Freedom was triumphant, and civilization moved higher.
( 1) Memoirs of Sheridan, vol. ii., pp. 175, 189.
( 2) This statement is taken from Lee's official report, though Jefferson Davis, in his work, takes pains to viciously deny its truth. War Records, vol. xlvi., Part I., p. 1265; Battles and Leaders, etc., vol. iv., p. 724; Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, vol. ii., pp. 668-76.
( 3) Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, Davis, vol. ii., p. 677. I picked up at Danville a copy of this document at the press where it had recently been printed.
( 4) War Records, vol. xlvi., Part III., p. 549.
( 5) Ibid., pp. 556, 610.
( 6) Memoirs of Sheridan, vol. ii., p. 187.
( 7) War Records., vol. xlvi., Part III., p. 576.
( 8) While riding along the face of the hills with Colonel Andrew J. Smith of the division staff, to get a good view of the enemy's position, I dispatched the Colonel to bring up and put a battery in a designated position. He met and sent Major O. V. Tracey of the same staff on his errand, and soon rejoined me. Some movements displayed large numbers of the enemy, whereupon Smith characteristically exclaimed: "Get as many boys as ever you can; get as many shingles as ever you can; get around the corner as fast as ever you can,— a whole hogshead of molasses all over the walk!" Before this outburst ceased a bullet whistled past by bridle reins and struck Smith in the right leg. While yet repeating his lingo, he threw his arms around his horse's neck and swung to the ground.
( 9) Grant wrote Sheridan informing him the Sixth Corps was following him, saying: "The Sixth Corps will go in with a vim any place you may dicate."—Memoirs of Sheridan, vol. ii., p. 182.