Under Fire: A Tale of the Shenandoah Valley — page 208: what you’re looking at

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A STRANGE OCCURRENCE. 201 Bells were rung, cannon fired, and every manifes- __ tation of joy exhibited through the Northland. It was a victory with a meaning. It was the last great battle in the Shenandoah. No one was more gratified than Grant, who, ‘a soon as he heard the news, telegraphed to the Secre- ff tary of War these words: ‘‘T had a salute of one hundred guns fired from each of the armies here, in honor of Sheridan’s last victory. Turning what bid fair to be a disaster into a wy glorious victory, stamps Sheridan, what I have al- — ways thought him, one of the greatest of generals. “U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-general.”’ The enemy made no other attempt to invade the North through the Shenandoah Valley, which was now called, for them, the Valley of Humiliation. About noon the next day, some cavalry detach- ments returned to the Wnion position, and among them were the ‘‘Loyal Tigers.’? Their ranks had been perceptibly. thinned in the eteat fight, but nearly four-score of blue tunics rode behind their gallant young leader. The two men, Chetwood and ‘Loyal Mose,”’’ stood | under a tree discussing the situation. ““We have broken the backbone of the civil war in this part of Virginia; Iam sure of it,’’ said’ Moses Bluff, earnestly. “What will you. do now?”? ‘‘T propose to be in at the end,’’ responded Bluff, 4 | ‘and I have thought of joining Grant’s forces 1 in front Bs of Petersburg.’ ‘CYou are determined to see the end of this war, no : matter if your enemy is dead ?”’ “Tam. I am enlisted for the war, captain, as you are, I suppose ?’’ eCoraialy, I should be glad to keep you CORR DAR Eis comick be oks co