Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . FISHEB—riSHEBS HILL jiisher, Redwood S., statistician; bornin Philadelphia, Pa., in 1782. Edited aNew York daily newspaper. He wrote TheProgress of the United States of Americafrom the Earliest Periods, Geographical,Statistical, and Historical, and was editorof a Oazetteer of the United States. Hedied in Philadelphia, Pa., Mav 17,1856. Fisher, Sydney George, author; bornin Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 11, 1856; grad-uated at Trinity College in 1879; is the have just sent the enemy wh
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . FISHEB—riSHEBS HILL jiisher, Redwood S., statistician; bornin Philadelphia, Pa., in 1782. Edited aNew York daily newspaper. He wrote TheProgress of the United States of Americafrom the Earliest Periods, Geographical,Statistical, and Historical, and was editorof a Oazetteer of the United States. Hedied in Philadelphia, Pa., Mav 17,1856. Fisher, Sydney George, author; bornin Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 11, 1856; grad-uated at Trinity College in 1879; is the have just sent the enemy whirling throughWinchester, and are after them to-mor-row. He kept his word, and appeared infront of Fishers Hill on the 22d. ThereEarly was strongly intrenched. Sheridansent Crooks corps to gain the left andrear of the position, and advanced to theattack of the left and front, with Wrightsand Emorys corps. The assault began atfour oclock. The Confederate line wassoon broken, and the entire force retreat-ed in disorder up the valley, leaving be-. sheridans cavalry at fishers author of The Making of Pennsylvania;The True Benjamin Franklin; The Evo-lution of the Constitution of the UnitedStates, etc. Fishers Hill, Action at. Whendriven from Winchester (see Winchester,Battle of) Early did not halt until he hind them sixteen guns and over 1,000men as prisoners. Earlys army was savedfrom total destruction by the holding incheck of Torberts cavalry in the LurayValley, and the detention of Wilsons cav-alry, who fought at Front Royal the daybefore (Sept. 21). Sheridan chased Early reached Fishers Hill, beyond Strasburg, to Port Republic {q. v.), where he de^ and 20 miles from the battle-field. It Mas stroyed the Confederate train of seventy- strongly fortified, and was considered the five wagons. Thence his cavalry pursued most impregnable position in the valley, as far ns Staunton, where the remnant of In his despatch to the Secretary of War Earlys army sought and found shelter
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