. Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars .. . ath, For Dixies Land they took their stand,To live or die for Dixie. During March Lee transferred Gordons corps from theextreme right of the Confederate army to the trenchesin and around Petersburg, and, after consultation withGordon, planned an attack upon Fort Steadman, nearGrants center, with the hope of being able to piercethe Union lines and throw int
. Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars .. . ath, For Dixies Land they took their stand,To live or die for Dixie. During March Lee transferred Gordons corps from theextreme right of the Confederate army to the trenchesin and around Petersburg, and, after consultation withGordon, planned an attack upon Fort Steadman, nearGrants center, with the hope of being able to piercethe Union lines and throw into the gap thus made aforce sufficient to destroy the left wing of Grants armybefore he could concentrate his forces and come to itsassistance. Gordon was to lead the assault, and a forceof 20,000 men was to follow up and secure the groundthat Gordon might seize. Gordon moved forwardbefore daylight of March 25th, with the division ofEvans in front, captured Fort Steadman, and turnedits guns upon the other Union works. Several bat-teries to the right and left were thus cleared of theirdefenders and were occupied by Gordons brave supporting column did not get up in time to gopromptly forward, so the Federals were enabled to con-. MAi SHOWING POSITION OP ARMIES NKAR PETERSBURG, VA.[ 409 1 410 Story of the Confederate States. centrate against Gordon in such force that he wasobliged to fall back to his own lines with heavyloss. 18. Two days later Sheridan joined Grant with10,000 cavalry. He had come down from the Shenan-doah Valley, defeating near Waynesboro Earlys smallforce of less than 2,000 men, and doing immense dam-age all along the line of his march. Grant now rap-idly concentrated his principal force to the south andwest of Petersburg with the purpose of assailing theConfederate right. This movement did not escapeLees watchful eye. Leaving the works north of theJames under Longstreet and those of Petersburg underGordon weakly garrisoned, he moved with the rest ofhis f
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