The Springdale news., 1888-08-10

hah returned from Washington and was .. Winchester, twenty miles distant He near" the cannonading, but supposed il to De d recun- noisance and gailoped leisureiy out or Vno town But when he met the van oi the iusl- lives he took in the situation at glance lie put spurs to his splendid steed darted ao"h the lines waving his hat and shouted: Iurh' bovsi Turn We're going back to our camp. we'll lick them out of their boots. The CT feet was magnetic. Hats swung eheers went up, the "boys" faced about, rushed torwaru to the attack and utterly routed the enemy "itn tremendous slaughter recaptnring the iost camp and cannon and taking the Confederate baggage. This virtually destroyed Earlg army Sheriden had lost ,o0J men in the cam paign, but he SO thoroughly devastated the Shenandoah valley 6. he went along that It was said sff a crow wants to fly down the Shehah doah he must carry his provisions with nun. This devastation put an end to any iurthtr movement toward Washington from that point and destroyed the granary Of the Con | federaCy.
 On November 9 Sheridan was made Major ! General From February 27 to March 2S, lS5o, he was engaged in the raid from Winchester to Petersburg, during which he destroyed the James River & Kanawha canal cut 1 important railway connections destroyed | military and commissary stores and had 1 numerous skirmishes with the enemy. ]
 paign against Richmond. On April he won 1 the important battle of Five Forks which tn' sured the abandonment by the GOnfederates or Petersburg and Richmond, and he led in the pursuit of Lee and present at his capltn- lation April 9.
 | Alter the war Sheridan was appointed to the command of the Military Division Of the South west and subsequently, that of the Division o the Gulf In 1867 he took command Of the | Fifth Military district, including Louisiana and Texas, and in September ef th' same year he was put in command of Inc Department of the Missouri, with head | quarters at Fort Leaven~orth. On March ! 1869 he was promoted to the rank of l1euten antGeneral and assigned to the command O the Division Of the Missouri, with headquarters | at Chicago In 1881, on the retirement ef Gen eral Sherman, Sheridan assumed command the army and moved his headquarters to Wash l ington, where he has since resided.
 On May 22 General Sheridan was taken sud denly ill. but it was not until three or four day later that rhc symptoms became alarming, an' for several days thereafter he hovered eetweel | life and death, finally recovering to such an ex l tent that his physicians decided to remove hin l to Nonqutt Mass, where it was thought thu sea breezes would be beneficial to him. Tn change seemed to do him good, and the dail reports from Nonquitt were encouraging. Tn physicians even went SO far as to hold out som hope for hts ultimate recovery.
 i On May a while General Sheridan was in a critical condition, bill passed the Senate re l yiving the office Of General of the Army. with 1 view Of conferring the title on General Sheri dan As the law stood the office would die witt General Sherman, who held 1t as retired off cer The bill passed the Senate June ], an
 within half an hour 1t was engrossed and take l to the President, who promptly signed it. Oi
 tho same afternoon General Sheridan wa
 handed his commission making him General 0 | the Army, a title which before that time ha' only been conferred on Grant and Sherman
 General Sheridan's formal record as a sol
 dier. as set down in the dry tables of the Arm | Register, is brilliant Bnt in the record kep in the memory of the people few names hay | shown with equal luster He possessed to
 marked degree the qualities of popular here l He was q brave and dashing soldier, and as
 commander inspired his troops with confidenc
 and courage
 He was married about twelve years ago to
 Miss Fucker, daughter Of General Daniel E
 Fucker of the army 1t is said that SherUI
 was very bashful, and often implored tn
 younger but more experienced officers on hi
 staff 10 help him win his bride.