The Irish standard., 1895-06-01

coming to him, in consequence thereof
the following April. AT Chickamaugua
and Missionary Ridge and at Lookout
Mountain Sheridan was in the thickest oi
| the fray, working wonders and inspiring
| his men; ard this is what he says in his
Memoirs Of Rosencrans' removal from,
the chief command Of the Army Of the
Cum bcrlan0: He submitted nncom-
pIainingly to his removal, and modestly
left us without fuss o. demonstration.
ever maintaining, though, that the battle
OF Chickamaugra was in effect a victory,
as it had ensured rs. he said the reten-
zion OF Chattanooga When his depart
ure became known deep and almost uni
yelsal regret was expressed, for he WAS
enthusiastically esteemed and loved by
the Army of the Cum berland from, the
day he assumed command unit! he left
it.
Brilliant as was Gen. Sheridan's ca
reer in the Southwest, far more lasting
and brilliant still We're his accomplish
ments after he had been appointed in
April, 1864, the commander of the cav
airy corps of the Army Of the Potomac.
From the opening Of the campaign.
which began the following month, when
the Army OF the Potomac crossed the
Rapidian. in the Shenandoah valley,
where he had Gen. Early opposed to him;
at Yellow Tavern, when Gen. Stuart fell :;
at Matadequin Creek and Cold Harbor !;
at Opequon, Fishers Hill and Cedar
Greek: and, above all, at Winchester, the
scene Of his famous ride, the major-gen-
eral displayed that dashing soldiership.
consummate skill and wonderful com
mand over his men which enabled him 10
snatch victory, at times, from the jaws
Of defeat, which won him the admiration
Of the whole army, and even OF his oD-
ponents, and which made the entire North
in those days ring with his praises and
resound with his name. For the victory
he won on the Opequon, in the fall Of
1861, President Lincoln made him irisa-
dier in the regular army, and sent him
this dispatch from the White House:
Have just heard of Your great victory.
God bless you ALL officers and men.
Strongly inclined TO come up now and see
you" Again. after his brilliant sic:ess,
the following month, in the Shenandoah.
valley, the president wrote him: with
great pleasure tender to you and your
brave army the thanks of the nation, and
my own personal admiration and graft
tude for the months operations in the
Shenandoah valley, and especially for the
splendid work of Oct. 10, 1864 The
secretary OF war added his cpngratula-
tions and announced that Sheridan was
that day appointed a major general III
the United States army. Wanesboro.
Dinwiddie Court House and Five Forks
added to his laurels and hastened ma
terially the cessation of hosti}ities and
the return of peace to the land.
The country had need of Sheridan's
services still, however, and shortly after
the peace Of Appomattox, he was as
signed to the command of West MiSsis
sippi, where he displayed remarkable
prudence and sagacity in dealing with
issues that arose from the reconstruction
policy and from international questions
between this country and Mexico, where
in the Inflated Maximilian was then try
ing to establish an empire. Commend
ably, too, did he acquit himself of the
delicate duties involving upon him, as
commander of the fifth military district.
Ie had his headquarters at New Orleans,
and was obliged to deal with state affairs
and the revision of the jury lists 1t
was doubtless q relief to him, though.
when in Septe1n Der, 1867, he was sent to
Fort Leavenworth, where he conducted
operations until President Grant, Oh the
day of his Inauguration, appointed MIN
acknowledgement and assigned him to
the division Of the Missouri. On July rs,
1870, Gen. Grant, Sheridan having OBJ
tanned permission to visit Europe, gave
him a letter commencing to the repre-
sentatives of foreign governments las
one OF the most skillful, brave and de
serving soldiers developed by the great
struggle through which the United States
has just passed. and adding
t5at attention paid to him will be duly
appreciated by the country he has served
10 faithfully and efficiently
The generals reception on the other
side was one heGtting his rank and rep
ntation Honors were paid to him where
ever he went. Naturally, his soldieriy
instincts made him desirous of witness
ing the Franco~Prussian war, and he was
a highly Interested spectator at Grave
lotte, at Beaumont and Sedan. Only the
other day, in receiving Westphalian
delegation, Bismarck said of Gravelotte
that he was there with Sheridan, whn
wanted to stay on the hill they occupied,
but, added the ex-chance!lor: Il said, 1t
is time to retreat had gone hardly a
hundred PAGES down hill when Sheridan
came tearing down after me to get shell
ter from the rain of bullets coming from
the Westphalian infantry" He saw the
surrender of Napoleon and the final
scenes of that war, after which he visited
Eastern Europe, and, to quote the clos
ing words of his Memoirs" II return
ed to America in the fall, having been
absent little more than year, and al
though I saw much abroad of absorbing
interest, both professional and general,
vet came back to my native land with
even a greater love for her, and with in
creased admiration for her institutions"
In 1883, on Gen. s5hermans refinement,
Sheridan succeeded 70 the generalship
of the United States army, and in 1888
congress enacted and President Clsve-
land signed, bill that gave him the
rank and emoluments of a full general
for life. The same year he published his
Memoirs" and in August Of that year,
too. he was surmounted to the other
world. to the sorrow and regret of the
whole country. 1t has often been said
of him that he was never defeated, but
often turned defeat into victory. He
would seem to have kept his demon
strativeness mostly for the battlefield,
for elsewhere he was modest and unos-
tentatious in his actions. He hated all
show, and when he was commander of
the army, with his residence in Washing
ton, it was his habit to ride to and from
his Office in rainy weather-he always
walked on fair days-in the horse cars in
preference to cab. He attended, while
at the capital. ST. Matthews Church, of