The New York Herald Newspaper, April 2, 1865, Page 1

WHOLE No. 16,442, GRANT. 4" * NEW YORK, SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1865, THE BATTLE FIELD OF FRIDAY. IE FIGHTING ON FRIDAY./qhe Baitary Situation South of Petersburg——Soene of Grant's Operations on the Boydtomn and White Oak Roads. es pra basta : The Troops Turn and Drive the Rebels, and Capture the White Oak Road. CAPTURE OF FOUR FLAGS. The Combination Against Richmond. Details of Thursday’s Operations on the Left. Very Little Fighting om that Day, and | Our Lines Steadily Advancing, Lee Commanding the Rebel Forces in Person. Wikox's, Wise’s, Bushrod Johnson’s, Heth’s | and Pickett’ Rebel Divisions on the Frout. @nemy’s Flank. CASUALTIES, &o., &e., &e, THE OFFICIAL REPORTS. Secretary Stanton to General Dix, ‘Waeumeoron, April 1, 1865, Major General Dix, New York:— The feliowing telegram, in relation to the military operations mow going on at the front, Wae received this morning. Nothing inter has Sanched this department. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Whe President to Secretary Stanton. Cire Pour, Va., March 31—8:90 P. M. Won. Eowm M. Sravron, Secretary of War:— At half-past twelve P. M. to-day General Grant lnlegraphed me as follews:— * There has been much hard fighting this morn- Pes. The enemy drove oer left from near Dabney’s Howse back well towards the Boydton plank rood, We are now about to take the offensive at Was point, and I hope will more than recover the Jere grounds. Later he telegraphed again as follows:— Gur troops afier being driven back to the Boyd- tea plank road turned and drove the enemy in turn, nd took the White Oak road, which we now have. ‘This gives us the ground oeoupied by the enemy this joraing. I will send you a rebel flag captured by pox troopa in driving the enemy back. There have been Sour flags captured to-day. 4, Sedging by the two points from which General Oesnt telegraphs, I infer that he moved his head- qrarters about one mile since he sent the first of "the two despatches, A. LINCOLN. THE HERALD REPORTS. Mr. 8. T. Bulkley'’s Despatch. Busoqua: Aguy oF THE PoTomac, In tun Pinto, March 90, 1868. } * gi that, ie meccessary to ineure a heavy rain storm is fo have Generel Meade iasue his orders for g movement ‘f the Army of the Potomac, Such, at least, has seomed @o be the fact; for whenever a movement has taken ‘pleee, of is in progress, the heavens have opened, and a @>inge that would have done credit to the days of Noah Gatlowed. For the past twelve or fifteen hours the rain ‘mea fallen in torrents, not only rendering tho roads eisacst impassable for heavy wagons and thereby retard- tay; army movements, but every ene connected with the & i ‘ 2 “ The ‘over which the line passed ts the worst imaginable. ground is naturally swampy and full of quicksand while decayed trees and athick growth of added to the slashings of the enemy, were to rend>r it impassable in the estimation of one ‘whacquainted with the mdomitable energy of our brave eoldiers and their accomplished leader. The heavy tain, too, had made the country one vast lake, through whith the line waded, driving the enemy pell mel! before then. ‘THB ENEMY WITHDRAWS. Several lines of. works. had been cqnstracted by the enemy, but they did mot attempt to hoki them, but steadily fell back as we advanced. AWAITING THE ARTILLERY, By noon our line was advanced a mile and a half, when it was in plain sight of the enemy’s main line of works. As under the circumstances it was impossible to bring up our artillery, a halt was ordered and our troops commenced throwing up works and turning those con- structed by the enemy. During the sivance, which was made under a pelting shower of rain, but little fighting was done, apd the ca- Gualties are very few. General Humphreys, who is re- gardedas one of the most accomplished engineer officers in this or any other army, considers the advance under the circumstances as one of the most remarkable in the annals of war. ‘TUB PRESENT LINED. Onr line at present extends from Hatcher’s run on the Tht to the Boydton plank road on the left, connecting ‘Wth the Fifth cofps, whose advance this morning wee stoultancous with ours. aMeniDar, Sheridan’e cavalry is on the right of the Fifth, and rage will be sent him from Humphreys’ station to- Sorrow. Doubtless the advance of hie column hasbeen layed by the storm. ‘The line will doubtless move forward at an early hour {4the morning, and our close proximity to the memy ‘WM bring on ap engagement at an early how. The Cuntry now im our frout is high and rolling, and 19 entmently well adapted to the passage of troops Heavy details are at werk builaing corduroy reeds for ‘the passage ef artillery and trains. fwelve prisoners heve bees sent in during the dey. in my despatch ay Feoounting the operations of this oe pero me tomy © Color was One Hondred and Twenty-trm New York, Nh shecid More ead the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth New York. 1 make this correction out ef justice to the " which behaved with great gallantry on the ococasion. cuseavtian, “P forward « list of casualties for the day and yester- fimce tho engagement between General Grifin’s divs exm, @& the Fifth corps, and a portion of Anderson's vovel corps, on the Quaker road yesterday afternoon, very Mitle fighting bas ocourred up to the hour of writing. Our line has been steadily pressed forward, ‘ad the left of the Fifth corps now occupy the Boydton p wok road near the junction with the Quaker road. The cond corps jon the Fifth on the right, while 0 is now moving towards his destination. ‘This is about the sitaation of matters to-night, and eo ‘er all is working well. The movement is not intended, ‘us my opinion, to attack the enemy im his intrench- samta, Dut merely t@ occupy his attention while Sberi- don ta ot work, EWS TRON suNMIDAN. ‘The last news we had from Sheridan he was makin ‘wo progress and meeting with no opposition. ‘jee has aloo beem the case with the tafantey onder the immedtateeye of General Meade. me] tas cxmey fas eens pred caren bSeacetnens ns «ag the whole I Pelersburg, occupied ay Biot pay ah racy re grate ay: — Our tose in the affair was (riding, fis gbtee ee, ra srillery; le Mr. Wm, J, Siarks’ Despaten, Te aaa is tal aoe rho Mr. L. A. Hemdrich’s Despatenh, Abeavy rain storm eet in during last night and has Kain Gaseous Wen, wares 30, 100” } emunued all day, The sky ts clear, however, as 1 alt wn to waite, and the morrow bids fair to be pleasant, ADVANCE IN LANE OF BATTLE, Inders wore isaued for a grand advance this morning at .ardoek, but the wotence of ihe rain and the conse. ‘nt condition of the eountry intorfered with the IKeral mpllance with the ordbr, and it was well on towards + « fi @'cloak before the advance bogan, Tho various [ further and more brilliant irlampha + felons of the corps advanced simultanconnly in line of TUB EKIRME ERP ADVANCR ALKOME UROPTORED, 91, 907 MATTMMANETS 9990 Moving those of phe gnemy, J There io but Mio Wp ropar today, About seven | AOMXG vor sKIRINENENG I THE IVTH OORTS. | The day has. passed without bettie, but not without jabatanval victory. Glowly bet earely our forces aro vocom pliatring the ehjecta of the preseas movement. The poeecenes thus far achieved have greatly inepirited the They were nover in bewer eptrite than to-night. {a Bow apparent to all that we are on the sure road to 8? [ SCALE oF WILES o’clock our skirmish line advanced, contrary te pectation, did not moet with tbe resistance anticipated ‘The enemy left bis line of outer works fronting us, and from the let with ERs mse an fell back to second, believed to be » itis ‘This morning GiMiculs to account for this of thetr works— Ce Own apd the snemy’s wlong end strong tnfantry pagapet, 9008 positions | left fheld- after Duried woah ob wanda one tak 6 for artillery—especially in view of a subsequent ebarge e thisteun made to drive us back. pe WT vom Be compass were ‘THR SFEMY MAES A ORARGR found nine dead and f among ‘Thie charge was handsomely repuleed. It waa made | them, The enemy got aflay e large a Of deed, a6 about three o’chock, Batteries B, Fourth United States, and D and G, Fifth United States, rendered most efficient service in repuleing this assault, POSITION ON THE BVRNING OF Tun SOTR, We now occupy the dividing midge between Gravelly Tun and Hatcher's ran. Our advance is about threo- fourths of a mile beyond the position ocoupled last even- ing. We are nearly a mile north of the junction of the Quaker road and Boydton plank road. General Griffin is on the right, General Crawford in the centre, and General Ayres on the left, whore troops now command the White Oak road. GENERAL LEB IN COMMAND I8 OFB FRONT, Prisoners and deserters agree in she statement thad ering to the statements oon feet une oe tests fog e eplcn of une Jone, it fe probable that the casualties of the evemy yes terday gum up fully twelve hundred. 4 RESRL OPFIORR MISTAKES mS WAY. Not knowing that we fled taken the Boydton plan Toad oot a rebel officer (Lieutenant Foulkes, Forty-eighth Virginia regiment) hie Itberty. He came into our lines Dy mistake. Judging from conversation with bim, I do Rot conclude that he ie suffering from great grief on ac- count*of his temporary withdrawal from the rebel service, From him I learn that Lieutenant Warrick, of General Wise’s staff, wae killed yesterday, He admits the enemy’s loss yesterday as ovet a thousand killed and wounded, which’ shows that my cstimated loss given above is very clos to the truth. 4 VOLUNTERR 3EGRO SOLDIER A negro servant, Charles Hygate by name, of an officer of the One Hundred and Bighty-ffth New, ment, is among the many heroes of re fight He deserves special mention, as his gallant conduct was voluntary. When the regiment went into action be managed to get a musket, and took position in the front rank, and fought with as stout a heart end efficient result aa the bravest. He would not give up Sghting until bShad Deen wounded five times. His final wound cost him a leg. BRIGADIER GENERAL CHAMBEMLAIN, ‘Thingalaih ‘whose brigade sustained the brunt of yemterday’s will remsins in command of his brigade, notwithstanding hie wound. He did not relin- quish his command, although advieed and urged to go to the hospital. =n waarnmm. A rain st0rm pet in last evening, and, with oecasional intervals, 1t has rained all day, It was no common rain storm, but a regular deluge. Our supply trains have betn early all day Coming a very fow wiles, on aocount of the bad condition of theroada The sky has cleared up to- e YH LATPARY AND GHRETLAR COMMBRDORS. ‘Wo never have @ battle ‘without exemplification of or Obristian Commission. agents have been un- ‘wwoally active thus far, pire, bet of the Christian Commission, has performed e most dative ect of charity hy wapplies of bot tea and coffee and beef tea, He haga mounted meshanical eon- twivance, by which he Keeps a large and continuous sup- ply ef these invigorating liquide on band, and the most salutary and beneficent resulte follow this free and gene Tous disporal of them, . . Mr, Theodore C, Wilson’s Despatch, ‘Dixwipmse Gown? House, March 80—Noon, After @ march of over four hundred milos, General Sheridan entered the lines of tho Army of the Potomae nm Monday, the 27h, General Lee countermanded the order, and directed, in cane of our advance, failing back to the pomtion they now Prk eat Prk Age, osening bis OMAN bab beapeaag 6 eb exoter ot a | Cn ies fasta of RM cate (gb a Sap anen ergelieiaa ee Gabenry to divteed tebe toe Td Oe oO om ae One of these ta: commanded by Major General Cohn bn by Brevet Major General M rritt, the la Dommanded by Major General theridan, SreRTOAWe Pam my KOvRURST:. Atrix o'clock on the morning of the 20th the cavalry Lf sap, moving by Ue rear line of Grant's works, aud OAY. CREEK GTATIO! ork regs 12 =) BEORGE 0.H, By alt pe seher dale dye wragehag w ve exdewonee, wtien Setenby denn, ln vnty er act kn good soa (ton 06 fo find them. bmnon ov COURT ROUEB. "s Qt Across we pushed on for Vv ~ Dear the place we ada Yrief Gaxteenth (rebel) independent bat talien attempting fo check our advance. Colonel Knowles, in oomsitnd of the Twenty-first Pennsyl- vania, chatged portion of bie command and drove the revels of Mr. CBRarles H. Hannam’s Despatch. Haapquabrans, Srxtu Anwy Conre, Naan Parmsasuno, March 90, 1865. ' THE ENEMY GILL WH FORCE IN FRONT OF THE M:XTH CORPS. The movement onthe left has not yet been actually participated in by thie corps, although we aro hourly expecting (0 do 00, Dug movements must of necessity depend almost entirely on those of the enemy. Up to the time f am writing this we have not learned anything which load us to suppose that théir lines on our front have been weakened. ¥or information of this kind are dependent on our signs) officers, and they have Bot yet noticed the withdraw! of any large force of re- bole towards the extreme right of their linca, From the deserters Who came in last night no information of any moment was obtained, and they were not aware that Lee bad recently made any great changes In the disposition of his troops. The operations of our forces on the ex- treme left will be fully reported by the large number of Correspondents you have out there, and consequently I need not write any of 498 thousand and one rumors cir- culating f our camp#'tn relation to matters out there, AOTIVITY OF THE REBELA. ‘That great activity prevails in the rebel camps i¢ appa- Tent from the aignal rockets they sent up last night, and the heavy fring kept up by their batteries on the right of our lines, Along the Bermuda Hundred front it appeared to be partioularly brisk. The line held by this corps was never more quiet than M has been during tho last twenty. four hours, This sate of suspense has been harder for General Wright's veterans to beak, and more trying to their than would be an active parficipation in iovemdlia onthe ft @FRAL Whront’s Star?. The following te © complete roster of stall officers 4 headquarters of the Sixth corps:— lone! M. T. McMahon, Assistant Adjutant General lone Bel, Chief ©, 8. (absont.) Major 0, Apsistant Adjutant nt Colonel Walter 8, Franklin, Assistant In- Wilajor Aniur MoClellen, Brera RF. Bi aa Henry of "sade Guang Proves Major Janes ‘Ald-do-Camp (abrent) Brevet . Whaning, Acting Chic! Guar. Stephen Brovet M Jaman Bi Peatlt, Acting Coe fc8 Lieutenant Colonel 8, A. man, Medical Director, Dr. & J. Allon, Medical Inspector, Major David J. Mitm, Provost Marshal. Captain Georgo C, Wood, Chief Ambulance OMloor. Brevet Major O. K. Russell, Acting C, 8. Lieutenant James W. Dixon, Acting Ald-de-Cam Lieutenant Alex. Gamuels, Acting Assistant Quarter. master. ‘Thos offleers oppoaite whose names the word '' absent” fo written are awhy om detached service, Mr, William H, Merrian’s Despatches, ii run FS cee hateare, Marek 3, ieee} MONITOR FinIKG., EarJy in the forenoon of the 29y) (Wednesday) consid. iit i i THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE FIVE CENTS. erable firing was heard on the James, adjacent to Date Gap. It proved to be none other than s Bétle pretice firing. ‘THE EXcHAXGR General Mulford will exchaoge a number ef priseners to-day, The General's fiagship New York retarned to Varina landing yesterday afternoon, with upwards of Sve hundred prisoners ¢f war aboard, who will enter the rebel Mines as Boulware’s landing, on the Upper James. ‘THE REBEL NBGROMS. Tam advised that the recruiting of rebel negroes foul the rebel army still continues to be a alow business, Als talk about a brigade of them having been reviewed ie Richmond s week ago (the 29th inst.) is simply beak, egroes ofteper desert the confederacy than volumlew ‘te armies for the purpose of fighting to enslave them 3 PRACTIOR. Anew and nevel practice han ‘among the rebels, which demonstrates that houct deed not always exist oven among thieves, A rebel soldier @f ‘Civilian desires to desert, A rebel scout agrees $0 take him to th? Union Mnes and pilot him through fer the um of six hundred rebel dollars, deposited in Riché mond. Ifa citizen, be is led down toa point near Mea, and robbed of hie watch, geld and clothes, if latter are worth taking, and then sent out of the rebef lines to shift as best he may, Several instances of tb style of thing are cited. ORDERED TO WILMINGTON, Brevet Major ©. KE. Walbridge, of long the efficient Quartermaster at Bermuda Hundred, has been ordered te Teport to Major General Terry, to be assigned to duty by Brigadier General George 8. Dodge. The labers, seme months since, of Major Walbridge, in fitting out the leet expedition against Fort Fisher, at Bermuda Hundred, wore arduous in the extreme, and earned for bisy hin Drevet. ACCIDENT 70 GEXERAL FERRERO, Brevet Major General Ferrero, commanding on @e Bermuda line of defences, unde:«Major General Hartes®, met with a severe accident day before yesterday, in falling from his horse, which had stepped suddenly into @ post hole or pitfall. The General was violently pitched from the animal, breaking his arm and dislocating the wriet, The accident will incepatiate the Genera) for guy some time to come. Gayest Wairaen’s March Sd a =} LATEST FROM THE ARMY OF THE JAMES’ FRONT, Everything continues quiet along these lines, 4 fear fui rain storm continues to prevail. Oar Special Washington Despateh. Wasmwerex, April 1, 1860, ‘No later information from General Grant has bees) made public here than that contained in Mr. Etamten’d Dulletin of this morning. It is probable, however, thad further news may be received by the War Deparimen{ and'made public during the night, It in evident that, although the rebels are fighting vig.’ orously for the possession of tlie Seuthside and Danville Railroads, they are unable successfully to withstand thd heavy force now operating against them; and it ie fally Delieved here that Genera ISheridan, with bis cavalry, | already occupied Burkesville station, and ie engaged the destruction of the roads. THB CASUALTIBS. Partial List of Casualties im the Fifth Cog at Gravelly Run, Mareh 20, f arie, ¥, 165th" Ney York aboulder. Ra eel not, K, 186th New York, New York, 186th New York, wath 4th New York rey Hides : 24) i} t f i i i # 473 rT hy # 4 i | air i fl Hd : i te ; : af il i anit A I iy & : i TREE is ii fi i 32 ! Kz & i t Ht Ht Hs i & s ee Dis rj =; BY 5 | a BS i 4 i i F at if i , af eB i i : i if E i j 5 i Geo, Fr, yy xan, right on ow. tw, B, 186th New York, righ ng Wise, B, 10h Fetinryivanie, beod, phe had aan WN, 180th PennayWania, feed nent ron vob inp *e FEsERSES i 186th New York, right shouider, Jeuth Kew York, J shoulder, | ih New Yor! nor, 108th Fenveylvania, 1 eo t Dennis MoGutro, 1, 186th New Yor! cat rin, Geo Ik Johneon, M, Tostt Penorytvazts, let lox. Corp, ©. W. Vorbery, H, 16th Pinney! ania, right Uhigh,) B Halbort, B, 186th New York, eh he hi Gudgingham, 0, 198th Pennsylvania, elbow, Henry Mkts, G Mba Peay ean, Bip. Sound, Alstoad, Pennay!van a, eth Macenders) Sanford D. 4 bgt) New York, frow York, arm. F