The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-03

sack and forth we charged and fought all
evening, intermingling our dead and
mou ". on the fien. General Davis sent
achievements General Rosecrans said:
leu General Davis can give him no aid,
ana tnat ne must hold his position When
sot Dack General Davis was walking back
and forth on PROSTATE tree trunk greatly
worried over his terrible losses heard him
sxclalm: My Godl They are killing all my
Next day. the 10th, was Sunday. Long
streets shattered division was withdrawn
from our front ana division of Folks corps
night did not open until about $50 a. m.
General Wood received an order to move his
DIVISION III to the left and close on Reynolds.
In executing this order Wood opened a gap
IN our line. The enemy saw it, quickly
swung into 1t, and separated our division
ana Sheridan's from Thomass.
AT the moment of this disaster Rose
Grams, McCook and Davis were together
near our division. On the enemy came
driving our front line in confusion. Near US
was a small log house just covered with
cIapboards, and / can still hear the bullets
rafting on that roof. Drawing his sword
ana waving 1T above his head Rosecrans or
STAINS and escorts telling them to check the
Fetreatlng line. We did as ordered, but
c4Ild could not check them. On the
Johnnies' came, and they were very near
Nnen General Davis said: We will have to
get out of this
The enemy was between us and Thomas,
chattanooga, so the general spurred his
morse to our right, jumping PROSTATE tree
and rail fence. / followed him. He rode
a spirited bay stallion that had been cap
tured from John Morgan's command three
months before. Sheridan's division on the
right had been struck heavy and shattered
Just when opening right and left into line
from massed position. They retreated
around the hill toward Rossville Generals
Rosecrans and McCook hurried off to Chat
tanooga to make preparations for defense,
as II was afterwards reported. 1t locked
TO me as though they were badly ratified.
remained with General Davis and as he
the enemy rose from a gully and fired at
volver.
1.-The general got a bullet through his
coat and his horse was hit My cap was
cut on the brim and my horse slightly
wounded. Before they could reload we got
Sheridan and one two of his staff, rid
ing leisurely in the rear of his retreating
troops. Where is your division, PHILIP
asked General Davis. Pointing in front he
said There is all of them / have left
We stopped at Rossville and made hasty
defenSes, but we were soon ordered to
Chattanooga. AS we fell back to that place
LongStreet appeared on Mission Ridge and
shelled u.s. We remained penned up at
Chattanooga on short rations until General
Grant took command and whipped Bragg
on Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge"
What is your estimate of Rosecrans as
an officer. Mr.. Polk?"
HE was good soldier, but not the equal
of Thomas. The latter would never have
exposed himself to attack in detail by sep
arating so far his three corps, as Rose
Grams did just before the battle of Chick
amauga. Rosecrans did well at Murfrees-
boro, bringing victory out of almost COM
plete defeat, and the army had confidence
in him to the last. We all loved Old Rosy
but as an organizer, strategist and COM
mander he did not compare with either
Buell. or Thomas"