Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25

Mc!MlllaAS Dflg8ue 1hUO the angle thus:
formed, and the thanking party of the.
enemy was cut of, and now 1t was that
the gallant Custer ordered his men to
draw sabers, hurting his entire division of
cavalry upon the rebel left, sabering them
without mercy and trampling them under
foot. The "loy general with the golden
locks" even out Clustered Custer. The
Sixth Corps sprang forward as if shot
from the lannon's mouth, the other corps
syying insimpetuosity.- It seemed scarce
ly,crediblc that the men who were beaten
50 badly in the morning were the same
who charged so splendidly in the after
noon. The enemy were not idle. They
opened upon the charging column with
fifty pieces of artillery, shells were hurled
with terrible precision into the solid mass
of advancing Infantry. The Federal bat
teries were nobly doing their duty. over
the hills and up the PIKE the blue closely
pressed the gray. Sheridan, seeing a
battery fayorably posted, turned to one Of
his aids, saying: Ride down to Captain
---- and tell him to fire faster,'' The
message was delivered and the detona-
tons were almost without interval. Once,
and once only, did our men falter, and
that was when subjected to murder0us
fire from behind a stone fence. A hearty
cheer from the line, and the
"Johnnies" were on the run, though
not all Of them-the ground
was covered with the dead and the dying.
The enemy now became miserable rab-
bic, throwing away their arms-any thing,
to get away from their. pursuers. The
cavalry were occupied all night in secur-
ing the trophies of battle The road from
Cedar Creek to Fishers hill, a distance
of about three miles, was perfect jam of
ambulances, artillery, caissons and wag-
ons. An officer of the Second Brigade,
First Cavalry Division, rode up to Cen
eral Sheridan's headquarters, when the
following dialogue enused: General,
come to ask for a brigade Of infantry to
hold the captured artillery, of which I
believe We have at least twenty. pieces"
II don't believe it. Who are you?'
captain Britton, of the First New York
Dragons. General, ID if / don't
believe we have over forty pieces
"Captain, you shall have two brigades.
Can any Of my staff give this officer
oouiCluAuS " uIlllhs VCIl, OcucIdl,.
that would suit me bully
Custer coming in, reporting his great,
success, Sheridan caught him in his arm S
embraced him, and both danced around
for joy. Other General officers came in,
each in his turn reporting his successes,
showing that the victory was complete,
and what in the morning looked SO dark
was now turned into a splendid victory.
Rations were short, the supply train
twenty miles to the rear, but who cared
for rations? We were not hungry.
Doubtless had we been defeated we
should have been afflicted with vora-
cious appetite. Daylight showed that the
enemy's transportation and artillery was
in our hands. They had left everything
behind them in their fight. their dead
unburied and their wounded uncared for.
This battle ended campaigning IN the
Shenandoah Valley. The Confederate
Government had lost all confidence in
Lees ebad old man. Artillery was sent
to this department labeled, General
Phil Sheridan vice Jubal Early