The San Francisco call., 1898-03-12

right wing. under General Alexander Me Dowell McCook, with such Vigor that 1t
 enemy was ultimately driven back with great loss At nightfall on the second day General Rosecrans made up his mind to fall back, but General Thomas, who com manded the center, advised against re-
 treat. Afterward, believing that Bragg
 had thrust force In his rear, General
 Rosecrans gave, orders to resume the
 fight the next day. At dawn however,
 Braggs army had disappeared. having
 fallen back to the line of Duck River,
 where he .entrenched at Tullahoma. the Army of the Cumberland occupying Mur- freesboro. The battle of Murfreesboro
 was one of the bloodiest of the war, and
 resulted in loss of s5l1 by the national forces and 9236 by the Confederates.
 During the ensuing six months the two armies lay practically idle in their camps. Some minor operations in which Forrest and Van Dorn operated RosecranS'
 right flank at Franklin and Spring Hill engaged attention. Under pressure from Washington General Rosecrans set his
 army in motion on June 24 to dislodge Bragg from Tullahoma and Shelbyville.
 It was an almost bloodless campaign, but by consummate strategy Bragg's flank
 was turned and he retired across the Tennessee River. At Bridgeport and
 Stevenson General Rosecrans then added passage of the Cumberland Mountains and his sldllful crossing of the Tennessee
 River, which forced Bragg to evacuate
 Chattanooga, the key to Atlanta. Had Rosecrans been satisfied with achieving
 his objective point his fame would have been saved: Believing, however, that Bragg was in full retreat he engaged in a pursuit which involved a critical dis persion of his three army corps under while Bragg had only fallen back to La fayette, Georgia. within striking distance of Chattanooga, to await re-enforcements was dispersed Bragg had an opportunity to turn upon him and crush his several corps in their isolation, but owing to the the chance was lost. General Longstreet's corps arriving from Virginia left the cars at Chickamauga Station. Bragg moved to the attack with the object of seizing marches RosecraHs army concentrated behind Missionary Ridge, on Chtcka- tie west of the Alleghanies was fought on September 19 and 20, 1863. The Con federate army attacked both days. Rose crans made changes in the disposition of his lines which weakened his center and right and left an opening for Longstreet to pour through. The right wing, depleted to strengthen the left under Thomas, was cut off and then routed. RosecranS and two of his corps commanders, McCook and Crittenden, were swept with the tide of fugitives into Chattanooga. Upon his arrival in the town he sent alarming dispatch to Washington that all was lost. EGx7President G Garfield fs o his I ad5uta5nt,-gen7 , Thomas In command of what was left of the army as immovable as rock and re- pulSlnR WlIn the DdYOn6L every eIIOrL or the enemy to dislodge him. Thomas held his ground till nightfan and then fell back in good order into Chattanooga.
 General Rosecrans' star had set in a dismal sea of diScomfiturei One of his subordinate generals found him weeping bitter tears in his quarters at Chatta- nooga. His army, which up to the terri ble reverse at Chickamauga had implicit confidence in his leadership. lost faith in his skill. His bravery 1t never doubted. A month after the battle he was relieved t,to hx-C dent, and General Thomas from that time to the end of the war led the Army of the Cumberland through series of victori- ous campaigns, which eliminated in the overthrow of the Western Confederate army before Nashville in December 1864
 In January, 1864, General Rosecrans was ment of the Missouri On December 19 he was placed on waiting orders, and on March 28 1867, he resigned from the army after receiving a brevet as major general battle of Murfreesboro. After being out of the army for a period of twenty-two nent services, passed bill authorizing the President to appoint him a brigadier general, and on March 2. 1889, he was re- stored to his rank and placed on the re- tired list.
 With his death disappears the last but one of the Union generals. who conducted armies in the field. General Don Carlos Buell. enjoys the distinction of being the only living survivor of this class,
 Soon after his resignation from the army General Rosecrans took up his resi- dence in this city. where he made many devoted friends. In June, 1867, he declined the Democratic nomination for Governor. On July 27, 1868, President Grant appoint ed him Minister to Mexico, which office he held until June 26, 1869, when he re- turned to the United States. In that year he declined the Democratic nomination for Governor of Ohio. In 1s72-73 he en- gagged in an effort to initiate the con struction of a system of narrow-gauge railways in Mexico; at the instance of President Juarez In 1875 he was presi- dent of the Safety Powder Company in this city. The same year he declined the Demo cratic nomination for Congress from Ne vada. He was electeu as a Democrat to Congress from the old First District. which included this city, in 1880, and was reelected in 1882. In June, 1885, he was appointed by President Cleveland Regis ter of the United States Treasury, from which office he retired about four years ago, owing to his impaired health. He then took up his home with his son. 1 Carlos, who Is prosperous farmer, resid- ing near Redondo Beach, ten miles from At,or