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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 06, 1865

Page

2

Petersburg Triumph Rushes Confederate Capital

A detailed dispatch chronicles the Fifth and Second corps breakthrough at Hatcher's Run and Dinwiddie, the capture of 2,500 prisoners, 1,000-plus Union casualties, and the fall of Petersburg. It lauds General Grant's victory, notes Lee's army driven apart, and reports ten to twenty-five thousand prisoners and vast artillery captures as Petersburg falls.

Dix Grant Custor E. M. Stanton Winson Station Apru Ben. E. M. Stanton Lee Sheridan Appomattox Meade Ord Lynchburg Jossin Mrndz Petersburg Hatcher’s Run Vaughn Road Boydton Plank O ‘Sheridan Meine Ricket Carolina Virginia Sheri Chris North Baxter Road Ralph Ely Orlando B. Wilcox Ninth Corps Parke Michigan A. P. Hill Pegram Chancellorsville Gettysburg Army of the Potomac Weldon Orlando B. Willcox Fort Emory Baxter

Destruction and Occupation of a Southern City at Dawn

A Union column entered the city at dawn and dispersed a small Confederate skirmish line. Ely reported capture to General Willcox as crowds of grateful Black residents cheered, while bridges, depots, and tobacco stores suffered heavy damage and a fires brigade was improvised.

Night Assault At Petersburg 1864 Retains Vigilant Defense

In a night action near Petersburg, Union forces fend off a rebel assault after darkness. General Willcox reports at Parke's headquarters as artillery roars, muskets flash, and a misty, smoke filled sky frames the deadly fighting while pickets tighten to prevent breakout.

Willcox Parke Petersburg

Petersburg Evacuated as Union Enters City in 1865

The Army of the Potomac entered Petersburg after Confederate evacuation at 3 am. Rebels burned tobacco and key depots, leaving about one million dollars in losses. Union troops captured a 500-man picket line, entered with limited property damage, and secured order as Mayor Towars and D'Arcy Paul formally surrendered the city to U S forces.

Ely Elyse Willcox Broadway Richmond Railroad Water Street Petersburg Campbell Lee Richmond Virginia A. P. Hill the James Joseph Mayo Enquirer and Despatch General Weitzel Jeff Davis Shepley Pierrpont Alexandria Weitzel Army of the Potomac Appomattox A. 8. Grant U. S United States Peare Lynchburg Danville Fifth Avenue New York

War Department Telegrams From Washington April 5

Reports include the capture of the Harriet Deford at Fairhaven by 27 Confederate raiders led by Capt. Fitz Hugh, crew seized, passengers released. Morse drives off a rebel battery on the Rappahannock. Mrs Lincoln leaves for City Point. Gen Weitzel suppresses a fire. Secretary Seward injured in carriage accident. St Albans raiders arrested and to be sent to Upper Canada.

Washington Grant Sheridan Sherman Lee Lawrenceville Danville Lynchburg Johnston Thomas Hancock Seward Richmond Roscoe G. Greene National Republican Libby General Weitzel Speed Jeff Davis Petersburg Prescott Boston Post Commissioner of Internal Revenue New York Etna Liverpool Queenstown Moravian Morning Star United States Engad London Times House of Commons Gregory Layard H. Berkeley America Peacock Marquis of Hartington H. Willoughby Mr Foster Messrs Berkeley J. Smith Plymouth Rutherford Alcock China Privy Council Colense Capetown Vienna Orstrisichische Zeitung Maximillian Lincoln Paris Mexico France Senate Montevideo Dix Weitzel City Point E. M. Stanton Associated Press War Department Harriet Deford Fairhaven Chesapeake Bay Fitz Hugh F. A. Parker Potomac Flotilla Department Din Morse Rappahannock Fort Jand Sumner Harlan Quirer Point Lookonat State Department Titus F. W. Seward Vermont Avenue H Street St. Albans Upper Canada

Rebel raid on steamer Harriet Deford near Fair Haven

Captain Albert League reports a pirate style incident on the Patuxent River. About 27 disguised rebels boarded near Fair Haven, detained crew, forced a crew relay, then released passengers after demanding hats and money, with plans to take enslaved people to the West Indies.

Baltimore Albert League Harriet Deford Patuxent River St. Nicholas Fair Haven Cheering Bay West Indies Captain League

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