Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-08-11

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mined upon regarding the time or place of
| the Generals burial
The following official bulletin was issued
to the Associated Press at midnight;
| "Gcncral Sheridan died at 1920 yesterday
evening, The immediate cause of death was
| failure Of the heart The remote cause was
| disease Of the mitral and aortic valves, the
| existence of which was known to his
| physicians, to himself, and TO his family
| in November of last year Tho complica
| tionS which have occurred have been
nervous, cXhausting pulmonary inactions,
| pneumonia, pulmonary Wsor a, maSarca
and hcmorrhagcs. The last day of
| his life wa somewhat restless, but no more
so than he has been several times since his
| arrival. At 80 symptoms - heart failure
suddenly appeared, The remedies which
| bad hitherto been successfully used were
vigorously applied hut proved Intellectual,
-. -" eanli RAPIDLY dying painle,sly at the
| hour named.
(SigneH Ronrpr NJ. O'RErLLY,
Surgeon L. $. A., Washington.
MATTHEWS, Assistant Surgeon L. ) A.
II was impossible to obtain an interview
with any of the inmates of the Sheridan
| Cottage or with anyone likely to be IN
| formed as to the incidents attend
| ing the Generals death as all re-
| fused to talk to the reporters. a tele-
gram was sent to New Bedford at midnight
| for an undertaken who will cmbalm the
| body and prepare it for conveyance to
| Washngton Colonel Kelly, who is now in
| Washington. was tclegraphed to start for
| Nonduitt at once and bring with him the
| Generals uniform. As there is no tele-
graph Office at Nonquitt, which is seven
| miles from this city, and not single tele-
phone line it is extremely difficult to obtain
any details.
SKETCH or MS LIFE.
| General Philip Henry Sheridan Tr' horn
| IN Albany n Y. March g. 1881. Ills parents
were irish and came to this country shortly
| prior to the birth of the General. lie Braunatcu
from the Military Academy at West foiht III
1853 Immediately upon his graduation he was
| pppointcd 10 be Second Lieutenant OF the
| Thirteenth Infantry and served on the lronller
| md in the Indian country. Ia ths service It
| covered the whole country from 9ACGaiu'hlV lp
| Vancouver He was commissioned toluntl ol
| the second Michigan Cavalry May % lsO!, nav
| ing served as Commissary IN the previous MISS
isSippi campaign. He did good service on inc out
| skirts of the Army of the ONO ana was hppoluteu
| To command the Eleventh DIVISION OF lnaV
amy Octohcr I, 1862 lie commanded ihis
division in the battle Of PCrryyille, an lmpoltaht
| action in which we lost nearly four thouNahl
| men, He commandeda division ci Inc Atnly
| Of the Cumberland in the Tennessee cahp1l6i,,
| of Rosecrans, and was engaged In the paltlc OF
stone River or Murrceshoro. He iouHhs also
nj The battle of ChckamNuga. was IN tne opcrh,
, | ,ions nbout Chattanooga, ana NJ INC uaLtlr VI
Missionary Ridge. In all those haru ilgnts nv VIZ ~
, only going through his apprenticeship anu ~
| them he fixed the attention OF 'thc coming uah
! who was soon 10 command the tnloh arm cs
4 In Anril, 1s6i. Grant having been assigned u
| The supreme command OF all tht armies w u
) | cral Sheridan was assigned 10 tnc coi,,u!",lu "
, | thc cavalry corps of the Army oil the Poloniac
. onh servrd In that position through the Wider
n"ss ramnniqn. In the wilderness battles M
| was the part Of tho army that was alWaSs 4,
) contact with the enemy. HIS acuVl'y, III
, energy his sleepless Nlgliance VIM IT, IT,,
evcry advance movement lie was mere plttC,
9 | ngninst General Jeb Stuart, the famous caNaiI
| commander of Lees army, ana the conscqugthiHt it
was that for the first time IN the history Vi ~ ~,
A | martial actions Jcb Stuart had uniformly ~, W.
worst of it, II was never very happS luI Wv Wv
cnemy TO have Sheridan in front, ana ms pre-
cnce on This occasion was very expensive, lot ,
cost Lee one OF his most effective ana 1s vapapi I
' | icutcnnnts General Jch stuart was klru kl = .
: n collision of his forces with one ol ohetl",,i
"oaincnts in n hattie near yellow Tavern WI
cinin NAV II. lSGi In Sheridan ralu roum
n irn's army to cut his communchtloIs' S Stuai
encountered him NJ the place nalileu' Wv ., :,
II Shoridan's regiments charged tntoubm 'hS hnpd
4 iinc and Stuart with about nifty men heiu
nneItion ON the flank OF the charging regimen
/, He cndenyored TO capture dismouh,cu ",
I and the dragoon shot him. Sn't'a"t IN ND. W' ION
rngcd in twelve battles whllo oh '"'' '0'
l. months tour of cavalry duty, -, cho,,,on I
Il | command the army Of the Shenahuoah '"iiu; u
:, This was Sheridans first lnuepcim,uon6mn. m n6n he
mnnu He had 10000 infantry ahM lu'""i '",i III ,he
l. He mancuvered Early up inc Na,JS N'fS,r"emcnt, "
-. pRnpl
o huvust was consumed in that way, ana M IN oo
, ,amhcr tho two armies were lace 70 !"Nr
'' Winchester, On September " Ea,iS En,S shur
mart of his left wing toward m,o',on moa ar
Sheridan immediately crossed hiu ,,v nj his disa,
IS attacked him hoping to eaten nm =, rncoil II
, ~,n,nrc Early, however, had ,l'ne 10 io.a'' ~, % -
- men and made q good lgh'' III "'s'o sont sout
), docisiyely beaten and his army sVu, IN , ro,
,s ward "whirlng through M,nCnJTF iiCn 10 Fishers iii
"a, ,nsosrd 10 he nm inprcgablc position, ~ uo
y dan nssniled il and routed nm ou' "b""'
+ tcmhcr ~, after brilliant action ,Jc NOW pr
Sheridan had smash,d Eariy. ~ ~ ins,rr,
~ cccded to carry out anolhcr po p,ary thing in Il
~ lions which was to destroy every ",,nn nv con
SSen, ndoah Valley that the rooel army snso uJo
10 iivc ri, Before that the Valley Nnn wa, an inya
10 Inc Confederates, Lee cou,u sSao a,,n ~" tho VI
ing column on its way to Mary yid y,aITd i've on 4
icy wllhounrn nn,o,n was grain and forage lot u
Snrscs and cattle for the men IN 'nns NV W.,
fertile region. sheridan matt ~ ny ~ rations.
living over would have 70 cary NJ, ehnS,on to &C
or Sheridan then started lor on his future OPP
Oi n.n,s and before his return occul'.uu ~ ,a,h
cs nrisc nj Cedar Run. At dayl,gnV 30 y" ,he Fedc
pctoher. 1864 Early came down y" ,,nr,sct u 3,
a' camp at Cedar Creek ;. 1t twSnt was away from
no prlse ua, ,aii . nell IL formed new nns , !, .
is nIsi id no, hold il. II formed anolnvr "u stav
tp"t By the time II had man,e"w e,onua NJ tbat
o. camp was in its hands sTS %" !. sSa, " loss sh
50 from its chosen pHs, when the battle beg
rss T%i nomrS II that artillery fire Ess ssa
!, bS, supposed II to be Only ydSs through
al III AZ ,ut two n w9se Nrs ,S 80 per,istenS hes
chester ss s,o'S 20 convince him mat ss.u'
,r ,rcsress, s. and rdus only e IN, p"'V I" Fs,ss
~ ", lowN, be t'e, pur s,. Mms, SIDE, s.A y
~ S.s lass hs prssH WA ',"F'' WV