The New York herald., 1863-10-29
TINE ARMY or THE CUMBERLAND.
0snsyai Rosecrans ana the war Dep art
meml.

General Rosecrans AND the war dc ep art
mems.
Under this tito LppioCoit Co recently Published
handsome volume, m,de up of biogrsphes, onlcal re-
ports nc cdents aooounts of battles Sc all relating 10
the noble army commanded by General thomas
Among the piogra apkies OF General Roeecrans
from which the below made. From the ua
ture of the facts given this biography II would seem
General RosscraUs could have fGru shsd
them tn the writer They reflect f0rnowhss severely
upon the action OF The War Department. aud General
Rosccrans removed immediately after The appear.
nnoe Of this volume.
10 December, 1851, General Rosecrabs collected e.
oeved PERMISSION to go WASHINGTON lay before
raj Mcclellan plan " operations whioh ho bad devised
This was 10 Concentrate the troops Western Virginia
and 70 obtain from OHIO and Indiana sufficient
bring tho entire number gp 10 twenty-five THOUSAND erec
1--we This force he would gather secretly at Rom
Dey, snd with 10 advance rapidly upon Winchester which
place he would and strongly fory thus aank The
rebel position At Manassas Waiting Washington nearly
tbrec weeks for bis plans b. be
BY General Mcclellan he learned meanwbe that General
lander had been ordered occupy " tie Balt
more and Ohio Railroad and that an the oogs IA hs own
department, with the exception Of seventeen hasdrcd
had besn vent 70 that General With b.. hands tied
accordingly returned TO wheeling there 10 witness tho
dissipation OF the military power of his
ecS<mpaie the gnote yeiair for shich n, hues of
"disrs we're bang uasted.
Tie next formed tie plan Of sprrg campagn having Tor
is object the possession Virginia and Tennessee
Railroad and the penetration Tonnesses far
BnseIs Station, or farther, " practicable, towards
Lynchbafg, virginia This plan approved by tho
Secretary Of War and General Mcclellan each wrtlng him
an autograph letter 10 relation matter Meanw
h9wever, ase earov Of poloiarp and n, esc,snh,s of
al
xo~nass Department for ~ se6, of Otao generals aud
h<0 frsssds The new arrangement absoro.a General
Rosccrans Command and he ordered ,oepor o. the
secretary of War for further oders thus sAtsy ou
sds demands sp1 plsa~ Toiisai fac,ion, pra>'Hai
pa" Of cyyaftos, ,shGh pron.sef highiy rue,ifl tsr
mtnn'on ssd coud taus proved II adezatp, 70
he fedevai nyoss assi, fri,iei
away 10 widely different carnpsgp barren o. results
and, 90 The whole, nos credtAbs these ty whom
. was conducted.
rpoo Gesera acsecrans reporting 10 the War Depart
neot the Secretary expressed regre, a, ths
saies preventing hs sss gnment 10 tho oommhnd q tho
Mountain Department and deputed him Io hnd General
hienhsrs command, of whose Whereabouts definite IN
formAton could be sosrAped. Strange. aod even lode
rous " The feet may seem, the dvson actually lot
And an sxtsndsd And Systematic search bad 70 ~ 1ade
ior H. General Rossersns directed " oou'er with
General bA1ks and after finding sbe troop q Benssf,
" pot them 10 servoeAbe onditiou sod get then Pro
'oon' 10 sfDn M posss'e rrooesdng % wnob~ter 10
scot out messengevs and sni tErogh them esrDei
.eeefsi b'eoksr he'd resened Berry Ferry. and
attempting W cross tie ShsnaDdah AZ that poni, bad
s~snfed the ferry brat snd bs1bes n mss Bsn
sef ~@ rmm"dasey dlrscied 70 proceed v srsst Yer
" sso~e ne ryeS, and ccme " Winchassa, Nhte
Asss ng The arrival of thts livsen Gsrsfs hsesfans
upsd te trs IN coufevvng with General hAnss un
esapAayn.
fhs stuasop At that time wss thu. -Gsnsra Bansy,
aftt nf fg
dosh valley aud tbss srty N - ds,an, from be
nsr ~ Tsvstoos AZ Hupess tery GsrefAl hh'sy,
" nvs 'noveAnd eight hurfr-f usn wnr ~ hlitnsFh~
~. oslusW femorts lofc~, unfff b"ftN ffnr". |
"n nanssring abort fssv thor and .e h1rffsf scis
men vs. AZ he~ Ifcss xatou. % tfF fst<i de Fto1e
. Ai JAtss1n abs Lwsi ssre 10 tie ySnV y w. q |
Ass"r whhs ghf eOcfnn " from sr ttn AL - sfht
th"n'Ard "sn 70 n-.s t's fehrie fssi "a rsfhl q
'oef tet'y iofne, TIE 'cior ian arfft ii 49,
ecfnfstt With Gsasr1. f4usr Fhshl. "a litsfs, |
Sns fgrai hed - tie sc fsi4ry n var ffsasff 49,
-. ~ s'irs sao -.anapf al p8s " more aIaiy - !