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General Horace Porter, Campaigning with Grant, Chapter 19 (search)
t the telegram was of importance. The general began to read the despatch in a very solemn tone. It was dated 10 p. M. the night before: I have the honor to report that my army at Cedar Creek was attacked this morning before daylight, and my left was turned and driven in confusion; in fact, most of the line was driven in confusion, with the loss of twenty pieces of artillery. I hastened from Winchester, where I was on my return from Washington, and joined the army between Middletown and Newtown, having been driven back about four miles. Here the general looked up, shook his head solemnly, and said, That's pretty bad, is n't it? A melancholy chorus replied, It's too bad, too bad! Now just wait till I read you the rest of it, added the general, with a perceptible twinkle in his eye. He then went on, reading more rapidly: I here took the affair in hand, and quickly united the corps, formed a compact line of battle just in time to repulse an attack of the enemy's, which was hand