Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-22
bered about 10000 and lost fO,ger making the
total loss of both armies $1,000.
BROUGHT DJEfL.

bered about 10000 and lost iOlSer making the
total loss Of both armies $4,000.
BROUGHT OUT buell..
"The battle OF Shiloh s,teng hened con-
ndence in General Buell.. He was a great or
g%snizer. a fine disciplinarian, 2 learned s.rate-
gist, with a wide and comprehensive grasp
OF military conditions-in short an accom'
plished soldier. A great pity hide d IL was
that these qualities were so soon to he lost
to the country and that, apparently Of his own
%volition. there came retirement from act witty
and that after October, 1862, h could find no
place for the exercise OF talent so pronounced.
Under him the grand army he had
nodded into shape and dressed in such per-
feet form moved, after the fall Of Corlnth,
across Mississippi. Alabama and Tennessee,
its objective the strategic center Of the con-
federacy where we meet tonight. With
much distress Of mind at the less Of territory
1t had cost so much labor to gain It moved, on
lines parallel to those of the Army of General
Bragg, back to the Ohio river. General
Thomas urged that battle be forced upon the
confederates before they could reach Ken
lucky, but his sound advice was unheeded.
| need not tell of Perryville, with Its use
less sacrifice of 1900 men, and OF the un-
fortunate MISUNDERSTANDING, If not to say
the inexcusable blunderlngs, Of that most
unhappy day. After it there came a re-
newal Of the long standing conflict between
the trained and practical leader Of men in
the field and the inexperienced and theoretical
superior at Washington, whether east or
middle Tennessee should be the scene of
active operations. Such disturbance of re-
lations between Buell. and Hallecl ensued
that General William S. Rosecrans came, on
October 80, 1862, to the omman Of the
Army of the Cumberland, rtblptiZed in its
original name. He came to us with the halo
Of battles fought and won and socn secured
not only the confidence but the affection of
his men, who gave the soldiers characteristic
evidence of it by giving him a familiar nick
name, and to us of that time he is still Old
Rosey.'
STONE RIVERS BLOODY FIGHT.
Bragg settled the question in dispute by
concentrating a large army at Murfreesboro,
threatening thereby our hold on Nashville.
Again the union forces gathered at that
city and how we'll we recall the Christmas
| greeting that came to us the night OF De-
csmber 25, 1862, to move upon the enemy
thirty miles away. No battle of the war
shows the dash, pluck, bravery and endur-
ance of the American soldier better than
Stone River. The attack, so spirited and
bold. upon the right wing, under NJ Cook, in
the gray dawn of that winter morning that
forced it back until the ,~exultant enemy was
not only on our flank, but in our rear! The
Speedy taking of new POS tioIs by the troop
Of the left wing, under Crittendel, their
gallant and successful charge in thu cedars
that regainsd much of the ground so ruin
OuSly lOSt! Inc sturdy anu mHlONaDle stauu
of the center, under Thom1s, that resisted
assaults most impetuous and broke the charg-
ing columns into disorganized fragments, as
waves are broken on a rockbOund cast!
The dash of the southernars in attack, the
steadiness of the northerners in resistance.
the impulsive ardor of the one, the deliberate
repose of the other; both so charlcseri tic!
The bold front, the confident daring. the
personal exposure, the actual lsad rship and
the unconquerable spirit Of Rosecrans that
'plucked victory from defeat and glory ir, m
Disaster All this, any CT this, was worth
the sacrifice of life itself to see. To the
troops engaged it was experience most valu-
abe aud fitting, as preparation, for the fearful
shock of arms that must come at Chick
amauga before Chattanooga could be ours.
"Agan let the figures tell how bloody was
the struggle, how desperate the fight
ing. The union force Of 43,400 lost
1897. The confederates, out of 81, 800, losI
10, 306. The loss in officers was particularly
severe. of the Cumberland, ninety-threo
were killed and 3S4 wounded. Generals Sill
and Kirk and eight colonies fell dead at the
head of their commands and Chief of staff
Garesche went to his reward. The confeder-
at2s mourned the loss Of Generals Hanson
and Rains, and many another gallant leader
of brave men.
ACTORS IN DREADFUL DRAMAS.
"Of the mastery strategy that, after some
months of restoration of lines of supply, Of
fortifying positions of strength to be held
by small garrisons, of devotion to drill and
discipline, led to the campaign Of Tulla-
homa and Shelbyvilla, that drove Bragg
across the Tennessee and permitted
the forces of Crittendsn to march
into Chattanooga, the gateway OF
Georgia and the back door of east Ten.
nessee,' l ne3d not speak. Nor will l at.
tempt detailed description OF bloody Chicka,
manga and it's two days of desperate fighting
unparalleled in the annals of war. The
orators at the solemn dedicatory service:
tomorrow will speak of the incidents of tina
great battle and will be worthy to be heard
for they were participants, and did theil
duty nobly and well, At the dedication al
Gettysburg these words fell from the lipl
Of that greatest of Americans, than whom
the south never had a trusr friend, or tbs
nation a purer patriotmAbraham Lincolr
said: The world will little note, or Ions
remember. what we say mere, but it car
never forget what they did here
The speakers of tomorrow upon thi'
hallowed field were the actors of a genera
ton ago. They will speak of that of which
they were a part. who can better tell thar
they OF the gathering OF the components o
the army of Bragg, strongly reinforced from
both east and west, to strike the fedora
force in detail; Of the speedy concentration
Of the widely scattered corps and divisions o
the union army along Chirkamauga creek
so soon to be baptized with blood in an i'm
mortal name; of the delay Of Bragg to tax
the initiative, while his enemy was 'expcse'
III ueldl Ol us leTTlHC CUdI yes Ol the lJll
of September, made with the historic fierce
ness of the primal attacks of southern
armies of the stout resistance Of the fight
ing brigades of the Army Of the Cumberland
of the capture and recapture of cannon AM
their indlscriminate use on both sides of tn
bloody controversy; of the struggle, dur1nI
all the day, that left both sides exhausted
of the coming of the night that brough
not repose nor rest, but active vigil an,
s~lespless movement, with the certainty O
conflict still more fierce in the morning; o
the coming of the great and experience
captain during the night in the person o
General Longstreet, with three b~rigades @
veteran fighters from the Army of North
ern Virginia; of the renewal of the comba
in the early dawn, with its varying and IN
certain fortune, to that critical time wher
obaying an order mistakingly given, Woo
moved his division out of line; G
the pouring into the gap thus opene
Of the charging columns of Long
street; of the doubling up of on
l right, the capture of our guns and the hurI
4 ing of broken brlgades and disorganized d
: visions back upon the far slopes of Mis-
! sionary Ridge and toward Chattanooga; c
3 the passing to that objective point Of General
= Rosecrans, McCook and Crittenden. with tn
shattered but not demoFalized forces of on
, right; Of the ride of Garfield, chief OF stat
i to where stood the grand old hero, the Roc
of Chickamauga,' at whose Hnmoved feet tn
+ highest waves of battle. broke into surf an
foam; OF the persistent, furious and in