. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . From this point the enemy retreatedin line of battle. But every effort to make him fight failed. No doubtSheridan in this pursuit regretted the absence of his cavalry, which, withTorbert, was striving, by a circuitous and obstructed march, to reach theenemys rear. A few miles beyond New Market Early abandoned the main road, whichleads on through Harrisonburg; turning to the east, he pursued the roadthat leads thence to Port Republic. This direction was taken to receive thereinforc
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . From this point the enemy retreatedin line of battle. But every effort to make him fight failed. No doubtSheridan in this pursuit regretted the absence of his cavalry, which, withTorbert, was striving, by a circuitous and obstructed march, to reach theenemys rear. A few miles beyond New Market Early abandoned the main road, whichleads on through Harrisonburg; turning to the east, he pursued the roadthat leads thence to Port Republic. This direction was taken to receive thereinforcements which were to reach him through one of the gaps of the BlueRidge. For it appears that Kershaw and his command had not proceededbeyond Culpeper in his march to Lees army before he was ordered to returnto Early, the news of whose overthrow at Winchester, and afterward atFishers Hill, had reached the authorities at Richmond. On the 25th of September Torbert with the cavalry rejoined General Sheri-dan, and was at once put to work doing what damage was possible to the ,12 SHERIDAN IN THE SHENANDOAH THE REAR-GUARD — GENERAL CUSTERS DIVISION RETIRING FROM MOUNT JACKSON, OCTOBER 7, 18U4. FROM A WAR-TIME SKETCH. Central Railway. After proceeding to Staunton and destroying immensequantities of army stores, Torbert moved to Waynesboro, destroying therailway track, and after burning the railway bridges toward the Blue Ridge,and on being threatened by Earlys forces, which had moved thither to attacklrim, lie retired to Bridgewater. Naturally a question now arose between Sheridan, the authorities inWashington, and General Grant as to the future theater of the campaign andthe line of operations. Sheridan was opposed to the proposition submittedby the others, which was to operate against Central Virginia from his basein the Valley. The general reasons for his opposition were the distance fromthe base of supplies, the lines of communication, which in a country infestedby guerr
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