| Show i elmo olAc grap washington 4 gen weitzel telegraphs from richmond that he found there 28 locomotives A passenger and baggage cars and log keight freight cars at this morning grant from sutherland station 10 miles from petersburg towards burkesville Burkes ville telegraphs that sheridan picked up 1200 prisoners m koday today to day and from to more have leen leen deen gathered by our troops the majority of the arms that were left in the hands of lees army are now scattered richmond riehmond rich Eich mond and where his troops now are the country is also full of stragglers the line of retreat is marked with artillery ammunition burned or charred wagons cassons caissons chaissons eals cais sons ambulances etca etea signed STANTON new nev york 4 1 I the heralds correspondent says general warren was relieved of his command of the ath corps on saturday by order of gen sheridan the cause is generally understood to be tardiness or refusal to obey orders by charging the rebel lines warren and staff passed to the rear stopping but a few moments at at grants headquarters the worlds lir account of Sheri dans battle at the five forks was the turning point in the great conflict and which under Sheri dans generalship awill will take rank with anything on re foord it appears that grant was not satisfied latis nied fied with the days business on friday t and placed sheridan in supreme i ireme preme command of warrens corps and jill dl the cavalry sheridan at once maneuvered with his cavalry dismounting i a portion in front of the rebels and gradually pressed them back in their works under the most terrible and desperate fighting of the war while this ras gas vas was being done sheridan set about I 1 forming the infantry showing the same genius in infantry tactics that he has in ea cavalry valry it was a marvel to see so retry paltry a force of cavalry press back and old told in check rebel infantry still they did it and in such a manner ss as to completely hide the movements of fur lur infantry they were driven back tep dep by step into their works A signal ras vas then given and the infantry closed a ou the their r works like huge Z barn doors the rebels saw the situation but did hot tot appear to appreciate how liow desperate tere their circumstances they fell feek feck to the left but only to see sea the close athe t he line of battle waiting to drive em in across the field at the right t horsemen charged them in their nn h attempt to fight a way out in r rear the foot and cavalry began to able and soon a fire cross eross fire and fire by file and batte battery rolled ire ife jing cutting down their br bravest avest of ars rs and strewing the field with bleed in he men their own artillery was t a them and at last bodies of caval mounted noun ouetea ted their parapet and charged h upon them slashing and tramp them thew into confusion they had no min om amanders anders to lead them out of the foil in aich they had fallen A few more vol ys gys a new charge and a command ea dl leor or surrender and muskets Ja thrown on the ground by me ho are Sheri dans prisoners re isio ho escaped peed paid were pursued by the d fler tar and pressed far into the de sola soia it teft ll 11 t in ed i i ask isk washington 4 ee on S sinay ay night before the occupation of anond the rebels blew up the for nor forts an and rams in the james river headquarters head army potomac Po tomae 2 our losses aurles the day dav cannot be given but it is believed that 2000 will cover them many officers however were among the number our captures will sum up about prisoners 38 guns uns including those taken by sherian lan ian yesterday e berday the loss of the enemy in in ka killed ti ed and wounded is not estimated in front of the oth corps they lie on the ground aund 1 very thick they were mowed yo down wn by hundreds at each effort to regain the lost ground gen ransom is badly wounded and a prisoner in our hands hanis general A P hill is reported killed washington 4 the star has the following our gunboats gun boats have moved up james river and are now engaged in removing obstructions the rebels fired petersburg in several places before evacuating the town the fire was speedily extinguished wilson station 4 the number of prisoners captured yesterday exceeded 2000 from the of march to the present time our loss in killed wounded and captured will probably reach of whom 1500 to 2000 were captured many were but slightly wounded we shall coutin continue ue in pursuits pursuit as long as there appears any use in in it signed C GRANT new york 5 the worlds correspondent has the following account of the operations of sunday at midnight on saturday gen wilcox had orders to demonstrate on the right of the tile line so as to draw the rebels from the left preparatory to operations in that quarter next morning admiral porter and all the artill erwin eryin the works on the right were also set at work wilcous Wil coxs skirmish line advanced the rebels were aroused and sharp volle volleys s of musketry were heard indicating in that they were at work amid the noise of smoke kehe the skirmishers pushed on oil until aft the outskirts of petersburg when they were met by a heavy body of rebels advancing upon them A brisk engagement followed but our numbers were so small that we were compelled to withdraw wilcox then got orders to attack fort mahone on the left he massed a column for the purpose while this was being done similar dispositions were making makin further to the left and a system of cannon canion signals had been agreed upon to fix the moment to start that all ail might assault simultaneously owing to the mist which hung over the field the preparations pa rations were concealed from the enemy at 4 the signal was given and the men advanced quickly in perfect order with fixed bayonets the order was given to charge and away the noble fellows went over breastworks rifle pits de frize and the parapet of the fort into the main work and the deed was accomplished shed for a moment the thunderstruck thunder struck rebels looked and then took to flight but our men captured men nine guns gulls found in the fort were quickly trained and set nt tit work annoying the rebel batteries this with the simultaneous operations e erat ions lons further further to the left cut the rebel line in two twos and took from them a commanding position and a large amount of valuable artillery scarcely were we in quiet possession of the fort when the rebels havin having reorganized C their forces aud pieke picked up some reinforcements came up with a der ter mined eibrt to retake it they made most desperate assaults standing up manfully against terrific discharges of grape and cannister and withering volleys of musketry but to no purpose four times during the day they attempted to retake re take the position but each time they were sent gent back in disorder losing heavily each in one of these assaults the rebel pebel gen A P hill lost his life while seeking in person to lead the men u up p to the works meantime the ath and 2 etli corps corp havi ing broken through the rebel lines in their front were swung around to the rear and coming down both upon their realand rear and flank it was waa evident burg was lost to the rebellion the movements of the oth corps were so rapid that gen lee himself narrowly escaped capture and his headquarters headquarter 4 fell into our hands the tribunes correiar correspondent ondene thus re counts til the operations on our left AT on sunday morning the ath corps left its lines to attack the left anae ande and enter center in echelon so as to enable the corps to throw forward its left flank upon the works of the enemy one after another soon a battery of four guns uns opened upon the division but U by a rapid charge of the brigade it was captured the batteries of the enemy now opened from every point but on went our gallant braves to the left and soon reached some of the works in their front and one by one they fell into our hands at 1030 a grand picture of the war presented itself the line of corps with its left in advance was sweeping on toward two heavy forts the rebels plied their guns vigorously and the shells burst thickly over our line on pushed the left division until it struck the south side of the railroad and against the two forts swept the ad division our artillery played upon the forts from commanding positions incessantly until our men were close up to them then a dash was made upon the works which was repulsed again it was tried and this time met with success but so resolute were the rebels inside that some of them used the bayonet for a short time As the works fell into our hands a loud cheer rent ithe the air and the eneid enemy were seen hastily retiring to their secona second line which opened sharply in an effort to stay our advance while the above fighting was taking place plate the ath corps and cavalry under sheridan turned the right wing of the rebel army taking prisoners the ad corps connected with the right of the ath was also victorious notwithstanding they had perhaps the roughest ground round to fight over and a brave and determined ter mined ma moe roe in the rebel ad corps the line of defenses in front of the ath corps corper was stronger than those at any other point it delivered many assaults during the day and suffered severely at night it found itself close up to the main line of defenses but unable to go any further the division of the loth corps aided the ath greatly washington 5 to dix A telegram just received from richmond states that weitzel captured in richmond 1000 well prisoners and wounded he found pieces of artillery and stand of arms the president went to richmond yesterday and returned to city point today new york 6 the tile heralds correspondent writing from the late mansion of jeff davis in richmond says the evacuation of that city was seriously contemplated several days before it took place but the final decision was not arrived at till sunday afternoon last when rhen lee telegraphed to davis that grant had rendered the holding of the city by him impossible this tel tei teleran telegram eram was read in the churches and the departure of the leading rebels commenced at once and was eon con continued linued through ai the night 0 jerf jeff davis left at ci eight lit in the ev evening enin for danville it is understood that thai the government are arc archives hivel were sent to that place and weidon weldon north carolina the works in front of richmond consist of three strong lines wholly enveloping ve the city the outer ones are continuous the inner one consisting of a series of strong re doubts and abattis abatgis the forts in all these mount u upwards va r ds of guns and would had g they y been properly garrisoned leoned form an almost impregnable a series serles rie 4 of defenses defences de fences torpedoes were thickly strewn all over the ground with little flags for the safety of rebels but bilt which they neglected to move in their hasty flight and thus saved the lives of many of our men when march marching ilig 1139 into richmond the second line was found equally as strong as the first excepting as to abattis abatgis and torpedoes torpedo esi the third line is just outside the edge of the town and is situated on high ground these works like the others mount heavy guns davis took on the train he tie escaped with and carriages so as to take to tile count country rV in case the tiie road was aras interrupted E extra atra billy smith did not leave till after midnight he left his wife behind as also did gen geri lee the newa news 0 of lii lil the death of her son bon in battle lia has been received the tile legislature was in jn session as 11 latort late as pine nine on sunday night when they started for columbia columb I 1 a an and d the james river breckenridge left the city as late as half past six on monday mornin morning A large number of rebel officers were captured and paroled nashville 5 gov Bro brownlow willow was binau inaugurated at the capital at 11 his inaugural address was lengthy and patriotic both houses have unanimously ratified the constitutional amendment new york 6 the heralds dispatch dated russell ville ala with the cavalry column of thomass army under gen nelson says the forces consist of three divisions and were soon to be joined by the ath its destination was selma montgomery and mobile the country so far traveled contains only old men women children and negroes provisions were plenty our ur foragers for agers found no difficulty in obtaining s supplies upp lies lles A few rebels appeared and skirmished with our advance this was the only opposition met with many rebel deserters had delivered themselves up new orleans 31 the true orue delta says headquarters has received information that candys army was within a mile of mobile an attack on fort bradley the main defence of mobile 11 obile frank gardiner commanding had already commenced laury maury iN is commanding at mobile and dick taylor in spanish fort port the bombardment of the latter commenced on the 2 te new Orle orie orleans allt alit 1 via cairo 6 the times correspondent at headquarters army corps near Blakely F says there has been much skirmishing nil mi shing but not a regular battle as yet the bombardment of spanish fort progresses favorably torpedoes fill the approaches to the fort our skirmishers are within to yards yarm of the fort we have it encompassed on three sides their only chance of escape being baing by water if a gunboat sean lean ean can get up they cannot escape gen granger and staff narrowly escaped being blown uby up by torpedoes placed in the road col ber ertrand and brigade captured a rebel telegraph office and dispatches showing that the rebels were fully posted in relation to our movements forces and places gen steel captured two railroad supply trains at pollard at the last accounts our losses do not exceed 60 killed and to wounded rebel bebel steamers ply regularly between mobile and spanish fort conveying reinforcements and guns I 1 new york 7 smith douglas co of london and arid james smith co of liverpool had suspended liabilities between and burkesville Burkes ville station 6 1115 pm to gen grant I 1 have the honor to report that the enemy made a stand at the intersection of burkes station road with the road on which they were retreating I 1 attacked them with the tile ad division of the ath army corps and routed them hands handsomely 0 mely making a connection with the cavalry I 1 am push pushing ingon on with both cavalry andin and in fantry up to this point I 1 have captured gens ewell kershaw bolton dolton corse debarry and custis lee several thousand prisoners 14 pieces of artillery with caissons chaissons cais sons and a large number of wagons if the thing is pressed I 1 think lee will surrender signed SHERIDAN headers ad army corps pm 6 maj gen webb our last night fight just before dark at sailors creek gave us two guns ehret flags a considerable number of ariso prisoners ners wa wagons ons 70 ambulances bu win with mules an and horses to about half of the wagons and ambulances there are between thirty and forty wagons in IA addition abandoned and destroyed along the road also some battery wagons forges and timbers I 1 have already reported to you thecae the capture of one gun two alaga flags and some prisoners and the fact that the road for over two miles is strewn with tents baggage cooking utensils some amunt tion and materials all kinds of wagons are across the tile approach to the bridge and it will take some time to clear lear it the enemy is is in in position on the heights beyond with artillery the rhe bridge is partially destroyed and continued on pae page 2211 continued from page the approaches are of sont soft so ft bottom land we cannot adva advance ribe ilbe tomorrow to morrow in the same manner as we have today to day As soon as I 1 get 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