Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-05

Details OF satnrday,s e.ttI.s.'

eperanons the IfaoHsss correspondent
says; 80 80 'ss'I..l7s, ~.
All A. N. the Fifth corps was agair
in motion, passing tothe feff Alonl
White Oak road, 10 JON. Shsridaa, exc
a cutting che difficult movement. of march
ing By the haAk in the presence. Of ,th
enemy-withdrawing the divisions frau
the rear of each other, aud marehiny
them off successfully from right TO. lssfi
U The left division, Crawford's 3, asxeeateS
the same movement by brigadeE, Will,
this was taking place the second corpi
marched towards White Oak road BY Z
more direct route, and established con
.r.ction with the right OF the Fifth corps
! while Sheridan, with four cavalry diyi.
sions, passing areuad the left Of the
whole army, went through Dinwiddie
( Court House, and towards the Southside
railroad, with his usual rapidity. TIE
/ forces which drove Crawford and Aver
| across Grayelly Run, however, at once
turned their attention to him, moving
| rapidly TO the right, and after a dsspsr-
! ate conflict he, also, was forced back 10
within mile Of Dinwiddie Court House;
but, being joined by Warren's corps be
again took the offensive and in tnth
drove the enemy, and captured a posi-
I ton known as Five Forks, with about
1000 prisoners and several batteries Of
artillery y -................. al . .aft'--s
He was then Joined by Miles division
OF the I'd corps, and pushed west ward
for the Southside railroad This he
soon reached and took a position. on it.
The 9th corps, supporting the cavalry,
also took Is guns and about 2. 900 ptis-
eners, enabling Sheridan to drive back
the force which on Friday checked hts
advance near DinWiddie Court House,9
On receiving this news itwas determined
to give the enemy no time to send troops
to reinforce those opposing Sheridan.
Accordingly q simultaneous attack Was
ordered all along the lines by the 9th !,
6tb, 24th, and I'd corps The order was
given about 8 O'Clock at night, and I'M
less than an hour furious assault be-
gan on the rebel entrenchments 10 front
of their several entrenehments, resulting
IN the ,eneEy being driven in ,confn-
sion from their first into their second
line OF, works, with the loss of over s, ,O00
prisoners, several forts and about 90
.Ha d.
The I'd corps was engaged all day in
their front, and, in spite of the terrible
fire Of musketry poured into their ranks
by the rebels from behind their works.
they succeeded in maintaining theft new
line several hundred yards beyond the
lines they occupied in the morning. dssss-ii dss,ssss
The Path corps occupied the center Of
our line, its lett connecting with the I'd
corps, at Hatcher,s Ron, and its right
Joining to the left of the 9th corps. : Ia
Before daylight Sunday morning thee
rebels made a furious assault on The DO.
,sition Of this line, driving portion of
the Sd brigade from. their breastworks
and capturing about 100 prisoners sSI
Their success, however, did not last
long. The 20th Pennsylvania, by a zal5
liant charge, drove them back beyond
their first battle line. A sharp fireiwas
kept up all day by both sides Owing
to the hot FIRE by our shafpeEOoters the 1
enemy was. unable to work his VunsEl
Consequently very. few casualties, rocS
Cured to our side. from the rebels. Our
batteries, however, rained an iDcessant
fire into their entertainments There !
was bnt little fighting in front Of the
9th Corps until night, when considerable, /
shelling occurred Quiet also ,reigned |
in front of the 9th Corps. So matters
stood until 10 o clock, when the I'd Corps
was started into sharper attention By a.
few shots in their front, soon swelling 4
into CALLING vollies. The batteries Joined /
in the clamor and the firing spread rap
idly to the front of che 24th Corps, and I
on to the 9th, then away to the right |
until it reached the 9Th about IL o clock,
at which time the fighting was at its |
height, Presently cheers broke out OF /
the front of the I'd as the fire slack
eped. By 2:30 p. M the firing /
had i. nearly ceased along the .srI-il
tire line, but at. 4 in the morning 1
ii suddenly broke out again nearer
those over to the End CORPS, while |
Sharps artillery practice was heard far |
TO the right, and again the crash eftbat. /
tie spread from end to end Of the lines.r |
At 6 o'clock, the battle was raging |
fdrfously, but our colors are advancing
all along the line
The Worlds correspondent ,recounts !
the attack on the Petersburg defencss. d
1t was to take place Friday. morning at
4 o'clock, but the failure on our left was |
doubtless the cause Of the pos tpone-
ment!s The plan of this last phase Of /
the action was this 7af tsaue71a-a1 nj
Gen. Grant, on the receipt Of the newsri
of Sheridsn's victory at Five Forks, im- |
mediately despatched couriers, in con
junction with the telegraph leading to
his Head Quarters, to each of the Corps /
~, :. q aty das;r;y, tbar. ,-;.h1,,, L..
Of time, to open with both artillery, and |
infantry npon the works Of Petersburg.
Sheridan, it will be remembered, at I
tained bis success By half past seven on I
Saturday night At nine, Grant heardd
of It, and before ten our columns, had 4
passed the picket line and were, on their l
way to the rebel entrenchments. Parke |
ohtke right, Wrighttin the centre, and |
Ord on the left, marched almost at the /
same instant The Sixth Corps --l
Wrighfs--were arranged in double |
line Of battle,i and, without cannon. I
theyI tkreE themselves en- masse into
the ditch and up the parapet TheleoazF
test was short though terrible and des-
perate. Hand-to- hand conflicts occur
red53 The deadly bayonet iunge,. the
impulsive and ftfil crashes of 'rnusket \
and revolver, the crossing Of sEordsg !
and the volley now and then when, osrd
troops poured an en6lading FIRE aud
down. the inside Of the parapet; tie |
yells and groans the gaIloping Of cour-
iers to and fro, from end 10 end lofs the \
lines were seen and heard ons every \
side; bitches were heaped with living
and dying combatsnts, tumbled together
promIscuously; but every now and then /
Northern cheers told how the conflict |
went. 0n-each side of the Sixth Corps
the scene was the same. 4 Opposite FeFt
Hill the, rebels had q fort called, Fort 4
Heaven, at which they fought like sa- .
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: NEW YoRK, April "A FIRE occurred |
in Tornan. street, Brooklyn, last night, \