New-York daily tribune., 1862-11-12
cvhat the Official Investigation Of hts
Conduct will Tlstablish.
fhs Judgment of The Army Of The Chic Upon
It's Late COmmandcI.in.Chitf
Rrop Our Special Corresponds ut

Administrative neglect has been standing COM
paiat with the loyal NorthWest ever since the ont,
break Of the war. A long record Of taIdly-rebuked
or entirely unpublished military sins Of omission and
commission furnishes convincing evidence Of at times
Esal delay in Executive correction of men and
measures No more striking instance of this exists
than the long tolerance of tie Encouragement Of
affairs in the most important department of the West
BY Msjor-Gen. Buell-who has yeIily proved
Gn evil genius to the loyal cause, and is alone re-
spoIsibIe for the protricton OF the in the hsss
sppi Valley up TO the present time, and an undefns
bic period hereafter by repeatedly missing unequaled
opportunities of striking crushing blows at the rebel
hon. Yet no sooner was the long g-deserved Judgment
at last rrevocably pronounced, no sooner was lie
stamped with official Disgrace than eforis were made
by that portion of the Northern press that always
delights in honoring the fsares Of Democratic Gen.
eIas to represent bim martyr TO political proscrp-
bon-a victim 10 "Aboltionisn." To stop this false,
malicious cry-to show that this martyr and vic.
tim" is really the lancniable sham Of General the
intelligent loyal public has believed him TO be these
many months, and that bis removal wac a
long.existing absolute necessity, and made on
purely military grounds, have prepared
the following review Of TIE last phases OF
bis disasrous career. viz his eecond unsuccessful
campaign against Bragg III Kentucky. From almost
every page of his record during the as, fow months
smple proof Of incompetency could be extracted.
Bat the closing one fully answers my pnrpose and
hence shall cOnfiue myself 20 it, Mos. of the move
men,s end performances Of the Army of the Ohio
teow detailed witnessed with my own eyes. For
what am not coguiZaut OF from personal obserya
ncn furnish the names Of officers that will corrob
crate my statements, If called upon, before
~ Inr 4tlft
will enable the reader 10 appreciate the gIieyous
5ereictiOns Of duty TO be related in their fail extent
Tere is just ground for apprehension that the fear
fn fruitess loss of life, property, time aud opportu-
nty during the maladmnistTation Of Gen. Bucll h,e
worked irrepaabls injury 10 the loyal iuieresls ia
Tie West Nav the chief afbiter Of military tor.
tunes at the White-House never have cause 10 ray
10 himself that the depoeal OF the Oitly Comar
der-in-Chiei Of the Army OF tue Ohio was made loo
lose.
At the opening Of the campaign by the march OF
The Army Of the Ohio from Louisyille on the moFI-
inc of the Let ul, the main body OF the Rebe army,
which Bragg had led into Kentucky, and which was
roeitively known to consist OF four divisions, not
exceeding, in strength, from thirty 10 forty-fve
thousand infantry, with between sixty and eeYe,ty
r1eees of artillery was enoamped in the VIC itv of
bo,dstowp. foriy miles a little cast - south ~
Iouisyille The force Of Kirby Sm, n. Consisting ot
two divisions Of not over fifteen inousand men with
twenty pieces OF artillery, wa distributed a, Fran
fort. Lexington tuu CtuCA .0idceut tOWus. WITH tie
main body Of about ter, thousand al the Grst-men-
toned place. Humr'nrey SIarshans column not
over four thousau1 strong, Was in the gAbO!ho "a
Of Georgetown. IT. addition to these several bodies,
the enemy hsd three biigades Of cavalry lone under
John MOrg1.n, and another under Scott moving
through Central Kentucky from point to point, col
lec.ng Forage, provisions, arms, clothing, hOrses
mules, cattle etc. There were further three catnI
Of reDdtzvous for two or three thousand Rebel sym
psth,zers, recruited since the advent Of Kirby Saith
-Tne near Lexington. another al camp DICK lODlD
t0a, and the third a. Biyautsville. The new levie
ISere well armed with the pieces captured from or
troops at Richmond, but were only indiherentlj
drilled agd disciplined. Upon the whole, the sggre
gate effective strength Of the enemy was hardly
risty thousand, inclusive Of about five thousant
,avalry and ninety pieces Of artillery. II united
tl,js vould have formed q formidable force, but th
several portions beng separated from each other il
momentum was greatly weakened.
Gen. Buell. moved from Louisville against th
emmy with three corps OF three divisions each
VIZ: Ist corps, MAJ. Gen. McCook, commanding; =
ccrps. Mai.-Gcn. Crittenden commanding; 81 corpa
Acting-Ma Gen. Gilbert commanding. With I'll
exception Of Gen. Jacksons division Of the II
corpe, each division consisted OF three bl1gades
jackson comprised but two. Some Of the brigade
contained four, others FIVE regiments. Two OF tn
divis;ons-Jaek eksOn's Of the Let and Sleridans {
the 81 corps--were composed entirely of ne'
regiments. The others embodied three new reg
ments each. The bfigades averaged fully 2,1O
mth iNlng tOtel lDiEutIy iOicc iVf ~ pi'Bnuon
nearly 20 900 men. Of artillery, there was one ba
terry attached to each brigade, giving 70 oatterle
with total Of $50 gune. OF cavalry each corps ha
1ntdi complement attached While the main boa
OF mounted troops operated in three indspenden
tT1gsdes, representing an effective total OF abou
t,OD men, and commanded by Acting -Brigadiers No
Cook, Iahm, and Gay.
Beside the nine divisions of the three corps,
tenth, unattached under the command of Ger
bHpIont, was employed IN the rear OF the main arm
Ion The protection OF ito lines Of communication.
was about 10000 strong including one regiment Q
cavalry and some batteries.
IL thus appears that Gen. Buell. entered upon th
ssupaign with an infantry aud cavalry force o
iest one-third stronger than that Of tho enemy, an
@ w,tn doubie the Rebel strength in artillery. II
Mshernoie enjoyed the great advantage Of com
.nnncng hs operations with his forces well concen
tthc, while those Of the enemy were 70 scattere
-. required several days TO mite them--a fac
ta.a, properly improved, would as will be show
TT Alone have insured their destruction.
s,o,. army, 10 already stated, commenced movin
,ao.'a o- louisville on the morning Of the let ult.
,ao,t1 over four different roads, follows (se
Ss.Hp, Sp " the ls, corps the I'd Division, under Gen
a.. t. WoA me direct road from Louisville to Frank
i%h va va enelbyyiile; the Sd, Gen. Rousseau an
~, nen. jackson, of the same corps, under tn
i,.odate ia.HSle command Of Major-Gen. McCook, fol
S.u lle road from Louisville to Iaylorsyille. Ih
WE, cohslsiing OF the diybions Of Gems. Wood
,heve and Smith, moved upon Bardstown owe
,'1 u'eeI road IRON Louisville. The 81 corps com
ssnSo" sSS the divisions Of Gems. Schoeph, Mitchell
~ nueridan marched also upon BardstowD, but By
s,sseYei wa SLcppardsvle. Gen. Dumont's division
IN The wake Of Gen. Sills, three days aite
'fs'es bad left louisville.
AH generally know "a 10 the Arny Of the OhIS