. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . it, had expressed his willingness to be relieved fiom thecommand; which offered Grant the opportunity of carrying outthe purpose, already indicated, of forming the Middle MilitaryDivision, and giving Sheridan the temporary command overall the generals and troops in the departments of AVesternVirginia, Washington, and the Susquehanna—up to this timeseparate and independent commands. The cavalry divisionsof Torbert and Wilson were at once ordered up from theArmy of the Potomac to Harpers Ferry ; and Sheridan, whowas waiting at Washington, was ord
. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . it, had expressed his willingness to be relieved fiom thecommand; which offered Grant the opportunity of carrying outthe purpose, already indicated, of forming the Middle MilitaryDivision, and giving Sheridan the temporary command overall the generals and troops in the departments of AVesternVirginia, Washington, and the Susquehanna—up to this timeseparate and independent commands. The cavalry divisionsof Torbert and Wilson were at once ordered up from theArmy of the Potomac to Harpers Ferry ; and Sheridan, whowas waiting at Washington, was ordered, on the night of the5th, to come up by the morning train to Harpers Ferry. This Sheridan did ; relieved Hunter at once ; and received,in addition to the ^nitten instructions to Hunter, special in-structions from Grant, who then, better satisfied with the con-dition of things, iiinnodiately returned to City Point, to super-vise the operations around Petersburg and lliohmond. Tor-berts di\dsion of cavaby arrived at Harpers Ferry on the 11th.
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