Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-07

The first that the general saw were the
groups
of stragglers, and then the retrcating
| troops
What was done? What to do? A glance
| told him both,
Then striking his spurs, with terrible
| oath.
lie dashed down the line. mid storm OF
huzZas.
! And the wave of retreat checked its
course there because
! The sight of the master compelled it to
pause.
| With foam and with dust. the black
| charger was gray:
By the flash of his eye, and the red nos
| trils play,
He seemed to the whole great army to
II have brought you Sheridan all tn,
From Winchester, down to save the day..
| Hurrah, hurrah for Sheridan.
Hurrah. hurrah for horse and man.
| And when their statues are placed OF
high.
Under the dome of the Union sky.
| The American soldiers Temple of Fame;
| There with the glorious generals name,
| BE 1t said. in letters both bold and bright
| Here is the steed that saved the day.
| ny carrying Sheridan into the fight,
| from Winchester twenty miles away.
The poet was never quite satisfied with
| the last stanza. and II is not a climax
! mat crowns the work The glow of III
| spiration faded when the story Of the
| rde was aold, but the far look into the
| future was truly a vision of fame Sher-
idan had the same reason to be dssatiS-
! ned with the poetry about his ride that
sherman had with Marching Through
| Georgia. Both got rather too much eel
| ebration for their comfort, but thus it is
! that with poetry and music heroes are
welded TO immortality. Reid served with
| Cen. Lew Wallace staff officer dur
| Ing the seige of Cincinnati. and was ac-
. cused of riding in the spirit of his poetry
! Tor the author of "Sherdan's Ride kept
up with Ben liurN one day when all
| the rest of the staff We're left in a wild.
sallop over the kentucky hills. He dieds
| in the Aston house a few days after his
Hftieth birthday.
sheridan had been on a hasty visit to
Washington and was sleeping at Win
chester. having heard that all was quiet
n the front. when the sound of firing was
heard and he was awakened and as il
was reported that there was not enough
! eannonading to mean battle. he was
memoirs he noticed that there were
RAINY women at the doors and windows
OF the houses. who kept shaking their
skirts at us and who were otherwise
markedly insolent in their demeanor; but
Sdpposing this conduct to he instigatcd
hs their well-known and perhaps natural
prejudices. | ascribed to it no unusual
significance" He says: AT the edge OF
the town | halted Il moment, and there
heard quite distinctly the sound Of artil-
lery firing in an unCeasing roar. Con-
e.uulls rpm inns IN tnat u ntl.ie Was IN
progress, now felt coEiident tiat the
women along the street had received in
tclligence from the battlefield by the
srdpeVihe le.tsraph' ana Were IA rap
lures over some GOOD news; WINE as
3st Was utlsriy ignorant Oh tls aciuai
s!tuation. MoNlhs Oh, l put my iie,,d
GOWN toward me pohliilel or my saddle
ana listened lhtentiy' lrylas 10 locate ana
p9sition untii we mad crossed Mil creek
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It Will be noted that after meeting Nc !
h1hiey Sherlaan turned BACK ana then
saw the reSlinental hags rise from the
sround. ana these We're mostly the coiors
Of crook troops. 1T was thus that
sheridan III ms clear narrative testlhes
mat Major mckinney was III lronI OF me
troops or ms dlvision.so that sheridan
had to turn PACK TO ma them-and was