had just gotten married -- his wife has a child -- there he is rallying troops and sammy pendleton would be mortally wounded. this campaign not only wrecked the calvary of jackson, it is killing its soul gradually and pendleton it to myself. -- sort of a pit of mice is that. well, anyways, early retreats up the valley. and then, very interesting -- this is the clear difference between sheridan and grant, immediately grant saw the opportunity. he saw it. all you need to do is cross the mountain and come in the back door to richmond and we can end this war a lot sooner in infill sheridan started to send him reasons why he cannot do it. in fact, sheridan unlike any general, sheridan says, you can take my army. i whipped jubal early, you do not need me. you don't need my army. you can have the calvary back. we will occupy the valley know, grant was absolutely right. but sheridan did not see that. early would have put up a fight in the blue ridge mountains, but his morale is that that and so forth, so sheridan starts to retreat back in marches south down the valley and outset middletown along