The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-04-24
A STATUE TO SHERIDAN.
Admirers OF Great Cavalry Leader to
Place Memorial in Chicago.

Inc PROJECT OF the lflSn fellowship
club 10 erect. in Chicago. a statue OF
Gen Sheridan meets the warm ap.
proval Of thousands Of admirers Of the
great cavalry leader. Men OF both the
western and the eastern armies Of the
civil war remember. with especial ad-
miration. this intrepid and irresistible
commander.
Gen. Sheridan. graduating from
West Point, was assigned to the First
United States infantry as brevet sec
ond lieutenant in 1853. His first cav
airy service was as colonel OF the Sec.
ond Michigan cavalry. in May. 1862.
lie was appointed on the 25th, and
three days later he was of on one Of
his raids. May 30 he was out after
the enemy on its retreat from Corinth
From this time his brilliant record
grew, until at the close Of the war.
he was one Of the nations popular
idols.
After peace came. Gen Sheridan
made his home in Chicago for some
years. Here he married. and here his
children were born. lie was famous
when he came here. and residence
among MS made him beloved for his
stalwart manhood and honest, out
spoken character
remember the day when this great
soldier led the inspiring civic and
military procession which greeted his
old commander, Gen. Grant, after his
journey round the world, writes Ada
c. Sweet in Chicago Journal. Sheri-
dan rode one Of theose black horses
which he always chose when he could
select his mount In full uniform
alone. many yards in advance OF the
procession, he came. his military cloak
flung back. everything in his face and
figure expressing the pride and pleas
ure he felt in the occasion. His mag
nifcent bearing won applause all
along the line Of march. His already
great personal popularity was in
creased by the moment
It would be a splendid thing II art
could give MS a permanent memorial
Of Gen. Sheridan as he looked that
day. as he rode through the city on
his war charger.
Poetry has celebrated Sheridan IN
way that tells. Probably more people
know something OF Sheridan through
"Sheridan's Ride" than through the
pages Of history. Happy is the war
rior whose deeds are the theme Of
roets. for, as the proverb has IL,
Words are the only things which
last forever" They must be true
words. though. and "fitly spoken" 20
insure Immortality. Il is well to have
figures Of stone and bronze as we'll
Here IS a bit from "Conniston." the
novel OF Winston Churchill. and every
one OF the remnant OF the army IN
blue will like 10 read the pen picture
Of Sheridan in action. In an unex-
nected talk with President Grant. In
Washington, Sergt- Ephriam Prescott
describes. to his old commander, an
incident Of the battle Of Five Forks:
Il call that day to mind as II it were
Yesterday. / remember how the boys
yelled when they told MS we were go
ing 10 Sheridan. We got started about
daylight. and It took us until about
four in the afternoon to get into posi-.
fion. The woods were just comm
little green. and the white dogwoods
we're bloomin' round. Sheridan he
galloped up the line with that black
horse OF his'n and hollered out, Come
on. boys 90 in at a clean jump. or you
won't ketch one Of emf You know
how men. even veterans like the Fifth
corps. have to be, sometimes, pushed
into a fight.
There was a man from a Maine
regiment got shot in the head the fust
thing. I'm killed, said he. oh, no.
you're not, says Sheridan Pick up
your gun and 90 for 'em. But he was
killed. Well. We went for 'em through
an the swamps and briars and every
thing. and Sheridan. thar in front, was
rushin' round and swearin, and
nrayin'. and shoutin', and the first
thing we knowed he'd jumped his
horse clean over the log works and
landed right on top Of the Johnnies.'
Yes. said the president, that was
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