The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-06-22
Maior Genera1 ]. D. Coz.

OF our PUBIC moD VI LO-uhJ u6 Was
Of the number who brSved the discourage
ments of poverty in youth, and by energy
and good character, won high positions of
trust and responsibility. From his labors
in the cause Of our common schools-Wltn
Andrews, Leggett, Harvey, Sprsgue and
White-from his experience st the bar, ne
went TO the State Senate, in which booy ne
soon became an acknowledged leader.
From these labors, st the beginning OF the
war, he went into the work Of organizing
and sending 10 the field the troops that, in
those early days, were rushing through our
State to the borders. In the office OF Gov.
Dennison, and that of the Adjutant Cen
e-sl, he hbored, night and day, until the
work wss shaped into something like sys-
TEN.
The field was then the place for thor
oueh business men, and he Wss early st the
head of Ohio troops, in that scene OF our
early battles, West Virginia. Fully real
jzing that the work before US was not to
be ended ia q day, ne devoted himself to
the study of militsry text books, and to
that careful stucy of the country and the
movements of the enemy that has since
given him the reputation of being one Of
the best topogrsphers and closest observers
of events in the army. His fine, disciplin-
cd mind soon thoroughly mastered the de-
tails and routine of military discipline, and
the scientific principles Of Mshsn sud other
West Point text books. A year had not
passed before ne was as thorough q master
IN Iis mili.aru
from West Point But it is not my pur-
pose to follow, c~hronologiealIy, the slow
match of events. His advancement Was
more rapid, and early the star Of 8
Brigsdier dotted mis- shoulder-strsps.
AS commander of the Kanswhs divi-
sion, his name is written with the
events tbs make up the history Of that de-
psrImant. The source and course of every
stream, the roads and mountain paths, Of
that wild country were as soon as familiar
TO him ss 10 the Oldest settler; and the po-
sition and strength Ct the enemy's forces
as well known to him as to their own COM
manders From the battles and marches
of West Virginia he went TO the more gil
CAN'T movements In the Valley, and was
with Mcclellan, at the head of his West
Virginia troops, at Antietsm, but soon
after was again sent TO the scene of his
! earlier operations. While East, another
star was added to .isstrsp, but his appoint
ment failed Of the necessary Senste vote,
and his one stsr was lett alons-all the
brighter for never having been furnished
in the contests of the political arena with
demsglgues, who then rewarded men for
what lhey had bsen, not for what they then
we're.
From West Virginia he went, under
Burnside, 10 command The District of Ohio
headquarters at Cincinnati. Here his
| InN1au NyaHa dnTnIufr. f1ua md bTa erraoaed
sffords q proof Of what it would be as Gov
ernor of the State. The people of Cincin-
nsti will remember him rs an accomplish
ed gentleman, a fac scholar, an able law
yer, of fac executive cspacity-no better
qualifications needed.
From the District of Ohio he was ordered
to Est Tennessee, and took command of
the 23d Asmy Corps during those bitter
cold winter days, when the men we're en-
during the greatest ENTHUSIASTICALLY
freezing and starving. The country was
exhausted of every thing upon which an
srmy could subsist. Men were actually
picking corn from the feed-troughs of half
starved mules and horses, and roasting it,
as the WhereWith to furnish food to sustain
life. In such IN emergency, with an eff
Gent staff, he did all that could be done,
msnifesting at least his sympathy with
the men.
General Schofeld, coming from Missouri,
relieved General Foster, in January, 1864,
and st once took the offensive with the lit
tie army that had been shut up within the
defenses of Knoxville. General Cox,
thoroughly acquainted with the topogra-
ply of that country, and fully Informed a.
TO the strength of the enemy, was called to
be the Chief of Staff to the General COM
msnding-GenerAl Stoneman having, IN
the meantime, by order of the President
been assigned to the command Of the 23d
Army Corps.
As that army was then called from East
Tennessee to join in the grand advance on
Atlanta, General Cox took command of the
Sd Division, 23d Army Corps, and with
this command, during the six months o.
that remarkable campaign, from Rocky
Face Ridge to Lovejoy Station, added &c
his reputation IS an able officer. Atlantis
having fallen, General Schoield went t
the rear to make 3 tour of the large de
partment then assigned to him-East Ten
nessee and the whole of Kentucky. Dur
ing his absence General Granger succeeded
to the command of the Army of the Ohio
and during the rspid movements of Sher
mans army in pursuit of the " invading
Hood, handled his new command with
ability.
General Schofeld, passing out from
Chattanooga, joined his forces to Genera
Thomas, who was then left to cope Will
Hood, while Sherman with his four corp
went on his march to the coast. Bacl
through Georgia and Tennessee to the san
culinary fields at the Hsrpeth River snC
Nashville, the part borne by General Coz
is still too well remembered to need recits
at my hands. Whoever, of the many tina
claim the glory of administering, q
Franklin, the browning defeat to tn,
Western rebel army, asks for a proude
place on that field than he has been as
signed, asks for more than official report
or theitruih Of. history will accord. From
the date of this stubbornly contested battle
he ranks as Msjor General, a promotion
long before earned and, through politics
intrigue, quite too long deferred. From
Tennessee, with his command, he wa
transferred to North Carolina. From
Fort Fisher to Wilmington, and from
Newbern to Raleigh, at Town Creek an
Wise's Forks, Southwest Creek) nes
Kinston, he fought his command with rsr
skill
AT Goldsboro, through the earnest re
quest Of Genera Schoield and Sherman
he wss, by War Department orders, IS
signed to the command of the corps who's
fortunes he had shared from the Garlic
days Of its organization. This prefermen
General Cox fairly won. The close of tn
war finds him, with but one exception, tn
only volunteer officer in 90 high 8 com
I mzpd- His reputation and well know
ability arc second to but few of our corp
commanders, and he has proven, NOR
than any other, that our citizen General
C, n attain to that proficiency and thoroug
military precision that many suppose ca
only be gained from the drill and careful
study Of q four years course at Yves
Point. Unlike those who in the Garlic
years of the civil war were hastily grace
with the stsrs of a Msjor General, he hs
won his at = time when they were mete
out with g spsring hand and with a du
regard for merit and only at the request c
field Generals who certainly were proPO
judges.-Cincinnati Commercial.