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Sheridan's Way

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Day
24
Month
June
Year
1885
Copyright
Public Domain
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Telling these things of Grant reminds me of a story of the battle of CedurCreek I got from an old soldier who was there. It will be reinembered thatwhen the battle began Sheridan was at Winchester, " twenty miles away," and his army was under the command of Gen. Wriglit. Wlien Sheridan reached the lield the ........ i uucimi mu ,111 tnn Ctle uivtP teenth corps detnoraTIZed. The corps wag ander the command of Gen Kinory. who had been a professor at West Point, when Slieridan was a cadet. Sheridan quick to seize upon the situation, and he directed Emory to take a certain position and hold itagainst allodds until he should hear Sheridan"s guns at a certain point. Emory promptly obeyed, and soon the hattle raged again with the utmost fury. The rebels made assatilt after assault, but Emory held his place. Time and again he sent, urgently asking for re-inforcements, but Sheridan only sent word back to hold on a little longer. He did hold on until Sheridan collected the shattered torces and charged like a thunderbolt, and Early and his army were routed. That evening, as Emory was sitting upon the ground, blackened by powder and exhausted by the toils of the day, for he had been fighting tor seven hours, one of Sherldan's staff offlcers rode up, and, saluting him sald: " Gen Emory, I am instructed by Gen. Sheridan to present to you his compliments, and to say that he recurda you asa regular tl- d old stuck buzard ; that you are a jtlorious old fijrhter." This unique statement of the staff offlcer was received wlth shouts by tliose who surrounded Emory. It appeared afterward that the offleer had given literally to Emory the

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Ann Arbor Courier
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