Identifier: decisivebattless00knox (find matches)
Title: Decisive battles since Waterloo : the most important military events from 1815 to 1887
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896
Subjects: Monitor (Ironclad) Battles Military history Military art and science Naval battles Naval history Naval art and science Hampton Roads, Battle of, Va., 1862
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons New Rochelle, N.Y. : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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f the army,and capturing 25 guns, a hospital train, and a large numberof wagons, and making many prisoners. Sheridan broughtup the rest of the cavalry, and planted it right in frontof Lees army, and sent couriers to Grant, Griffin, and Ord,saying that the capture of Lees whole army was nowcertain. Griffin and Ord with their corps and one divisionof the 25th corps made a forced march during the nightand reached Appomattox at daylight on the 9th. And now came one of the most dramatic incidents ofthe war—an incident which dwarfs to littleness the mostmagnificent spectacle ever presented on the theatricalstage. On the morning of that memorable 9th of April, Leesarmy of ragged, starving, wearied soldiers, was drawn upin battle array in front of Sheridans cavalry. Their rankshad been terribly reduced by the events of the past tendays, and out of the 50,000 that held the trenches ofPetersburg and Richmond on the 28th March, little morethan 10,000 remained actually effective for battle. But
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303 304 DECISIVE BATTLES SINCE WATERLOO. though few in number, worn, weary, and suffering from thepangs of hunger, they were ready to meet their adversariesand prepared without flinching to charge upon Sheridanstroopers. It was the last charge of the Army of NorthernVirginia. By Sheridans order the cavalry in line of battle dis-mounted and gave way gradually, though all the whileshowing a steady front, in order to give time for thewearied infantry of Ords and Griffins corps to take uptheir position. When this had been accomplished the cav-alry remounted and moved rapidly to the right, so as tocome in upon the Confederate left for a flanking charge.As the cavalry thus drew away from its former position,the Confederate commander saw to his astonishment thelong and solid lines of the Union infantry, lines of bluetipped with the steel of flashing bayonets, and stippled atintervals with the muzzles of cannon, with the artillery-men in their places ready for their death-dealing work. The ho

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