The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-01-25
Sheridan Uses Up Early.

TIN REBEL GENERAL AGAIN "sENr wHrsLwo'
The following is the letter. Of which We have previous
v given abstract by telegraph addressed by Genera
Sheridan 10 New Orleans paper In reply 70 the rebe
General Eariys recent statements regarding his defeat.
| HFsDQuARrERs MLirAsy DIVISION ot THE GuIy
! NKw OngAss, Jan. 8, 1866
| Gssuysis--There IN a class OF military men VIII
should he considered worse than towards and to tina
class belong those who are willing aud attempt fssfy
| history
The following statistics should fix the status Of ex Gen
ersl Jubai Early IN this respect whose letter 20 tnc
New York Necs furnished YOU the data for an articI.
published In the Crc,sf OF the 9th inst in which scne
in the Shenandoah valley consisted OF about eight thou
sand five hundred muskets three hai'aons Of artillery
and less than three thousand cavalry
According 70 the statement OF Provost Marshal
General the number OF prisoners captured IN the She
nandosh valley from August 4 1854, 20 March l. 1885
was about $1,000 aud the Of nearly that nunor
recorded the books recently used IN me once OF
toe Provost Marshal General Of the Middle Military
Division Ny ccsl records show that NV loss In killed
end wounded from August T. 1894 To January l, 1896
was $751; and General Earlys Ioss fully as great
not greater consequently We Can safely estimate his
ment by lieutenant Mckee OF tho United sta,es Ord
nance corps, exhibiting list of hundred and one
command In the Shenandoah valley from August 4
1894. TO January l, 1898 This statement does not in
boro, -four Greenwood station two at Chsrlo,esyiie
and four at South Anna bridge my march from Win
and March, 1895 General Earlys statement that be had
about one thousand men at Waynesboro 10 hard 70 re-
coneite With The Tact that thousand
dred men OF his command captured that engage
mepf and his estimate OF my forces Incorrect but
that may be ccnsidsred q psrdonabie error
want, p III sHERIpAN
MAJOR General Unitod States Army
HrAnorAsrkns knSrAsy DvrsoS 90 TVS GUY
NEw ORLEANS, L., Nov rs, 1896.
MAJOR General p w. SHERIDAN, commanding Military
Division II the Gulf
0RHERAL--1 have che honor state that the number
Confederate prisoners received by the federal forces
under your command, from August J. 1894 10 March l.
ls0e was about thirteen thousand The names Of nearly
thh nuinber are recorded the books recently used in
he ONCE OF the Provost Marshal General Middle Military
Division y am General, very respectfully your ODE.
Late Provost Marshal eensysl Middle Military Division.
HOWARD, Brevet Major Signal Corps Chief Signal
omcer Military Division Of the Gulf
HEspor,srns MrLrARr Dfvrnos or ,uy s,uIsl
OryNs % TINE Cum smsAl Ov,1crn
Nkw OukA>s La, Jan. & 1868
Major General r. H. SHERIDAN Commanding Military
Division Of the Gulf
ersrNLI have the honor 10 report that the Official
returns on e At these headquarters show your loss IN
Killed and wounded nj the three battles Of Winchester
Fishers Hi and Cedar Creek TO be ten thousand nine
hundred and ninety one, and In the various skirmishes
and reconnofsance made al different times by cavalry
and infantry, two thousand eight hundred and FORTY
making an aggregate OF killed and wounded In the vaI
ley campaign thirteen thousand eight hundred and
thirty one; am, General, very respectfully, your
'''a'en' servant s,.,., 9 S.i II How MowhEb
Chef Signal oncv Military Division Of the OUR