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Adam Badeau, Military history of Ulysses S. Grant from April 1861 to April 1865. Volume 3, Chapter 27: (search)
h, he arrived at Front Royal, but there received a despatch from Wright, who had been left at Cedar Creek, in command of the army. A message to Early had been intercepted; it was in these words: Be e of the mountain and the stream, and finally re-cross the river at a ford below the mouth of Cedar Creek. The road at the foot of the mountain was impracticable for artillery; but Torbert's cavalry of the road, and the rout was as thorough and disgraceful as ever happened to an army. From Cedar Creek to Fisher's Hill the road was literally blocked with wagons, caissons, ambulances, and artillmand. For gallant and meritorious service in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, Colonel Hayes was promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General of Volunteers; he was brevetted the campaign of 1864, in West Virginia, and particularly in the battles of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek. He bad commanded a brigade for more than two years, and at the time of these promotions was