. Bull run to Bull run; or, Four years in the army of northern Virginia. Containing a detailed account of the career and adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B., Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A., with leaves from my scrap-book. nction,I would take great pleasure in bringing some of them to grief. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General. On December 20th, Sheridan sends General Custer withtwo brigades (Chapmans and Penningtons) up the Valley tothe James river and across to Lynchburg, and General Tor-bert, with two divisions, l)y way of the east side of the BlueRidge to the same destination, as
. Bull run to Bull run; or, Four years in the army of northern Virginia. Containing a detailed account of the career and adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B., Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A., with leaves from my scrap-book. nction,I would take great pleasure in bringing some of them to grief. P. H. Sheridan, Major-General. On December 20th, Sheridan sends General Custer withtwo brigades (Chapmans and Penningtons) up the Valley tothe James river and across to Lynchburg, and General Tor-bert, with two divisions, l)y way of the east side of the BlueRidge to the same destination, as will be seen by his order: Wixchester, December 20, Graxt: Information from General Custer is to the elTect thatRodess Division has gone to Richmond, and he thinks partof Whartons. Rosser went back toward Lynchburg, and itis said intended to go in the direction of Wytheviile. I haveordered Custer up the Valley to the James river and acrossto Lynchburg. I have ordered Torbert to edge in close tothe Blue Ridge, so as to avoid the lieadwaters of the Rapidan,and to strike the railroad at Charlottesville, and follow up toLynchburg, communicate with Custer, and unite with him. P. H. Sheridan, Charles Trussell. 282 Bull Run to Bull Run. On the Jist. bo wires General Grant: 1 heard from Cjeneral Cnster at Harrisonburi;. lie is inIhie s])irits. and sa\s lie will, he hopes, s])end his Christmas inL\ iichhurL;-. I hearil from (leiicral Iorhert last night. liewas then near Sperr\ \ ille. The weather is so bad—rain, snowand sleet—that I feel a great deal of anxiety al)Oiit the are about 8,000 men on this raid; no artillery orwagons. P)Ut hopes are often blasted, and so they were with shouted before he was out of the woods, and the nextcommunication is less buoyant, as will be seen by Sheridanstelegram to Grant of date December 22, 1864: General Custer reports that at or near Idarrisonburg heencountered Rossers Division
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