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The Daily Dispatch: April 15, 1864., [Electronic resource], Three hundred Dollars reward. (search)
lion of artillery, and came very near to it; but the artillerists played upon them grape and canister with very damaging effect. At the same time Major W H. Sellars, Adjutant Hood's division, arranged some regiments with the view of cutting off their retreat. The Yankee cavalry, finding themselves hemmed in, abandoned their original purpose and began to make efforts to cut their way out. A few succeeded; but the majority were either killed or captured. It is said that the Yankee commander Gen. Farnesworth, rather than surrender, blew his brains out. We have hitherto alluded to the situation during this day on the right wing and in the centre. It will be remembered that with the close of the second day's engagement Johnson's division, of Ewell's corps, had gained most important ground, a part of it being only a short distance from the top of the mountain, which, if once gained, commanded the enemy's position. Plainly, therefore, any further attack on the left wing in order to