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Updated: June 13, 2025
He put on a bold face, however, and assaulted with some loss, but was not assaulted in return. Crook's division of cavalry and Wright's corps pushed on west of Farmville.
At Berryville however, he blundered into Crook's lines about sunset, and a bitter little fight ensued, in which the Confederates got so much the worst of it that they withdrew toward Winchester.
Taking up the pursuit of Early in the Shenandoah Valley, Sheridan found him on the 20th strongly posted on Fisher's Hill, just beyond Strasburg. Quietly moving Crook's command through the wood, he turned the enemy's left on the 22d, and drove him from his stronghold, capturing sixteen guns.
The Kid winced as Crook's nails gouged his neck, and whimpered: "All right, Crook. Gee! you don't need to get so sore about it." Unconscious that there had been a crisis, Mother struck in, "Step lively now, boys, and we'll clean the dishes while the water's hot."
The badman, the sheriff an aged party with whiskers and boots the holdup, the sad eyes of the sheriff's daughter also an aged party, but with a sunbonnet and the most expensive rouge the crook's reformation, and his violent adherence to law and order; this libel upon the portions of these United States lying west of longitude 101° Claire had seen too often.
I have not yet spoken of the movements of Colonel Crook's brigade on the Lewisburg route, because circumstances so delayed his advance that it had no immediate relation to our movements upon Pearisburg and Princeton.
Its church has unusually prominent buttresses to the tower, and preserves remains of stoup in S. porch; piscinas in S. nave wall and chancel; aumbry; poppy heads to seats. The churchyard contains some old stocks. Loxton, a village 3 m. S.W. of Sandford Station, facing Crook's Peak. It has an interesting church, which is not easily observed from the road, as it is reached by a lane.
But on the failure of Crook's first effort, Sturgis ordered forward an attacking column from Nagle's brigade, supported and covered by Ferrero's brigade, which took position in a field of corn on one of the lower slopes of the hill opposite the head of the bridge.
As Craig moved toward him, he waited, cold sweat breaking out on his face. "Say," he whined, "you let me be!" It was ineffectual. Kennedy, still smiling confidently, came closer, still holding the deadly little box, balanced between two fingers. He took the crook's gun and dropped it into his pocket. "Sit down!" ordered Craig. Outside, the other six parleyed in hoarse whispers.
I then turned back to the rear of Getty's division, and as I came behind it, a line of regimental flags rose up out of the ground, as it seemed, to welcome me. They were mostly the colors of Crook's troops, who had been stampeded and scattered in the surprise of the morning. The color-bearers, having withstood the panic, had formed behind the troops of Getty.
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