The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-09

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that cavalry ought to fight cavalry,
and infantry to fight infantry. In
this we can understand how, whenev-
or he met the enemy's foot, he dis
mounted his carbineers, although he
had in high degree that Murat eye
for the weakness of line OF battle
that a powerful cavalry column
could penetrate. =
He used light infantry and cavalry
together with marvellous unanimity,
and his favorite plan of battle was to
sweep upon the right flank with the
former, and half-wheelg the latter to
link in line-of- battle again. His his
tory in the East comprehended alto
gether one year and five days, and he
sent an average of two captured bat
tle-fags every three days during all
that time to the central government.
In the same period he sent captured
field-piece every two days, and his
flags united were equal to all the
other armies of the Union. He had
instinct and wriggle" in wonder
full degree, but it was always wriggle
forward. He adapted himself to
changed conditions with a bonhona-
ME that was ludicrous, if lightning
can be ludicrous, and still his deci-
sion was almost ferceness. If a
newspaper correspondent could keep
up with him, he always said Gomez"
and in this respect he was high
minded aud thick-skinned beyond
any other General He was invaded
when on. one of his great raids by
two Richmond newsboys, with the
papers of the day; the General shook
hands with them, and commended
their enterprise in his official report.
At White House he found the bridge
down; instead OF sending eighty miles,
as advised, to Fortress Monroe for
pontoons, he sent out a thousand
cavalry in divers directions, com
handing each man to bring back
plank; the bridge was up in six hours.
He always shot his disabled horses in
the enemy's country, to prevent the
enemy recuperating them. and using
them. His theories of war were
automatic liz expression and soldierly
in motive. When he ordered the
Loudon Valley to be made untenable
for Mosby. he said: As war is pun
ishment, and death the maximum
punishment, if we can, by reducing
It's advocates to poverty, end it quick
er, we are on the side of humanity.
IF war is fought only on the dueilo
principle, those who live at home in
peace and plenty will do so as long as
the best youth of the country enlist
in their cause"
Of Harry Gilmore he said: He
appeared to be the last link between
Maryland and the Confederacy. i
desired to sever that link ,'''''i
OF Mosby he took this bold, origi-
nal ground: Il believed him to be
substantially benefit to me; he pre-
vented struggling, kept my trains well
closed up, and discharged the provost
duty of at least two regiments of cav
airy"
OF one of his battles he thus pic
turesquely says: When the head of
the column reached the summit of
the hill, the moon rose from behind,
and medallion view of the column
was disclosed as it crossed the moon
disc and attacked the enemy"
In camp or field Sheridan was
rough soldier in his amenities. When
he wanted house / a Winchester he
took it; if he liked to lie down on
the sidewalk he did so; he had liter
ally nothing to do with rebels, no
meat to eat with them, no. hopes to
exchange, and no threats to make If
he burned mill he burned it without
words or tears. ft-a
There was not one civilian trait
about him, no ampiification; if he
quarreled with pretentiousness or de \
ceit, he did it in a bombshell way, and 4
was unappeasable afterward. A man
said to, me in Winchester, s'T looked,
at him first, and didn't like his looks; :,
then I spoke to him, and felt trou
bled. He was more like our men
than any Yankee General / had seen
l was. sorry from the first they sent
him here Sherman and 4Sheridana
are men of parallel resemblances,i
combatative, idiosyncratic, sleepless,
original, decided; Sherman is thin
skinned, nervous, with all the powers
aud defects of genius. "A ma n of
mdre arching intellect than Sheridan.
but without the latter's wriggle and
adaptability. The one is a geograph-as
zeal poet, whose march to the sea was
like the swing of a great rhyme the
other born rider, who likes as much
music as the jingle of his spurs. e.i7s