The Shasta courier., 1865-02-25
NUMBER 50.
General Sheridan.


General Sheridan was thirty .three roo,, e
age on the 9th of last September, iTe is .
little below the medium hight. co,nnacf,v
built and very active. His flce is yery
pleasant to look dpon 1t is not handsome
face. Brown and hard, with the exposure of
mary campaigns before and during the pres.
ent war, it is the ideal of soldiers face in
everything. 1t has gray eyes that CLEAN on
appropriate occasions with fascinating hu.
NOR or savage fire. Black hair and q black
moustache, and whiskers slightly tinged with
gray, crown and wreath q countcuance whose
smile is that of courtier, whose frown is
positively tempestuous.
General Sheridan habituaIIr wears n fn11
dress frock coat, and usually fatigue cap.
tbs manneris is frank. cordial, straigh forward
'.'f az :t.has nas3s asaaisiee, neres overhear-
ing. You should see him strolling about
camp, with his hands in his trowsers' pock-
cts, his square shoulders slightly elevated,
bis head bent in meditation. or Occasionally
Lifted to ask or reply to question from one
of his staff. His gait is light. elastic, half
iancful. 1t reminds you of q bov kicl,inp at
pebbles. His voice is as merry and az :nu-
sicai as woman's. He tells story, or gets
Oh jest, with slow utterance Of speech
that suggests withheld laughter It is i'm
possible to conceive a more winning, graceful
manner than that which he assumes, or which
is natural, when he wishest to be kind,
Underneath all these winning ways"
there is-concealed in ordinary moments-a
dominating and somewhat nconsiderate will.
lie has, IN TACT, another way with him deci-
dedly. Ills staff, who are nearly all in love
with him, are sometimes hard worked to q
pitch OF swearing, that oven the General him.
self could not surpass.
Through the ordeal of fire, passing often
fearless and unscathed, this man, whom the
nation honors day, has risen to be SO wor-
thy that all the mocking breath in Christen-
dom cannot make him appear less SO to all
true men. To see him on the field is to saw,
ms 1t not glorious to be commander pr
lie is energy and enthusiasm incarnate. He
rides, an urging, impeliing presence wher-
ever the battle RACES.
A battle TO him has the same glorious zest
that inspires the gladiator when he girds
himself to his cruel work. Here is a chance
Tor the cavalry. The cavalry goes in Here
is weak point that a brigade may succeed
in piercing. The brigade is ordered to charge,
The character of the fire shows that the enc.
my Is weak. More troops are hurried in
upon them.
And now, as the volume Of musketry comes
less heavy, and the cannon cry. but with n
iazler boom, he is getting the reins ready to
lead bis whole army, well gathered for a close.
staff officer after staff officer comes and goes.
HIS orders are quick, terse. full of grim and
quite original humor. The army receives
them, however, and knows what thev mem.
hen they go into this charge, its blow is
like the stroke of lightning, shatterne all
before it. Every man who bears the shock
OF the desperate encounter all along the lines
knows that he will be stood by to the death.
and fights on to the death willingly. This
klnd OF fighting wins victories To get this
klnd OF fighting out OF an army is one of the
qualifications Of great General.