Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-10-25
Farlv and Sheridan.


Tho New YlE hsiGId, siIes nGnHg 80 often repor.'
I'd, On Ile authority q Sheridan, tie demolition OF
E,ry sny 6.ds II necessary 80 Tor the pref.
snce Of 81 Amy IL .-e Aiey strong e1euga " 0a-k
Sh riSr down - S.rl30uIs, a4d AstsGk Eim Whp
ara d.s La fogr mlss l. theEstOre nVsns the fol-
iouug explanation: 'Ll, gs.Tts Is more reliable than
"E.r.y, was pgs n lhs Valley, AID apparently with
S.ts.E4e .ASS-sLd ASW zen. how much va leis OF
.Esrl,s army it Is impossible 70 IAl; bus the whole
.,,mv vss reorgal sd GDd newly supplied with Grdl-
Hs,v 81 DIS 20 the SraEkurg people declared that
,1ooy,,rsss tsrcs vas the FEsss aey bad ever seen
ain .Se valley. Uaaolb,sdly, Lee hEd made an t1uA-
.ordinary 1T 10 achieve I1ceta that should turn
eths tios in his fAVoE.'
rho dilemma In which tbe HsraLd UAS plscsd compel
- % choos bstNssn oasEAInS S-eEiein with iAi.e-
h,od in bis Isrssld assertions shat 10 had sssGoysd
E,,,'s AMY, OF nventnS ard u!Gsrng taLsaOo5, L.
l 10 acCouas ler the existence Of ores hsrS srons
oDoush ovsrgoUsr he Yankee amy, though lot strong
.Dc,sn 20 resist the ~ alton 70 PlaRasr The rich
- from vhel they lad driven it. The RTSS
spss II very easy accept tie ss5sr AssTnAVs, and
,hs fOrsgO1s fS5sOAion Is the result.
7, the same article, the Herald gives rs some II.
t,u.top which renders IrOOGtls that the battle has
.coomplsl ed very important result Notwithstanding
.bs reverse Nheh attended il COss. ThAt journal
says
,sberdAn's recent L oyements previous to the battle
.bsve naturally somewhat surprised many persons. He
sb,a bsstsn Early badly 81 WinchestsIi 'Hhrsd" him
.,D % yishsrs Hill and driven him from that position
A., oonD,e,e rcut There bu; lstle lefs Of Early
s.nd IL uss therefore, matter Of surPrse that SleE-
sjar rst Ad Of 6ui hing that iHle LET'S Of Early, and
Striking a, Lynchburg reIrAced his steps from S.Aun-
Sto, ard seemed 70 rsirqush portion OF what he had
Gon Richmond editors ielt tie same surprise, but an
sooupeed this movement OF Saeridana OF course, IS
and a. the Iesut Of SOM victory Of which they
,bd lever received the news though they clearly saw
9Th. result. Blu; S1sridGn's reTegade movement had
Gdaansr sgpifoAnee. General Gran. vas probably Of
soDa,on that She idan could render more effective ser
svioe elsewhere than in the upper valley Hence
S,ng,msuts seem 20 have been made TO supply Saer-
saan by the Alexandria and Manassas Gap Railroad
S.nd 70 establish base for operations the north Of
Richmond, and Sheridan consequently WithieE from
she scene Of his great victories to transfer his forces
70 thu eas. OF the Blue Ridge and strike the rebellion
in more vital place than the upper Vlsy appeared to
soe. same delays were inevitable for before Sheridan
Ssinuuishea tie valley 70 operate, gay from the Rap
sdap II vas Necessary 70 fortiy points in the
valley sufficiently prevent another rebel promenade
20 the Potomac; bat th3 plan sPpsars to have been
'carisd on with al possible Espdty. Lee knew tina.
railroads for the supply Of Sheridan from Alexandra
Wsre being put il order aud he knew that Sheridan,
'sho vas evidently leAVin the valley, had not beer
Gtorosd out Of is He undoubtedly sAW Grants purpose
and saw low recessAry it to strike blow soon
Fn the hope to break up the pan.
Too blow las been struck. S-erldln has sustained,
by Yankee confession loss Of i've thousand men. BE
was too much cdpPled to P1fsue. EsrlJ'S Injury, s1
ceps tie loss Of artillery which soon be replaced, s
comparatively 81 ght. He "a relatively INCH sblsr to
o9ps viii Sh ridsn thsn he was before the fight
How abe ho them the fac; that he drove the YAn-
kee amy b,fJre him fOCr miss teIA. The question is
whether, under these c.-eun1aucel Sheridan is now
able 70 execute chs Plan" directed BY Grant To
defeat plan of a. enemy il lr,q7eIty mere impOr-
tAnl than a vic.ory. JsckaOn defeltei such "pan"
when ho fought a. H1arnstOEn snd, though be bad to
run Tor t., ProSs5l5 sIysi Rsauold By the blow he
Thea struck E,r "a IS 1t nay not hive been less val
liable to Us, tLo1l 50 wildly Shouted BY the enc
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