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NDOA CVM~o1 an owereik. ot ee GeoorlBak in the reepo aret otb e p erect3, M bF llr CMBERANier thit bhe cring codage ade oyr t Piden imsbealy on rtcise

ngsfics Cmmad a Cap J6Hor; 861-Ceati'n gfterit vfalu ip:tes dslfro Arge armyso, t Miheailay rove afTn-laid, ~lniude~eincyan ne Generabr :dr. pedient ihe ypoeydie d of acmaign. the nas aontacti hea

ersl ,T, ~ ~ abi jus- uced ndroOtfv, monhs a'gecmmnralof tetroinaryuener; d ye ul ackeas nandurlliancyvofTheAeprcmnt~f te C m oogs b cos two gepreat muonement er exciste r Bethsis rmad en tohppndthasas ajheelme t poOgIninadMcia.Kn thadTnse ke and orbnd- ho oute rymil ie n oe..I elce oeo h

pnFf ka ft~oui.B'ells ommndstle thrict of the which.frmmyo thilmet aerpomen weaknessles e weera prnst eaiantyiiHas, Qtobr'8 861 an th Dearmn (oCber1tpainand isr-lne nevsae ltais dgnit.eHe wash inpal ofadishondr adeck

, e6hA y~ops enerl Bell :onEscmted hoecassi ares hihe madte agailnst him ne62,Bimpeacing hsm pasriotsI - V"tace hi sbodinteComane Gna tle bhoad,Mofkn, were unjustad, onseth ne to Ghosera ho ms ugh o ha ernhm ette,Organisation , twry- e al y in 18vary. Th is er e maliious>xuec~v-FrtfiatonofAnfresorug-ondrward MaonFrl Noweeral could hae beel n moe wielyceo dferiBoetha hise peruc-

ttioi~~~~~~~~s forplg}1Kdrtna--ar af Mcinml.Cooe srience. esoirsGenerlg Roragesal, and hoo.Is regardsbl phyial temeritcs-and~~scapp.-Rosecrans anrrlled toA vns - eiino i a ounci. Bm ents lth y e re erfar ar t was e anti os cntu e Ie had done litet i

Brnt gparimfudroeans foitr ft higt rneusieme d fo enerlai. Thiws woo cofrg fr te psses of hatanoga eg, wh Ketckas's geoat aidh dngpier of esponsibiliy,ett mosht cricl mroment anrom Mrfresborugh n th 24t ofJne 18ide by termi pebattl wothsoet esafindphi n Hie ainsfwh a evous xctcitement.

"er~l rag~ efet o th 25h o Noementins fvo oftohs a ge enipoferamenin anery argetfielfaefforhe hbighestc orfftwad. he ueenue o Chttaoapest of e t eneder t f ahevem e ns dendthersm ahngs enuigm eqal the eset gena

tale anddurig th siee ofKnoxia-i over s00enl.i ewhoenhs whih mosrateelfdcontro e rlan lheade rosei, he plowfees"li~lidto wll-efied erids. Wit tpofrto of thesae ac rem i no intheirt crommaend, wan ses tw Homte houner o eb asnt or m

1;t~r ~oecr ws rlieed f hs cmeand wascsonbem- ofth paterinte, annieot raughtgwityH nfsincauprbenafdihnsuggestioneSof the Cumberlathe eswalone dmretrly conctd ch rne whuch houre thatd e a r st o in n 1 o6t, imecing hi ar iotism,tion~~~~~~ ~181 Kfsam a t bgnigi ite ntucfKe nd weta n, andh on-ete at f nel wnho inhtt n arver inotwnchiw b e

known ao thep Deprt thet coolr Loefile posssse cinnadr who1. Thisn oere thaliciousf.s

Is wa comandedby Clone,fewrjo General o gShr-erlecmalgnsuin Waet Vireni wore winel divern ptiul thn issuc-' eauwho;undestaning hat a nerst on aine Oict e dced.or eery R socasPronahadlth rnrt dto a regd ophysca tepea

"b' let b eatin he entckySeabte 40d maliles aout a ected were asorb hiats thneaanndes o te a d dpomelittlasfi

it e uterncein hisunsttld rom he staenthn adeoptd ain pr arncer tor hisonsiiiy Af t theum t cmmiald mn of a mg~bew nsecesionand oyaly, befdo r e thde closhe ofe ofathle Molsoi tip (Ju n 7 m 1 b62 sde ouhimwell withlk nou citnth .

assaiatiou, orr the over 20astog,000et nfa of ho had h nee ltmaebatetle n n b l ar e fiteAr of hu a ot th e higno. Hr-ride theinflenceof te wods ad exmple of militnadry acareee a nt so ued. fulhe s thig cenguna ppl, r he es idenera

Aldesonthi setimnt bcam diat thisc oal of and whre a t h ex mtost wereeonterottai e d eihi m mn, whr oe full rsl

; getlyespusedby he re e partmftetfth.e ized tisatco mnadtho h oro ebrws etoa~~~~ ~ cont freofnaly20 en w hil thon a tm oerans wams ao gefragh oft m oefthanornuregnabil it h slgstpinwon.

pi~~rl.,AtCam Dik obisontre was asr r t ofte brian t andh ledu fe t o es u resuwnltste, in hearyey woulelson,~~mea Hallth 5hofAgs, 81 etck Subd bte, brate ovanralmotabsur deeree and so fealy evrystmane wonb

antd asprat miltardi exitenone astwDear - to he r than, thfpossed enem ner His , str eg oney the cates of ur ccdmir-laud.~~~ ~ waea obr neson esiaed oFt ion blnd t ather apesfpalssl wifth itscans weaknequaly No Hwifs

= tlland of ths deparme cheall of Khen- thatl ae ign odcing aes nurginific e campaignadthela ndmiabt m orn -d. _Sermnsuccedeoneaso ie ODrcteems duto be playsng with aryifictior wfeesg ofterd oisl almo

t~~~ ~ -" nMlruhsHlat 40ameln beut a legtheter a asris fiacovres, son other adsmisle pansom4W te ariva oftro parofthestennse fte slkls norh aotdipefrneto dehieronAfte ssghedin thempmand of the

promtly orwrd, o t a s sorheou e con- enmy wh e fssipdpim iJne a7 st6),t e o ueh eiemet itho an initIean amy f 7,00 metoe epamei of pl ad nowrg osth abatebeot the hotile Army and inCmernt . taehis

miitale ry and pro er plac bens scesulat commande ontepolpiitruriiswladr wnidoncygaceeedby wel. ithths cae oive andheiea etiatos Geereosterainsd but heims bohinjus whrca notyrel

;C weln eaeteDprmn fthe fized.nii il 0amr rd mstb eypriljdeideio~~~~~~~~ ~ afgaddttiscnet wieta oeran~ waiakeneisjralometionnfoerdiask caiyr is roms Noeme

= g thalate t iclued ll.of e th f2 be isondin a 18magnipfin ampimn fid ealt homes dute

Very little altm dtion .wma e id ti ognAo fteAm fteRscan i ogtsabig ptittOnmberland on the change of its'omadr t op~ta~tmue ficesn h ebr ldefrpn ft

i ~the same. It consisted, in about equal prprino eowssrare.wnegodbse adlssi o vgeri' aeruits--the latter, of course, destituteof dsjlnadtefre oryaigfrtei est-aeol odteela.oclothed and equipped. . Thomas was given a seive command, an rg-le.His requestsaeeawy ret u e~ett1dier General Gilbert was relieved, and detailed for the protection of the ri.writse January14 l1"cvlyomuneifnt.road north of Bowling Green. fanty had.I horsesansdle. .. "Amutdifnt

Major General George H. Thomas, commanding the centre of the army, the rebel cavalry tothwanadkepherasoR mx ~consisting of Fry's, Rousseau's, Negley's Dumont's, and Palmer's divisions, now. . .: Will you authorizeth reas oadl n,_"'

was Rosecrans's best general. He was now forty-six years of age. He had ing, when requisite,, 5000 mr naty? y"h trreceived a thorough military education, and acquired considerable military later, "should the rebels command theaitd hchvt zsr

experience in the Florida and Mexican campaigns. At the beginning of would belong to our army, beeause they atutethSrill> ?the civil war he fought in Virginia, under Patterson and Banks, afnd re- six or eight thousand more cavalry thak. we? Toadter i

ceived his appointment as brigadier general of volunteers August 17, 1861, he again reminds the general-in-chief of hisned ",t tb-('

when he was removed from Virginia to General Anderson's command. derstood,'' he writes, "that the enemy have f&et urog n

Here, early in 1862, he fought the battle of Mill Spring: From Mareh of fore, command the resources of the country imd th evcsIfte.

that year until the advance upon Corinth, his division, located at Nashville, ants.", By this time he had gained permission to mut50.11

constituted the reserve of Buell's army. He was, on the 25th of April, 1862, had siueceeded in mounting 200. But he was uabl oms-i

appointed major general of volunteers. A week later his division was trans- for expeditions, because they were occupied on pickeilt -,e

ferred to the Army of the Tennessee, and he was assigned by General Hal- seau offered to raise 8000 or 10,000 infantry to inceas h.c a

leek to the command of the right wing of that army. In June bis com- if the government would mount and arm theth, but heses 8"mand rejoined Buell. Upon the retreat of the latter to Louisville, Thomas 'ceived no assurance that this would be done until the rideo

was appointed his second in command. After the battle of Stone River, Of the cavalry foroe in hand, only forty per cent, ras'ailbc

the Army of the Cumberland, under Rosecrans, was divided into three corps of borses. This deficiency was repeatedly urged, butth oes w

--the Fourteenth, Twentieth, and Twenty-first--General Thomas command- furnished? LgteFutetwihcnitdofiedvsosuneRusauN - LtusoRscrsamljsieinhsmtt.W«ann Y

ley, J. J. Reynolds, Fry, and R. B. Mitchell. -- mate his embarrassment arising from a deficient, cavar oc

Major General Alexander McDowell McCook, who~commanded the Twen- done for Grant by the gun-boats could be- done for oernqh.

tieth Corps of Rosecrans's army, was a native of Ohio, and about thirty large and well-equipped force of cavalry or monted initr Iia

years of age-. IIe was a graduate of West Point, and in 1858 had beun as. ble that his. urgent representations at length opened tb esofh'

signed to that institutiont as instructor in tactis and in the art of war. .He1rport ofmnmsin lureie on Humewinss Caunpaiyw ,g m :

was relieved fronm this position at the opening of the war, and appointed Tnu two follwing letters to General Meigs and Secretary Stano-cbaeueaacolonel of the First Oio Re giment. With this reginent he fought at Bull anion in rexect ofavalry:Run. On the- 3d of Septender,.1861, he was made a brigadier genral of GENA, -Your letter of the Ito instant, on the subject of cavar e,

volunteers' and given a commiand in Kentucky. In his camp on Green civesud i an caeul tosdrd :Ithn you for taigpir t rt o#l

_River he organized the Second Division, with which he fought at Shilub on a numner. of eror n the subject.the second day of that battle. 1In the-movement on Corinth he conunanded ' 1st It is r ac tat up to the ist instant or total supl or evlyh e

the advance of Buellfs army. IIe fought the battle. of Perrvil aavinrt hose on mean.

orders, but with determined bravery. He cununanded the right wing of -Ttl.. ......

Roseerans's arrmy at Stone River, where he was driven- back by' the over- Less; at least one quartsr, are not sericeblwhehning forces of the enemy. Although a brave soldier, he was better, Maki ng cvalry mounted not over,.

fitted ior a division than a corps commander. M But whnte.tro arecalled ouw avea ntm ~ua e

'The tame judgment_ may be passed upon Major General Crittendn cn &orsadr :ies..T

madtg th Twnyfrt Corps. B -thre thte war his ralitarYeual~ tn~al ~ wvle.. t

and experietice had been confined to his service in theexia-a Msads}>

decamp .to General Taylor. 'He was-a Kentuckfian, beingtescn 4no osRdurmtigrrr olcee ncrtu~id HnJh .Citne..Hse eb-te.e'g nteLaceae 2.I:t ateuyu t~cnrteartat3a army; John wa. Crittndon thisae 110r broth neraThms IfG erxs.htsPgudfo au Hboiof;nn}wt'

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lbr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~e opinpaightt Thee rtoi seasaclbl a f wl-one nvl lw aa yacnon sonal albt while ewardinvrtefein eixhetp

diarao temekeea accmulaton ofsupples. Te inooton ofiiD camgliiilif wa eleedolyb

Ff~~~~~~~~~~~a We nibrifn rt;thtat~hi e iodte Feea caailran forgitig ofasecrions mio eno is withner ahe Coldentel cavblrtsTili

wus radallynerasedandimpre bt the hnea too ifte ao kere Seffoed ate Reoed isk.: , Nonequetl thewens and lBag iewo

ver 'mterall asis Rosecans whfy lldu hoaner, ein mieosy Giedal Jamp by Ghe iem, theo ucceedle omees, soeee inatring asneed ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 6tii ioat its levigth siig cranspifor tafTiofce'sklanbrvy on the river.iel

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alredym apreiou chater brugh donite Rosecaryil infaioted ohs ternaigto ouptieoutbrn by the rofteCpubrlofd, et L <8sbor.

arm W he oncusin o th batleofSit dRve hieforom the fatted Roe It s thetid ftad month, dFoet, Wheeuple, and e Whar rmainepod e

cr hd fr srt imebee prsse toadnemybu hadfouhd 'tadatage < ampf frfor sixabovandtblo, wielevenregients codf tn e tve Vicurgtodn~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ n ioBaghdsntaa i aar no dhsattlxedi4 trong Yth arion dhefening seaon Donon an, t tie onteeisn wit s=

Sitte erehisrel dffiuliesappec a nd ary 5,hignumbered litlecmore nives oferthe ns E igh thirdellinoise w thr btso of the Cu belad an aiiae the

distnce f ovr 24 mieshrouh itarn afte mutattleout resume, and rgnumbexcrslns tand 80enunderwt the Cmonfean of valr. The:sed

at the beginning ofandtbadmost inlmnomao o h ear ovnf ithe bae- ingee onlyte artilleriese was anfrbaty fe fmur riand waon were

b g i gen ral J Wragg Sil whohville gle 2....................p s e u nate , n ard ing y o taud hen t ocupie Mufreeborgh,1anrauh'e1eillitl 8';mole uner, andth pihy-roptllrefusd wth abttalik was then >it Iow <a.a"ry,

one J.P. arechd chef f saffto enra Rosecrans, whose head was defense was gallantly conducted, and after repeated charges, :hc cost the

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