and Pennington ON. the right.
and before anything. could be put mp 10
| check the enemy, they (the enemy came
swafming out Of the woods IA Froft.
confident Of demolishine esefythlhg be-
fore them. Cussaf and his men we're
received with cheers He, instantly set
Capehearts band to playing Hail Co
lambiap and other patriotic pieces
II his revived the spirits 'of all present,
aud the music brought forth cheers
from thousands OF wearied men.
As the enemy opensd upon onr line
Gems Sheridan and Caster appeared with
their respective eelorss displayed This
demonstration elected renewed enthnsl-
asm along the whole line. Fire had
been opened with a battery ACCOMPANIED
By Lords and Woodruif's guns The
enemy charged several times and were
repnsed, with great slaughter. Cape
heart saw one of his regiments, Ist Yir-
giuia, dashing of. Not having givsn the
order, be followed, aBd foaud Gen. Mer-
rit I and Col Forsyth, Of Sheridan : stat.
and others atfthe head OF the regiment.
The enemy fell back hastily before these
troops, ando.did not attempt TO again
force our lines. ..-.. -.--s.--r..-- feFf
sd OF the result OF Fridays fighting the
Times says:
We swung the left three miles around
three miles north of the Boynton plank
road, leaving between it and the South.
side Railroad bat single line Of breast.
works, athropn mp since Wednesday
night We eaptnred about 900 3pris-
oners, end our own loss is not over
1000 IN the aggregate, The enemy
have suffered much more heavily, and
their forces were becoming demoralized
very rapidly in the evening, and be
could not be induced to make another
charge on the 5th corps front, although
they had fought desperately early in the
dayl paE T .-..-..s. S-s1is. .Isrla E7sf.is
The 7Eibnnes Washington special
says Il is understood there that Grants
plan was that Sheridan should cut the
South-Side r. X and rush over to Dam
vile. The armies OF the Potomac and
J James river to push over towards the
left and turn Lees right flank, while the
line IN front OF Petersburg was still to
De heid and If possible Adyanced.--
Judging by the latest dispatches the
whole plan seems to have been suceess-
ful, including the cutting of the South
Side Railroad aud turning Lees right,
Carrying a portion of the rebels
works in front Of Petersburg. Two lines
Of policy only, it is believed, are left
open to Lee. Retreat to Danyiile, or,
falling in this, to fight till Johnston can
be hurried on the Weldon r. r. TO rein
force Hili. This Is believed possible,
and leading military men .eoncede our
danger. gaA8 lTftE
Mrs. Lincoln has returned, leaving the
President a. City Point TO enter Rich-
mond, as Grant has promised him be
shall within As hours .s.si