WINCHESTER--THE RIDE TO CEDAR CREEK--THE RETREATING ARMY--RALLYING

THE TROOPS--REFORMING THE LINE--COMMENCING THE ATTACK--DEFEAT OF THE

CONFEDERATES--APPOINTED A MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE REGULAR ARMY--RESULTS

While we lay in camp at Harrisonburg it became necessary to decide

whether or not I would advance to Brown's Gap, and, after driving the

enemy from there, follow him through the Blue Ridge into eastern

Virginia. Indeed, this question began to cause me solicitude as soon

as I knew Early had escaped me at New Market, for I felt certain that