Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-04-13

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orresd rsd division sisf ii tEs coEps bus fhe ia,tes
j did net get jpto p actio1 "a Corps, \ ylio
held the line from " 5np 4 nile And 4 y halt Az
east Of the B0ydt91F pAd. and oysg J. 81 II Ipile
i west Of i, delased ancipg pptlI Sheridan, a.
| with the 9TH Corps, got within supporting dis
tance on the extreme left, when the eptre, ,Ghe
moved forward caiFying iths works almost aal.lpo
A without oppositions he enefnx xwns found 10
have fallen back toin this pa 4 IF The Inc,
lowing 70 the, 9th Corps, uttipg them oE. tkey
having reached Che Son Inside Road early ia
the forenoon, and efe busy, tearing itp l.
This Of. course Gnt the rebel army in two, and
4 The 2d Division iGas cngbts between the 9Th
Land % Corps, attllee started across TIE South
Side road toward ths pv51nstox, liopipF ia be
able to ford afilS as 1epn eaptnFss but IL
Iapppesrs they ran 4 gainst Sheridan, and, put
4 ting On i Bold appearances, made q show TO
Hight +, News to- athia effectreachiug headquar-
tiers, two divisions, of the I'd Corps. we're at
tonce sent to the, flank, and, if possible, cap
ltpre, the entire command, ,,eib4.,,s 51ro.,
Our losses dnridg the day can not be given,
| but it is believed 900 will cover them, Ma
/ ny valuable officers are among the number,
whose names, however, are not obtainable e,,t to-
night ,0pr captures will sum up to about9
/ 900 prisoners and thirty-eigbt guns, including
those, taken by General Sheridan yesterday =
ITbe. loss Of the enemy in Killed and wounded
is not estimated, butin front of the 9th Corps
1 they lie on the ground very thick. They were
moved down BY the, hundreds at each effort to
regain lost ground General Ransom is bad
| ly wounded anda prisonertin our hands. He
was found at, a house on the Boydton Road,
from which it was dangerousto to move him.
General 4, 2 Hill is reported killed by pris-
oners. .,.;,,asab kan .s,,,,,f.a VI g,1 gte
I New York, March 4-Of Saturdays opera.
l tons, the Tribune correspondent says; At 7
la. NJ, the 9Th; Corps was again in motion,
passing to the left along White-oak Road, to
ljoin Sheridan, executing the difficult move.
ment of marching by the flank in the pres
ence of the enemy, withdrawing divisions in
rear of each other, and marching them of
successfully from right to left the left divis
lou; Crawford sexecuting the same movements
| by brigades. While this was taking place the
I'd Corps moved toward White-oak Road by a
more direct route, and established connection
with the right of the fifth Corps Meanwhile
Sheridan, with four cavalry divisions, passing
around the left Of the whole army, went through
Dinwiddie Court-honse, and toward the South
side Railroad, with his usual rapidity,
The force which drove Crawford and Ayers
across Gravely Run, however, at once turned
+ their attention to him, moving rapidly to the
right, and after desperate conflict, he also
was forced back within mile of Dinwddie
Courthouse but being Joined by Warren
corps, he again took the offensive, and in turn
drove the enemy. and captured a position
known as the Five Forks, together with about
1000 prisoners and several batteries Of artl
lery He was then joined by Miles division
I'd Corps, and pushed westward for the South
side Railroad This he soon reached and took
position on it The 9th Corps, supporting the
cavalry, also took fifteen guns and about 1000
prisoners, enabling Sheridan to drive back the
force which on Friday afternoon checked his
advance near Dnwiddie Courthouse ,.
On receiving this news it was determined
to give the enemy no time to send troops tc
}, [their right, and at once a simultaneous AT
tack was ordered all along the lines, by the
9th, 9th, 24th and I'd Corps An order was
given about 9 o'clock at night, and Unless than
an hour furious assault began on the rebe
intrenchments in front of their several com
mands, resulting in the enemy being driven in
confusion from their first into their second line
of works, with a loss OF over 5000, prisoners
several forts and about twenty pieces of artil
ery, The I'd Corps was engaged all day in
}, their 'front.' and in spite OF the terrible fire Of
musketry poured into their ranks, behind thciI
works, succeeded in maintaining their new
. line several hundred yards in advance Of the
line they occupied in the morning. 5usoi
The Oath Corps occupied the centerof our
line, its left connecting with the Sd at Hatch
er's Run, and its right going to the left OF the
; 9th Corps. Before daylight, on Sunday morn
ing, the rebels made a furious assault on the
position of this line driving a porton,of the
! Sd brigade from their breastworks, and cap
!, turing about 100 menu Theirs.iccess, Iowev
, err, did not last long the Goth Pennsylvania
by gallant charge, drove them back beyond
} up all day by both, sides.s Owing to the hot
fire BY our sharpshooters, the enemy was una
bleto work his guns, consequently very few
casualties occurred to our side from shells, :
, Our batteries, however, rained incessant fire
into their intrenchments, There, was little
: fighting in front of the 9th Corps until night
!, when considerable shelling occurred Qnie
/, also reigned in front of the 9th Corps Sc
: matters stood until 10 o'clock, when the 2c
J, Corps was startled into sharper attention by q
!, few shots on their front-soon swelling into
rafting valleys. The batteries joined in the
clamor. The firing spread rapidly to the
f front of the oath Corps, and on the 9th, Themes
: away to the right till it reached the 9th, about
ii clock, at which time the fight was at its
highest. s- .sHh
Presently cheers broke out on the front Of
, the I'd, as the fire. sackened. By half past
il two o'clock, the fire had nearly. ceasd along
/ the whole line; but at four o 'clockip the morn
/ ing it suddenly broke out again., nearer thar
ever to the ID Corps, while sharp artillery
practice was heard far to the right, and again
the crash of battle sped from end to end Of
the lines. At six O'Clock the battle was ra
gipg fercely, but our colors were advancing
all along the line, tsls. a5ns8 .p,,Ls.A +
/ The Worlds correspondent reeounts the at
tack on the Petersburg defenses. 1t was to
: have taken place on Friday morning at four
o'clock, but the failure on our left was, doubt
less, the cause of the postponement The
plan of this last phase Of the action was this:
| General Grant, on the receipt Of the news
n of Sheridans victory at Five, Forks immedi,
stely dispatched copriers, in conjunction with
Il the telegraph hading to his headquarters, to
each of the corps commanders desiring them
L.. 4;,s.o o., opan with hotL