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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 16. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Two cavalry Chieftains. [New Orleans Picayune, August 12th, 1888.] (search)
ved, eulogized the distinguished general and recalled incidents of his splendid career, of which they happened to have knowledge. Among these was a recital by Senator Plumb, of Kansas, himself a gallant soldier, who related an account of an interview he had once had with General Sheridan in regard to his celebrated cavalry raid on Richmond on the 11th of May, 1864. Colonel Plumb's story has been printed before, but it is worth repeating: I always think of Sheridan in connection with a conversation I had with him. General, I said, you were in the West before you came East. What was your opinion of the Army of the Potomac? You remember it was charactethe object gained had been worth it. They would have followed me, but they would have known as well as I that the sacrifice was for no permanent advantage. Senator Plumb was not an eye-witness of the battle of Yellow Tavern, and his story, while in the main correct and not intentionally inaccurate, is, nevertheless, not wholly