The young cavalryman quickly found him and scattered or captured the entire band.
Early escaped from the fight with a lone orderly as his comrade, and the next day the general who had lost all through no fault of his own, rode into Richmond with his single companion, and from him Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, heard the full tale of Southern disaster in the Valley of Virginia.
Meanwhile Sheridan and his victorious army rode on to a place called White House, where they found plenty of stores, and where they halted for a long rest, and also to secure new mounts, if they could.

Their horses were worn out completely by the great campaign and were wholly unfit for further service.

But it was hard to obtain fresh ones and the delay was longer than the general had intended.

Nevertheless his troops profited by it.

They had not realized until they stopped how near they too had come to utter exhaustion, and for several days they were in a kind of physical torpor while their strength came back gradually.
"I think I've removed the last trace of the Virginia mud from my clothes and myself," said Warner on the morning of the second day, "but I've had to work hard to do it, as time seemed to have made it almost a part of my being." "I've spent most of my time learning to walk again, and getting the bows out of my legs," said Dick.