Quincy Daily Whig and Republican; unknown. 'Washington, April 13' in the 'Quincy Daily Whig and Republican, 14 April 1865' . Quincy, IL: J.T. Morton & F.A. Dallam, 1865. [format: newspaper], [genre: article]. Permission: Public domain
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— Although Seward suffers severely, he has been able to dictate his dispathches to our minister abroad. In these dispatches he talks as though the war is over and the rebellion crushed. Seward also apprizes foreign governments that it is expected that rebel pirates will no longer be allowed to enter foreign ports.

Correspondence from the army of the Potomac says very little fighting took place on the 7th. At Farmville there was some skirmishing between the enemy's rear guard and the 2d corps. Result unimportant.

Lee had intended to fall back to Burksville, but being cut off by our forces getting to Burksville, changed his course started toward Lynchburg. Part of his army passed through Farmerville on the morning of the 7th, after crossing the Appamatox bridges and burned them, and before our troops could get there the enemy had taken up a position a miles from a river, where they erected works and made a stand in order to allow their wagon train time to get away. This side of the river just outside of town a division of cavalry had taken up a position determined to annoy our advance while co-constructing the bridge. — The 2d division under cook attacked them driving them back some dictance, but these had a force, dismounted, lying in ambush which poured a heavy fire into our men as they advance to the second attack and were compelled to fall back on supports. The rebels soon after retired, being indisposed to await another charge. The loss on both sides was very light. The 2nd corps soon after crossed the river and pushed on after the enemy and drove them behind their newly built breastworks.