The Washington herald., 1910-12-11

along the road that Sheridan was back
Other men, later prominent in public life,
were officers in Sheridan's army at that
time. Rutherford b. Hayes commanded the
Second division. j. Warren Keifer. now a
member of Congress from Ohio, COM
manded the Third division, and Henry a.
Du Pont. one of the present Senators from
Delaware, commanded a brigade Of ar
tilery. Some of the troops had not re-
treated very far Indeed, one division
and the cavalry were still lighting Sheri-
dan reformed his men and then rode
down the line bareheaded, that all could
see him. 1t was then about 1880 o'clock
in the morning. Sheridan left Winchester
before O'Clock He had lost time in
the fields, however, and in stopping TO
give orders.
while he was preparing TO attack the
Confederates. they attacked him, but he
drove them back At 8 o'clock in the
afternoon I reached Cedar Creek. having
left the OHIO commissioners at NInches-
ter. II was the most exciting moment of
my life SheTidan's army had been sur
prised b. Early and defeated. II had been
reformed and had repulsed a second at
tack And now Sheridan was getting
ready 20 charge the enemy and turn dis
aste into victory. / don't want to praise
my brother or to go beyond the bounds
of propriety, but it was a remarkable
situation. Nor could we know what
would happen The Confederates were
whipped Everything We had lost was
recovered. Besides, we captured twenty
four pieces OF artillery, a large number
of battle flags. and 200 prisoners"
Sheridan Fired On.
did you witness the surrender at APP
pomattox?'' I asked
Eyes; and there again poetic license
triled with the truth The celebrated
apple tree has no place in serious history.
A flag OF truce came out TO Sheridan's
army. which was in front. and TO Meade's
army, which was in the rear. Lee want
ed a meeting with Grant to discuss sur
render and a suspension OF hostilities
until the conference was over. Sheridan
and his staff started at once for Apo
mattox Court House, but we were fired on
from the timber and rode into a ravine
Sheridan sent Lieut. Allen, grandson of
Commodore Vanderbilt, to the woods for
an explanation. The Confederate COM
mander made Allen a prisoner. saying:
No matter what Gen. Lee does. a South
Carolinian never surrenders' However,
he was glad to surrender later in the day
and to eat our rations.
''By and by Gen. Grant came up and
with Sheridan and Cen Edward o c.
Ord went 10 the home OF a man named
Marshall, an Old brick house containing
four or FIVE rooms. The village was
simply a country cross roads. made I'd,
as I remember. of half a dozen buildings.
Grant and his STAFF. accompanied by
Sheridan and Ord, went into Marshalrs
house, where they met Lee. The rest of
us had been marching steadily for several
days without rest or very much to eat.
So we lay down on the ground under the
trees between the house and road and
went TO sleep.
when Lee left the house. after ar
ranging terms for his surrender, some one
awakened us and We all stood up and
saluted him as he passed. Grant that
morning wore the blouse of a private
soldier He didn't even have side arms.
Lee was in the uniform of his rank and
carried a very fine sword. Now, the
apple tree setting that has been given
the story OF the surrender originated next
day. when the officers from both sides
met in MarshalPs orchard ana wrote out
an inventory OF WHAT the NoHFtdSFaleS
had-a small incident Of the great event
that had previously occurred inside the
house"
Gen Sheridan" I said. 'has been
described as a dashing officer of cav
airy. but men who fought with him
declare that he was a careful officer and
that his so-caiIed dashes were well
thought out before he made them''
my brother became an infantry ofTcar
after being graduated from West Point,