Arizona weekly citizen., 1881-09-25

E battle of Pittsburg Landing; had his fsshare of the tedious siege of Corrinth, Band finally advanced on Huntsville Swhere he was at the close of the cam gpaign. He was placed at the head of z.the Court Martial of Gen. Turchin, Sswhich developed his qualities in a new SSdirection. From there he W as ordered to '3to Cumberland Gap, to relieve Gen. Nor zgan. The eye the Secretary of War had x been on him from his first appearance Fin the army; his knowledge of law, the Sability shown in the Turchin case, his
 sadmirable judgment on all occasions land his ardent patriotism induced Mr. I3Stanton to place his name among the ilirst of the court for the trial of FitzI Holm Porter. During the long trial Ie' sbecame intimate with Gen. Hunter, thei ipresident, who desired to have.
 ihim in the contemplated cam
 paign in South Carolina, and
 with his intensified anti-slayery senti1
 ne.i sae a4sig to this field wasl Ivery gratifying to the young General Meantime was fought the sanguinaryE battle of Stone River. Gerache, theE 'Chief-of-Staff of the commanding Gen ieral was slain, and Garfield was appointedt
 to the vacant post. At the battle ofE iChickamauga it is said Garfield wroteh E every order on the field save that fatal ,one tO Wood, which he did not see.t Garfield, with few staff officers and or 'derlies, went 10 warn and aid GeneralE Thomas at Chattanooga to gather upF
 the fragments of McCook's corps. His,
 mission was by long and perilous ride,
 crossing the line of the fleeing and theirE
 pursuers. Finally, almost alone. heS
 reached Thomas, half circled by a cordonF of fire, and explained the fate of the;
 right and how he could withdraw his ' own right, form new line and meet Longstreet, who had turned s Thomas right and was marching on hist. rear. The movement was promptlyE made. At that time Gordon GrangerI came up with Steadman's Division, andE , met Longstreet at the opening. Thuss
 eft he afterwards forced him back. 4 Thomas, the army and its honor weres ,aved What there WAS left of the Un-k -k on army was left in possession of thes ield. Garfield immediately left for to find on his arrival theres
 hat he had been made a full Majorss ieneral for gallant an meritoriousb
 onduct at the battle of Chickamaugua.' \
 In 1863 Garfield entered the House ofl of the Congress of thet Jnited States from the Nineteenth Dis E rict of Ohio, and in the spring of 1864 il he writer of this paragraph heard him Ea lake his first speech in Congress EC Iere as elsewhere his ability was c short time he becafne sif5 sader, position which he continued toE
 old until his nomination for PresidentS lst year. At the time of his nominationE
 9 the first office in the gift of the people, !at e had been elected to the United States Fl
 enate from Ohio, which he resigned to
 ccept the office of President of our t ountry, one of the first and greatest ma ss3 ions on the globe. MT. Garfield, in his ska
 rofessor days, was joined in marriagef 4 ,ith Lucretia, daughter of z. Rudolph, ,E [ Hiram, lady of rare excellence 'oft
 haracter, charm of person and manner, it rho for her great fortitude and heroicfsI ndurance at the bedside of the dyingslc resident for the past two months, has E ndeared herself to the American peopleSs s no other woman ever did. Their five In' children, whose little history, ft 7ith portraits, We published in the CTTI- ,
 EN but last week, will now become thessi rards of the nation. 3