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A Parting Shot From Little Phil.

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
March
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
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Öarch 2, thivty yeara ;iie, Sheridau gave :i partin g simt o tho enomy in tliu valley of Virgiuia. When the Union cavalry prepared to leave the valiey aud maroh to re-enforce Grant at Petersbnrg, tlio Confederates, ander Early, rallied at Waynesboro. Ear'y gave out word that a bloody batr Ie must be foughfc thero before Little Phil and his 10,000 sabers staonld pass throngh the gaps, eastward. ('nster lort 8h v:i;iu's advance, his troopsgaljoping on ia a ponring ram uiitil held up by a heavy line of breastworks west of tho towu. A briyarlo was sent avonnd the euemy's left flank, wfiile Onster bimself k,! two brigades, tuonnted and iisinonntod, direct iu front. Tbé most -laring feat of the day was performed by tbuEighth New York and First Connectiout regiments. Tbey oharged in column, inötuiti d, ridingover the breastworks aud uot stopping nBtil they swept thfongh the town and across South river beyoud it. Thero they halted and tnrned about stjnarely in rear of the Confedérales. The Eighth New York captnred Ö00 prisoners, doublé the iiuiij in its ranks. ,The commandiug ofticer, Major (,'ompson, i-hot Early's borse and aearly captnred tho genera), who, with a bodyguard of 15 or 20 men, was riding away 'to the mountains. Sheridan ot everything oxcept tho leaders and Rosser's fleet cavalry. Waynesboro ended the warfare in the Shenaudoah.

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News