The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-03-19

The change was a welcome one. for. although
Meade. Notwithstanding his somewhat irasci-
s sts ts% Bs wh aed he the was e sn@monedaS lad f afWaY;
treated Humphreys with marked kindness
and .hs 60. fHonsideration It i, not to be- disguised
position. after 9, natural EXPRESSION OF din.
as Hancock. Humphreys added. Il can only
promise you that | shall try to do ny duty and
UPON You, to sustain me by the skill and
r nIsysd CIV which so ms yoY a seEe 50 consplcu0uslS dis
November. 1854. and marks a new and still
moro glorious era in the career Of Gen.
stranger to him. nor was he to 1T. They had
known eaeh other long and well. and had per
destined to become better acquainted. and to
conceive . still higher respect for each other.
Although Sen; Humphreys e Chief Of staff,
that the Army. OF the Potomac would at once
extend its left across the railroads Leading
had as yet utterly failed to do so. and although
those railroads had been broken for nine
s @sfldS Pass pa 1He oven sime t he maj Le noi haa MANAGES Sn weaH Is
forts niles Mi sns s6uth Of ffeff etsrsSu iFS% on h' sho &ei;
almost in sight Of the lett naank Of the Union
f Hpm cb1 1t Is an an i Int dtb ns fFG sbrbaS thst
nearly eight months after his assurances, to
aenilv TSI raks IN b fSi. tin, the or %ESs%ps sd tb which ha.
a aipa \ st oi the ap e 1@lS Gaes ans d mas s t y. cave az:
4lry, had been sent out. aud the Third and
Pia,h c0F Rst were ordered Erred to support r;d bis mS onS
resulted IN the extension Of the Federal in.
phreys held the sxtreme left. with the Filth
was st last firmly in tLolr hands and the rebel
On the 18th 81 March Lee. aiming a counter
blow at the Union base. oil, supplies at City
Point Sanf Gnrdnn nm hts a. Uarnta fniacinn
against Fort Steiman, After he WAS hurled
h i 1K b. BY parks,s splendid fShtinEt Mrigh and
enabled 81 Wright to deliver his fatal blow on the
further out toward Dipwiddie Court House:
S WneT Fit he 1, was 81 SO ih roughly aGGhIy handed .dilSe H by P II :
and Warren were in support. Out the rains had
comp eneed. tho creeks were swollen. And the
met with delay and temporary disaster. but
HumphTeys with Miles's division, struck the
s snessf Ssyap rst tss M II iEon az and ld l1aan k;t 1n tb dT loss
oil juO prisoners. Thus the Union FORCES cut
and held Arm possession OF another line of
On the Ist and ID Of April Humphreys car,
r'ed the rebel FORKS on his front ma pushed
Southsiae Railroad at Sutherlands Station;
mus q rthe first time after the cavalry had
ssPtlsn i IIr M the Rss ,s@s spot q, nine tnst m 1a 7 Ge, s%s
closing every avenue OF retreat from Peters
hufS on. tho south side OF the
liver, This movement toward S9therlands
was uis9ppr3ved. to the disgust OF Hunph-
r,eys. and, Niles was recalled to JON in the
direct advance. upon Petersburg. But the
game was UP: the rebel works had been car
RED by assault. tho right Of their army over
nothing left for them. to do hut TO run, for It.
ana. tnRnRs to Humphreys still more than 10
Shefidah or to any other man. the only roads
lqt retreat left open. were those on the north
slde OF me river by Bowels and Goodies bridges
10 amelia Court Hous&
Lee withdrew from Petersburg on the night
toi April :. and the next day tho pursuit began.
Sherluan, with the cavalry and Fllth Corps,
moving on Jetersyille: Humphreys. with the
to tee amsl hi9r Psn TO The northwAr r.. ON md thS road
the 4th Lee reached the Court House. where
ne lost a dry to let his baggage catch up The
ueiay was fatal, for u enabled the SECOND ana
Sixth Corps 10 Join Sheridan at Jetersvillc and
The cavalry alone could not have done this.
Tor the rebel Infantry could have brushed "
easily out OF the way. But when Lee found
himself confronted BY the Federal infantry he
IDENTITY hoping to pass around the Federal left
and reach Farmville or Rice's station. hum
rhreys. heinz onthel left. was the firstto discover
THIS movement, and made haste TO follow the
sixth Corps Joined eagerly in the pursuit. all
striving TO their utmost 10 bring the enemy
70 bay. A running hight for fourteen miles
took place hctween pursued and ,pursuers;
sSISsSs i!SIsntfS and artillery Hsthi on
nearness Of connection. thar / bolieve to
be unexampled. and which l confess aston
q hgndred feet Wide. scarcely caused q pause
crset the gallant Gordon made sndsspsrats
stand. but was sEsin ovsI6orne: with the lSss