Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-04-13
Of Richmond and its occupation BY our forces,
have been telegraphed TO this Department
from that city. E. NJ STANTON, ,.,o; - i
Secretary Of War. 7
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial. !

nave uccH teltgrhpueu W tHS DeparIinehl
I from that city. Z. M. STANTON, vo; i
+, t.r tso, ,b ,I,silr s Secretary Of War. /
!, Special to the Cincinnati Commercial. td1g
} New York, April 4r-The World has q
graphic account of Sheridans battle of Five
; Forks, which was tbeH turning point I'M the
i giant conflict, and which, under Sheridan 3
d generalship, will take rank with anything on
record. t3git 9lit BdnpD ytmi1
It appears that General Grant was not sat
isfed with the days business on Friday, and
placed Sheridan i'll supreme command of the
whole of Warren's corps and all the cavalry.
4 Sheridan at once maneuvered with his cavaf
Try, dismounting poftioninl 'front.' Of the reb-
u els, and gradually pressed them back into
their works, unjerthe most desperate and Ter.
tribleffghhng Of the war.s IT noflaJ T. 1
| While this was being done, and done slow
lily by order, Sheridan set about forming the
4 infantry, showing the same genius in, Infantry
tactics that he has,in cavalry! II Was mar
vel to see SO palhy d force Of cavalry press
back and hold in check sixteen thousand reb.
Ell infantry Still they did it in such man
ner as to completely hide the movement of our
infantry. They were driven back step by step
into their works, y .,T II Il I,r,Ir,,} a. =
| Then the signal was given, and the, INFANT
ry closed on the works like huge barn door.
The rebels saw their situation, but did not ap-
lpear to realize how desperate were their cirs
lcumstances They fell back to the left only
to see four lines of battle waiting to drive them
across the field At, the right horsemen
charged them, in their vain attempts to fight
their way out and in their rear, foot and cav
airy began to assemble Slant-fre, cross-Hre,
and direct-ire, by file aud battery, rolled per-
petually, cutting down their bravest officers
and strewing the field with bleeding men,
Their own artillery was turned upon them
at last Bodies Of cavalry mounted their par
apets and charged down upon them, slashing
and jtramping them into confusion. They
had no commanders to lead them out of the
toll into which they had fallen A few more
volleys, q new charge and they heard the COM
mand to die or surrender and 5000 muskets
were thrown on the ground, and 5000 men
are Sheridan prisoners. Those who escaped
were pursued by the fiery Custar, and they
were pressed far into the desolate forest
Philadelphia, April A special dispatch
to the Bulletin says that MAJOR General Rus
, sell, of the 25th Corps, was killed in the late
battle.
Headquarters Army of the Potomac, April
2-The most important victory the Army Of
the Potomac has ever gained in Virginia, was
won to-day, and the outer line of works, which
, we have been trying in vain for months to
overcome, has at last yielded to our victorious
/ arms, and the greatest portion of this army
are within mile and half Of the city on
the southwest side. The struggle made by
the enemy to retain these works, has been Of
the most desperate character, and for the sue.
cess obtained to-day we care indebted, not only
to the strategy exercised by the commanders
f but to the overwhelming numbers and bravery
! of the troops that did the work. t.,.a
! The orders for an attack on the line east
and south of Petersburg by the 9th and 9th
Corps, were carried out punctually at day.
light The artillery had been hammerina
away the greater part of the night, along the
entire line held by the above corps, and such
n furious cannonade has very seldom been
heard during the war. 1t was not even sur
; PASSED by that which was heard on the occa
sicn of the mine explosion in front of Peters
burg '. "' ''1 '3. ',4 i''. ...' '"' .''
The 9th Corps troops engaged in the &C.
q ton, were the I'd and Sd Divisions and Col
Sam Hariman's brigade of the 1st Division
The charge was made in front of Forts Hell
and Rice, on the Jerusalem Road, and was SC
: far successful, that by 8 A. NJ. we were in pos
session of the Notifications, Fort Mahon be
ing the most elaborate and extensive These
' works contained fourteen guns, some of which
were at once opened on the enemy by the rner
belonging to our infantry regiments Just in,
side, and about 100 yards from Fort Mahon
! was another work, to which the rebels retreat
ed, and from whence they threw II most de-
structve fire upon our men, causing them to
retire from the northern end, when the rebels
made dash, thinking to recover the fort but
= the guns in the right wing, as well as in the
center, had been manned and shotted, and
the assailants were driven back. ! From this
time till late in the, afternoon, the struggle
. continued, the enemy using every effort to re
cover the fort, while our men were, as deter
!; mined to retain possession of it \ 4. Ill
u About noon the chances seemed that We
: should lose it, but afterward the provisional
: brigade, under General Corliss, and the engi
. neer brigade, under General Benham, will
= General Hamlns brigade, Of the 9th Corps
came on the. ground and by their timely ar
rival, saved the gallant men in the fort from
capture, and again caused the enemy to retire
The fight which ragged on this ground, ant
near this fort was of the most terrible anc
fearful character, At night the position o
|, the contestants was the same as during the
l. day. 3. f,.rs,,l.-.r
i General Wilson, with a part of his division
= made an attack on the front of Fort McGil
roy, near Appomattox, and took part of the
y line but was soon after forced to retire to his
: former position, owing to lack of support.
The loss Of the 9th Corps will reach from
8 800 to 1000 killed, wounded and prisoners
g |among whom are General Potter, command
/ ling the I'd Division, who is badly wounded in
e the groin, but not fatally, it is thought Colo
mel Getchel, of the 3lst Maine, severely; Ma
|jor Bolton, 3lst Maine, severely; CoIone
Gregg and Lieutenant Colonel Winslow, I79tf
New York, wounded; Major Morrow, 25tl
Pennsylvania, lost a leg; Lieutenant Alexan
der, of the same regiment killed This corps
has taken fourteen guns, about 200 prisoners
' and two battle flags The latter were taken
by the 2llth Pennsylvania.
\ The 9th corps stfaek the enemy s. line in
, front of fort Welch, near the celebrated lead.
i works. and carried them. with very slight loss.
E They at once pushed for the South-side Road,
: which they reached about o clock, and in a
very short time several miles of it were torn
up and destroyed. They then moved on down
toward Petersburg driving the rebels before
| them, across To q Run and into their works,
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