. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . t, had expressed his willingness to be relieved from 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 WesternVirginia, 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 order
. Grant and his campaigns: a military biography . t, had expressed his willingness to be relieved from 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 WesternVirginia, 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 Perry. This Sheridan did ; relieved Hunter at once ; and received,in addition to the-written mstmctions to Hunter, special in-structions from Grant, who then, better satisfied with the con-dition of things, immediately returned to City Point, to super-vise the operations around Petersburg and Richmond. Tor-berts division of cavalry arrived at Harpers Perry on the 11th R K J. I ,- 2 /
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