The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-10-18


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30 President Lincoln yre>s 70 0>a.
the Army OF the Petonac wAs kses busy
Watching the Army Of Northsru VIZ.
ginia. and the movomsnts Of the latter
set the pace Of acuon at that tine.
Lee had sent Ewsi. Jacksen's sueessses
In command. 70 the valley 10 Astve the
Federal force under Milroy out Of Win.
chester. thus clearing the route Tor a.
other dsmonstration toward Washing
ton. This accomplished. Ewell had On.
tered Maryland. followed thit6sr By
Lees Other two corps under Leugstrsst
and Hil.
Then, even a. Lee had oaloviatsl,
Hooker also snarchsd nortAward. % .
line parallel to his own: bV. Of course.
much nearer 70 waAhingtoh. The battle
Of Osttysburg was already Dlannsd In
embryo; but the Federal side Of u was
not 10 Be commanded by"F1Chttng Joe"
Hooker. A. soon - the vsdsral army
was ready 70 oross the Potomac. . new
leader wss put i1 the caddls p ne
Meade.
The great. sptoai thrss-days' baAtSs Of
dettysburs. the most stupsndous artan'
cry and infantry combat that ever TOOK
place on American soil. saw the high
water marx of the Rebellion. AFTER
Ptckstt's column had dashed itself b
pieces against the iron-bound. hams-
fringsd Union lines on Csmstsry rage.
the tide began to sbb. slowly but stead
fly, back from tho hills OF Pennsy1vaaA
and Maryland. below the old sr1umen-
ant lines of the Potomac and the Rap
pahannock, finally TO cease. twenty
months later. BY the remote banks 4
the AppomaAtox.
The FEDERAL army. cautieusly ma
noeuytsd by Meade. followed Lee int
Virginia, but ala not sttsok himi ana
ths remainder Of the summer season
was one Of welcome rsposs - oosh
csseA
Army Of the Potomac. now encampsd
along the Rapidan. Gen. Meade nad .
rorreous soiferino silksn nag With
soidsm saGis in q silver wreath en-
blaxonsd on II nying over his tent One
dsv IN March . silent. shabby-iooking.
bearded stranger paused In passing to
raxe upon this splsndiferous emblem.
r. he exclaimed invoiutartly:
''What's this7 II imperious Caesar
anywhere about hersr'
Tho bearded stranger was Lieut.. Den.
Ulysses g. Grant. newly commissioned
In command Of all the armies OF the
Ties had finally come 20 the decision that
their Immense plans Of campaign should
be put under one head for execution.
such head must necessarily b hard
and stubborn one. 1t rested. IN the
opinion of Mr.. Lincoln ana OF others
high in the Federal councils OF war.
upon tho sturdy shoulders OF the con-
queror Of Vicksburs Gen. Grant was
not addicted TO high military strategy.
but for direct tactics and plain lighting
he was undoubtedly match for Gen.
Leo.
Tho first important vacancy now 70
be filied In the Army Of tho Potomac
was that Of commander Of the cavalry
corps.
When Grant asked for Q chief Of cav
airy Halisok suggested Gen. Philip
Sheridan, who had. served With distino-
ton under his own command In the
West and under Grant at Chattanooga.
The suggestion therefore was one after
Grants own heart. and he promptly
adopted It. The general belief indeed
was that Grant himself had selected
Sheridan. though such did not happen
70 DO the case.
Personally. Sheridan was not an im-
posing figure. Short and slight, he
looked even younger than his age. which
was Just past thirty. He was reticsnt
In speech and manner. and to . casual
observer seemed lacking In the essen
tial qualities OF a cavalry leader. which
had distinguished such officers In the
Federal service as Sumner. Sedgwick.
Mcclellan. Thomas. stonemsn and
others.
His own men in the Army Of the
Cumberland know him better, however.
ana upeo NkiaG leave - bic l>vtsioo