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A little more spunk, said Lowell, never satisfied that enough had been done, to a member of Sheridan's staff, and we should have had all their colors. A little more go, was the answer, and you would have been in Richmond. The 9th of October was the date of a hardly less brilliant fight, called by our men, in allusion to the complete rout of the Confederates, the Woodstock Races. Here the cavalry of Sheridan's army tried its strength against that of the enemy, which was commanded by General Rosser, the long-expected savior of the valley. Colonel Lowell held the Strasburg turnpike, and it fell to him to lead the attack that day. It almost rained lead; and the men crouched behind rocks, trees, fences. It seemed as if they could not go on. The Colonel rode up among them and along the line; then they must advance. The enemy opened two guns at short range, shotted with grape and canister;—but on, still on. Our first line was half destroyed, and the reserve was ordered up; but the C