The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1865-04-13

I'd division and through, in some way,
he did go, for found him in it. He
had with him only his 1st and I'd brig
AIDES, the 3d. under Gen. Smyth, hav-
ing been sent to operate with Gen
Mott further to the 'e't.
Under cover Of the guns Of Battery
B, 1st Rhode Island Artillery, Colonel
Olmstead, with the 1st brigade, and
Colonel Mclvor with the I'd rushed in
to the two forts before them; and
with loss Of less than dozen, found
themselves in possession of FIVE guns
(tyelve pound Napolcons) and nearly
all of Macomb's brigade of Heth's di-
vision, comprising the 9th, 7th, 18th,
18th and 18th Tennessee Here the
18th Massachusetts, and 7th Michigan
, entered the fort first, of the 1st brig
AIDES, Massachusetts and Michigan,
, the far East and far West joining
hands this Sabbath morning in the
last ditch OF the Rebellion. OF the I'd
, brigade the 8th New York Heavy Ar
tillery was ahead, Lieutenant Jas.
Young, of Company G, going first into
the fort with twenty men. The fort
on the left was first entered by SER
geant of the Goth Pennsylvania, whose
name | was not fortunate enough to
obtain.
, Further, to the left OF our line Gen.
Mott, with his famous Red Diamonds,
kept step with the white trefoil of the
I'd division of the I'd corps Unable
to find him during the day, and not on
! his front at the time, I am unable to
give details. only know that he
carried the works before him in the
same style as on the other parts of the
line, and that the 6th New Jersey, of
+ McAllister's brigade, is reported as
the regiment sthat first entered the
enemy's line. With Miles am in the
I same condition. The rebel line where
it crossed the Boydtown road at Bur-
I gess's Mill, fell into his possession, and
he was Immediately in full march on
. the Boydtown road toward Peters
t burg, but beyond that L cannot give
, particulars. At 8 o'clock, then, we
had broken in the entire rebel line
! from the AppomattoX to Burgess s
t Mil, and the 9th corps had swung
y around, facing the doomed Cockade
City from the west; the Oath corps
was marching from Hatcher's Run,
! east inside the rebel line, and the I'd
corps in the same direction. on the
d Boydtown road.
n So far, ctr success has been splendid id
O beyond pfecedent, perhaps beyond
I expectation. Would it last? Grant
surveying tho interior lines of Lee,
running at right angles with his old
u u line, and from it to the AppoWpttox,
. thought so, probably, but as ever be,
y FORE his countenance afforded no clue
to what he thought. A word in ex-
: PLANTATION of these interior limos is nee
Il essary. Apparently four in number,
= the three outer ones isolate forts built
: as outposts for the fourth and last
: which was one Of great strength, and
= looked down upou us most frowningly
u from the slight range of hills upon
5 which It was located, and it is
these outer forts l speak Of as lines
a which were carried.
, At O'Clock, the 9th corps being in
short supporting distance, the 9Th
I corps went to work again. Now
) comes that portion of the day where
everything was seen plainly, but
i nothing certainly known.
Forming in short range of the rebel
9 works, as Ieisurely and orderly as if
they were on dress parade, the divis
: ions of the 9th corps advanced on the
! first line. At the double-quick, never
stopping to fire, with wild yel! Of
D delight, over they went. The enemy
Il fled again, leaving the guns in the
) forts in our possession. Some fow Of
our men have been killed and wound
;, ed, but the loss was still insignificant.
y The 9th corps still lay upon the
i side of the hill, facing the second line
J. of rebel works, and while the 24th
filed by to take position on its left, the
+ batteries opened again, and soon that
= peculiar light smoke-a strange mix
= ture of blue and dingy white, known
since the days Of gunpowder as battle
smoke-arose III fantastic wreaths,
o and covered the field. There was
i other smoke there. Dozens ofhouses,
Y an hour ago substantial and elegant
r dwellings; dotting the splendid land
a scape, were in flames, and the columns
/ of smoke arising from them in heavy
t clouds shrouded our lines for a mo-
S mcnt, and then, lifted by the wind,
, doated off to the northeas
= The pause continued. Grant had
: laid out programme for the army ;
e Meade, and Wright, and Gibbons were
$ to execute it, and did. The command
5 ers rode slowly up and down the line.
n You could see the various flags way
8 ing, now on some little hillock, where
Q they stopped to examine the rebel line,
: now disappearing in a hollow, as the
!, little party trotted on to another part
= of the line. All was ready in few
= minutes. The forts to be assaulted
had been selected, and again the com
4 mapd to charge was given. The shrill
@ buglo sounded over the plain, and
v Wheaton, Seymour, Getty, Turner and
r Foster moved again.
0 Tho sccno of the previors half-hour
: was re- enacted again. In three col
4 umns they moved on each fort. Again
Q the rebels made feeble and ineffect-
ual resistance, and again our soldiers