necessary authority, he and I started for Washington, accompanied by

Lieutenant T. W. C. Moore, one of my aides, leaving behind Lieutenant

M. V. Sheridan, my other aide, to forward our horses as soon as they

should be sent down to Chattanooga from Loudon, after which he was to

AT WASHINGTON--MEETING SECRETARY STANTON--INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT

LINCOLN--MADE COMMANDER OF THE CAVALRY CORPS OF THE ARMY OF THE

POTOMAC--ITS OFFICERS--GENERAL MEADE's METHOD OF USING CAVALRY--

OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN--SPOTTSYLVANIA C. H.--A DIFFERENCE WITH

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