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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Sheridan 's advance-visit to Sheridan -Sheridan 's victory in the Shenandoah-Sheridan 's ride to Winchester-close of the campaign for the winter (search)
Sheridan's advance-visit to Sheridan-Sheridan's victory in the Shenandoah-Sheridan's ride to Winchester-close of the campaign for the winter
We had our troops on the Weldon Railroad contending against a large force that regarded this road of so much importance that they could afford to expend many lives in retaking it; Sherman just getting through to Atlanta with great losses of men from casualties, discharges and detachments left along as guards to occupy and hold the road in rear of him; Washington threatened but a short time before, and now Early being strengthened in the valley so as, probably, to renew that attempt.
It kept me pretty active in looking after all these points.
On the 10th of August Sheridan had advanced on Early up the Shenandoah Valley, Early falling back to Strasburg.
On the 12th I learned that Lee had sent twenty pieces of artillery, two divisions of infantry and a considerable cavalry force to strengthen Early.
It was important that Sheridan should
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The campaign in Georgia -Sherman 's March to the sea-war anecdotes-the March on Savannah - investment of Savannah-capture of Savannah (search)
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Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Sherman and Johnston -Johnston 's surrender to Sherman-capture of Mobile -Wilson 's expedition — capture of Jefferson Davis --General Thomas 's qualities-estimate of General Canby (search)
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The end of the war-the March to Washington - one of Lincoln 's anecdotes-grand review at Washington-characteristics of Lincoln and Stanton-estimate of the different corps commanders (search)
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 29 (search)
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, chapter 32 (search)