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Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter XVIII (search)
Lieutenant-Colonel Addison W. Preston. artillery. Horse Artillery, First Brigade. Captain John M. Robinson. New York Light Artillery, 6th Battery, Captain Joseph W. Martin. Second U. S. Artillery, Batteries B and L, Lieutenant Edward Heaton. Second U. S. Artillery, Battery D, Lieutenant Edward B. Williston. Second U. S. Artillery, Battery M, Lieutenant Alex. C. M. Pennington. Fourth U. S. Artillery, Battery A, Lieutenant Rufus King, Jr. Fourth U. S. Artillery, Batteries C and E, Lieutenant Chas. L. Fitzhugh. dices the cavalrymen were supposed to hold against being commanded by an infantry officer. The corps presented a fine appearance at the review, and so far as the health and equipment of the men were concerned the showing was good and satisfactory, but the horses were thin and very much worn down by excessive and, it seemed to me, unnecessary picket duty, for the cavalry picket-line almost completely encircled the infantry and artillery camps of the army, covering a distance, o
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter IV (search)
roughly the James River canal and the Virginia Central railroad and then join General Grant in front of Petersburg. I was master of the whole country north of the James as far down as Goochland; hence the destruction of these arteries of supply could be easily compassed, and feeling that the war was nearing its end, I desired my cavalry to be in at the death. On March 9 the main column started eastward down the James River, destroying locks, dams, and boats, having been preceded by Colonel Fitzhugh's brigade of Devin's division in a forced march to Goochland and Beaver Dam Creek, with orders to destroy everything below Columbia. I made Columbia on the 10th, and from there sent a communication to General Grant reporting what had occurred, informing him of my condition and intention, asking him to send forage and rations to meet me at the White House, and also a pontoon-bridge to carry me over the Pamunkey, for in view of the fact that hitherto it had been impracticable to hold Lee
Philip Henry Sheridan, Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, General, United States Army ., Chapter V (search)
require compliance with those portions relative to the railroads and to joining Sherman; so early on the 29th I moved my cavalry out toward Ream's Station on the Weldon road, Devin commanding 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 Merritt, as they had been since leaving Winchester. Crook headed th First Michigan, Lieutenant-Colonel George R. Maxwell. Fifth Michigan, Lieutenant-Colonel Smith H. Hastings. Sixth Michigan, Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey H. Vinton. Seventh Michigan, Lieutenant-Colonel George G. Briggs. Second brigade: Colonel Charles L. Fitzhugh. Sixth New York, Major Harrison White. Ninth New York, Major James R. Dinnin. Nineteenth New York (First N. Y. Dragoons), Major Howard M. Smith. Seventeenth Pennsylvania, Lieutenant-Colonel Coe Durland. Twentieth Pennsylvania