. History of the Fifteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers . Pollard.] The military end of Early was melancholy. When the SixthCorps started from City Point he was almost the conqueror ofWashington, with the richest prize of the war at an arms the 2d of March, 1865, he was found strongly posted on a hillnear Waynesboro, with two brigades of infantry, and with cavalryand artillery, making a force of nearly two thousand men. Cus-ter assaulted with cavalry, and soon carried the position withtrifling loss. He captm*ed six pieces of cannon, seventeen battle-flags, and sixteen hundred priso
. History of the Fifteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers . Pollard.] The military end of Early was melancholy. When the SixthCorps started from City Point he was almost the conqueror ofWashington, with the richest prize of the war at an arms the 2d of March, 1865, he was found strongly posted on a hillnear Waynesboro, with two brigades of infantry, and with cavalryand artillery, making a force of nearly two thousand men. Cus-ter assaulted with cavalry, and soon carried the position withtrifling loss. He captm*ed six pieces of cannon, seventeen battle-flags, and sixteen hundred prisoners. His army gone as in a mo-ment, Early fled with two staff officers into the bushes, and reachedCharlottesburg, barely escaping capture. So closed the drama ofthe civil war in the Valley. The scheme of relieving Richmondfailed with the high hopes entertained for this diversion of Lee. Sheridan was everywhere triumphant. No fears were after-wards felt for the capture of Washington, and Pennsylvania andMaryland were freed forever from Southern CHAPTER XVIII. PETERSBURG AGAIN. December 2d, 1864:, We were en route for Petersburg. Un-pleasant anticipations of what awaited us intruded upon ourthoughts and entered into our conversation. At daylight ourtrain passed Ellicotts Mills, and we reached Washington at mid-day, in the rain. We were pushed through the city, no one beingpermitted to leave the trains until they stopped near the were kept under guard until the steamboat Thomas was in readiness, when we embarked and went down theriver, laying off opposite Alexandria until the next morning. Republics are said to be ungrateful. It is impossible not tocontrast our reception when we came to Washington with thetreatment we now received. We were treated more as a band ofconvicts than as victorious troops who had saved the nationalcapital, and routed the enemy wherever we had met them. Nocitizens cheered and hung out their flags. No President andcabinet wer
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