Sayre family : lineage of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton . rear andflanks of General Johnstons army. In the engagements at Cassville, Pick-etts Mill and Decatur General Allen and his brigade bore a conspicuous part. Judged by its results and considering the disparity of the forces engaged,probably the greatest cavalry exploit of the war was the destruction by Wheel-ers cavalry, numbering less than 5,000 men, of the gigantic raids sent out byGeneral Sherman during the battles around Atlanta; these numbered over9,000 picked men under Federal Generals Garrard, Stoneman and
Sayre family : lineage of Thomas Sayre, a founder of Southampton . rear andflanks of General Johnstons army. In the engagements at Cassville, Pick-etts Mill and Decatur General Allen and his brigade bore a conspicuous part. Judged by its results and considering the disparity of the forces engaged,probably the greatest cavalry exploit of the war was the destruction by Wheel-ers cavalry, numbering less than 5,000 men, of the gigantic raids sent out byGeneral Sherman during the battles around Atlanta; these numbered over9,000 picked men under Federal Generals Garrard, Stoneman and division of 3,800 was driven back to his main army by General Kellywith less than halftheenemys numbers; McCook was overtaken near Newnan,and of the 3,600 comprising his division less than a third got out; Stonemanwas captured near Macon by Generals Iverson, Allen and Crews. Stonemanclaims that he was surrounded, but, as he had 2,300 men and was captured by1,300, it reminds one of Pats explanation of how he captured three of theenemy : Bedad, I surrounded em I. SLss^y^: ^adtLU/Jh- ^^Uy7-<^ MmrM^ •/)Uyj^£SM Eighth Gen.: Line of Calvin Waiiicl:Da7iicl,^Danicl^Danier- 503 In the latter part of August, 1S64, and during Wheelers raid into middle Ten-nessee, in which the gallant Kelly was killed, Gen-eral Allen was given com-mand of Martins division and commanded a division fighting Sherman throughGeorgia and the Carolinas, and in February, 1S65, he was promoted to major-general and confirmed by the Confederate Senate. At Wavnesboro, Ga., November 2S, 1864, General Allen had two horsesshot under Inm and was painfully wounded, but continued on duty. At Aiken,S. C, Allens division was largely instrumental in saving the town from theravages of the enemv, which service was gratefully acknowledged by GovernorMcGrath, of South Carolina, and rewarded by the presentation of a beautifulsilk flag from the ladies of Aiken. In the attack on Kilpatricks camp, near Fayetteville, N. C.,in Ma
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