. The life of Winfield Scott Hancock: personal, military, and political . ncocks Embar-rassing Situation—He concludes to withdraw—General Hancocks Re-port—Return to Petersburg. On tlie day after the battle of Reams Station, one ofthe two divisions engaged in that fight was massed nearthe Jones house, and the other at the Avery division still remained in the intrenchments be-fore Petersburg. Everything continued quiet up to thebeginning of September, excepting such skirmishing ashappened along the picket lines of the two armies, and inwhich but little advantage remained to either si
. The life of Winfield Scott Hancock: personal, military, and political . ncocks Embar-rassing Situation—He concludes to withdraw—General Hancocks Re-port—Return to Petersburg. On tlie day after the battle of Reams Station, one ofthe two divisions engaged in that fight was massed nearthe Jones house, and the other at the Avery division still remained in the intrenchments be-fore Petersburg. Everything continued quiet up to thebeginning of September, excepting such skirmishing ashappened along the picket lines of the two armies, and inwhich but little advantage remained to either side. On the 16th of September occurred the famous raidof HamjDtons cavalry to our rear at Coggins Point, re-sulting in the capture of the beef herd of our army, con-sisting of 2,500 cattle. For days afterward the enemyspickets were very facetious on the subject of beef, as, in-deed, they had a right to be. On the night of September 24:th the First and SecondDivisions, Second Corps, reheved the Tenth Corps in theintrenchments from the right of Motts division to the. REFERENCE x> •••REBEL FORCES PLAN—BATTLE OF BOYDTON ROAD. MOVEMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE RAILROAD. 253 Appomattox, and on the night of the 30th of Septemberthe latter division was drawn out of the works, leavingthe First and Second Divisions to cover the entire spaceof over three miles from beyond the plank road to theriver. No operations of importance occurred until the 21stof October, when General Hancock was informed thatLieutenant-General Grant desired a formidable movementmade with a view of seizing and holding the South SideHailroad. On the morning of the 25th the Second and ThirdDivisions were massed ready to move, General Egan beingin command of the Second Division, and General Smytheof his brigade. In order that the nature of the movementproposed by the Lieutenant-General may be clearly under-stood, so much of the order as elucidates this is heregiven: On the afternoon of the 26th inst
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