Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH apac RIS dIAL IAL TO THE DAILY UNION ONION new kApril ath the world s telegraphic 0 account of battle nt at five forks which ana was the turn turning ing point in the great con aice OTI and which Sheri dans generalship generals bip will take rank with anything on record it appears that grant was not sath satisfied fied with the du duys y Is bu business biness on friday and placed sheridan in supreme command of warren s corps and all the cavalry sheridan at once maneuvering with the ia cavalry valry dismounting a portion in ti front ont of the aebela gradually pressed them back into their works under tinder the most terrible ter riolo and desperate fil fighting lit ting of the war while this was being done sheridan set about forming the iti infantry showing the same genius in infantry tactics that he has ha in cavalry it was a marvel to to see eo paltry a force of cavalry press presa back and hold in check rebel in rf antry still they did it and in such a manner as to completely bide the movement of our infantry they were driven back step by step into their works the signal was then given and the infantry 1 closed on their works like the hinge binge of barn rn doors the rebels saw their situ ailua aa tion but did not appear to appreciate how desperate their circumstances they jeff fell back to the left only to see the close line of battle waiting to drive them across the field at the right the horsemen charged them and in their vain attempt to fight out oat in their rew rear the foot and cavalry began to assemble and soon fire cross fire and direct fire by file anday battery rolled fearfully cutting irown down their bravest officers and strewing the field wilh bleeding men their own artillery was turned on them and at last bodies of cavalry mounted their p ird and charged down upon them slashing and tramping them into coffus confusion on they had bad no commanders to lead them out of the foil into which they had fallon fallen and a few more volleys ani and a new charge with tho the command to die or surrender and muskets were th rown op on thy the ground and men are sheri dans prisoners those who escaped were pursued by the fiery custa r and pr pressed used far into the desolate forese fore sf new york april jtb the heralds Hc ralda special says A disputes hom richmond on monday garys b vitt ut little property wa destroyed by the fire which was wait confined mainly to a tobacco warehouse the reception of the union troops was enthusiastic enthusiastic beyond yond all expectation proving that there biere were large of unionism unionise Uni onise inthe C city and many union juniou flags ware were displayed r fortress MOOT akrit ade the newton from rom plymouth states P I 1 I 1 L is anew rebel mbeL ram rini at 11 1 1 anthe roanoke liver ilver which wh ah mounts six 40 1 two hundred bundred poun dera and is plated WI with th seven inch wrought iron on two feet of solid oak oa chels she is expected to be ready J to move more down the river on plymouth mouth and in into to this the sound on april I e 1 igal pill xe also states that nearly all the rabel aadal officers inthe confederacy P numbering ivr two hundred were in I 1 halifax winch is their theli ren rendezvous devous for staler to wade biami hamptons Ham 1 cavalry are threatening ink a ra raid id on the fu supplier rp lies I 1 I 1 between Kinston ind and goldsboro which promises t to bea formidable affair ti I 1 i i i I 1 f WA washington allington april ath 1 On SundAy 7 night 11 before tho 1 tion of ri Richmond c amond 11 the rebels 1 blew up t u nd rani ramson soB tho the james river the ast 1st says 1 i or gen I 1 it command com niad VA qua a r paa coun I 1 yes yesterday arday fiby lie yond little found jhc thc cavalry it it force and drove them back three miles i re turning without loss abe rebel forces are north of tar lar river I 1 philadelphia april fth the bulletins Bulletin 8 special says maj ARAJ gen russell rumell of the corps was wag killed in the late battle nead head qu arte ra army potomac april 2 ad j the outer line or of works which we have been trying in vain for months montha to overcome lia has i tit at last yielded to our victorious army A struggle was wag made by the enemy canny to retain these works which have been of the most moat desperate character orders for an attack on the line east and on the south of petersburg by the and oth corps were carried out punctually at day light the artillery having been hammering away for the greater part of the night along the entire line held by the above corps the troops engaged in tile the action were the secondhand second dand and third divisions and colonel a 8 brigade of the first division A charge was made in front rr nt of forts hell and rice on the jerusalem road and by eight A M we were in in poi possession session of the he fortifications fort mahone bein being L the most elaborate and extensive T these he se works contained fourteen guns some ot of which were werd at once opened on th the enemy just inside and about a one hundred yards from fort mahone alabone was an another oLther work to which the rebels retreated from whence they threw the most destructive fire upon our men causing them to retire from the northern end when the rebels made a dash thinking to recover it entirely the guns gunis on the right wing as well as in in the centre centie had been bee n manned and the assailants were driven back from this time till late in the afternoon and the struggle continued the enemy every effort to recover the fort and about noon the chances seemed that we should lose it hut but soon after the provisional brigade under tinder gen colliss and eners brigade under tinder general benham with hammill Ham mils brigade of the ath corps came on the ground and saved our gallant men in the tort fort from capture and again caused the enemy to retreat the scene on the ground and around this fort was of the most terrible and fearful character and at dark the position of the contestants was the sune as aa during the lay day geo gen wilcox with a p part art of his division made an it attack in front of fort mcgilvroy Mc Gilroy near the appomattox and broke part of the line but WAS soon alter after forced to return to his former position owing to the lack or of support we lost in tile the oti corps irom from eight to ton ten hundred in killed wounded and missing among whom is gen patten commanding the ad division badly wounded in the th e groin and an d colonel getchell of the maine severely sever ely the sixth corps struck the line in front of lort welch near the cel biased lead works and carried them with a verry slight loss they at once pushed for the south side road which was reached at about nine and in in a very short time several miles of it was torn up tip and destroyed they then moved down towards petersburg dri the rebels before them across tho town and run into their inner line close to the city aud and took about 2000 prisoners and 20 guns the twenty fourth corps is holding the line north of X hatcher s run and south of the duncan road connecting with the sixth corps anthe right D and the second on the lea lef we advanced at daylight and took the works in their front with slight loss and over a thousand prisoners were captured here the second corpa who held theline the line from the run a mile and a half cast of the boydstown Boyds town road and over a mile west of it delayed in advancing until sheridan with the fifth corps got within supporting distance on the extreme I 1 left when the entire line moved forward carrying the works almost without opposition the enemy was found to te have fallen back from this part of the 1 line aine wing 0 to the ibe sixth corps cutting them off and they having reached the south side road early in th the forenoon and this ibis cut the rebel army in two tho the two divisions thus caught between the sixth and second corps at once started across the south side road towards the appomattox hoping to be able boford it I 1 and a 1 ud thus escape capture they ran against sheridan and utting putting on a bold appearance appearances made a show low to fight two divisions of the second cot ps at once sent sarit to flank eible bible and c capture a atut e the our loss daring the day cannot be div an fn jt is believed that 2000 will cover th them enax many man yo lucers lio however wever b are among ithe number our captures capture swill will sum gulfi up about prisoners and 38 aipa laken t by sheridan She fidan yesterday yester the losa of tho the enemy in killed and is riot estimated in jtb corps they lic 16 1 boiu around d voy very thick atac dawn b by y huu dreda at each e wort effort to 0 o ivd ind gain the lost ground gen ramson is badly wounded and a 0 prisoner in out our hands bands and gen A P reported killed washington april fth A passenger who lett left city point anoint early on oil yeste yesterday iday morning says that tat lal on sunday night our men commenced I 1 laying the rail mil road track from station 8 to a distance of three miles and also began throwing bridges over the river the former ones having been destroyed the work now in in pro gi greab asi will establish a complete line of ten tell miles milea from city point P to petersburg b it rg verry little property was destroyed by the I 1 rebels in petersburg who during sunday night milde u haty ha ty retreat and it is supposed there that lee was endeavoring dc deavo ring to escape by way of the dan vi lo ie rail road A portion of our army following in m that direction washington april ath A correspondent rion bioni city point says sacs that lee has divided the remnant ot of his army and is retreating in two small columns dumns our pi prisoners isomers iso ners at noon yesterday exceeded the rebel destruction ot of property in their retreat literally beggars description the star has the following our gun boats have moved up the james river ind are now engaged in removing ob the rebels fired bred petersburg in several placed before evacuating c the town but the lire fire was speedily e extinguished x tin gui shed I 1 newborn newbern april 1st ast supply trains on the wilmington and weldon railroad are now running 0 from wilmington to gold goldsboro boro loaded with sup supplies plies for Sher shermana mans army trains are also running night and in day over the road rom from this point to goldsboro aud and steamers are running up tip the neuse river to kinston for the c same ame purpose wilson station april fth to stanton the army is pushing forward in the hope of overtaking over faking and dispelling dispel sing the remainder of lees army sheridan heri dau s cavalry and the ath corps are between this and the appomattox meade and the ad and ath corps are following the line of the south side railroad all of the enemy that retain anything like an organization L have gone north of tile the appomattox and are apparently rel itly heading lie abing ading 1 lor for lynchburg t their losses have aven very heavy the hous hotis es through L the country are nearly all used us as hospitals for their wounded and in every direction I 1 hear bear of rebel soldiers pushing for home in large and small squads and generally without arms our cavalry have pursued so closely that the enemy has been forced to destroy probably a greater part of their transportation caissons chaissons cais sons and mit munitions notions ot of war the number of prisoners captured yesterday yes exceeded 2000 and from the of march to the present pr ebent time our loss in killed wounded and captured will not probably reach of whom from 1500 to 2000 are captured and many but slightly wounded we shall continue in pursuit as long as there appears auy any use in it signed G RAN T new york april ad the heralda Heral dB s corro correspondent has haa the following account of operations on oil sunday at midnight of saturday celii wilcox had orders to demonstrate on the right of the line so as to draw the rebels from the left preparatory to operations in that quarter the next morning admiral porter and all the artillery in the works on the right were also set at work As wilcous Wil coxs skirmish line advanced the rebels were aroused and some volleys of musketry were heard indicating that they were wc re at work amid tile the noise noise and smoke the ahe skirmishers pushed on oil until re acing tile the outskirts I 1 of petersburg when they met inet a heavy body of rebels upon tit ahm M A brisk engagement followed 1 t but our numbers were so BO small that we were compelled to withdraw wilcox then gut orders orders to aca tack on the afie right mid and form for hone on the afie left he massed a column for the purpose ponc anu ana while this was being done similar dig dispositions positions were making further to the left and a system of cannon signals had been n agreed d upon to co lix fix the moment to start that ha till all might begin the casault simultaneously and owing to a mist which to h hung over the field preparations were concealed from the one m y and at 4 0 clock the signal given and the men advanced quickly in perfect order with fixed bayonets that they went to stay was indicated by their beira being g accompanied by ot heavy artille artillery ry and were prepared and work the enemy B guns the rebel picket line defied and ob leering cheering and mui musketry ketry firing wai was taken up tip along chott the left until ls dist drice au an order wis was div an c fn 11 to charge go anil and away the noble fellows went over over breastworks rifle eibl and the tb parapet of tile fore into their main works and the deed decd was accod accomplished p lis lied forn for i morn moment erit tile th thu thunder uder k rebels debels looked then took to flight but our men captured 2000 men nine guns gum were turned quickly in iii tho fort and trained men were fitt bet lit at wol k annoying the rebel batteries batte riis this with us its operations further farthi r to tile the left cut the rebel line in two and took from them their commanding position and a lar large e mount amount of valuable artil artillery lerv scarce scarcely y were 0 we in in quiet possession of the fa fort rt when tile the rebels having reorganized their forces and picked up tip some reinforcement came up a determined effort to retake it they made most desperate assaults standing up tip manfully against the HIP terrific discharges of grape pannier pann ean nister and withering volleys of musketry but to no purpose four times during tile the day they attempted to retake the position but each time were sent reeling back in disorder losing heavily each time in one of these assaults the rebel gun gen A P hill lost his life seeking in person to lead his men up to tile wol works ks in the meantime the ath and corps I 1 leaving 13 ving broken through tile the rebel till lines ea in III their front were swung around to lo the rear and coming down both upon their rear and flank and it was evident that petersburg was lost to the rebellion the movements of the ath corps were so rapid that gen lee himself narrowly escaped capture uis his headquarters head quarters fell into our hands the tribunes correspondent thus recounts the operations on our left at on sunday morning the ucb corps left its lines to attack the enemy s lett left and center it moved in es esch chelon clon so as to enable tile the corps to throw forward its lett left flank upon the works of the enemy one sifter another sown soon a battery ot ol four guns opened on the divisi n but by a rapid charge ot of the brigade it was captured the batteries ot of the enemy now opened from every point but on went our gallant gi llant braves and the left was soon reached and some works in their front and one by one they lell fell into our hands at 1030 the grand picture or of war presented itself A line of cot chips P with its lett left in the advance was sweeping on toward two hevy forts the enemy plied their |