The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-11-19

ward. Hood, on November 10, was nc Tls.u,n-
bil, Alabama, south of the C1)sl river aud ~
marchuga' speedily as possible toward Is Atautl.
The COmmnndrr UT the CHvaIry-NplOr-
General BudsOn lNiipdtriciS.
Sherman has ten thousand cavalry with him,
forming a corps under cpmman of General ia l.
son Fitzpatrick. 1hs corps is composed Of tra
/ divisions commanded by Generals Stln'ey and
Wilder. General hilp'tricI the dA3hing cavalry
/ leader WAS born near DickertO HD, Sussex comfy,
Now Jersey, on January II, 1886. He is th re-
tOlC, but twenty.cight wears OF age. Displaying
early in his youth fnndness for military life, he
Obtai. cd, through the influence of his father,
Colonel = Kllpluict, an admis ion into ths West
PuUr Military Academy, whence he gradu IgGl
/ early in 1861, fourteenth in his class.
lie entered the United States Army on May g.
! 1851 MS a Second Lieutenant OF Company q, Of
the 1T Regular ArJillc y, and on The lirh Of NJ ~
! obtained first lieuenlncy. He wts allowed
/ leave 10 accept the Cnptancy Of Company IL, 9TH
/ New York Volunteers tDury ePs IOllyes) aud
with IL participated 10 the bltt'o Of Big Bethel, :,
! June TO- 1881. DuriDg This contest nc was
severely wounded On his recovery he WAS com
mis,ioned l. cnicuant-CO onel Of the Harris Light
Cavalry OF New York Volunteers, with rank
from August /, 1861. Ills regiment was soon after
attached 10 the Army Of thc Potomac, and en-
| garCd on outpost duty. lie WIS Afterwards ap-
| point. d ts Co'Ouel.
During the Pope rImpaign with the Army of
Virginia Colonel kHpatrcNs regiment WAS a.
! achCl e. General John BJinrds Brig lde, Ald
participated m tue OpefNlnns along lh5 D INKS OF
| ihg R0ppahannonk during An uglst, 1852 He
took part in the Maryland campaign under Gane-
raj Pl aSOutOn, and particularly distinguished
| hiwscliw while Falmouth, during General Burn
! sides control of the Army of the Po'omag. Dur
| ing M famous NtOnCman rlil 10 the rear OF
General Lees Rebel army, Colonel klpErick
4 con wlud the lst Brigade Of the 81 Diyi ion Of
| SlOnrmln5 Corps. During this expedition he
! ',d hls re.imenJ through the enemy's territory,
| md took thpu safely to Gloucester Point, oppD-
/ site NuIktONn. The dash WIS full Of alFeQtura,
| and suOut TWO hundred miles were travelled in
less th1u five days.
Colonel Fitzpatrick succeeded in capturing over
! three hundred prisoners, wifh loss OF only one
| officer and Ihirty-seycn men. His comm md vas
taken back 10 the ltapplhanu0ck by way of
| UTblunn, thus making 0etOur OF the whole OF
| the Icbo army under General Lee. For the
success Ut this movement, ana Tor other brilliant
! 1a,hts, haw1s promoted 90 the ralk Of Br.gl1ier-
/ Genera OF Volunteer s, with commission dating
! from Jane l5, 1868,
| During ihe PCnnsylylna canplgn on rather
| The movements preceding II, General kilpltrCk's
BRIGADE greatly distinguished itself, especially ut
/ Aldic, June II; Alldd.eburg June 2l, and HanO-
/ YER, Pa, July /, 1868. During the battle OF
| Gettysburg he commanded division OF Plea3on-
| tons Cavalry and was engaged in the pursuit of
| the Rebels 10 the Potomac, after which he came
| 10 New York city, where he commanded the
! cavalry force in the district daring the riot Of
| July, 1868.
| He commanded an expedition during Septem
hCr, 1868 60 Tecapture the PuubOats Satellite and
! GeiaNee. and as far as this force was concerned
| ibe movement was q complete success. Daring
| the advance OF the Army ofthe Potomac, in No
! yCmber, 1862 the cavalry were very actively en-
I gagged.
General fitzpatrick is a man who has suddenly
| been Left alone in the world. About the latter
| end Of 1868 Lc lost his wife, aud on the 20th OF
| January, 1864, his child died at West Point.
! Previous 70 that event he had lost his father,
| mother, brothers, and sisters. lie has mot with
some narrow escapes during the present war, and
| has been wounded several times. His ride to
| Richmond was one OF the most extraordinary
| adventures in history. General Fitzpatrick was
| ordered to General Sherman's army last spring,
and was In several battles in Georgia was
| wounded near Resaca returned home TO New
| York got well, and again joined Sherman at
| Atlanta two months age.