Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-22

called TO the Department of the Potomac and
Brig. Gen. Rosecrans assumed command of the
Department Of the Ohio. On September 81,
ls6l. Big. Gen. c. N. Mitchell was made its
next commander
In November of 1861. after Mcclellan was
made general-in-chief of the armies in the
Held. he made changes in the head Of every
Important department and many changes in the
operations OF the departments in the field.
Gen. Don Carlos Buell. was placed at the head
OF the Army of the Ohio November Is, 1861.
On March H. 1862 the Department Of the Ohio
was merged into the Department of the Missis-
sippl and the Mountain Department On Au-
gust ~. 1862. the Department OF the Ohio was
recreated and Maj. Gen. Eoratio G. Wright
placed IN command on August %, 1862 He was
superseded by Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside March
20, 1858 In July 1853, Gen. W. S. Rosecrans
was placed IN command In 1863. after Burn
side was relieved from command of the Army
OF the Iotomac, he was given command of the
Array OF the Ohio and proceeded to carry out
the Presldents plan Of retaining the loyal
east end OF Tennessee from the control Of the
rebels and to inhict terrible blow upon the
corfederacy by severing one of its principal
avenues OF REORGANIZATION. This one
OF the favorite projects of the President and
early IN the rebellion he had urged In vain
upon his generals the importance and feasibil-
ity OF this step. They rejected the idea, how
ever, setting forth strong military objections.
Gen. Burnside was given his own corps. the
ninth, and also the command of the troops in
east Kentucky, which were grouped In various
smaller armies. He also had a number Of the
newly raised regiments. which had been
signed to him. His headquarters were estab-
ilshed at Cincinnati, but before he could begin
operations call from Gen. Grant before Vicks-
burg for troops necessitsted his sending part
of the ninth corps. After the fall of Vicksburg
the ninth was returned to Gen. Burnsides com
mand and the campaign of east Tennessee was
begun, the rebels being driven from that por-
ton OF the state, to the great Joy of the loyal
residents. The confederate forces under Long
street made q bold effort to recapture tho state,
but were defeated at Knoxville.
Gen. Burnside recalled with the ninth
corps IN the spring OF 1864 and Gen. J. G. Fos-
ter placed in cqfnmand. Old wounds caused
him to retire and Gen. George H. Stoncman
was placed in command. He was superseded
by Gen. John NJ. Schofeld, and on January
II, 1865. the Department Of the Ohio was an
nexed to the Department Of the Cumberland.
The Army OF the Ohio formed part of the
command of Gen. sherman in tho Atlanta
campaign and was sent back by him to assist
in heading off Hood when that confederate
general made his counter stroke of the march
to the sea by movement against Nash
vile and the cities Of the Ohio river The
Army of the Ohio, with the fourth corps in
hlcted bitter defeat upon Hood in the little
town of Franklin, Tenn, November 80. 1864.
and then falling back to Nashville joined in the
great battle before that city fifteen days later
under Gen. George Ii. Thomas, when Hood was
utterly routed. The corps was then transferred
TO the Cape Fear river and captured the works,
defending Wilmington, then the city itself and
then Joined Sherman in the heart of North
Carolina. where they helped to bring the pres
sure which forced the surrender of Gen John
ston
THE ARMY OF THE FRONTIER.
The Army of the Frontier consisted OF all
the troops west of the Mississippi, and was
grouped from time to time in various other
and smaller armies, but all the time retaining
the general name of Army of the West or
Frontier. As the Army OF the West it was first
u command of Gen. W. S. Harvey Brig Cen
n. Lyon superseded Gen. Harvey and on july
3. 1861. the Western Department" embracing
the state OF Illinois and all the states and terri
tories west oil the Mississippi and east OF the
Rocky mountains. including New Mexico, was
constituted and Major Gen. John g. Fremont
was assigned command. with headquarters at
81. Louis. Gen. Fremont Immediately de-
clared Missouri under martial law Gen FIRE.
mont was superseded by Gen. S. r. Curtis in
the spring of 1862. Under Gen. Curtis the
rebels were driven ont of Missouri into the
Boston mountains. where fought the dcs-
perately contested battle of Pea Ridge, March
and ., the Union troops defeating the rebels
under Price and Van Dorm. After this victory
Mississippi river at Helena, and In the course
of time occupied nearly the whole state OF
Arkansas
During the siege of Vicksburg the enemy
under Hneman made desperate effort to
capture the garrison at Helena but was re-
pulsed with severe loss. In december of 1862
the troops under Generals Blouut and Heron
won victory over greatly superior forces
under Gen. Ilineman at Prairie Grove. Two
divisions of this army took part in the siege OF
Vlcksburg and occupied portion OF the'line
OF investment The troops fought scores OF
engagements of various magnitudes in Arkan-
SIS and Missouri in their sacce 5sfGi forts TO
resist the dete! mined attempts Of the rebels TO
wTCs: Missouri from them
The Count Of Paris ia his history of the civil
war said that this WIS the mot aggressive
army Of the whole struggle; that it would get
up and start after the enemy 200 miles distant
overiakc and conquer hiDl and hot seen. to real
ize the magnitude OF the undo rtaGiny