. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ing,—total, 1235. Ihave been able to get no report of the loss in the cav-alry, but it was slight. Sheridans loss was 52 killed,457 wounded, and 19 captured or missing,— a total of allowance for the slight cavalry loss of Early,his total losses in the two battles of Winchester andFishers Hill were about 5300, and those of Sheridaniu the same two battles were 749 killed, 4440 wounded,and 357 captured or missing = 5540. In the two battlesSheridan captured twenty-one guns.
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ing,—total, 1235. Ihave been able to get no report of the loss in the cav-alry, but it was slight. Sheridans loss was 52 killed,457 wounded, and 19 captured or missing,— a total of allowance for the slight cavalry loss of Early,his total losses in the two battles of Winchester andFishers Hill were about 5300, and those of Sheridaniu the same two battles were 749 killed, 4440 wounded,and 357 captured or missing = 5540. In the two battlesSheridan captured twenty-one guns.—Editors. \ Grant says that, after the, fight, at Fishers Hill,Sheridan pursued him [Early] with great energythrough Harrisonburg, Staunton, and the gaps of theBlue Ridge. I did not leave the valley at all. HadSheridan moved his infantry to Port Republic, I wouldhave been compelled to retire through Browns Gap, toget provisions and forage, and it would hnve been im-possible for me to return to the valley until he evacu-ated the upper part of it.— J. A. E. WINCHESTER, FISHERS HILL, AND CEDAR CREEK. 525. LIEUTENANT-GENERAL JOHN B. GORDON, C. S. A. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. ments about made up rny losses at Winchester andFishers Hill, and I determined to attack the en-emy in his position at Harrisonburg, and for thatpurpose made a reconnoissanee on the 5th, but onthe morning of the 6th it was discovered that hehad retired during the night down the valley. •& When it was discovered that the enemy wasretiring, I moved forward at once and arrived atNew Market with my infantry on the 7th. Eosserpushed forward on the back and middle roads inpursuit of the enemys cavalry, which was engagedin burning houses, mills, barns, and stacks ofwheat and hay, and had several skirmishes with it, ■& While Sheridans forces were near Harrisonburg,and mine were watching them, three of our cavalryscouts, in their uniforms and with arms, got around hislines near a little town called Dayton, and enco
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