The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1865-04-13
Incidents Of the Battles Around Petersburg
sHERIpAN's CALAMITY.

sHERIDAN'S CALAMITY.
| Sheridan is represented by those present
as being the impersonation of everything
soldierly, He rode up and down the lines
under fire, continually encouraging his men
by waving his sword, commanding in per-
son, exhorting them to seize the opportunity
within their grasp, and sweep their enemies
to destruction. "Take your men IN
snake your meu fight'--''Push on your
colunn'-.'Go in boys, go in'-"Ha the
damned rascals are running" THE cow
ardly scoundrels can't fight such brave
fellows as mine''-''Kill that damned skull
kerr Shoot every man down like dog
that offers to skulk," were yelled in thun-
der tones, as he dashed along, where the lire
was hottest and the result hlost uncertain
His presence was consuming fire to the
rebels, and a tower of strength to our men.
Probably no living soldier is so terrible in
battle as Sheridan. With the first smell of
powder be becomes brilliant, blazing ine-
teor, and a pillar Of fire to his own hosts
The small unpretending man, when in re-
action, and infuses /, like spirit in all who
are under him Ji-.s
THEE PRIvATEs CAPTURE FIFTEEN REBEL
CAVALRY 5 ~. ,,,. !.
VIM Ii. Strever, Achland McCroney and
Walter Croukrite, privates of Major Jack
Iiu's Sixteenth Michigan sharpshooters, this
morning captured fifteen rebel cavalrymen
"a captain, sergeant, and thirteen privates.
Pursuing their vocation as skirmishers on
our front they saw these cavalrymen NOV
ing along aud cautiously advanced to meet
! them.
| ''Halt and surrender called out Strever.
Surrender to whom p inquisitively re-
sponded Captain Clements, leader of the
rebel horsemen. q z a III, - .
.'You are in the rear of our battle line,
and it is surrender or speedy death to you"
replied Strever ase ..,a.t .
I2 The captain surrendered, gave up his
sword, carbine, and revolver, and told his
men to follow his example, which they Of
course did. The three lcaptors marched
their prisoners to the corps headquarters.
Very much chagrined were Captain Glenn
ents and his men To find that they had been
the victims of sharp Yankee trick; but
their chagrin came too late The men be-
t3onged to the Sixteenth North Carolina cav
airy regiment. l"
STAFF OFFICER VERY NEARLY CAPTURED.
Brevet Major Gentry, Conmissary of
Musters onCGen. Warren's staff, had "a mar
row escape from capture He had been
sent to arrange the picket line. In the
darkness he stumbled upon one Of the enc
nys videttes.
L Who comes thar ?" called out the vid
cite, his mode of pronouncing the last word
revealing at once his birthplace as south Of
Mason & Dixons line and the. probability
that he was then working in the interest OF
| the Southern Confederacy. ,a - H.
'Hush your noise" responded the Major
with sharp didactic utterance Il am on
THE track of two cursed Yanks. and will
soon have them prisoners if you keep. shut
your mouth, or otherwise they they will get
shut OF me-" ts
The Majors self possession and sharpness
served him against Southern sojourn for
which he has no strong liking. aao-ss-r
ENGLISH OFFICERS SEEING THE FIGHT s
The English officers on the field yester-
day during the fight were Maj Smythe,
Royal Artillery Captain Talbot of the
Light Guard; and Lieut.. Abercrombie, of a
4 Canada regiment. 1t was noticed that they
took brd's-eye view Of the contest, which
ment as nou-coInbatants, and another thing
showing like good judgment were their
compliments to the GOODNESS and courage of
our officers aud men i'll battle
| AN INCIDENT
In the first advance Of the rebels, captain
Nichols Of the one hundred New York Vol
unteers, WIS taken prisoner, and almost il
"a minute deprived of his sword and valua-
bIes A tall Mississippian took charge OF
him, guarding him with the revolver he
thad just taken from him. When the rebels
commenced to fly the guard Ell deavored tc
force the captain along, but the latter sud
denly seized the revolver and pointed at his
guard who turned to fly but was brought
down by bullet and is now in field hos
pital. The captain returned triumphantIy
to his regiment, although destitute of every
| thing except his revolver SIX