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


land groanss The gailopiug Of couriers to and
! no ifom END TO end Of tie line, make up the
,pcture IL places, the bitches were heaped with
Ethe ii9in9 and dying !, ,csombatants, tumbled to-
]. getber pf miscuously but every now and then
lNortHern cheers told how the combat went on.
Each side of the 9th Corps the scene was the
Same. 0ppesite Fort Hell the rebels had a
/ iSft called Fort Heaven " which they fought
\ Ike Satan legions.l ss;@ 5ls4,E, ~
~ Fortress Monroe, April 3, via, Baltimore
April 44S-,Th he mail steamer Dictator arrived
4 from CITY oillt at q: so this afternoon, and
lbrlngs Addl ltlollM partitplars Of the great
strug ggles n q lss3 N II &.,t.sI, II. a., Z
H Petarsbarg was occupied BY ourlown troops
tatIS O'clock, Monday morning. '6i!- ''Tf7G5 =
Our gunboats were all we'll up the James
/ River, and it was thought that a fight had
taken place with the rebel iron-clads. ~.
| Large fires were seen up the James River
last night, toward Fort Darling, and in the
! vicinity Of, other rebel works, from which it
was inferred that Lee was abandoning his
works and retreating from his long-established
| lines. ,...l,,. -, b
| An Animmense number Of prisoners have been
lcaptured, variously estimated at from $4,000
[ to $4,000 : Z ,'' .,.........,,'t.,. ,,,.
Prisoners are constantly arriving at City
Point and it was estimated that there were
$4,000 there this morning,
When the Dictator left, salute was being
fred by all war vessels at the Point. ..,..
The steamer Cossack arrived here to day,
with a large humber of u ion prisoners in
Gliding General Mclaughlin and the men of
his brigade; captured with him by the rebels
III the assault upon Fort Steadman.
T.. Such was the haste of the rebels in hurry
ing the Union prisoners through Richmond
on Sunday, that in many cases, many were
not even paroed The returned prisoners
say that, in coming through Richmond on
Sunday, they saw manifest indications of the
evacuation of the city The streets were alive
with people of all cases, conditions and ages,
manitesting intense excitement
! All the Union prisoners in Libby Prison
were ordered to be exchanged by the rebel
authorities, and were hurried through the city
of Richmond towared the Varina Landing in
the greatest possible haste.
p,On the 4th, Gen. Grant telegraphs from
Wilson's Station:
in" In every direction hear of rebel soldiers
pushing for home; some in large, some in
small squads, generally without arms. The
cavalry pursued so closely, that the enemy
have been forced to destroy, probably, the
greater part of their transportation, caissons
and munitions of war. The number of prs-
oners captured yesterday exceeds 1000
From the 2Sth of March to the present time
our loss in killed, wounded and captured will
not probablyreach 1000, of whom from ], 500
to 1000 were captured and many but slightly
wounded shall continue the pursuit as long
as there appears in it any hope of success
Gen Ord is following the line of the South
side railroad All the enemy that retains any
thing like organization, have gone north of
the Appomattox, and are apparently heading
for Lynchburg.
CASUALTIES
Among the killed is Gen, Russell 25th
Corps, and Lieut. Col. Crosby, of the 6lst
Pennsylvania. Among the wounded are Lieut..
Col, f. D. Holt, of the 49th New York, NOR
tally; and Lieut. Col D, N Carr, of the 77th
New York, in the breast, seriously Gen Glib
son is reported killed, butt cant vouch for
the statement Maj. Gen. Ransom of Hill s
corps is mortally wounded and a prisoner,
and there is a report, which lacks confrma-
ton, that Gen. Hill is killed It has been
generally remarked by surgeons that the pro.
portion Of killed and wounded among our men
and the number Of slight injuries is unusually
smally ..ifr. II. .,...-. ..
ID ]. a. Strong, G., I16th Ohio, hand.
h lJer. Swain, H, l 10th Ohio, head - ''i
1"H'Wg Stroud, B, llth Virginia, wrist. 'e-'
j. M Yoke, H, ll6th Ohio hip.
N INV TT Mnphrav C 1IAth Ohio eboulJor
1 p Prettyman, A. l1th Virginia, hip.
low. S. Stevens, +, llth Virginia, arm.
Jas. Brooks;D, llth Virginia, knee. ''"
u Perry Collins, F, lTth Virginia. ,'1'
'oB9 H. Collins, F, llth Virginia, leg.
Erastus White, B, 10th Ohio thigh.
3nJas!F. Springer, B, 10th Ohio, rheum
u Newton Wood A, llth Virginia, leg.
\ E. H! Hoyt, b. ll6th Ohio, hip. ~
=. e. Gt Carleton, G, ll6th Ohio, foot. ~"
'Ebs Lieut. NJ Hopkins c. 7th Virginia. "'e
A. !W9 B. Taylor, A, 7th Virginia
| Corp D. Hunt, B, 7th Virginia.
\ Nv "A. Newman, D, It'll Virginia.
ID Especial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette]
WASHINGTON, April 4.
J On Saturday night the situation was as fol-
lows: The 9th corps held the right of our
line from the Appomattox to Battery Lee
the 9th extended from the left of the 9th to a
point opposite Fort Fisher; the right of Gen.
Ords command, composed Of Turner's and
4 Fishers divisions, of the oath, and Birney s
colored division, of the 25th corps, rested far
ther to the left near Fort Sampson, and the
left joined the right of the I'd corps, which
reached the Boydtown plank road, near Bur.
4 cess' mill; Miles division lying across If -