. Down in Dixie : life in a cavalry regiment in the war days, from the Wilderness to Appomattox . was to us, and asit was not uncommon for rebel cavalrymen to don bluejackets when they could get them by stripping prisoners,the Confederates did not seem to grasp the situationtill we had turned about and were galloping back overthe road toward the Federal lines. Halt! Halt, you infernal Yankees ! The order was backed up by a volley from the rebeladvance guard. The bullets whistled about our ears,but we bent low in our saddles and never looked behindus until we had placed the Sixth corps between
. Down in Dixie : life in a cavalry regiment in the war days, from the Wilderness to Appomattox . was to us, and asit was not uncommon for rebel cavalrymen to don bluejackets when they could get them by stripping prisoners,the Confederates did not seem to grasp the situationtill we had turned about and were galloping back overthe road toward the Federal lines. Halt! Halt, you infernal Yankees ! The order was backed up by a volley from the rebeladvance guard. The bullets whistled about our ears,but we bent low in our saddles and never looked behindus until we had placed the Sixth corps between us andthe Confederates. Then we drew rein and took aninventory. Several canteens were missing, but other-wise we were all present or accounted for, and werode out to the left and rejoined our company. CHAPTER XXV. The Trevilian Station Raid—Cutting tJie Virginia CentralRailroad— Custer Between Tivo Fires— Charge of the FirstDivision — TJie Rebels Routed — Hamptons Men FightingBehind Breastworks — Torberf s Troopers Repulsed— HunterHeaded for Lynchburg — Sheridans FTER the battle of Cold Harbor, Sheri-dans cavalry corps remained in camparound Bottoms Bridge and New Castleferry until preparations were completedby Grant to make another change ofbase. This time it was announced thatthe Army of the Potomac was to beconcentrated on the south bank of the James, and thatRichmond would be attacked from the new line. Weexpected to be pushed to the front to open the way forthe infantry, but when orders came for Sheridan tomarch we found that only Wilsons division was to ac-company Grants army, Sheridan being directed to cutloose again with Torbert and Greggs divisions, and 360 DOWN IN DIXIE. 361 slash around north of the rebel capital while the Federaltroops were crossing the James. Sheridans instructions for this raid included the fol-lowing : With two divisions of vour corps you willmove on the morning of the 7th inst. to Charlottesville,and destroy the rai
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