. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . inter,under myself, as chief-of-cavalry. The marchto Staunton was made without noticeableopposition. On the morning of March 2dEarly was found posted on a ridge west of Waynesboro. The veteran soldierwas full of pluck and made a bold front for a fight, but his troops wereovercome, almost without even perfunctory resistance, by the advance regi-ments of the column, and Early, with a few general officers, barely escapedcapture by flight. All Earlys supplies, all transportation, all
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . inter,under myself, as chief-of-cavalry. The marchto Staunton was made without noticeableopposition. On the morning of March 2dEarly was found posted on a ridge west of Waynesboro. The veteran soldierwas full of pluck and made a bold front for a fight, but his troops wereovercome, almost without even perfunctory resistance, by the advance regi-ments of the column, and Early, with a few general officers, barely escapedcapture by flight. All Earlys supplies, all transportation, all the guns,ammunition and flags, and most of the officers and men of the army werecaptured and sent to the rear. From this point Sheridan moved unmolested to the Virginia Central Rail-road, which was destroyed for miles, large bridges being wrecked, the tracktorn up, and the rails heated and bent. The command was divided and sentto the James River Canal, which was destroyed as effectually as the done, the cavalry proceeded to White House, on the Pamunkey River,where it arrived on March 19th, BRIGADIER-GENERAL BRADLEY T. JOHNSON,C. S. A. FROM A lHOTOGRAPII. VOL. IV. 34
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