The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1864-10-26
Glorious Victory
GEN. SHERIDAN

Sheridan once mnre--Sherican, theinvin-
Sheridan, Of the Shenandoah--
little Phil Sheridan Hurrah for Sher-
Iidan His victory on Wednesday is the
final seal set on his title to superb gener
alship. Hitherto he has won in cantor
he wins now after such fight and such
a defeat as would have settled most gen
erals-such a defeat as would have made
Mcclellan declare You have done your
best to sacrifice this army" aud demand
ed reinforcements "rather much over than
under 100000, men" But out of this
nettle danger Gid Sheridan pluck the
flower safety ; and mors than safety; for
he wove his flowers into an imperishable
garland of heroic laurel
What general is to an army let this
battle teach US. Sheridan had gone to-
Washington The enemy seized the mo-
ment 20 attack; surprise our army at stras
! burg; beat it; drove /: four miles and more
to Middleton and Newtown; wor a victory
had they but stopped or had Sheridan
not come! Sheridan was at Winchester
on Wednesday morning, rnd couriers
brought him word of the disaster; his
army defeated, driven back, twenty guns
lost 81 fastened from Winchester" says
Sheridan Imagine how he rode: how the
spurs sank deep 10 his horses sides; how
this rider devoued the space between him
aud his army without a head At New
town he met the disordered fragments of
a retreating army Fancy what he the
conqueror of the Snenaadoah, victor Of
three battles in as many weeks must have
felt J met beaten army, seized it, arrest
ed its flight, reorganized it inspired it,
/ planted 1t as a rock 10 tie path Of its
perSuers, repulsed their attack the gath
his strength, and out of the appalling de-
feat, wrought by his genius and couage
such victory as his war has but once
before given us-a victory which one man
4 and he only transmitted out Of hopeless
disaster, RosecraDs at MurfresboEo, Sher-
idan at Strasburg. They stand together,
and to ind their parallel YOU must 90 10
the plains Of Narengo, whore first Napo.
leon and then Dessaix stemmed the tor
rent Of that victorious Austrian advance
which threatened % annihilate the Re
puo'i0' 'nQ "''io'P''e, p}s""a' q ''0F"oie
disaster, the career Of the greatest soldier
Of modern times The Sheridan Of the
/ French army-Dessaix-poured out hls
brave life on tLa5 victorious field, in ex-
fba nc,a for tho ,olvstSU, of L;r ,~,, =, . ~
Gh"hSe LOT inc saNanon OF ms country.
Let US pe grateful that our DesSalx, that
our oheria"n' won ms victory ana Is stitI
preserved 10 US TO WIN others.--1 1"'o"7e.
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