. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. nia. 4. Attaclt on Fort Steadman.—Notwithstanding ton was etorecl. The flames spread to a quantity of powder in the depot, which ex-ploded with fearful destruction. Two hundred lives were lost. In spite of theefforts of the Union troops, a vast amount of private property was involved in thegeneral devastation. The ravages which the war had made were well illustrated bythe appearance of this city after its evacuation. An eye-witness says : No pen, nopencil, no tongue can do justice to the scene ; no imagination can
. Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools. nia. 4. Attaclt on Fort Steadman.—Notwithstanding ton was etorecl. The flames spread to a quantity of powder in the depot, which ex-ploded with fearful destruction. Two hundred lives were lost. In spite of theefforts of the Union troops, a vast amount of private property was involved in thegeneral devastation. The ravages which the war had made were well illustrated bythe appearance of this city after its evacuation. An eye-witness says : No pen, nopencil, no tongue can do justice to the scene ; no imagination can conceive the utterwreck, the universal ruin, the stupendous desolation. Ruin, ruin, ruin, above andbelow, on the right hand ana nn the left—ruin, ruin, ruin, everywhere and always,staring at us from every paneless window, looking out at us from every shell-tornwall, glaring at us from every battered door, pillar, and veranda, crouching beneath^ur feet on every sidewalk. Not Pompeii, nor Herculaneum, nor Tadmor, nor thefile has ruins eo saddening, so plaintively LAST YEAR OF THE WAR, 339 that Lees position was fast becoming desperate, he wouldnot give up hope. On the contrary, he planned an attackon the Union lines. This was made (March 25) on FortSteadman; but it proved a failure. 5. Grants Operations.—The Final Cam-paign.—Grant opened the final campaign by sending aforce under Generals Sheridan and Warren to attack theright flank of the Confederates. ConceaUng the movementsof his infantry by a thick screen of cavalry, Sheridan threwa heavy force behind the Confederate position at Five ForhsMThe garrison was overwhelmed, and five thousand were takenprisoners (April 1). 6. Capture of Petersburg and Richmond, (April 2, 3).—The next day an attack was made along thewhole line of works in front of Petersburg. By noon, theConfederate line of intrenchments, before which the Army ofthe Potomac had lain so long (see p. 330) was broken. Thatnight Petersburg and Richm
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