Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-08-15
General Sheridan.

evening. August 3, 1855, of heart
failure at Nonquitt. Massachusetts.
He was born of Irish emigrant pa
rents in Perry county, Ohio, March
&. 1881. Was West Point Military
graduate. and through the war against
rebellion in four years he developed
into one Of the ablest generals OF this
are. He lad the natural instructive
ability that every great military
chieftaiu has to put his command IN
TO action in a manner that brings
discomfieiture and defeat to his foe.
His army was defeated at one time
in the Shenandoah Valley when he
WAS away he was distant ct the
time about 20 miles. At full speed
be rode to the sceue of rout, rallied
his retreating army and snstched
victory from the Jaws OF defeat That
victory immortaliZes HIM on the his
toric page. His manner OF putting
his command into action was peculiar
Iv his own, and will be the subject OF
study for the military student OF com
ing generations. =.
The following is Reeds poem OF
the Generals dashing ride to Win
chester
,sUp from the South At break Of day,
Bringining 10 Winchester fresh dismay,
The affriehtvd air with shudder bore,
Like = herald in haste TO the chieftsin's
door,
The terrible grumble and rumble and roar,
Telling the battle was on once more,
And Sheridan twenty miles away
"And wider still those pillows of war,
i Thuudercd along the horizons bar
I And louder vet into Wiucester rolled,
/ The roll OF that red SCI uncontrolled,
Making the blood Of the listener cold
As be thought OF the stake in that fiery
fray,
And Sheridan twenty miles away
s.BEt there is a road from Winchester town,
A good broad highway leading down:
And there through the iush of the morn
ing light
A steed as black as the steeds Of night
Was seen to pass with eagle flight.
) As il he knew the terrible need,
1 He stretched away with his utmost speed
I Hill rose ond fell, but his heart was gay,
With Sheridan fifteen miles away
. And the landscape sped away behind
Like an ocean diving before the wind;
' And the steed like bark ted with furnace
ire
= Swept on With his wild eyes full of dre.
: But 10 be is nearing his hearts desire
He is suuffing the smoke of the burning
fray,
With Sheridan only five miles away
~. The first that the General saw were tn
groups
- Or strssglers and then the retreatin
= troops.
is What was done-what to DO e glance tol
hIm both
Then crushing his spurs with a terrible oat
Tie dashed down the line mid Il shower
eI huEzas,
to AID the wave of retreat checked its cours
ct there, because
,; The sight OF the master compelled il
M pause
~ With foam aud with dust the black charg,
was gray,
IN He seemed TO the whole great army to sa
Il we brought you Sheridan, all tn . way
rt From Winchester town to save the day.
at "Hurrah, hurrah for S heridan
ca Hurrah, hurrah, for horse aud man
ho And when their statutes are placed on hig
Under the dome OF Union SKY,
80 The American soldiers temple of fame
ss' There with the glorious Generals name
at Be it said in letters both bold and bright,
Iid Here is the steed iha; saved the day
.or By carry ing Sheridan into the fight,
-. From Winchester, twenty miles away +"
~ '.Sun sprang from those swift hoofs thr
derIng south
4" The dust like smoke from the csno
mouth,
Or the tran OF comet sweeping faster q
~, faster.
. Foreboding to traitors the doom ofdisast
~ The heart of the sieed and the heart Of
~ master
Ill Were beating like prisoners ASSAULT
in their walls,
rt Impatient TO be where the battlefield ca
Every nerve OF the charger was strained
full play,
Iy With Sheridan only ten miles away.
"UBder his spUrning feet the road
10 Like an aroNy Alpine river flowed,
he The remains of the General we
to taken to Washington ID. c, on t
Tvs 9th of August and placed in |
- Matthews Catholic church TIL
: Saturday when the funeral took pla'
81 The funeral took place from
ng Matthew'S church In Washingt
IN, d. C, at 10 o'clock A NJ, on the II