a gallant charge crossed the swamp under the enemy's fire, and secured a position on the firm. ground beyond, the enemy holding the wood in front of the Five Forks. The first and regular brigades were quickly crossed, the whole division (except the First Cavalry) dismounted, and by a rapid and determined advance, the enemy were driven completely inside the strong works, from which they were not again to emerge except as prisoners and fugitives. Sheridan now ordered the attack to cease until the Fifth Corps could be placed in position to take the works in flank. About 5 p.m. the infantry fire was heard on the right; Devin sounded the advance, and the first division dashed at the works, and after half an hour's desperate fighting, carried the battery and works in front, just as the infantry swarmed over them in flank, the First Cavalry, which had been kept mounted, clearing the works at a bound. The division captured over one thousand prisoners. From this time until the surrender General Devin was actively employed in operations against the flank of the retreating enemy, destroying his trains, etc. He was hotly engaged at Scott's Crossroads, Drummond's Mill and Sailor's Creek. On the morning of the surrender at Appomattox C. H., he was heavily engaged until relieved by the Fifth Corps, just as Lee's army was making its last charge. After the surrender he marched with his division to Petersburg, and thence with Sheridan on his march to co-operate with Sherman in North Carolina. On arriving at the North Carolina line, it was found that Johnston had already surrendered, and the troops returned to Petersburg, thence to Washington, where Devin was commissioned as Brevet Major-general volunteers. After the departure of General Merritt for Texas, General Devin was ordered to reorganize the regiments of the Cavalry Corps for service on the plains, and to proceed in command of them. It became so evident, however, that the men desired to return to their homes, now that the war was in effect ended, it was decided to muster out the regiments, and he was ordered home to await orders. On Jan. 15th, 1866, he was mustered out of the service of the United States. Early in August he was, on the recommendation of Generals Grant and Sheridan, appointed to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Eighth U. S. Cavalry, and on his acceptance was ordered to join his regiment on the Pacific coast. In March, 1867, he was breveted Colonel and Brigadier-general in the regular army, and assigned to the command of the District of Nevada, and afterward to the Military District of Prescott, Arizona. Commissioned Colonel Third U. S. Cavalry June 25th, 1877; died April 4th, 1878. GENERAL CHARLES LANE FITZHUGH. Charles Lane Fitzhugh was born in Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1838. In June, 1859, he entered the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. On Oct. 24th, 1861, he was commissioned as First Lieutenant Fourth U. S. Artillery. In November, 1861, he was attached to the staff of Major-general Buell, then about to assume command of the Army of the Cumberland, and served thereon as First Lieutenant and A. D. C. through the organization of that army and its campaigns of Shiloh, Corinth and Perryville, until, in July, 1863, he was ordered to the command of Batteries C and E, Fourth U. S. Artillery, then with the artillery reserve of the Army of the Potomac. In October, 1863, his battery was assigned to the Sixth Corps. The efficiency of Batteries C and E soon led to their selection for service with the horse artillery, which comprised only picked batteries from the artillery of the army, and early in 1864 Lieutenant Fitzhugh reported with his battery for service in the Cavalry Corps, under General Sheridan. In the famous career of the Cavalry Corps, Batteries C and E bore a distinguished part, and upon the recommendation of Generals Sheridan and Merritt in October, 1864, Governor Seymour of New York appointed Lieutenant Fitzhugh to the coloneley of the Sixth New York Cavalry, just then made vacant by the promotion of Col. Thomas C. Devin to be brigadier-general. Colonel Fitzhugh assumed command of the Sixth New York Cavalry in October, 1864, and was soon after assigned to the command of the Second Brigade, First Division, Cavalry Corps, then comprising the Sixth New York Cavalry, the Seventeenth Pennsylvania, Ninth New York, and the Twentieth Pennsylvania. From that period until the close of the active operations of the Army of the Potomac, his record is identified with that of the Sixth New York Cavalry and of the Second Brigade, as narrated in this vol ume. He was honorably mustered out of the volunteer service Aug. 9, 1865, but, in his regular rank, served on the staff of General Sheridan in Texas and Louisi ana until May 21, 1868, when he resigned his commission. Among the engagements and campaigns at which General Fitzhugh was present were Shiloh, Corinth, Perryville, Mine Run, White Oak Swamp, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court-house, Sheridan's Raid, Meadow Bridge, Smithfield, the Wilson Raid, Roanoke Station, Stony Creek, Ream's Station, Winchester to the James River in March, '65, Dinwiddie Court-house, Five Forks, Scott's Crossroads, Sailor's Creek, Appomattox. He received the following brevets: Captain, April 7, 1862, "for gallant and meritorious service at the Battle of Shiloh, Tenn.;" Major, Aug. 28, 1864, "for gallant and meritorious service at the Battle of Smithfield, Va.;" Lieutenant-colonel, April 1, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious service at the Battle of Five Forks, Va.;" Colonel and Brigadier-general, U. S. A., April, 1865, "for gallant and meritorious service during the war;" and Brevet Brigadier-general, U. S. Vols., 1865, "for gallantry, energy and ability.” From his resignation, May 21, 1868, to 1896, General Fitzhugh was a member of the firm of Shoenberger & Company, Pittsburg, Pa.; and from 1896 to 1899 was President of the Shoenberger Steel Company. In 1899 he retired from business, his present address being Washington, D. C. General Fitzhugh was married Sept. 12, 1865, to Emma Shoenberger, daughter of George K. Shoenberger, of Cincinnati, of which marriage the children now living are Henry Fitzhugh, born in 1867, and Carroll Hamilton Fitzhugh, born in 1873. George Shoenberger Fitzhugh, born in 1869, died in 1873. |