The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-19

vop,d he obliged to pass through Apo
mattox Courl House and Anpomal9lx
Station on-th railroad 70 reach Lyncn;
burg by the road be had taken north o
the Appomattox river, and that was ne
longest road 10 get there. He had gwen
tbs shortest one-the one south q me
riyer-to the cavalry. X a
BRISK ENGAGEMENT.
Our start on. the morning Of the. 9th was
before the sun was. up, and having pro:
ceeded but 4 few miles, Major White, Of
Tho scouts, reached me with tue news that
the supply trains we're East Of Appomattox
station. Bsforereaching the station, Gus
ter detailed two Tegin, ents to make 2 ue'
tour, strike the railroad beyond ne s!at.on'
tear up the track and secure the trains;
This was accomplished, but on the arrival
of the main body Of our advance nj inc
station, It was found that the advance-guard
OF Lees army was just coming on inc
ground. A sanguinary engagement AZ once
ensued. The enemy was,driyen on, iorty
pieces Of artillery captured and 400 baggage
wagon burdens. The railroad trains hsd
been occurred in the frs onset, and wtrs
taken possession OF by locomotive engl'
neers. soldiers in the command, whose de-
ljpht at sgain getting at their former ON:
uIoyment was so gteat that they produced
he widest coniusion by running the trains
10 and fro On The track, and making such
m rnearthly EcreechiDg with the whistles
that | was al one Time OH the point oil o.
dering tie trains burnt; but We finally got
them Of, and ran them to our rear, ten or
fifteen miles, TO Ord and Gibbon, who,
with the infantry were following the
cavalry. The cavalry continued The light
| ing nearly all that night, driving the enc
nv back to the vicinity OF Appolnattox
Court house, a tislaAce OF about four miles,
thus giving him no rePose, and covering
the weakness Of the attacking io'cs. Oh
! remember well the little lrame house
| Lust south Of the station, where the head ;
Iauartors Of the cavalry rested, Or rather
| remained, for there was no rest the pight o.
the Sth. Dispatches were going bacS TO
our honored chief, General Grant, and Ord
was requsted 10 push on the ,wearied IN;
iantry. Tomorrow was 10 end our +ou'
Ibles in all reasonable. probability, but u
was thought necessary that the iniaatry
should arrive, in;oTder to doub)y insure
thc result. Merritt, Crook and Custer wgre,
at times, there. Happiness, was In every
heart. Our long rad weary lab0rs were
about to Close;, our dangers soon 70 end,
There was no slcep; there had been but
little for The previous eight or nine days,
autIiS l,,s LIE IEMaEp IS..u.!sa ID
Before sunrise, General Ord canie in re-
porting the near approach OF his conf
maud: After hasty consultation about
positions 10 DO taken up by the incoming
ttoops, we were in the saddle and off for
the front, in the vicinity of Appomsttox
Court house. AS we wereappfoaching the
village, .at heavy line Of Confederate, in
| flniry was seen advancing and rapid If
| ing commenced. Riding to a slight eleva-
ton, where could get a view OF the I'D
yancing enemy Immediately sent direC-
tions to Ganeral Merritt for Clusters and
Devcns divisions 10 fall slowly back, aud
az they did so to Withdraw to our right
flank, thus unmasking 0rd's and Gibbons
Infantry. d Crook and Mackenzie, on the
extreme left, were ordered TO hold
fast. Shortly iafterwardoI returned from
General Ord toIthe ffont,c making for
General Merritt'S battle -hsg I on the
rlRlt HANK Ol lu6 lIHC. w LoaSu
Ing it, the order TO ndeance was given, and
every gufd6n Sas Bent 70 the front, and as
we sweptby toward the left Of the 'enetny's
line OF battle, ne opened heavy fire iot
artillery. No head was paid to the deadly
missiles, and, with the widest yells, we
soon reached a point some distance to his
right and nearly opposite Appomattox
Court House. Beyond us, in low valley,
lay Lee and the remnant Of his, army.
They did not appear to be much ofganiza-
tion, except in tho advanced troops under
General G irdon, whom We had been fight
ing, and rear guard under General Long,
street, still further up the valley. Forna-
lions were Immediately commend d to
make q bold and sweeping charge down
the grassy slope, when an ai6-it-camp
from Custer, filed with excitement, hat in
hand, dashed up 70 me with ainessage from
his chiei; "Lee has surrendered Do not
charge; the white flag, is UP Orders
were given to complete the formation, but
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