. Four years in the Stonewall Brigade [electronic resource] . XXII. Sooutixg Nfat; Daytox—Death of Lieut. Meigs, U. S. A.—Sheridan s (>rder to Kurn Dayton Countermanded—A Gallant Ohio Regirnent—Desolation in the Shen-andoah Valley—Refugees Going North—Rattle olCedar Creek—The Truth About Sheridans Ride—The Fiction of Barbara Frietehe. When we arrived in Dayton we saw a dis-tressing sight—ruin and desolation on everyhand. The enemy in falling back had burnedall the barns and mills on their line of retreat. The greater part of Sheridans army had beencamped around Harrisonburg and immediatevic
. Four years in the Stonewall Brigade [electronic resource] . XXII. Sooutixg Nfat; Daytox—Death of Lieut. Meigs, U. S. A.—Sheridan s (>rder to Kurn Dayton Countermanded—A Gallant Ohio Regirnent—Desolation in the Shen-andoah Valley—Refugees Going North—Rattle olCedar Creek—The Truth About Sheridans Ride—The Fiction of Barbara Frietehe. When we arrived in Dayton we saw a dis-tressing sight—ruin and desolation on everyhand. The enemy in falling back had burnedall the barns and mills on their line of retreat. The greater part of Sheridans army had beencamped around Harrisonburg and immediatevicinity. One regiment at that time was campedat Dayton, four miles south, and several regi-ments were camped in the advance at differentpoints. His cavalry had scouted the countryand done picket duty near Gen. Earlys of our cavalry would scout inside of theYankee lines and in their rear to find out theirmovements, strength, etc. ; principally men whowere acquainted with the country and knewevery by-road. One day Frank Schaffer, of
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