Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-11
engagements in this raid the dash.

afcc aiu iofc'c 10 turn away The 25th of Nav saw
oneIioan back with the army of the Poter,a6.
va august 4 ne was appointed &c the command
| OF the Army of the Sheeandoah. and on the 7fb
! 10 that of the Middle Military Division. He
ueieaioo EARLY on the Opequan September ID
ior wnlch ne was made Brigadier-Genefa. in
| tne United States ARMY ard at Cedar Creek.
oc--Soer 10, he tarned rout into a brilliant
victory 1or which he received the thanks of
| Congress.
40 avoid any further trouble In the Shenar.
uoah valley. and drive Early back sn army Of
| 30,CO) was organized hear WASHINGTON ana
placed under Sheridans command. He made
ms f,fsf move by marching to Berrvv:.lt Early
| was between BerryFiila and Winchester
sheridan ADVANCED on September 10 and de-
feated Early, sending him Awhirling thr,.tSH
Minchester" 10 the intrenchments at Fishers
Hlh. Again, on thc 92d, he drove Early back in
"lid clsofder, capturing his train of seventy-fye
wagons at Port Republic. At Cedar CreeR rariiy
| concentrated his army, but WIS again routed and
chased twentv-sta miles. Sheridan now
| tho"gat 1t safe to visit Washington on some
very urgent business and left his army posted
on Cedar Creek, with General Wright Ia tenn
| porary command. But Early rallied his men
and on the night of October 1s slipped steaitRf,
| ly back toward the Federal lines, At dawn on
| the morning of the 10Th, the order for an at
tack was given and the Confederates rush6s,
| forward and drove the surprised rederals in
| great disorder for five miles, capturing their
camp and number of pr rsoners Sheridan
| nao returned from Washington and was at
winchester, twenty miles distant He hsafd
the canno-.adng, but supposed il 10 be a recon
hor~ance, and gapeted leisurely out of the
I town. But When he met the van of the fugi-
| slees nc took IN the situation at glance. re
| put spurs to his splendid stesd, aarted down
! the lines, waving his htst and shouted: Turn,
boys! Turn' We're going back to our camp.
Nn'l fsnl,
rect was magnetic. Hats swung, cheers went
up, the boys faced about, rushed forward to
the attack and utterly f5tted the enemy with
| tremendous daughter, recapturing the lost
! camp and cannon and taking the Confederate
baggage This virtually destroyed Earlys
| army. Sheriden had lost Il, ,G0J men in the cam
| paign but he so thoroughly devastated the
| Shenandoah valley as he went along that II was
said ~ u crow wants to ay down the Eheaa1-
doah he must carry his provisions with him.
| This devastation put an end to any further
| movement toward Washington from that
point, and destroyed the granary of the Con-
| federacy.
On November Sheridan Vas ma de Major
General. Frem February 81 to March %, 1865,
| he was engaged in the raid from Winchester to
| Petersburg, during which he destroyed the
James River & Kanawha canal, cut
| important railway connections, destroyed
| military and commissary stores, and had
| numerous skirmishes with the enemy.
| From March 25 to April he was in the cam
| paign against Richmond. On April he won
! the important battle eff Five Forks, which in
sured the abandonment by the Confederates of
Petersburg and Richmond. and he led in the
! pursuit of Lee, and was present at his capitu-
| laton April 9.
| After the war Sheridan was appointed to the
| command OF the Military Division of the South
| west, and subsequently that of the Division of
| Tn 1SG- ha and If ha
| Fifth Military district, including Louisiana
| and Texas, and in September of the
| same year he was put in command of the
| Department OF the Missouri, with head
! quarters at Fort Leavenworth. On March 4,
| 1869 he was promoted to the rank of Lieuten-
| ant-General and assigned to the command Of
| the Division of the Missouri, with headquarters
at Chicago. In 1884, on the retirement of Cen
| eral Sherman, Sheridan assumed command of
| the army and moved his headquarters to Wash
| ington, where he has since resided.
| On May D General Sheridan taken sud
denly i'll, but it not until three or four days
| later that the symptoms became alarming, and
| for several days thereafter he hovered between
| life and death, finally recovering to such an ex
| tent that his physicians decided to remove him
! to Nonquitt Mass, where it was thought the
sea breeZes would be beneficial to him. The
| change seemed to do him good, and the daily
| reports from Nonquitt were encouraging The
| physicians even Went so lar as 10 hOlO OUT some
| hope for his ultimate recovery.
| On May 80, while General Sheridan was in
| critical condition, a bill passed the Senate re-
| vvng the office OF General of the Army, with
| view of comforting the title on General Sheri-
| dan AS the law stood the office would die with
| General Sherman. who held it as a retired Off
GER The bill passed the Senate June l, and
within half an hour it was engrossed and taken
! to the President who promptly signed it. On
nftar Sheridan
handed his commission making him General of
the Army title which before that time had
only been conferred on Grant and sherman.
General Sherdans formal record as a sol
der as set down in the dry tables OF the Army
Register, is brilliant. But in the record kept
in the memory of the people few names nave
shown with equal luster. He possessed to
marked degree the qualities of a popular hero.
He was brave and dashing soldier and as
commander inspired his troops with confidence
and courage.
He was married about twelve years ago to
Miss RuclSer, daughter of General Daniel H.
Ruclzer of the army 1t is said that Sheridan
was very bashful, and often implored the
Younger but more experienced officers on his
staff to help him win his bride.
Respecting Funeral Arrangements.
WASHINGTON, Aug THE following
telegram respecting the funeral arrange
ments was received from Colonel Sheri-
dan at the War Department yesterday:
NoNQUITT, Aug 6.
To SECRETARY OF WAR-It is Mrs Sher1-
dams wish that her husband should be buried
with military honors, and that at the same
time there should be no display beyond
what nertains to a strictly military funeral IN
nroner respect to his rank. VIII you be KIND
| anough to authorize such a funeral, and place
matters under charge of General Sehohelds
| The funeral Will be in Washington, but when
! and where can not yet say. Perhaps it would
| he well for General Schotield to come here.
ISigned 1d' v ohN"iDAN
General Schofield, as the next highest
| IN rank to General Sheridan, assumes
command of the army without being di-
racted TO do so by the President
General Sheridan's desk at the War De-
| nartment remains as he left it. The
chairs about the room have not been dis
| turbed for two months.
General and Mrs. Rucker, Mrs. Sherl-
dan,s narents. were shocked at the sud-
dsnness of the Generals death. They