. Elwood's stories of the old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847-1865 [electronic resource]: the first three year cavalry of the Civil War : with introduction by the Rev. Ryland . e signal was heard when PhilipH. Sheridan, with his veteran army in the wild charge,moving as a whole, seemed to shake the solid of that vast army, with such a leader, wrought to afever heat, imbibing the spirit of the invincible Sheridan!When Generals Torbert, Meritt and Custer, with theircavalry, struck the charge what could withstand them?This was the complete destruction of General Jubal Earlysarmy in the S
. Elwood's stories of the old Ringgold Cavalry, 1847-1865 [electronic resource]: the first three year cavalry of the Civil War : with introduction by the Rev. Ryland . e signal was heard when PhilipH. Sheridan, with his veteran army in the wild charge,moving as a whole, seemed to shake the solid of that vast army, with such a leader, wrought to afever heat, imbibing the spirit of the invincible Sheridan!When Generals Torbert, Meritt and Custer, with theircavalry, struck the charge what could withstand them?This was the complete destruction of General Jubal Earlysarmy in the Shenandoah valley. This ends the fightingof the Ringgold cavalry in the Civil war. In a short timewe were ordered by General Sheridan, to Martinsburg forclothing, and from there by the secretary of war to Cum-berland, Maryland, where we remained without any morefighting. Thus ends the part taken in the great Civil war WITH SHERIDAN AT CEDAR CREEK 255 by the members of the Ringgold cavalry who enlisted June29, 1861, and were mustered out October 31, 1865. Someof my company were almost constantly in the saddle fromstart to finish. Here ends the bloody work in the Shen-. GEORGE E. PARSHALL andoah valley. The remaining few of Earlys army soonjoined Lee. Early put forth a bitter address to his recounting the brilliant success of the morning, headded, I have the mortification of announcing to you,that, by your subsequent misconduct, all the benefits ofthe victory were lost and a serious disaster incurred. Many 256 ELWOODS STORIES of you, including commissioned officers, yielded to a dis-graceful propensity t plunder, and deserted your colorsto appropriate the abandoned property of the enemyThose who remained at their post were unable to with-stand the assault of the enemy and were driven in a panicfrom the field. The defeat was as total as Lee s bad old man represent-ed it; but the reproach was understood. His troops hadfought nobly in the morning. The victory was won bys
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