. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . back tumultuously on theroad to Middletown. Eighteen of the Union guns wereseized by Early, and turned on their late possessors;and for a time it seemed as if the Union troops wouldbe utterly overwhelmed. Wright succeeded in restor-ing order to the ranks, and in checking the advance;the Southerners, scattering themselves through theabandoned camps, began drinking and plundering; andwhen Sheridan arrived from Winchester— thirty milesawa
. The battles of the war for the union. The story of the great Civil War, from the election of Abraham Lincoln to the surrender at Appomatox, Impartially told . back tumultuously on theroad to Middletown. Eighteen of the Union guns wereseized by Early, and turned on their late possessors;and for a time it seemed as if the Union troops wouldbe utterly overwhelmed. Wright succeeded in restor-ing order to the ranks, and in checking the advance;the Southerners, scattering themselves through theabandoned camps, began drinking and plundering; andwhen Sheridan arrived from Winchester— thirty milesaway —and ordered a vigorous attack, the opposingtroops gave way in unreasonable panic, abandoning theguns they had captured in the morning. Sheridans reputation was greatly advanced by thisaffair, and the President, on November 14. promotedhim to the rank of major-general, as a reward for his personal gallantry, military skill and just confidence inthe courage and patriotism of his troops. He had intruth saved the Union cause from a crushing reverse,and had inflicted on Early a blow which made his forcesstagger. On the morning of that memorable October. 3io THE BATTLES FOR THE UNION. 19, the Union troops had fallen back in dismay; in theevening, it was their adversaries who were in flight, andwho, smitten with dread, blocked the roads with thescattered remnants of an army which only a few hoursbefore had almost attained the summit of victory. Acharge by the Union cavalry, as dusk was setting in,completed the ruin that had already been commenced*and from that hour nothing but terror and despair pre-vailed throughout the Confederate ranks. Early biv-ouacked at Fishers Hill during the night, and nextday retreated beyond Woodstock, followed by thecavalry. He did not consider himself safe until he hadtaken up a position on Mount Jackson, near the south-ern extremity of the Great North Mountains, where,counting up his losses, he found that 22 of his gunshad passed over to the enemy
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