Sheridan was assigned command of the Union Army of the Shenandoah and Grant directed him to "follow the enemy to their death" and to destroy vital Confederate supplies in the Shenandoah Valley.
Sheridan was assigned command of the Union Army of the Shenandoah and Grant directed him to "follow the enemy to their death". Grant then ordered Sheridan's cavalry to destroy vital Confederate supplies in the Shenandoah Valley.