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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter IV (search)
nd Powell, marching through Chester Gap, while Custer moved toward Staunton to make a demonstration me time sending Rosser down the valley to meet Custer. Torbert in the performance of his task captupromise made his friends in Staunton, for when Custer neared Waynesboroa he found, occupying a line ven pieces of artillery and Rosser's cavalry. Custer, when developing the position of the Confederampeded the enemy in short order, thus enabling Custer to carry the front with little resistance, ande in column, broke through the opening made by Custer, and continued on through the town of Waynesbohe railroad from that point toward Lynchburg. Custer reached Charlottesville the 3d, in the afternog the James River, destroying the canal, while Custer pushed ahead on the railroad and broke it up. rginia Central to Frederick's Hall. Meanwhile Custer was performing similar work from Frederick's He House ahead of me, I pushed one column under Custer across the South Anna, by way of Ground Squirr[10 more...]
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter V (search)
mmanding the First Division, with Colonels Gibbs, Stagg, and Fitzhugh in charge of the brigades; the Third Division under Custer, Colonels Wells, Capehart, and Pennington being the brigade commanders. These two divisions united were commanded by Mer. Morris. artillery: Fourth United States, Batteries C and E, Captain Marcus P. Miller. Third division: Brigadier-General George A. Custer. first brigade: Colonel Alexander C. M. Pennington. First Connecticut, Colonel Brayton Ives. Third New Jout 5 o'clock in the evening, having encountered only a small picket, that at once gave way to our advance. Merritt left Custer at Malon's crossing of Rowanty Creek to care for the trains containing our subsistence and the reserve ammunition, these k in the mire at intervals all the way back to the Jerusalem plank-road; and to make any headway at all with the trains, Custer's men often had to unload the wagons and lift them out of the boggy places. Crook and Devin camped near Dinwiddie Cou
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter VI (search)
ng 9,000 enlisted men, Crook having 9,000, and Custer and Devin 5,700. During the 30th, the enemch permitted Smith to connect his brigade with Custer unmolested. We were now in good shape behind bered. Accompanied by Generals Merritt and Custer and my staff, I now rode along the barricades e Forks, for three-quarters of a mile with General Custer's division. The enemy are in his immediatt lifted almost immediately, and Merritt moved Custer and Devin forward. As these divisions advancepressed him back there with Merritt's cavalry, Custer advancing on the Scott road, while Devin drovehile on his circuitous march. The right of Custer's division gained a foothold on the enemy's woaneously with Devin's, but on the extreme left Custer had a very severe combat with Wi H. F. Lee's cred to cover the retreat, but just before dark Custer, in concert with some Fifth Corps regiments unctors on that field are dead-Generals Griffin, Custer, and Devin, whose testimony would have been va[9 more...]
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter VIII (search)
ad enough to prevent the escape of the trains, Custer meanwhile taking possession of the station, buithout halting to look after the cars further, Custer attacked this advance-guard and had a spiritedlittle before dusk, was put in on the right of Custer, and one of Crook's brigades was sent to our lwould be ended on the morrow. Merritt, Crook, Custer, and Devin were present at frequent intervals fall back, and in retiring to shift Devin and Custer to the right so as to make room for Ord, now imations were ordered at a trot for a charge by Custer's and Devin's divisions down the slope leading to the camps. Custer was soon ready, but Devin's division being in rear its formation took longer,e white flag is up. The enemy perceiving that Custer was forming for attack, had sent the flag out to General Ord, and hearing nothing more from Custer himself, I supposed that he had gone down to t were run back toward Farmville for security. Custer then pushed on toward Appomattox Court House, [6 more...]
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter IX (search)
me afterward, when I was informed that they had marched off to the interior of the State in several organized bodies, carrying with them their camp equipage, arms, ammunition, and even some artillery, with the ultimate purpose of going to Mexico. In consequence of this, and also because of the desire of the Government to make a strong showing of force in Texas, I decided to traverse the State with two columns of cavalry, directing one to San Antonio under Merritt, the other to Houston under Custer. Both commands were to start from the Red River-Shreveport and Alexandria being the respective initial points-and in organizing the columns, to the mounted force already on the Red River were added several regiments of cavalry from the east bank of the Mississippi, and in a singular way one of these fell upon the trail of my old antagonist, General Early. While crossing the river somewhere below Vicksburg some of the men noticed a suspicious looking party being ferried over in a rowboat
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XIII (search)
orce the other columns struck by a blizzard Custer's fight on the Washita defeat and death of Blf the Seventh United States Cavalry, under General Custer, and a battalion of five companies of infand Wolf creeks, and on his arrival there with Custer's and Page's commands, named the place Camp Suffered to strike an effective blow, I directed Custer to call in his working parties and prepare to or Crawford's regiment, unaccountably absent. Custer was ready to start by the 23d, and he was thenount of the wagons, consumed considerable time-Custer's scouts (friendly Osages) brought back word tthe villages. On the receipt of this news, Custer, leaving a guard with the wagons, hastily asseogramme that was carried out successfully, but Custer's course received some severe criticism becauslong delayed. I received the first news of Custer's fight on the Washita on the morning of Novemch for him. I was now anxious to follow up Custer's stroke by an immediate move to the south wit[13 more...]
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XIV (search)
illages along the Washita River had fled after Custer's fight with Black Kettle. My line of march was by way of Custer's battle-field, and thence down the Washita, and if the Indians could not soonermped some five or six miles above the scene of Custer's fight, where I concluded to remain at least ime I visited the battle-field in company with Custer and several other officers, to see if there wabuckle. At first I was inclined to disapprove Custer's proposition, but he urged it so strongly thas band. However, after obtaining my approval, Custer, with characteristic energy, made his preparatreturn at once to Supply, and afterward rejoin Custer at Salt Creek, on what, I felt sure, was to ben this last expedition, for the first few days Custer's route was by the same trail he had taken in The Indians being in a very forlorn condition, Custer might have destroyed most of the tribe, and cehad been my intention, as I have said, to join Custer on the North Fork of the Red River, but this n[3 more...]
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