"Little Phil" and his troopersThe life of GenPhilip HSheridanIts romance and reality: how an humble lad reached the head of an army .. . orderedto Washington. On arrival, and upon reporting to the War Depart-ment, he was informed by Secretary Stanton of the intended movementto the Rio Grande and of its probable character. With this informa-tion he was offered the second command, under General Sheridan asdepartment commander. Troops to the number of c;3,ooo werealready detailed for the new field operations, and General Weitzel wasexpected to proceed at once to Brownsville, Texas. Weitzel and hi
"Little Phil" and his troopersThe life of GenPhilip HSheridanIts romance and reality: how an humble lad reached the head of an army .. . orderedto Washington. On arrival, and upon reporting to the War Depart-ment, he was informed by Secretary Stanton of the intended movementto the Rio Grande and of its probable character. With this informa-tion he was offered the second command, under General Sheridan asdepartment commander. Troops to the number of c;3,ooo werealready detailed for the new field operations, and General Weitzel wasexpected to proceed at once to Brownsville, Texas. Weitzel and hisstaff were on the ground before the grand review was over at theNational Capital. Steps were quickly taken in preparation of anv work that mighthave to be done. General John A. Logan with his famous FoiuteenthArmy Corps — the men who bore tlxrough so many campaigns andbattles, the significant badge of a cartridge-box and forty rounds —was sent from Washington to Little Rock, Arkansas. The forces inthe Department of Louisiana were sent forward towards J. J. Reynolds, commanding the Department of Arkan-. LAS CRUCES, VALLEY OF MESILA, NEW MEXICO. HEADQUARTERS OF THE CALIFORNIA BRIGADE. 21 ^12 THE LIFE OF sas and the Seventh Army Corps, was at Little Rock. Major-Gen-eral James G. Blunt, of Kansas, had been ordered from Fort Leaven-worth to Fort Gibson, on the Arkansas and within the Cherokeecountry, where he was to activel} equip the Indians in the Union ser-vice (three regiments), several regiments of colored infantry also, witha sufficient force of volunteer cavalry to make a mounted column ofat least ten thousand men. This force was to enter Northern Texasand push towards the Rio Grande, in the neighborhood of El Paso, or,as it v\^as then known, the frontier village of Franklin. Major-GeneralJohn A. Pope, who, after the second battle of Bull Run, was placedin command of the Department of the Northwest, had been relievedby Majoi--General S. R. Curtis
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