The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-13

forcements" that It took hi mthrcc days
TO go t..stancc which jackson could
cover IN less than one day, to Fishcr'n
Hill. I am frank TO admit that some
body blundersd at Fishers Hill, In al.
loving sheridan with a strong forcc to
get the advantage Of us. by taking the
cover OF the thick timber growth on
tho mountain side to get almost in our
rear at ~ point which was held by a
thin limo OF disnounted cavalry al
most before Vt was known. Sheridan
again failed 10 press his advantage by
reason OF Ills superiority In numbers
and resources.
note from my diary that entire
quiet prevailed on the Goth and 2ist the
two days after the battle OF Winchcs.
ter. After the baltic OF fishers Hill,
EARLY retired eighteen miles to Mt.
jackson and rested one day unmolested.
At the commencement of this cam.
pafgn Sheridan had $4,000 infantry.
10000 cavalry besides strong force OF
artillery sont into the Valley OF vir.
ginia to drive Early out OF the Valley
with 10000. At no time was Early able
to muster more than $4,000 troops or
all arms.
Had Early formed his entire army
into a. hollow square, Sheridan had
men enough to form all around Early's
army line four deep, and have enough
to spare to drive out all the horses,
cattle. sheep and hogs to be found IN
the Valley. He drove Early out Of tho
Valley Just as Jackson was driven out,
after laying Banks. Shields. Milroy and
Fremont, Hunter and seige on the
shelf or course. we felt little ncr-
vous when VIC heard with great -four
ish Popc's order. "Headauartcrs; in
the Saddle, we felt little like We
might be swept of the face of the
earth. But soon VIC heard this glad
tidings that Pope had been swept from
the saddle. and was budding close to
washington. hatlcss and almost breath :
less and shlrtlcss Sheridan was out
generated, surprised and captured by
Early at Cedar Creek. But Early I'm
petuous dash and bravery led him to
undertake with his little army. sore
footed and hungry, an insurmountabie
difficulty. with Lomax's division OF
cavalry. moving by way OF Luray Valley
and just ready to strike tho enemcy In
flank when he were ordered to fall back
blythe same route we went. No wonder
Early failed to hold the victory gained
against such odds. Who then would
hayc undertaken such a task but JubaI
A. Early.
Is II true that Sheridan got a. little
notoricty for a while. but the smoke
from the runs OF tina. beautiful VAL
ley so darkened his character and be-
dimmed the little fame he had gained
on the held, that the ages will have
grown gray with age before all the
whltewash .he future historian can be-
stow upon him can remove the stain,
and the tears from the eyes Of the de-
fenceless women and children have SO
deepened the stains, that the ages Will
never be able to erase them.
1t is not discriminating" TO say that
Sheridan was no match for Early on
the field of battle, and when the
Impartial historian has written the
true story OF the Valley OF virginia.
the historic pages viii so declare. Some
have said nc was ordered to burn. SO
were the Twenty-first and Twenty.fifth
Virginia Regiments at Chambershurs
ordered to burn. but they both fatty
refused to burn and stuck to It. al
though many of their homes had gone