Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . elphia, pre- force. Leaving Warren half-way between pared a biography of Fitch, published in Dinwiddie Court-house and Five Forks, 1867. See Steam Navigation. Fitch, Thomas, colonial governor;born in Norwalk, Conn., in June, 1699;graduated at Yale in 1721; elected gov- Sheridan pressed boldly on towards thelatter place, with cavalry alone, anddrove the Confederates into their worksand enveloped them with his overwhelm- ernor of Connecticut in 1754; and was ing number of horsemen.
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . elphia, pre- force. Leaving Warren half-way between pared a biography of Fitch, published in Dinwiddie Court-house and Five Forks, 1867. See Steam Navigation. Fitch, Thomas, colonial governor;born in Norwalk, Conn., in June, 1699;graduated at Yale in 1721; elected gov- Sheridan pressed boldly on towards thelatter place, with cavalry alone, anddrove the Confederates into their worksand enveloped them with his overwhelm- ernor of Connecticut in 1754; and was ing number of horsemen. He then or- in office twelve years. In 1765 he took dered Warren forward to a position on the oath as prescribed in the Stamp Act, his right, so as to be fully on the Con- although his action was opposed to the federate left. He drove some Confed- sentiment of almost the entire community, crates towards Petersburg, and returned In 1766 he retired to private life in conse- before Warren was prepared to charge, quence of the election of William Pitkin tn the afternoon of March 31 Vfax- 380 FIVE FORKS, BATTLE OF. MOVEMENT TOWARDS FIVK FORKS. ren moved to the attack. Ayres chargedupon the Confederate right, carried aportion of the line, and captured morethan 1,000 men and several charged the front, and GrifBn fellupon the left with such force that he car-ried the intrenehments and seized 1,500men. Crawford, meanwhile, had come for-ward, cut off their retreat in the direc- tion of Lees lines, struck them in therear, and captured four guns. Hardpressed, the Confederates fought gallantlyand with great fortitude. At length thecavalry charged over the works simul-taneously with the turning of their flanksby Ayres and Griffin, and, bearing downupon the Confederates with great fury,caused a large portion of them to throw
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