Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-12-28

cution, if he received no further direction in
: the meantime. explained to him the move
| ment [ had ordered to commence on the 10Th
of March. That if it should not prove as en-
tirely successful as had hoped, would cut
the cavalry loose to destroy the Danvllc and
, Southside railroads, and thus deprive the
: ehalny of further supplies, and also prevent
the rapid concentration Of Lees and John
ston's armies.
II had spent DAYS of anxiety lest each
, morning should bring the report that the
!, enemy had rctreated the night before. was
firmly convinced that Sherman's crossing the
Roanoke would be the signal for Lee to leave
With johnson and him combined, a long, te-
dious, and expensive campaign, consuming
most of the summer, might become necessary.
By moving out would put tile army In bet
ter condition for pursuit, and would at least,
by the destruction of the Danvillc road retard
the concentration OF The two armies of Lee and
Johnston, and cause the enemy to abandon
much material that he might otherwise save
l therefore determined not to delay the move
mcnts ordered"
On the 10Th Grant Instructed Sheridan to
, abandon the movement on the railroad, to
push round on Lees left Grant saying, II
BILE to do so, before going back" This move
ment OF Sheridan's eliminated in the battle
of Five Forks, u detailed description of which
is given, and the breaking of the rebel lines
in front of Petersburg.
Of the battle at Five Forks, General Grant
says:
General Sheridan displayed great general
ship. Instead of retrcating With his whole
command to tell the story of superior forces
encountered, deployed his cavalry on foot,
leaving only men enough mounted to take
charge of the horses. by this means he de-
laycd the cuemv's advance until our own in
fantry got up. when he drove him back to
Five Forks, assaulted. and carried his strong
ly fortified position, capturing all his artillery
and between 5000 and 5000 prisoners. Gen.
Ord, Wright, and Parkc, meanwhile, had
made examinations in their front with view
to gsneral assault The two latter reported
favorably. y bombardmcnt was accordingly
commenced on the night of the 1st of April,
and kept up until 1 o'clock in the morning of
the ID, wher the assault was beguh on the
whole line"
At the SAME time OPERATIONS were going on
in front OF Petersburg by Generals Wright
and Ord, resulting III the capture of 1.-TWO
strong. incloscd works, the most salient south
of Petersburg" D." and, on the night of April
I'd, the enemy evacuated Petersburg and
Richmond, and retreated toward Danville.
General Sheridan pushed on in pursuit in .c
morning. When Lees army had reached
Amelia Court-house; General Giant dispatch
ell to Serman, dated the 9th, directing him if
possible to do so, to push on from where he
was, and 'lct US see if We cannot finish the
job with Ice and Johnston's armies" "Rcb-
el armies,' he says, ARE now the only STRAIT
egic points to strike at"
! THE END or TIE CAMPAIGN.
The correspondence and the surrender of
General Lee are next detailed, precisely as
hos been already given to the world. OF
Shcrnans S operations agains} Johnston, he
SAYS:
"On the receipt of my letter of the 9th,
Gen Shermon moved directly against joe
Johnston, who retreated rapidly on and
through Raleigh, which place General Sher-
man occupied on the morning of the 18th.
The day preceding news Of the surrender Of
General lee reached him at Smithfield.
con the lith correspondence was oLened
between General Sherman and General JOHN
ston, which resulted on the 18th in an agree
ment for the suspension of hostilities, and a
memorandum or baisis for peace subject to the
approval of the President. This agreement
was disapprovcd by tie President on tie 2lst
which disapproyal, together with your in
structions, was communicated to General
Sherman by ire in person on the morning of
the 9th, at Raleigh, n. G., in obedience to
your orders Notice was at once given by
10, Lain
of the truce that had been entered into On
the 25th another meeting between then, was
agreed upon to take place Oh the 2Gth, which
terminated III the surrender and disbanamcnt
of Johnston's army Upon substantially the
same terms as were given to Gen. Lee"
The expedition of Gen Sherman, the sur
render of Mobile, the expedition of General
Wilson, the capture of JEFF. Davis, and the
surrender of Dick Taylor and Kirby Smith are
also referred to.
CONCLUSION OF THE KrroRr.
The report concludes as follows:
"Therc have been severe coubats, raid ex-
pcditions, and movements to defeat tile de-
signs and purposes Of the enemy. most of
them rejecting great credit on our aams, and
which contributed greatly to our final triumph
that have not mentioned. Many of these
will be found clearly set forth in the reports
herewith submitted, some in the kilograms
aud brief dispatches announcing them and
others, regret to say, have not as yet been
officially reported.
"for information touching our Indian diff
culties, would respectfully refer to the report
of the commanders Of the departments in which
! they have occurred.
ut has been my fortune to see our armies
of both the West and the East fghG battles,
and from what have seen. know there is
no difference in their fighting qualities, All
that it was possible for lhen to do in battle
.hey have done TIE Western armies ccm-
thenced their battle i'll the Mississippi Val
ley, and received the final surrender of the
remnant of the principal army opposed; to
them in North Caroline. The armies of the
East commenced their battles on the river
from which the Army Of the Potomac derived
its name and receifed the final surrender of
their old antagonist at Appomattox Court
house, Va. The splendid achievements of
each have nationalized our victories, removed
all sectional jealousies (of which VIC have un-
fortunately experienced too much), and the
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