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tere. the service GEN. RoSEoRASS
again, was male brigadier general Of the
regular army in May, 1861, and sent to West
Virginia. There hc made an envi,be record
for himself. IN 1862 he went south. and in
October won tho battles Of Iuka ard Corinth
That year hs i,ec NE ma jor general of volun-
teers. In December lie fought and Won tie
battle of Stone River His career was almost
IN uninterrupted success up to September,
1868, when lie lost the battle of Chickamauga.
He was thereupon relieved Of the command
OF tile Army of the Cumberland In 1864 lie
commanded he department Of Nilsson j. and
rendered efficient service in defeating Price.
In l>t1 lie resigned from the army After
wards lie was minister TO Mexico for short
time.
On assuming his new command Cen Rose
GRAMS renrsanzcd his army. He divided it
into right wing. center and left wing. COM
,nanded respectively by Gems. A. 11cD. Nc
Cook, George H. Thomas and r. L. Cristci-
den.
Il el had left :'eglcy and Palmer at NASH
Vile with two divisions. Bragg, on march,
ing i..o kentucky i'll the summer of 'G2, left
in Tennessee a force Of 100 nme.l under Gen.
john e. Brechinr;dge to ''hlocka'ie Nash-
viiir.' H. did SO, and for six weeks Negley's
AMI Palmer's men in Nashville had 10 COM
mu,lication with the north.
After leaving Kentucky in October Bragg
began concentrating his force, at Murfrces
boro. rightly judging that Fe'iert! attempt
would he made tp relieve Nashville. 4 third
of Brecklnlii"c> force was cavalry. COM
,naniei Is n b. Forrest ana j. S..pll
Wheeler, ami these hai iiar!S.v,i the sarri-
sou ut Nashville not little during TIE six
weeks siegs- preventing them from gathering
supplies from the surrounding country ex-
cept 10y rai',ing parties, II WAS just ill his
element Of ,,yalry that Eras::$ :s..t!:y was
superior to Ruei'>. and the UEon force li;:i
suffered accordingly. As SOON H. l;orcra,is
was put in command lie at once demanded.
that this defect should be remedied.
During the siege body of Confederate
! troops, infantry and cavalry, 5000 strong,
under Gems. Roger Hanson and n. B. For
rest, from Breckinridge's command, ap-
! peared before Nashville with the intention of
making general battle. But just Us they
were about to attack an order came from
Bragg for them to desist at once. Thor
| oughly angered, Forrest obeyed. THIS was
Nov. g.
Nov. II the advance of Rosecrans' army.
with the commander-in-chief himself, reached
Nashville, and immediate prospects of cap
turing it from the Union forces ceased Rose
GRAMS established his headquarters in NASH
| vile.
Rosecrans Immediately began to put in or
der the railroad from Louisville to Nashville.
It vas completed nov: ae, and thereafter
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FAIR CIGAR FABRlcAToRs,
Women Far superior &" Men In Their
E"licary of i"uch and DcNtcrity.

Women Far superior to Men In Their
Etlicary "t iouch and DcNtcrity.
The life ut female worker ia II "i'niIca
Il" Ta'iarns is lli,piipu and rot N.r. wrll
paid. but il is clirvrN. Two millions of
rp'Mi's"f tobacco are on AN average mani:ru-
i', Il in Il factory employing, say. l.m'0
ha!id'. y lcXtcrous fcui.l" operative may
make in q day from t"n /" tmclv" "ata'i,.,
on bundles, each containing fifty cigars. and
IL Is questionable whether hrr average 81.
u"!'l "SrectS the Spanish equivalent Of one
shilling and siXlmn"e a'Iav. I:hrr women IA"
employed in in;linr, al somewhat higher
WAGES. Il very lin" Iylin c,>.iluii' called 'talaro
ii" iraIlo>, or lnn"!.s n.iNftIr, which is gar
s.l"'l with '';!rn,@Isi, ~ rnd earth brought
from ilIt ;i~-itV "a, t..rlha rua
II is m't ni"n" il !ii" great cities of the
peninsula nat th' ri@al making industry
gives empl"i n.nt tn crowds of women, for
the most part young. Ii may br mentioned
Incidentally t'!at the Spanish "ci%"rr"ri,
are very healthy race and enjoy Il r"mark;
hr Immunity from fcbrilr h!nadi,s. In the
city of Ne" York alon. il is estimated that
there are .O,oDo ci@aiinaker-, II lalg" proper
tion of whom are wu.nrn and il is II note
worthy fact that til" industry is almost
wholly natisr, c.;ui.l;.kcrs lay trad, form
ln@ hut IL tiny 'li!"ln i'll the great arlny "f
Immigrants from E,lrop" landed IN the
course of every year on the shores of thc
Tinted States.
Possibly the German ri.ar.nakcrs can find
- much work as they want At Bremen, Mt
Hamburg and II, lhcclst end ol London. In
In" Philippine islands the ladics Lave dc
cid"'lly the best pi il IN comparison with the
,.tI,I.I t.iu:,r,n.1 tii,l,. heinz ~
Manila IL chor"ot factor; employing 1000
female Il, against "nl: l!oo nal" arr Ulcers,
~iilc ut tnvito There are 1000 and ut Mala
bon !ooo agar workers, the great majority
of whom III" women. N"yrrsscs, mulatlocs
and pua,ii,n,ls ;lrr ais, extensively employed
IN the cigar factories Of llnyapa.
FORMERLY liloy suffered I:"cnly from the
competition ri li!" Gaines, coolies, who at
present tn I'll" "Srl,ion ri female labor, are
~" chef iA!,;i"l;ot, of cigars at San fran
cisco: hut in III" h.*toiir factories Of Havana
the prime hrnnt!:,pi cisa"' jtir always fin
isllrd hy thitr nicH. D'hrr; 50 I he dcxt"r
i,y and 'lrica"v al touch of the female hand
have mariicd '> owner - specially fit for
the craft of cigar rolling and coycrlnG. In
tl!" nppiiru;ium "f the touch of gum 1T the
tip, on Tire proper disposition of which the
comfortable smoking "f the wc"d depends,
woman i, said 10 ,e soilrtm,- "Xcollcl 10y
her arrogant rival and t,rant
Ii u 'tIificult, However. tn tNiti II civilized
country in whirf lr"':i .sl"us nn!.ib"i'5 Of w"-
men do no, labi,uliil' cam IA livelihood by
working in tolf,cr" ~ e. N factories, mol
because their la!,.r ca.i h., c!"al!. obtained.
but because th"y s"'.tn t. have :; apccial ap!i-
'ulc for carrying out the processes employed.
---Lpndon Pa, or.
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GEN. RosEcRANS.

Oct. 4, 1862. Gen. William s. Ro,ecralls had
Wen the latale of Cornth, Miss The Fed
eral army under Buell. had meantime. been
tra,nping up and down Kentucky, frutlcssly
puts'iing Bragg and letting him escape at
last. After the battle of Perrrville. KY,
Oct. S, 1852, Buell. was relieved from com
mand and Gen. Roserrans was Summoned to
take his place at the head Of the Tnon army
i'll Kentucky. The day that be was thus
summoned Oct ,5) lie hal just issued to his
troops dispatch consratulating them on
their bravery and endurance nj the fight OF
Corinth.
The two leading generals ut thi, time i'll
the west were Grant aud Rosecrun,. Grant
commanded the Thirteenth army corps,
known rs the Army Of the Tennessee. 10
Ro,ecrals was given the leadership of the
Army of the Cumberland. His district com
priscd northern Georgia and Alabama and
Tennessee east o.. the Tennessee" river.
Ro>"cr,ii, was nothing if Eot energetic.
Oct. 80 he was ut Louisville. THO Federal
army had been ordered to Bowling Green,
Ky after P4rryville BY Mon. | lis cd
vance had reached there Nov ! Gen. Rose
cr;is arrived in person to take command of it.
William St;lrke Roserr.ils was an Ohio
,n,r born in 1879 He ,ynS r,atl,Intpl Mt
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Bragg learned the same day. Dec. :,G, Of
Rosccrans' advance, and prepared for fight.
He selected Stone river as his line Of battle
Then he directed such cavalry a, he had left
-Pegram's. Wheeler's and Wharton's-to
annoy and delay the head of the advancing
Union columns until he should he ready.
The railroad from Nashville to Chat'a-
nooga passes through Murfree-boro, ami TIM
town is thirty miles from Nashville. E.n...
almost inpenetrable cedar groves rendered
cavalry and artillery operations exceedingly
difficult.
Bragg's plan Of battle was very similar to
that of Rosecrans. His left wing. under
Hardee, was on the west, opposite McCook' 5
approaching corps. His center, under Polk
he kept at Murfreesboro. His right wing,
under Cen McCown. he stationed at Rca1ys-
vile, east Of Murfreesboro. III disposing his
troops for battle, MrCown's division was
posted i'll the rear Of the others US {, reserve.
Meantime the Confederate cavalry Of
Wheeler and Wharton had amply fulfilled
instructions and greatly annoyed Rosccran>
advance. He said it was impeded by "clouls
Of horsemen." McCook wns skirmisling with
these clouds Of horsemen all day Dee :,G He
reached Nolinsville that night, however.
Wheeler'S cavalry Nas slrh "A thorn in tin.
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AT STONE RIVER.
Twenty.fifth Anniversary of a
Great Battle.
PHIL. sHERIDAN's DIVISION
His Brave Brigade Commanders
Were All Killed,

The Story of Seven Days Fightins-In.
structiyc Military Strategy-On Both
Sides They Fought Like Brave Men,
Long and well-The Ground Forest"
Portraits of Distinguished Officers.
"Old Kosy's" victory.It Lost Ken
lucky to the Confederates- Bragg's
Battle Wheel.
Copyrighted by the American Press Associutior.]
Christmas night, 1862, Col. G. ". Roberts,
of the FoIty-second Illinois regiment. one Of
the unsung heroes of the Army of the Cumber-
land, gave n dinner to few bro her officers.
He commanded the Third brigade in Gen.
Sheridan's division. He had heen doing
garrison duty ut Nashville. but had asked 10
he sent where fighting was to be.
His request was granted, and lie was or
dered to join the brigades moving to meet
Bragg ut Murfreeshoro. 1t was time of
hurrying and preparation. The only Christ
mas soldiers Of either army had was that
which they passed in thoughts linked with the
loved ones at home.
However, Col. Roberts and his friends
made the best of it. They played, as the
children do, that it was II merry occasion;
that their soldiers fare was feast. and that
all around them was light and warmth and
JOY, Among those present were Col Har-
rington and Lieut. Col Taliaferro
Col. Roberts was II man Of commanding pres
encc, q giant in strength aud stature. He had
distinguished himself already for his ,l;ishng
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.ini wheii,'r R">rrrans was re,rra.irg. A
heavy artillery fire specify convinced hin. 10
the contrary.
AT the sam. time h. mi,tir tn. discovery
t!ia; Van Cicvcs division had obtained a pos j.
tion I" cniilaar P"ik's Who'll" line Brec!iin-
ridges div lSiun was ordered to ,li,io,:ce him.
Ii advanced i'll tw" lines. Pillows and Gen,
k"ser NJ llan>onS briGadrs in tie first line,
Prcs'onS and Adams in the >cco.l. They
were protected hy cavalry on the right,
Van ClcvcS division was n.lnan,l,i tv
Col Samuel Beatty. Ncel.., division was
placed i'll position on the w,r>l hanl, OF tho
riNer nS u reserve, To support Beatty in clse
OF need NJ the sane tim" ten. Cri,tenleu
ma>>r't his artillery on TN. Yves; hank oppu-
site brcrhlhri,g, : division, and prepared to
rak" the t"nlc,,erat"s as they came on to
attack
They m">'H, up ealanily, in spite uf tho
ranlonad!n, and opened II heavy fire Van
Cleve III. ,sl"ii retired acro>, til" river. They
slipped lr'wrcn 'l!e Ii,'u nj Negleys line nn,l
went 4" thu rear 30 rri"rnt
Tie Federal fortunes were here saved ly
the strategy III t"l. john i. Miller command
ing Nesl,y sriGh' brigade. N.gry himself was
absent III tn" rear. Col. Miller ordered Tin.
division To Ii" down behind the blulf of III.
river Till Van Clcve's men had passed OVER
and behind th,m. Then, as Brcckinri,lp,
men came "n in pursuit, the rcruml.i.t
soldiers were 10 rise suddenly and pour a
deadly fire i'll their faces.
Til" order WIS carried ont to- ,hr l.t,.r
Breckinr;sig" rcr"llc,l and fell back 't'hargc
across the river" WAS Miler's next order.
II was done and the t"ntrderatcs were driven
To their Entertainments While ut the river
Col. Muller received Gn order not To cross.
sure of victory. however, he tool, the liberty
OF ignoring the order, knowing the situation
better than his commander. The Confc,lcr-
ates were broken and the color, of tho
among the captured Confederate ha, e tugs.
"lf don't charge the rebels. they III
charge Us, Col. Miller had said l";o., crtss-
ing the river
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GEN Medley. nr,N"'i .i"!.i tl"
United States arsenal ut Allegheny. Pa for
Coufe,rnt" U.s., then joined the western
army with his brigade. II. defended Na.E-
will. iii connection with Palmer in the sum
mer OF lsG2, aud along with that general was
promoted tn !,n major general for gallan,iy
at Stun" II vr. He afterwards served in
Georgia and Alabama
On Christmas might, lsG!!, Rusc,'rah- sci.
around among his commanders The word r,
march sonlhwald Sinsulnry enough, at
that Very tinie, Bragg was planning an at
tack against Rnsecrans ut Nashville.
Dec. 2G, 1856! Ro>eoran- ln.am NJ ni;,ri,
against Bragg and Murfrcc.horo ~" tight.
which began there Dec II. is inli>,riianjn,r-
ly called the hattle of Slun. River and Mu'-
freesboro 1t is also spoken ti ns .,.oma'>
River.
Bragg, army consisted al three corps
Huulnc', corps was west nf Murfrcrsb"ro.
Polk's and Kirby Smiths corp, scre ut ,',.l,
frcesboro
When RoSccrans' army m"Nr'. t"sNaIt.
McCook's corps, the right wing. advanced on
the Nolins,ile pike toward Triule against
Hardee's corps.
A glance at the map will reveal Rosecrnlis'
plan OF campaign. Imagine thr"- lines
stretching southward and slightly 10 the east
from Nashville. They We're the respective
corps Of Mrcoos, Thomas and y l. Crittp,,-
den, the right wing. center and left wing Of
Roserrans' nrmy. McCook was on Til" west
Crittenden on the east, Thomas in the center.
They did not leave Nashville in that order.
but as they converged toward Murfreesboro
they fell into position for the fight.
Stone river is stream which flows in :,
northwesterly direction into the CuMbrr-
land. few miles above Nashville. It's west
fork passes Murfreesboro, and flow, in the
same general direction rs the main stream.
Near the "N'est Fork" os it i, call,i. the
battle was fought. lialricrs Confederate
corps was almnst due west Of Mulrecsioro ut
the time McCook started soil,hwa,1l. Gle.
turnes division of FTarJec's corps was Il,
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United :>fal"- army. and east his fortunes
with the Cn. slett",.. He WI, Rapidly pro-
motel, ant! commanded an infantry brigade
al Shiloh. Fl"wimg that he was muic Il
major general, although very Young, and the
command of tn" cavalry corps of the Con-
fciera'c Army Of tl" Wrst was given to him.
The Confederate congress AMI Tie Confed-
crate legislature Vi ;So;ith Carolina gave him
n vote of thanks for his services.
After the death nj J. Il. Il. Stuart, in lsti4,
Gen Wheeler. III the age OF -, brca!ne the
senior caIa!rv commander ut nil the Confcd-
crate fngo ";'st and west. VI the close of
Il war h. iin,, i! Alallr.a ;lli;l studied
Jaw aA'l h. 'an'e II cotton pl;ii;e', Gen.
Viz" cr is nnW Il IN l'lcr Of ilic United
i.at'> hri:>r ii Representatives from Ala
!a"r,.
i:en. William j. liar,!,r WAS III first Il"
m," Itosrrran>' advance under Mrt,ul. IL,
t"vim' i in I'm" of battle The II sht of lc' a6
all'i cn the morning of the 2,ih awaited the
Federal onset
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called "Ronnd For GEN. W. Il. INzNH.
est" against which tEr confr,ic!atcs rs,,aci
ally directed their force, Still further to ,hn
lett Gen. Woods division la;.:tni, engaged
holy by Br'rhinrdg", hut the a,tcmr, TO
drive Wood from his position Was un,urc",--
full. Previous To this all of Ira: Amy had
been engaged lut Brccknrrt." ami NO.,
every on" of hi,,iivi-ions w, ia the battle.
'lEcrc was Fighting al! uuns I'll" !inr. de- ser
ate 1.htGl,. i"
One nn>rrr>stn assault WAS made ,,
W""i AT o'clock, another al t. y terrific
hut also Intellectual, assault was uluGe on til,
Fedora! righ, and center late III the Afternoon
Then darkness fell nn,i the firing ceas,,l.
Dc'uchnrnt> came ont from each side to bury
the dead. Both arnl"s slept upon tho field.
Rosecrans showed himself that day gal
liant leader OF men. Riding hithrr and thithcr
on the front line he was constantly exposed
TO danger. AT the time of the assault of
Brcckinri,lgc's men against "Rounl Forest" !"
Ros"cran, was there with his staff, Icing
anxious for his left. y shell from The enemy
burst near them. A piece S,az,,l lto,e,'raiis,
just missing him, and took of the head of his
chief Of STALL Col Garcsche
Col Julius T. Gareschc was a Cuban and
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town.
Gen. Van Clcve crossed early III t:.r morn
lng with two brigades, meeting 10 opposition.
ten, I. j. Woods division Wa following
Van Cleve \ thuntlerouS roaring on the
right showed that McCool was engaged
AN hour passed. The left wing WAS still
,rosSing quietly to the east bank OF Stone
river suddenly one Of McCrok'S stall rode
hur.icdly 20 the com,nan,iel-n-v chief and told
him the right wing was hard pressed and
needed assistance. liut lie was not told how
badly it was going; that JohnSons division
had been surprised and routed, ami that
Davis hrigades had been doubled up onc
after the other. Rosccralis merely sent back
word TO MrCouk to hold on to the last and
then went on crossing his left. Ii was true
the firing sounded more and more tot he west,
but McConli had hccu directed lay Ro>rrrans
to bear gradually to The west and north in ,he
light. i'll military pariance To refuse moro and
muir tn the right. uml this seemed in accord
ance with Instructions Rosrrralls plan of
battle ais, comprised somewhat the idea If IL
revolving wheel.
At length another messenger arrived, tell
ny the commander that the whole right wing
was i'll retreat. IL was II time rswilt action
Van Cleves hrigades wcrclrcalrd and sent
quickly In the center Rousseau WAS sent
into tho cedar thicketS To all Sheridan and
Negley. Van C!rNe and Wood were ordered
to cease rros~in; the river and com" VI, ON the
louble quick. Gen. Pamcr> iii, siun was
the only one oi the lett VIII, that had not
moved to cross the river. IL was chiefly nu
the west side of the Murftcc,s ORC pike Gen.
w. b. lIazcn's hrisa .t la, partly across
iH. pike. Cen Ilaz-n ,ii while chirf
of the United States signal srrvrr Rose
Grams III "nr" began to- form a new
line i'll place of tho; which hal
been bruSrn. Az the Victorious confr,.ratcs
rushed OH. Still turning hc circle of til" wne,l
they encountered liazcls am. Crufl 5 hri ;a,i,s
of Palmc, sdivi>ion. They Ii. t sallurly H.,
outset Of the cnrmy while Rospcrm,, was
forming hi, new line.
Rousseau ; division, meantime. cut ii wav
through the C"ntr,lerutns tn the rear "f .hc
cedar thickct, and with Ncglcy's divisipu
formed in line, With their batteries upon
n slight hill to the rear. Palmcr's division
was on Nrgley's left, and here, with Rous-
Seals ami Negley's divisions. and liaa-m'-
and Cruft's inis;,lcs of Palmer, division.
was some" the mos! desperate fighting Of
that bloody day From til. i,tlc hill
Gucnthcrs and Loomis bnt,crir, l,pui.,l
double shotcd canister upon She ColfoGnratr
masses. Four determined assault, vrlc male
TO break the Union line in from! ul nous.
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''EN NOOlD. IOuI NV = ION =,
lasne'i in mass against it. TIL" artillery Of
til" two opposing forces was in some cases
not more than 500 feet apart.
Each time the Confelclates We're repul>ed.
but ut great cost. Til. gallant Col. Roberts,
VITO had iclicd Confederate bullet. that
Christmas night six days Lefnre, was sLo;
lead. Nearly al the horses belonging to
Shafc.'> bri@a,iea r,licrv We're kill.d SElcri-
lam, mn mad exhausted their nminum zion.
They had been fighting almost continupu,lyin i'll
hattie f"riour hours. Sh!rianfell
baci; through the cclar> To the Mulircesboro
pike. Eroirs division. t"o. wa, broken.
While tn fight WAS going thus d!ei>'rou-ly
to McCool; on III right. Ro-ecrans was with
the left Ii> hea'iquartcl, were in the rear
Il Crt;cndcn> corps. RnserrnIi> plan was
for his left To cross Stone river ami sweep
into Murirer,boro while hi, righ, engaged
lIardee's main force west Of the river and
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Jan. 1, 1863.

The first day Of the ncw year was Thurs
day. Early in the morning the Coni"'lcr-
ates tried without success to force Thomas
line inte center. The attempt wa, several
times renewed equally i'll vain, Thrr" was
also some cavalry skrmishing, In the after
noon Bragg nassed his troops heavily toward
the Federal right, but no attack wa, mad.
by either general On the Federal side dur
ing the day Van CleveS division again crossed
the river h. the Murfree,boro >itlc, ami il.lo
was continued skirmishing between !!i> m.n
and F"lk- corps. Some other Sigh, Changes
i'll the niun troops were made.
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at Princeton college, New Jersey He studied
law and became distinguished member of
the bar. He Likewise was major in the
Mexican war.
After the war he returned to his home in
Lexington, KY. and died there III lS11
AT Stone River he sustained serious de-
feat. brigade commander in Bishop Polk's
second division at Stpli. river was Gen.
James Ronald Chalmers. afterwau famous
as the representative in the United States
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0'I.. 1s''HF.IslH. cess OF tIlt CTIOH
arms All knew n hattie could not Ire long
delayed. Col. Roberts made IL little speech
That :hrilcl his few bearers. He spoke of
thu fight which he waited for like jobs war
horse. n, h. raised his glass he closed his
sp'rch with these words:
II, for one. will take all chances "f rebel
bullets
$50 will l." "Aml T." cried Harrington
aud ralaf"rro, as they too brought their
Ela>>,.- t, their It's. 'lll" toast to victory
was drunk with cheers and enthusiasm.
Roberts harrington and raiiaterro-lay
| dead upon The LntL!.lield of Stone river.
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BATTLE OF STONE RIyeF

The hattie Of stone River proper I,r.;r,
Wedn"-in,'. Dee. ii. 1852. Ihei" had been
preliminary >kirmishing for day, '"iore, Lu'
that day the general e,gn2"'." ri "!"i,,i.
There. we're various fight. oXt,pniIn.. over
Dee 81, Jan. !, Jan. . and Jas =. Thu. ii,
battle of Stone River was r"ail -r.rlnl bat
ties
.ie bragg had formed hi- line Vi la,li. In
center was directly ol'osi;" the Fr'ls.al
ri.li:. 'Ndcr McC"ok The night Of ;nc :.p'n
R'secrili, ordered great campfire tp lac
III H. "X'cmiims mI'' t" tia MAJ u NJ
cc"k, TO give the Impression lisa, Inc linz,
wa; longer than it wa>. ~ the sam" TIM lc
ordered rwp OF his best hrj.ulr,. those ,'
Wiili"h and Kirk. i, cul.r ti" hit fans.
in iirc tn.Hli at risht m..ls +" his main
line.
Mrtuok iaiii. line has been rrticisc,i II
wl- aid 10 he too long aud thin, and To !'
much lroicn, the divisions facing in differ
eat directions.
Tuesday, Dec 80, Bragg chnnsn his line OF
battle somewhat. He moved his reserve iii
vision, MrCowl's, 10 the front, and put
l1arlec in command of it. BrerkinrilSe'~
division formed the Confederate right Ci,-
bl,rne was in his rear US n support.
Clebuinc /, division was taken from Brceiin-
ridge and placed in the rear Of Mccowl's di
vision on Brcckinridge', left, Brag.'s force
was formed i'll ,wo lines, the second Il sixth Of
n mile behind the first. In front Of tho first
were intrenchmeuts.
Meantime Thomas in tine center, and Crit
,e.llcn IN the left, hal, like McCooh. found
every foot of their advance to MurfreesLoro
on I'll. 3sth AMI :::.r! Of December contested.
They cphvcr;:ca 10 within supporting dis
tancc Of each other Dec. 2J. That night
Rousseau 5 division Of Thomas corps calnIn,l
at St"wartsh"ro. while Negley's division of
the same CORDS advanced To within three mile j,
Of Murfreesboro. Dec 50 Rp,,s,-au's diyis-
ion came up That day Cri;tenicns force.
under sharp fire, came within full sight of
Mnfrees',or" Harker's brigade, indeed,
crossed Stone river To the Murfrecsboro side
that evening. in the face of Brcckinrl-.' 5
force, but was ordered To return
Bragg had weakened his right under Brecli-
inriagc to strengthen his left, where lie be-
ieved the heaviest fighting would be-
Mai Gen JOHN C. Brrckinri,lra yvhn com,
The Dickinson press., 1888-01-07

trains running regularly over it kept the
Federal army i'll reach of supplies. To guard
it from Confederate attack Gen. Thomas was
stationed with his division at Gallatin.
So i'll December, 1862, Bragg's and Rose
crans' armies lay watching each other Bragg
at Murfreesboro, Rosecrans at Nashville.
Gen. John N. Palmer was brave and pop
ular officer, commanding the Second division