TO PETERSBURG.
Comments of the Rebel Newspapers. -- Opinions of the Soldiers.
-- Discussion of Plans. -- General Hunter's Advance to
Lynchburg. -- Sheridan's Raid. -- Butler and Gillmore. --
Movement to James River. -- Gillmore's Failure. -- Grant's
Instructions to Smith. -- Lee surprised. -- General Hinks's
Division of Colored Troops. -- Their First Engagement. --
Smith's Advance. -- First Battle in Front of Petersburg. --
Capture of Rebel Intrenchments. -- General Terry's Movement. --
Lost Opportunities. -- Sentiments of the People. -- President
Lincoln. -- Heroism of the Colored Soldiers. -- Arrival of the
Ninth Corps. -- Second Battle in Front of Petersburg. --
General Potter's Division. -- Fifty-Seventh Massachusetts. --
Edward M. Schneider. -- Third Battle in Front of Petersburg. --
Barbarism of Slavery. -- Prejudice against Colored Troops. --
The Christian Commission. -- Hardships of the Campaign. --
Religion in the Army. 351