Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-13
|'srpIDAN's RIDE.
 INSCRIBED BY ONE OF eo' 2.e GENERALS AIDS.

r IT DESChioH0
 9.T GENERALS AIDS.
 | ......r sud Retreat Greeted tho
 pi'' ,,sy at Every Step as He sv Ss'' rront Mounted on His
 .,'.., ,s. Little Phil Inspired All
 n5denIy upon indubitable
 'Ias at iafa ssttIe and retreat. About a gf9 U ..'nea the road was filled and
 aasaf 9attsd with wagons and men
 ' uO' tha various brigade, divi- Ssipss 'y s..ns headquarters, and in
 nd OOt at1tlcfrq servants with led
 z l1sI 2, here aud there q broken am
 aud .atIsrs' Isrs supply trains, a bat pa sa'lv or two, horses and mules
 fqss so.ted with officers mess kits, FlF i, pa,1 oooks, and now and then 2
 l9sn .oIdiers. evidently detailed
 a .aan attached to the head 'a srsirs. r In fact, this was the t9l, tI9.,.,pood ..a, of a flood just beyond il'l'go n come sweeping down the Sgp p,ssing this accumulation or
 fase'as = pnsb by leaving the pike a,Ilaping 1lri over the open fields .,52ll on 'ls aas s1 not s so quickly but that we " n echoing cheer from the en- z @sn aa md servants, who recognized s,aorsl and shouted and swung |rbats in glee. ., ..;,o 's'a ,.sssnt fields began to he lined ! nths sttsa everywhere with army wag- q', ,tlsrs outfits, headquarters SUD- |u'iDs, ms disabled caissons and team l.i sil6 lad mules, all drifting to the I ss5 now and then a wounded .m m enlisted man on horseback or |sss along on foot, with groups of |,sIipg soldiers here and there among 's''rs ssesn trains, or in the fields, or .Inss sitting or lying down to rest ,i1e of the road, while others spaking coffee in their tin cups by anpfres. .a ge began to see small bodies of in the fields with stacked arms, |TtIv cooking breakfast. As we de- |sa5 into the fields and passed wagons and through these I5s .e...l would wave his hat men and point to the front, never |.ng his speed as he pressed for N twas enough. One glance at the Eias aud familiar black horse and knew him, and, starting to their |aw swung their caps around their l Espd broke into cheers as he passed |ni them, and then, gathering up EMlongings and shoulderiig their l bey started after him for the \ sbouting to their comrades farther Ihefelds, Sheridan l sheridanl" |Ba their hats and pointing after a he dashed onward, and they, |anplehendea instantly, for they l &lpthe cheer and turned back for |sflsfeld.
 tho best of my recollection, from tnege met the first stragglers who |iitsd back from the army, his ap- n@ and his eheery shout of Turn nen; turn back Face, the other
 g he waved his hat toward the
 had but one result-a wild cheer agaition, an answering wave of |aa h no case as l glanced back Ml 10 see the men shoulder their sM follow us. think it is no ex- aHon to say that as he dashed on Afeld of battle for miles back the lAa was lined with men pressing adsftef him to the front. Mthe whole line was thoroughly
 lrode over to my chief and
 Ain to ride down it, that all the aleht see him and know without
 that he had returned and as-
 command. At first he demurred, was most urgent, as 1 knew that instances both men and officers ala not seen him doubted his ar
 as appearance was greeted by Hlueus cheers from one end of the -Mlle Other, many of the officers
 onward to shake his hand. He r'aem all cheerily and confident lag We are going back to our
 men never fear. I'll get a twist people yet. We'll raise them
 aelF boots before the day is as 'ne did I hear him utter that " oath so often alluded to in r0se and poetry in connection
 qs days work. -" Sheridan 8
 " General George A. Forsyth,
 A' n Harper's Magazine.