the war is to last another year we want the Shenandoah Valley to

"U. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-General.

"HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES,

"CITY POINT, Va., Sept. 4,--10 A. M.--1864.

"MAJOR-GENERAL SHERIDAN, Charlestown, Va.:

"In cleaning out the arms-bearing community of Loudoun County and the

subsistence for armies, exercise your own judgment as to who should

be exempt from arrest, and as to who should receive pay for their