Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-08-18
SHERIDAN.
e.reEa-s rribute OF Respect 60 n
Memory OF the Deceased nero
The Assembiage at the opere
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Business was suspended in Eureka last
SATURDAY. between the hours OF 10 o'clock
A. NJ. and / o'clock P. NJ, to honor the
memory Of the lac Commander General
of the United States Army, one OF the
very bravest heroes Of the great rebellion
General Phillip Henry Sheridan. The
stars and stripes loated at half-mast above
the Courthouse, and several Of our bust
ness houses were draped in emblems OF
mourning. The members Of Upton Post
No. %, G. A. r., called together by Post
Command A. 7. Stesrns, and upwards oil
800 of our citizens under their auspices,
met at l2 o'clock NJ. in the Eureka Opera
House to pay their last tribute of respect
TO the memory Of the great soldier and pa
triot, who, by his wonderful daring and
bravery, had arisen to the highest rank in
the army of his country.
The speakers table in the hall was dec
Grated with fresh flowers and national flags
draped in mourning. The Eureka Star
Band was in attendance and played
columbia, the Gem OF the Ocean," alter
which Post Commander Stearns, in a few
well spoken words, presented the Chaplain
of the Day, Rev. Father Nattini, who Of
fered a fervent prayer for the soul OF the
deceased General, which he preceded with
a few very appropriate remarks. lie was
followed BY Hon. Thomas Wren, who ad-
dressed the as~semblage, and in an able
manner presented the following sketch
of General Sheridan's services to his
country:
We have met to-day 10 pay the last tribute
| of respect to one of the noblest defenders
Of our national unity. General Sheridan
| was a typical American. Born in Ohio
| when that State was still a part OF the
Great West, almost upon the confines OF
civilization, amidst the hardships and pri-
| vations Of pioneer life. He learned as a
| boy that sturdy self-reliance for which he
was noted throughout his military career.
| He was in the regular army at the com.
mencement of our great civil war, serving
in a comparatively humble rank. Without
| influential political friends to urge bis
claims for preferment, he had to commence
| at the bottom round Of the ladder OF fame
to win the name that has become a house.
| hold word in America, and that is known
and honorei throughout the civilized
| world. To a mar like General Sheridan
in a conflict like ours. the opportunities
that make such men great were not
long wanting. General Sheridan was
Of Irish p~arentage, and he early devel:
oped some Of the most marked traits OF
the race from which he sprung. He was
pre-eminently a fighting General. AT ths
battle of Bonneville he first exhibited the
dash and fighting qualities for which he
was distinguished throughout the war. 1t
the battle of Stone River, when democrat
ization had commenced with a considera-
bic part of the army Of General Rose
Grams, and the day bid fair to end in a dis
astrous defeat, General Sheridan, with his
small command, stood like n rock in the
cedar thickets hurting back the furious
assaults of the Confederates, and giving
| General Rosecrans time to rally and re-
form his shattered troops behind the rail-
road embankment and saving the day.
General Sheridan finally fell back with his
| decimated ranks to the new line and re-
ported TO General Rosecrans in person,
| with the remark characteristic Of the cool
ness and indomitahle courage of the
We'll, General, here we are, what there
is left Of us. Where shall we take posi-.
ton :"
At the battle of Chattanooga he com
manded a division in the center of Grants
army. For hours his men stood to their
arms listening to the thunder of Sher-
mans command, the rattle of musketry
away ON the left of Grants army, where a
fierce battle was being fought by Sherman
to dislodge the Confederate right from its
almost impregnable position at the north
| end of Missionary Ridge. To the center
of his army General Grant had previously,
by written order, assigned the duty Of car
rying the Confederate rife pits and the
-idge in the center Of Bragg's army. At
last the booming of the signal guns from
Orchard Knob, where General Grant was
posted, to watch ths battle, told them that
their time had come, and with a wild
sprang forward. Over the rife pits they
went and up the steep mountain side,
| driving the enemy before them to the top
Of the ridge and on over the Confederate
works, capturing thousands of prisoners,
and the bloody battle of Chattanooga was
won. Never before on battle field was
such a change seen.
When General Grant wal appointed TO
the command Of all the Union armies one
Of his first acts was to transfer General
| Sheridan from the West to the East to
command all Of the cavalry operating
with the army Of the Potomac. At the
head of the cavalry General Sheridan rem
dered brilliant services during General
i OranL ) campaign from the Wiluerue5s 20
Richmond. But it was more particularly
during General Sheridan's campaign in the
Shenandoah Valley. and at Five Forks,
and the pursuit Of General Lee after the
evacuation of Petersburg that his great
qualities as a General were most conspicu-
Gus. The battle in the valley, where he
turned, by his sudden appearance amongst
his defeated and disordered troops, disas-
ter into a glorious victory, has been cele.
brated in story and in song, and Sheridan
and the black horse that so calamity bore
| him from Winchester town TO the battle
field, twenty miles away, will be familiar
to the American schoolboy az long as the
language lasts.
But the brave hero, who passed safely
through so many storms of leaden hail
on the battle field, has at last been pierced
| by a fatal shaft, not amidst fraternal strife.
where shrieking forms Of death fill the air,
but in his peaceful home, surrounded by
his loving wife and children, a calm and
quiet ending of a stormy life.
To day all that remains of the gallant
leader is lowered lovingly and tenderly to
its last resting place In the shadow of the
| Capital he did so much to save.
May he rest in peace.
Judge Fitzgerald and Henry Rives,
Esq, also made speeches, but we were ua.
able to obtain them, as the former has been
| sick all the week, and the latter has been