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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XXI (search)
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XXIII (search)
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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XXIV (search)
Chapter XXIV
Moving on General Early
General Grant's letter of instructions
destroyin tion gathered during the 10th, I still thought Early could be brought to a stand at that point; but s west of the Valley pike, and discovered that Early's infantry was at Fisher's Hill, where he had doah Valley a large force sufficient to defeat Early's army or drive it back to Lee, but he had fur y for a general engagement.
It seems that General Early thought I had taken position near Summit P he nature of his encounter, and that a part of Early's infantry was marching to the north, while Fi Merritt's possession of Smithfield bridge made Early somewhat uneasy, since it afforded opportunity e that at the time caused me to believe it was Early's purpose to throw a column between Crook and he 3d of September, and possibly this explains Early's reconnoissance that day to Summit Point as a hat they withdrew toward Winchester.
When General Early received word of this encounter he hurried
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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter I (search)
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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter II (search)
Chapter II
Pursuing Early
a secret March
Fisher's Hill
a great success
removal of A y line of earthworks had been constructed when Early retreated to this point in August, and these hem almost impregnable; in fact, so secure did Early consider himself that, for convenience, his am d confronting a commanding point where much of Early's artillery was massed.
Soon after General Wr ad high hopes of capturing almost the whole of Early's army before it reached New Market, and with e would drive Wickham out of the Luray Pass by Early's right, and by crossing the Massanutten Mount animated by the prospect of wholly destroying Early's army.
The stern-chase continued for about t t five hundred men — with two guns right up on Early's lines, in the hope that the tempting opportu uth toward Port Republic.
The next morning Early was Joined by Lomax's cavalry from Harrisonbur vision was marching from Swift Run Gap to join Early.
By accident Kershaw ran into Merritt shortly
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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter III (search)
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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter IV (search)
Chapter IV
General Early reorganizes his forces
Mosby the guerrilla
General Merritt s t's reconnoissance had developed the fact that Early still retained four divisions of infantry and simultaneously with its transfer to that line Early sending his Second Corps to Lee.
During th on the 11th of January.
In the meanwhile, Early established himself with Wharton's division at General Merritt's raid to Loudon. from within Early's lines, but they also operated efficiently ag it struck me that through them I might deceive Early as to the time of opening the spring campaign, ir doings.
Toward the last of February General Early had at Staunton two brigades of infantry u roops, our unsuspected march becoming known to Early only the day before.
Rosser attempted to dela unton the morning of March 2, and finding that Early had gone to Waynesboroa with his infantry and in making his way back to the valley, and Generals Early, Wharton, Long, and Lilley, who, with fift
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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter IX (search)
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XVI (search)
Chapter XVI
Leaving for the seat of war
meeting with Prince
Bismarck
his interest in public opinion in America
his Inclinations in Early life
presented to the King
the battle of Gravelotte
the German plan
its final success
sending news of the victory
mistaken for a Frenchman.
Shortly after we arrived in Berlin the Queen sent a messenger offering us an opportunity to pay our respects, and fixed an hour for the visit, which was to take place the next day; but as the tenor of the despatch Mr. Bancroft had received from Count Bismarck indicated that some important event which it was desired I should witness was about to happen at the theatre of war, our Minister got us excused from our visit of ceremony, and we started for the headquarters of the German army that evening-our stay in the Prussian capital having been somewhat less than a day.
Our train was a very long one, of over eighty cars, and though drawn by three locomotives, its progress to Cologne was ve