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Show Just History By Albert F. Philips It la fifty-nine yeare ago foday since General Phllls Henry Sheridan Sheri-dan waa given tha command of tha army of tha Bheenandoah. It waa fifty-three yeare ago. In April laat, since ba paid hla first visit to t'tah. and forty -eight yeare ago on tha lttb laat. when, accompanied by bla wife, ha paid his laat visit. It waa en August 1. 1M4. That the daahlna officer waa given tba command com-mand of, tba army with which ha had accomplished so much. Ha bad a characteristic that few poa-eeaeed poa-eeaeed that of rallying beaten man. Thla ba displayed at tha battle of alurfreeeboro, whan bla aallantry Inspired hla men when, on the laat day of the year 111, his forces die-played die-played eaperb valor: hla three brigade bri-gade commandera were killed, and nearly M per cent of bla soldiers were killed or wounded. At Missionary Ridge ha waa commended com-mended by General Grant for tha manner In which ha carried hla men up and over the rifle pita; then be was traneferred to tha army of tha Potomac and placed In command com-mand of tha cavalry. Whan Grant began hie elege of Richmond. Sheridan Sher-idan made a atralght cut for the capital of tha Confederacy, entering enter-ing tha outer defeneea, and then fought hie way back to tba army of the Potomac. It waa while at Winchester. In October, 1IM, that General Early made a audden attack on tba left of the Union army at Cedar Creek and demoralised tha Union forces, and It waa then that Sheridan made hie famous ride from "Winchester, twenty mllea away," and In whlcb ha waa Immortalised In the poem by Read. When Bherldan reached tha front and found hla men Mattered, Mat-tered, ha rallied them and then advanced ad-vanced on Early and. InfUcted upon him euch a derisive and dlaaatroua defeat that war In tha Shenandoah valley apparently waa at an and. Tba battle at Cedar Creek waa a aecond Austertlta, but on a amaller seals. Sheridan auccaaaad to tba command of the army of tha United Unit-ed Btatea on the death of Sherman. and when oa hla deathbed eongreae raised aim to tba full grade of general. 1 Sheridan In 1ITC made a epeclal vlalt to L'tah for tha purpoee of founding a new military post. It la declared that when Sheridan left Washington for Salt Lke that Praaldent L'lyeeee 8. Omit en-Joined en-Joined upon him, "Da nothing without with-out consulting Mr. Godbe and bla friends. and on arrival In Salt Lake he met with Mr. Oodba and ale followers. Tha alta tor tha new military poet had been eeiected by Oenoral Augur, Au-gur, commander of tba department of tha Platte, the alta being about three mllea northwest of Prove, between tba bench and Utah lake Tha eelectlon of tba alta waa confirmed con-firmed by Sheridan and tba camp waa named Rawlina, after tha secretary sec-retary of war, and It waa founded In April, 170. A detachment from rt- Douglae eeeupled tha poet for a while, and then, whoa they retired, re-tired, several companies from the fcaet were stationed cnere. The laat visit of General Sheridan to Salt Lake waa mada In 117s, when be waa aacompanied by hla .wife, and ha waa then on a pleasure trip acraea tha oouatry. |