The Story of Our Army From Colonial Days to the Present Time 2
The Story of Our Army From Colonial Days to the Present Time 2
Abbot, Willis John, 1863-1934. [from Old Catalog]
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" cried General Torbert, when Sheridan came galloping up to the point where his cavalry and the Sixth corps were acting as a rear-guard for the retreat. A few questions told the newly arrived commander all that the stream of fugitives had left untold. He listened to the recital impatiently, then threw himself into the midst of the drifting tide. "Turn the other way, boys, turn the other way I We'll beat them yet! We are going to sleep in our old lines to-night," he cried, and the men, catching ...his enthusiasm, cheered and began to halt, and to face again to the enemy. " When they saw me," writes Sheridan, " they aban- doned their coffee, threw up their hats, shouldered their muskets, and as I passed along turned to follow, Digitized by VjOOQ IC FOR YOUNG AMERICANS 603 with enthusiasm and cheers. To acknowledge this ex- hibition of feeling I took off my hat and with ForsytEe and O'Keefe rode some distance in advance of my escort, while every mounted officer who saw me gal- loped out on either side of the pike to tell the men at a distance that I had come back.
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