. Book of the Royal blue . federates from theirdefenses at the base of the ridge, followedthem up the hill, and thus drove Braggfrom his position on Missionary Ridge androuted his army. < irant was a careful student of the capa-bilities of the officers under his command,as is shown by the achievements of themen who were promoted under him. Whenhe was called to the East as lieutenant-gen-eral to take command of the army, he sur-prised the war department and most of theEastern military men by calling Sheridanto command his cavalry, and he accom-panied Grant in his campaign from theRapidan to
. Book of the Royal blue . federates from theirdefenses at the base of the ridge, followedthem up the hill, and thus drove Braggfrom his position on Missionary Ridge androuted his army. < irant was a careful student of the capa-bilities of the officers under his command,as is shown by the achievements of themen who were promoted under him. Whenhe was called to the East as lieutenant-gen-eral to take command of the army, he sur-prised the war department and most of theEastern military men by calling Sheridanto command his cavalry, and he accom-panied Grant in his campaign from theRapidan to Cold Harbor. During the ter-rible battles which Grant fought in thewilderness, Spottsylvania and other places,the cavalry under Sheridan was constantlyon the flanks of the enemy and makingraids to demoralize it. Like Jackson, hisenemy never knew where he was. One ofthe most remarkable raids of the war wasmade by him, starting on the 9th of Mayand lasting two weeks, when he cut all therailroads that supplied the Confederate. OEXERAL BANKS KoIiT. STACNTON, VA. superior officers, and resulted in most sub-stantial aid to the army. Later, whenGrant was assigned to the command of allthe forces at Chattanooga, Sheridan led thecharge at Missionary Ridge in the centerthat was directly in front of Grant, whose army, and in one of his engagements on the11th of May. at Yellow Tavern, he defeatedthe great cavalry leader, (Jeneral Stuart,who fell in the battle. Again, on the 7thof June, when (jrant was at Cold Harbor,he made another raid to the rear of the 20 Tiro GREAT LIEUTENAXTS OF THE CIVIL WAR. Confederate forces, destroying railroadsand capturing a number of prisoners. Grant thus learned to appreciate Sheri-dan as a man of the highest strategic qual-ities and the boldest dash, with unfalteringcourage, and when it became necessary tosend an adequate force to drive Early fromthe Shenandoah \alley, he assigned Sheri-dan to that task, and the history of thatcampaign is known to all as one
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