Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-01-08
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Sheridan and rorb..s
Cedar Greek.
Phladelphia Tines
have seel q painting :,
the General coming o. Il
that occasion riding hi,
(which was given him tv
gan friend and, by The y
heard the cayalrymen curs
IN vigorous terms. He VI.
walker in the army, and
General was riding at the y
column on the march. the !.
'ommand would be kept !,
log-trot about half the tim
,avalryman knows how tr,;,l
especially for the non-comh,s
as cooks, camp carriers, ste
loaded down with camp saa
'quipage. could always Vi
when l heard our cavaIrr
near me il the General was !,
the jingle Of the tin and irou
they closed up in the rear.
painting that / mention
General with sword in hand
brimmed, stiff regular hat, "
plume on his head and loOS
much excited, as, Of course,
right to be under the circuu4
But the artist drew very
his imagination. II would
exaggerate the beauty and
the horse--big, black, vigoru1
ing his bit, nostrils red AMI
his long tail swinging to AMI
banner; it would he hard
anything more striking or !
the big black on that occasi@
to the General, excepting M.
were blazing and fierce, al
much sign OF excitement sboI
He wore some OF the regul
form, but not much. On IN
a little round can, such as a.
dents wear. In his right hss
q small riding whip, which,
the welts on his horses Aanks
industriously ~ j. He wsI
with mud, and had a big daaS
under one eye, which gave
Of "been-to-a-wake' look,
any gauntlets they we're in ii
As he rode on the hill beyoaE /
ton he was met by one of CA
bert's aids, who was mcuute
gray horse, nearly as large
The officer jumped the stOns
joined the General just Is
sight Of the field, and rode n
toward q group near the wool
right of the pike in the rearo
sorps, where Generals WrigbI
and Torbert and their stats
cred.
/ asked the aid afterward
General said when he joined
replied: "Well the Gena|
words were, Now is not this
then he said, 1T was just suci
mess out West as this that
my brigaadier star in the regul
sud i am going TO make il a al
this time He then asked, 4
Wright?'' and soon after y
other Generals. / had bed
along behind as fast as my Ii
could jump, when the Gener!!
back and said: "Scout, hmj
ammunition wagons and ordtsj
Back in the rear on the yallW |
Generals staff were making
up as fast as they could. Ltd
my orders to one of the aids, 4
the demoralized treamsters u
pay much attention TO a u
blouse, and then turned and 4
after the General.
When / reached the groa1
hill I saw General Wright 1
the ground the tip OF his
been cut away by a bullet earl
morning, and lae was otherwiss
pro baby, as he seemed to |
aud not to have his wits about
the time. General Emory. s0l
the woods, as some Of the WI
cavalry staff called him, comHI
the nineteenth corps, stood By
hands crossed behind his back.
down at General Wright.
Torbert leaned on his horse a.
at his mustache, and General
was quietly asking questions
Of them. In a few moments
all they could tell him, and
dispatch book from his pock'
by writing something which b
a little dispatch envelope and Z
and then looking up, his eye I
and blazed up q moment
What the devil are you doing
thought | sent you az er the
wagons" explained matter
He gave me a sharp look
You've got a healthy gall to I
staff officers about. Take this
to Winchester quick MS you :
then away he rode down
Presently one Of the staff can
ing after me before ! had got
than q mile beyond Middle'
took the dispatch and told
back, and said he was to 50
chester and order up all the .
and would attend to the disps
self.
So back / went and rode
the rest OF the busy day, GEL
Information / could and carry
for any one who wanted me-
the newspaper correspondent
able information, which nc
up to snit themselves. The
count Of the fight was wrItls
correspondent Of the World
III General Early had no
greedy, and had withdraw
after the success OF the mo
carried away his guns and MS.
General Sheridan would MOI
the double star that day
fight ! was with the party tha'
the confederate signal officer
hatten mountain, and 1 nov
telescope that was used Y
Gordon and Early to look 90
camps from the signal sia1'
mountain, five miles away, w
fore the attack.
Near the close OF the fighs
General Torbert, on
when General Sheridan
ing across the pike, Jun
high stone walls on g
He said in his earnest, 4
"Torbert, I took the old six'l
and drove them from the '
over the hill and away from
walls, and / have get the
shem, and now, Torbert, !