New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-27


dinner. dr. Crittenden proposed ana aIsn 5er ' oP
health of General McCOok, the coming leaaer %
the Army of the Ohio" This act w nIGn' fav nTO
and at table made up largely OF GENERA Duoir
officers there Buell. had been invited mprssseu LIN
unplcasantly and have always assocateu tma
onf failure at Perrvvillc 1t was the last time l
ever saw either Nelson or Jackson ne s uItN 81
appointed that rainy, dismal night IN iIOn1 70
be last meeting. The next day laws sho S+e linn
and On the sth of OctobeT elevep nr ays was
in the hotel Office when Nelson was shot M n,91
toward the stairs where the hrlng tooA piHT, in
Davis, whom had never seen before and greatly
his shirt-seeves, without hat. ~ Er ne who he
aEitated | at once seized him. lie toiu nv a, IN
vas and released him me a nffsr many Of the
oficers of rank delaying part OF day TO attehu 'h
| funeral obscqntes OF Nelson H.. Ill. ,,o,ner The
or Nelson excepting MS quarter-dcck H ahno ts
had heen lieutenant in tho navy, which IN an ~. s
| COR he could never lay ASIDE anu 49, 49, -ras
practsed toward almost cyery3ody GVGS rsture
| n hs favor 10 au extraordinary lS'su 49, =
| w.ro added perfect figure robust heaiIn Gnu =
commanding presence BY dhgent re%uilS az, a.
| liza &c L no,VI edre aud anecGote which, with q
memory that seemed never to fail him and great
readiness of description formed the most aJtrdctlNJ
social qualities knew him only as In" and nG
genial gentleman. As soldier be was VlsIlHnu GU
painstakng TO the last degree In qulck - tbn
| Snd he WIS unsurpassed No man could be
drawer more Just to those he thought mcrtoti,ous
moro severe with every man anG n "i This
pt t.r nnaitv led 70 storm that very early endan
| gered Ills career and finally cut 1T snort EAcep'
| st,c he migbt have attained to the very pinnacle
of the army. His loss TO the country al tna' 'in'
very serious
| General Buelps removal calls forth this generous
trjbnte of respect for a commander whose misior-
tunes he fully recognizes:
In the meantime General Buell. had been super
seeded hy General ROsccrans the organizatlol hl0
army corps confirmed, aud the dcslghhl.Tm a
the army changed to the Army o. Imo Sn,it was
superseded as division commander by Co9eIAl 1olI
NJ. Palmer, officer who had not previously scl
with that array. The change OF army c0mnaheeIs
( have ALWAYS believed unfortunate. without IN
the least detracting from those generals whose good
fortune pcrntted them to serve 70 inc close o 'no
var and who now Ell JOY the full honors gained by
doing So have at all tines said ana UeHeNod lIdI
General Bnell tho Test general the war pro
and the confidence of the country so necessary jor
? corlrnander was ia his greatly impaired 6y
the necessary falling BACK TO ths Hho, 1'" .e
partial success only at IerryyiIle the rcsl causes
for which tho people did not CScrlmlhat' ngH
understand Probably bIG removal could not nave
been avoided hut that army was never aga, II ~
rool tactically IA vho uudor EueV. "a soldiers
the two commanders. Hueil and Roseorans, hardly
admit of fair comparison, they differ 80 widely
The authors reflections upon to causes OF one OIL
the most clum-iy planned battles and most nm
necessary disasters on tho Union side are b''h
ten,r-r,te and incisivc;
Our army. fighting on the deConsi, e that day, had
sufeI~d In killed and wounded cowpaLft VrI[
little Tbs order for the withdrawal on tbe 1911
w. ,cc,c,roic.tad 70 division commanders sopar-
ALL. tl,ro being no recognized commander 81 thr
whole on tho left,--Iul executed Gy them without
60 operation the enemy at once aNSaut'NS an" .,l
! Uses aud disgrace IN consequence we're Acavy.
! In, ,auses of our disaster where there Ought to
! have bsen a decided victory, May he slmpi FtSt-
- L..ttl. nu tive rIr't of the SIN should
be 'g - W. md co,nlstey pos,rd r., Tie
| I~ttlo r,Isr he ere oftle coeuauc or-la-c licf
! "a rotLing shoulG have uteyCD,e1 Ills. DUNN
/ lot %"
~ L,,ld Iowa L.an nr,,.rel ont OF u by any one
I'n0 'l' 49, ,r',,'t and actin, uuon actual
noL $500 s,.d cen'c.a'ly not from a point fen
hi 81 -! VIII, tL, limo nrauer', posted on Che
-, oftt. 10Th aud with Nrr's, IN, position. rs
thn.,os sars no vas rra1i.cd earl. the previous
'hO!'H - - .t.,jt ~. ofr s..,..... ,,,.Ia l.,.
o'eI'''- "a o.t.:r :. ~, ann, lad Lr,r ,,-
beoi -t1,H 40 e 'ir.,,r an lie uiylt of the
pc I,rlp ,'-.ct,,,.,Ie There cso hardly
-"ui' a. -. a. ~ -b.tfll La "a, Lr., tucr,..'Il
~ at'rst Az Tic room. from thc richt that
"I ~ ~ ,,, tL. f,.II q, H. drawn il g-rlr,.
lI' I,t ala, ,.,igI,t ht, q ice IL the move.
oIU', Lec, in6ic-on.I- cAecltet tho sr,claI
me- ~ A. f.s.lt ot tni, battle
1's..ra,s Critt,l,lrp NcCaok. Nctry and NaI
| Ci.,s vere deprlyed OF their commands aLd
| SjrtSeIlv nassed out of the war.
~ 80 az divisions that remained intact ON Tho
! eoId an ScptcI1ber l9th, Iriundn. Baird aud
! Reynolds bcongeu to ihoEas'> corU-, Palmer aud
! iVolt I, Crtterdcus aud johnson 20 M,CcOh's.
Gf tho tour swept 10 the aud ont of t.c ng't,
! sheridan and IeT {. Davis belonged 20 Net 0ok,
! NegIev TO Thomas ard Van Ciryc to Crittcndrn.
H. c,refulII ain wing tals baIt C. one cannot fail 10
- i,,,.,ra.seJ with ITO most wuTtlt aLI J.. role
s%reice Of two division commanders who stand ont
~, nom all tie rcyt.-Hruaau ana
| Icy TLc,y LotL went mack TO coutoarat lively
rlo"rc riacas in the regular army. where Bard is
- 49,, ana Braonap has orrn retired. For
uoN So ir,,3c 9cr,s. 10 ic , tI. ri.ht ON liz.
oo1,iTS Ge"ryI Thomas VITO AT the tine was not
.ro nj it, aftorward rec jidmcndcd me Tor promo
ton TO major nrraIthPm i''l "'-"'"" 10 HE
u H % 10 naming Of the 10th Ersnnan Joined
| Reynolds's right. sheridan SAWS that IN tie nlRlt
| his own division was ioci'ed az lem nj 49,
Nas SUN ~ NV ,' CivI. The interior divisions
~ some time that incoming occupied places N tho
! -. tad l,.f I'aFufilS