. Civil War officers. Confederate . companions, herode away to find Sheridan. I fancythat was a ride worth taking; under thestars, with the silence of midnightaround him; in an enemys country,bearing the orders which would, he de-voutly hoped, turn and stay the storm ofbattle that had so sorely smitten thelaud ; and watching with straining eye*for the first outpost of Sheridans and countersign were rap-idly given and exchanged as they passedthe pickets, and Sheridan was reached intime. Greeley in his History brieliy says ofthe preceding days pursuit:—This wasa miscalculation ;
. Civil War officers. Confederate . companions, herode away to find Sheridan. I fancythat was a ride worth taking; under thestars, with the silence of midnightaround him; in an enemys country,bearing the orders which would, he de-voutly hoped, turn and stay the storm ofbattle that had so sorely smitten thelaud ; and watching with straining eye*for the first outpost of Sheridans and countersign were rap-idly given and exchanged as they passedthe pickets, and Sheridan was reached intime. Greeley in his History brieliy says ofthe preceding days pursuit:—This wasa miscalculation ; and then adds, Pur-suit was reaumed by all hands on themorning of the 8th—the second and 6thcorps under Meade, moving north of theAppomattox or directly in the trail ofthe enemy, while Sheridan, undeceivedas to Lees making for Danville, led hiscavalry to head him off from Lynch-burgh, his only remaining refuge. He does not tell us how Sheridan wasundeceived, but these are the facts inthe case.—Lakeside Monthly. Robert B. Lee. ROBERT E. LEE. Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate army. From a photograph in the collection of Dr. Bristol
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