...original letter of instructions, handed to Sheridan at Monocacy Junction, had included the injunction that Nothing should be left to invite the enemy to...cannot be consumed destroy. It is not desirable that buildings should be destroyed— they should, rather, be protected; etc. The retrograde movement of...

...to-morrow. In pushing up the Shenandoah Valley, where it is expected you will have to go first or last, it is desirable that nothing should be left to invite...stock wanted for the use of your command; such as canuot be consumed, destroy. It is not desirable that the buildings should be destroyed— they should...

...McPherson, 777. Sheridan acted under Grant's letter of instruction. "In pushing up the Shenandoah Valley.. .it is desirable that nothing should be left to invite...your command; such as cannot be consumed, destroy." Such was the devastation that Sheridan said: "'A crow would have had to carry its rations if it had...

...metaphor speaking to Sheridan. His written instruction to Sheridan stated: "Take [from the valley] all provisions, forage and stock wanted for the use...your command. Such as cannot be consumed, destroy." Grant to Halleck, July 14, 1864, u Grant Papers 242-43; Grant to [Sheridan] August 5, 1864, ibid. 377-78....

...it. "In pushing up the Shenandoah Valley," Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant advised Maj. Gen. David Hunter, "it is desirable that nothing should be left to invite...forage, and stock wanted for the use of your command [and] such as cannot be consumed destroy." Such orders were continually passed down the line in the...

...economy of the Valley. "In pushing up the Shenandoah Valley . . . ," the general in chief told Sheridan, "it is desirable that nothing should be left to invite...your Command. Such as cannot, be consumed destroy. . . . Bear in mind, the object, is to drive the enemy South." Grant harbored few doubts about the outcome...

...valley once and for all, instructing Sheridan on the type of warfare to conduct there: "In pushing . . . it is desirable that nothing should be left to invite...Take all provisions, forage, and stock wanted for use of your command. Such as cannot be consumed, destroy. . . . The people should be informed that...

...economy of the Valley. "In pushing up the Shenandoah Valley . . . ," the general in chief told Sheridan, "it is desirable that nothing should be left to invite the enemy to return. Take all prov1s1ons, forage and Stock wanted for the use of your Command. Such as cannot, be consumed destroy....

...instructions: ". . . In pushing up the Shenandoah Valley, as it is expected you will have to go first or last, it is desirable that nothing should be left to invite...cannot be consumed, destroy. It is not desirable that buildings should be destroyed- — they should, rather, be protected; but the people should be informed...

...Little Phil reported to Grant, those orders were reiterated. He was told that in moving up the Valley "nothing should be left to invite the enemy to return....your command. Such as cannot be consumed, destroy." He again cautioned against destroying houses. Unionists were to be given receipts for any supplies....