Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-17

dropped year for thrashing an upper class
mate
ond lieutenant July l, 1853 and soon after
ward was sent to Texas. In 1855 he began
his active life as a soldier, having been
ordered to the Pacific coast to take part in
the campaign against the Yakima Indians
in Washington Territory
At the battle of the Cascades, March %
1856, he gave his first evidence of that mill
tary genius which afterward made his name
conspicuous among the leading captains Of
the worlds history. The Indians bad at
tackled the block-house at the Cascades of the
Columbia, and the force within, although
outnUmbered and hard pressed, held ont
DAYS after he took command Of his regiment,
when he was off on Elllotts RAID 20 BOON
vile, Miss, and one month and five days al
ter he took command OF the Second Michigan
he won his stars in the brilliant engagement
known as the second battle of Boonville.
For this Sheridan was made brIgadler OF
volunteers, his commission to date from InaO
day. In command of the Eleventh DIVISION
of TT army of the Ohio he led the advance
into Kentucky, and at the battle OF Perry
vile, one of the most desperate, for the num-
bers engaged, of the war, he held the key 10
the position and acquired additional laureis-
Afterward assigned to the army OF the
Cumberland, he took an active part IN the
battle of Murfreesboro, after which he was
made Major General of volunteers. In the
operations about Chattanooga, and the battle
OF Missionary Ridge-November 23-23, lo5:'
his sagacity. boldness and sound Judgment
were cOnSpicuoUsy shown
Then Sheridan went away to the Corintn
campaign as quartermaster to General Hal
leck. Finally the Governor of Michigan gave
him his first fair chance to develop his light
ing qualities by making him a Colonel OF the
Second cavalry Of that State.
SheridanS earliest exploits as Colonel or
the Second Michigan Cavalry occurred three
Sheridan led the advance Of the force ano
rescued the beleagured garrison.
In no ha promoted
the rank of Captain. receiving his commits
sion at Yarn Hill in Oregon. In the fall OF
1861. as Captain of the Thirteenth infantry,
he was ordered from the Northwest TO the
Southwest, and then was assigned to the po-
sition of Chief Quartermaster of the Army
of Southwest Missouri. In the Pea Ridge
campaign ne had charge of the transporta-
ton and supplies and took no active part In
the engagement.
Two or three months later General Grant
was made General in Chief of the armies, and
Sheridan took command of the cavalry of
the Army of the Potomac and from May,
1854, to the following August led some of the
bOldeSt maneuverS of the war
His first work on the Potomac was on the
flank during the battles of the Wilderness,
and on the Sth of May he was off on his raid
around Richmond, in which he actually car
ried the outer works. 1t was during this raid
he fought the battle of fellow Tavern, which
resulted in the death of General y. +. b.
Stuart.
Washington. Early saw the advantage and
drove back the national forces. But Sheridan
had left Washington and slept in Winchester,
twenty miles from his command. Artillery
firing was reported early the next morning,
and at o'clock Sheridan rode out OF Wlnr
chester. The sound Of heavy battle
was unmistakable, and half a milo from
the town the fugitives came in sight. He at
once halted the trains, stretched brigade of
his troops at Winchester across the country
to stop the stragglers, and with an escort of
twenty men pushed to the front. The effect
of his presence was electrical. He rode,
swinging his hat and shouting as he passed:
Face the other way, boys! face the other
way!" and hundreds of the men turned at
once and followed.
He gave some hurried directions, and re-
turned to collect the fugitives. He was in
in Major Generals uniform, mounted on
magnificent horse, man and beast COW
cred with dust and foam; and as he rose
in his stirrups, waving his hat and his sword
by turns he cried again and again: I'VE
ave going back. Face the other way, boys;
face the other way.' The scattered soldiers
took up the cry: Face the other way" They
followed him to the front, falling into ranks
as they went and many who had fled panic
stricken in the morning had covered them
selves with glory before night Sheridan led
a brigade in person, and the enemy every
where gave way in terror before the sweep
of the cavalry. All that had been lost to the
Union forces was retaken-
This battle ended the campaign In the
Shenandoah Valley. Sheridan was made
Major General in the regular army.
General Grant sent Serbian to the Rio
Grande as soon as the war was over. He
was appointed to the command of the De
partment of the Gulf in 1866, and of the Fifth
Military district, including louisiana and
Texas, in 1867. Then he was assigned to the
Department of the Missouri, and in
1869 was made Lieutenant General, in
command of the Division Of the Missouri,
with headquarters at Chicago. His manage
ment of the Indians was singularly success
full, and his course after the Chicago fire
gained the applause of the country.
During the Franco -Prussian war he
visited Europe, and present as a spec
tator at several famous engagements. On
November !, 1888, by direction Of President
Arthur, he assumed command of the Army
of the United States in place of General
Sherman, who relieved by request.
Washington and Grant are the only other
lieutenant generals in the national history.
In May Congress vested him with the addi-
tional title of General OF the American army.
While stationed at Chicago few years age
he married Miss Irene Rucker, daughter OF
Brevet Major y. H. Rucker. and his home
life thereafter was happy one. He leaves
widow and four children, Little PhlI' Sher-
idan, lad of seven, and three girls-Irene,
who is twelve. and Mary and Louise, the lat,
ter being twin sisters, and year younger
than Irene.
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