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... piquet duty : the cavalry piquet line almost completely encircled the infantry and artillery camps of an army - a distance of nearly sixty miles unopposed by a mounted enemy at any point . From the opening of the war , Sheridan ...
... piquet duty : the cavalry piquet line almost completely encircled the infantry and artillery camps of an army - a distance of nearly sixty miles unopposed by a mounted enemy at any point . From the opening of the war , Sheridan ...
Page 177
... piquet duty , allowing Sheridan about two weeks for improvements . General Meade still believed that the commander of the cavalry ought to be attached to his headquarters staff , where he could receive such immediate detailed ...
... piquet duty , allowing Sheridan about two weeks for improvements . General Meade still believed that the commander of the cavalry ought to be attached to his headquarters staff , where he could receive such immediate detailed ...
Page 287
... piquet of Confederate cavalry , and , after a swift chase , a few were captured . Scouts , at the same time , were sent out in all directions to gather news of the enemy's move- ments . General Sheridan maintained his especial belief ...
... piquet of Confederate cavalry , and , after a swift chase , a few were captured . Scouts , at the same time , were sent out in all directions to gather news of the enemy's move- ments . General Sheridan maintained his especial belief ...
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advance Appomattox Appomattox Court House Appomattox River arrived artillery assault attack battery battle Bragg Brannan bridge brigade Captain captured cavalry Cedar Creek Chattanooga Chickamauga Colonel column command Confederate Crook crossed Custer Davis directed dispatch division drove Early Early's enemy enemy's fall back Federal Fifth Corps fire Fisher's Hill Five Forks Ford front Getty Getty's Gordon Gordon Granger Gordon's Mill Grant guns Halleck halted headquarters heavy Hill horses hundred infantry Jetersville joined Kershaw Lee and Gordon's Lee's left flank Lookout Mountain Major-General Massanutten Mountain McCook Meade Merritt miles military Missionary Ridge morning moved night Nineteenth Corps occupied officers ordered Petersburg Philip Henry Sheridan piquet position Potomac Railroad reached rear reënforce regiments reported retreat Richmond rode Rosecrans sent Shenandoah Valley Sheri Sherman Sigel Sixth Corps skirmishers soldiers staff Tennessee River Thomas thousand turnpike Union army Union line Union troops wagons Warren White Oak road Winchester woods