. The loyal people of the North-west, a record of prominent persons, places and events, during eight years of unparalleled American history . ght in the Forest —Meet my Husbands Coffin — My Warning — A Noble Young Sol-dier— Our Return — The brave Eighty-Eighth at the Battle of StoneRiver — Its Resolutions on the Death of Coatsworth—Also fromChicago Medical Fraternity — A noble Letter from the Eighty-EighthRegiment. No name stands higlier on tlie list of daring deedstlian that of Phil. Sheridan, the bold rider of theShenandoah. In the brief space at our disposal,and while the press awaits us, i


. The loyal people of the North-west, a record of prominent persons, places and events, during eight years of unparalleled American history . ght in the Forest —Meet my Husbands Coffin — My Warning — A Noble Young Sol-dier— Our Return — The brave Eighty-Eighth at the Battle of StoneRiver — Its Resolutions on the Death of Coatsworth—Also fromChicago Medical Fraternity — A noble Letter from the Eighty-EighthRegiment. No name stands higlier on tlie list of daring deedstlian that of Phil. Sheridan, the bold rider of theShenandoah. In the brief space at our disposal,and while the press awaits us, it would be more thanuseless to attempt any detailed biographical sketchof the greatest cavalry officer of the war, and insome respects the greatest executive genius. Hisdeeds were so bold, so dazzling, so brilliant; hismanner was so forcible and dashing, and. his connec-tion with the closing scenes of the war which gavethe coup de grace to treason, so intimate, that theynot only prominently attracted attention at that timebut have remained fixed in the nations memory, soindelibly that any repetition of them now would be.


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