Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-13
AT CEDAR CREEK.
HOW sHERIoAN's RIDE LOOKED TO
A SPECTATOR.
The Roar That Passed Along the Line
a Good Thing"-A battery Playing
Havoc with An Ammuni-
tion Train.

tion Train.
IGen James NJ Con,ley in The Enquirer.l
The following account Of how "Sheridan's
Ride" looked to spectator at one end Of it
was copied by Mr. Whitelaw Reid from my
private diary lent him for "Ohio in the War;"
md know it is true: Crook was lying rod
,r two to our left Hayes and were to-
yether with our commands He was badly
bruised by his fall when his horse was killsd
1nder him, and had several slight wounds
beside He was teasing me and grun,bling
because We did not advance, instead Of wait
ing for the enemy.
Suddenly there is q dust in the rear, on
he Winchester road, and almost before we
are aware. fiery-looking, impetuous, DASH
ing young man in full major generals uni
form, and riding furiously magnificent
slack horse, literally fecked with foam, and
10 poetic license about it, reins up and
springs of by Gen. Crooks side There Is
perfect roar as everybody recognized Sher-
idan. He talks with Crook a little while,
cutting away at the top Of the weeds with
bis riding-whip. Gen. Crook speaks half-a-
dozen sentences that sound great deal like
the whip, and by that time some Of the staff
AI0 up. Lucy d[0 oeub uy iuS All uihoIout
directions Sheridan and Crook lie down
and seem to be talking, and all Is quiet
again, except the vicious shells Of the differ
snt batteries and the roar of artillery along
the line After awhile Col flames W. j For
syth comes down to our front and shouts to
the general: The Nineteenth corps Is
closed up, SIR Sheridan JUMPS up, gives
one more cut with his whip, whirls himself
i,,v,ov his hpv,ea and ctor rfs
up the line. Just as he starts he says to our
men: we are going to have a good thing
on them now, boysr Itdon't sound like Cic-
GRO or Daniel Webster, but it doubled the
force at our end Of the line. n may say,
now, that it don't sound even like Buchanan
Read.]
"And SO be rode of, Q long wave Of yells
rolling up to the right with him We took
our posts, the line moved forward-and the
balance Of the day is already history"
Isuppose there is no necessity for burden
ing you with description Of our part in the
advance, as there is no dispute as to our be-
ing there, or as to our place in the line. One
incident may be Of interest At one Of the
pauses in this forward movement our COM
pany was delayed by q very high rail fence
Il can hardly believe such a fence was left,
but it was). Crook was on his horse, and had
passed the fence when Hayes climbed up,
and, by holding to one Of the Stakes" and
standing ON tho @rider," was more elevated
than Crook, and could use his glass more ef-
fectively. He was able thus to give Crook
some important information, which did not
hear. But the result was that Hayes mounted
his horse and dashed to the front at head
long gallop, ahead Of his infantry. have
learned since that he found Capt Dupont,
who was moving down the pike, and under
his immediate orders Capt Dupont passed
through Middletown at . swinging trot,
with his own battery, going to the front
Hayes. being very we'll mounted, and free
to 3cut across" got ahead out Of sight, and
on the eminence near where our camps had
been founl Con Sheridan, entirely alone,
using his glass in the most excited manner.
As soon as he saw Hayes he yelled at him:
"If had battery here We could knock
h-n out of their train and capture all their
artillery Hayes answered: -Au right,
general; I've got just what you want, CON-
ing as fast as it can!" He galloped back to
Dupont, who Immediately started all his
horses at a gallop and came down the pike
like a whirlwind. The first shell he fired lit
in the very midst Of narrow plaoe where
the head of the enemys retreating column
had got gorged by attempting to pass too
raaI.y abreast Gen Hayes has described
the scene to me vividly, and it Is enough to
make one get up and give three cheers all
alone by himself to think Of it as he describes
t--shell after shell dropping in the tticksst
q the throng, drivers cutting traces and
scampering out of 1t, teams, ammunition,
caissons and cannon abandoned and left lit
orally piled up by the gorge.
"Jenkins'" Vivid Imagination.
[San Francisco Argonautl
One Of those fortunate young men who
still retain the energy to attend balls was
discovered at his club few mornings ago in
a very pretty rage His just indignation
was caused by the fact that. the afternoon
before, he had received a telegram from his
father announcing the death Of his aunt and
on the following morning he read,
and what is worse, his father
and other relatives read in a morn
ing paper his name among the guests at q
grand ball the night before. This was per-
haps somewhat precipitous, but not half as
bad as for divorced couple to read that
they had been together at q reception, and
subsequently receive the congratulations Of
our out-of-town friends on the restoration Of
their natural relations. The climax. how
ever, was reached not so very long ago. A
lady well known in society, had cards for q
large reception printed; they were even ad-
dressed ready Tor distribution, when she had
the misfortune to lose her father. OF course,
there could he no reception in the house Of
mourning, but an imaginary reception was
fully described in "the paper" the following
morning. with list Of people who were