New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-02
written in the strongest vein Of admiration ana
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the sIronGnst terms youchng for Thomas's earnest
patriotism and deep devotion to the mon, anu Tho
order was given And now il bore full lr9lt lno
quiet natent soldier who from his first day ser
vice in Kentucky had never swerVeu my iaUni
the strict performance OF his duiy 10 Ilis -
! ment, according to his OATH without reieIco1 "a
! self had now net his reward. Ills lalue na9
steadily grown and rounded from the time he gaIneu
! the frst Federal victory in the west, az NH u,
springs M TO the battle Of Chickamauga. where he
! saved the Army Of the Cumberland TO the haton'
! He had always been the main stay OF that army
holding the command of the ccntre-el,heI hon'.nS
ally or actually the second IN command. CP3Ii nis
Judgment and military skill every commander VI
that army depended and no movement was lla i
without ms appreciation. Yet SO INQUEST MaS lie
that his face would color with bushes wheh us
troops cheered him. which they did at every oppor
tunty; and dlitident that prior to the Datl 81
Chickamauga he doubted his ability to handle
large bodies of troops upon the battehed anu loi
this reason refused TO accept the command oI tndV
army, Just prior TO PerryyIlle when rendered mn.
His kind consideration for the feelings oi others was
one of his marked characteristics. WITH q pure
mind and large heart, his noble soul made MN VIZ
OF the greatest OF natures n0olen en-a ,tuc ~
tleman The experience of Chickamauga Ipenel
his powers aud developed him to his iuil heIgnt.
As the General who won the hrsI victory III WI rI
West who saved an army by his skill and Vaior anu
who was the only General of the war on elther SHY
able TO crush army on the battlefield, George H.
Thomas. " the true soldier, the prudent ana IN
daunted commander the modest and lncorru9ulo or
patriot stands the model American soldler'
the grandcst figure of the War of the Rebellion
Tardy and not too ample justice is done in the
several passages to another able soldier whose char
acter was much misunderstood, and whose services
were lightly appreciated at the time
1t was Buell. who planned the Fort Henry orr
Donelson and Nashville campaign when lial'eSk
put under his hat and proceeded to carry OUT a. FS
original idea, being careful to say nothing IN regard
to his plans until they were so far executed as 70
render any action on the part OF Buei ana Ms
command simply that of supporting colUmn'
Then 10 Buell. is due the credit OF the SECOND gay
/ fight at shiloh That days battle was the ilght OF
! the Army OF the Ohio with Lew Walaces DIVISION,
General Grant giving Bue largely his discretion III
/ the movement Of the troops. he Greatest ser
! vice that General Rneil rendered 10 his country
as the organizer and dsclpllnarlan oi the mass
of the raw, undrilled troops that were hurried 10
the front under the need Of the hour and VINO no,
accustomed TO military or other res ralni uIu az
the freedom that characterizes the American SOW
erelgn both III speech and acton. !" take lnCsc
troops by the thousands and make an army D. IIN
TO Seventy-Ve thousand trained skilled soldiers
who III later days, were to do as splendid lighting
as The world ever saw, was a stupendous rnder-
taking. General Buell. not only did this, but ac-
c0mpliShcd his task in time 10 bring some o: these
soldiers that lie Justly proud OF to the heh OF
Shiloh where, under his eye, they met the enemy
like veterans. BuelIs military framing ana nanitS
of life led hm. however, into one error. lie was
so good soldier himself, and so anxious maj us
army should be thorough soldiers, that ho 1aeN 10
recognize the distinction between the regular
soldier in garrison during times OF peace ana inc
thinking volunteer during the active campaigns
of the rebellion The latter could not and would
not he made the mere machine the former becomes,
aud BuelPs failure 10 appreciate tins caused greet
General Cst might have added that these same
soldiers, called for the first time into action at
Shiloh, discovered that BueIl's training had made
them veterans before they had seen a pitched
battle and that he then and there instantly became
their idol.
The minor or subordinate generals who figure in
this narrative are briefly estimated. or g. I.
Gilbert General Cist says "A worse appointment
of corps commander not made during the
war; General Alex. NJ. ID. McCOOk is spoken OF
as incompetent " to handle large bodies OF troops
independently of a superior officer 10 give him
commands; and having pride OF opinion
which inclined him to INSTRUMENTATION hose
crans's slight confidence in his corps commander,
General T. L. Crittenden, indicated, General
Cist says by the formers presence at Stone River
with the wing under that Generals command. The
energy and skill" with which General James ID.
! Negley extrcated his command from the dangerous
position IN which the eagerness Of Rosecrans to
pursue Bragg beyond Chattanooga had placed it,
indicates proper opinion of that careful division
commander General Thomas j. Wood Is " held
responsible for the great disaster which swept the
right wing of the Army of the Cumberland from
the field of battle"
The maps are altogether too small and confusing
| in their minute details
ARCTIC sUNBEAMs; or, From Broadway 10 the
| BasDhOrus by way of the North Cane. By SAMUEL :.
COX SvO. PIP. 347 q. p Putnam's Sons.
ORIENT SUNBEAMS; or, From the Porte to the Iyra-
| mids by way OF Palestine. by SAMUEL s. COX. Svo,
| PIP. 407. Il. =. Futnam's Sons.
Mr. Cox has that first, last and best requisite of
| the travelled cheerful spirit. Through the prim
neatness of HOLLAND and the dirt of Turkey, under
the awful beauty of the Midnight Sun, and stumb-
! ling among tue ruins in Palestine, the writer OF
these two chatty volumes maintained bis serenity
and gavety unchanged. He has filled his chronicle
of travel with bits of personal description,
with archaeological reminiscence, with quips and
quirks and sallios, with historical references and
many moraliZngs Tho fashion IN which he
blends the lively and severe is illustrated in this
! paragraph from his description of visit to
| Ephesus: d" could not, being behind, help motto
! Jag the unromantc and irreyerent performance of
nv wife's mule. He was aware OF the inutllites
of his meag1e tail in y-timc ana, like his American
| cousin lac used his heels with good efcct-some
tunes all four the air at a time and all directed
Mt one ny This caused us iboth much amusement,
though it made the position on his back decidedly
| irksome If not dangerous My wife called halt
near the walls and, remembering her experience
in the Yosemite, arranged herself as an equestrenne
a Ia squaw This being satisfactory, and our
minds fixed on the theatre ACTS xix 29l, made
| memorable by the riotous cutlery against Paul, we
| were proceeding down the rugged and tangled
| path, whcn Small cariVan Oh hllc caiucIs anu
| three baby camcls filled the archway. They
| driven by two Arabs and loaded with straw; so
that if they had been posed for q picture in
modern Ephesus, with the mule for local color and
acrobatic vivaclty, it could not have been better
arranged"
Mr. Cox's interest in the peoples and things he
| visited was untiring as his vvacitg, and was
rewarded by the requirement of much minute III
formation He looked Oh strange potential queer
customs political and commercial diversites and
the ruins of ancient nations with pleased and I'M
preiudiced American eyes, and has set down his i'm
nrcssions in n easy simple and brisk fashion bright