Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-03-11

service and was made coloneI OF the Twen.
ty-third Ohio volunteers Three days after.
ward he received commission as brigadier
general and was Immediately ordered to
western Virginia BY General Mcclellan.
A. Parkersburg he was placed in command
Of force comprising the Eighth. Tenth,
Seventeenth and Nineteenth Indiana regi.
ments and was then ordered to Clarks.
burg. From there be advanced to Roaring
Greek. within four miles Of the enemy, who
were intrenched in forest at the base oi
Rich mountain.
On the sth of July. 1861. General McClel.
Ian made m armed reconnaissance Of the
enemy's position. In the meantime General
Rosecrans ascertained the whereabouts OF
. bypath BY which the enemy could be dis
lodged General Rosecrans was ordered to
lead the attack. which he did successfully.
but a. the promised supports failed to ar.
rive there was material for n controversy.
General Rosecrans. however, pressed on
and completely routed the Confederates
under command Of General Garnet, captur.
.us sne eu'''t ea,ip anu s'ores pes'ues some
i.ioo prisoner In the meantime the dis
as;rous hattie of BuH Run was fought and
lost. and General Mcclellan being sum.
moned TO Washington the command In
western Virginia deyolved upon General
l.sr~-vrans
His next success was ut Carnifex Ferry,
and the Confederate general Floyd evacu.
ste,l the place In the night Rosecrans then
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vents o' 'sss
Then he Perfected the pack mule system
af,erwsri IL - much use, and planned &
spTing oampaign which was approved both
~ the secretary of war and General Nc
cleilan. bat through some political naaneu
verins the plan was No, adopted. and Ro>e
eshs was ooiizsd 10 devote his time foI
sme W hhains oenerai bienAer
Smmahu, Nh'en. strange as u may seem,
! ."s ae,uN'l! e"e 'ose aho,her pan ior the
W W o''ce ue'isei oy ueherai'
s. ~. ase,' ~ o.' u, 700; came 70
nsu-ht through TIE neglect of others than
Iy IN Ap,, 'snetai i'oSecrans TOOK IN
nam .sheraI b'ehAsi iorces, which wers
ay , ue'.'',s',.L ~ ~ -nas ID ms "ork ended
NNpue'u 70 "asahs'on' whence ne was
ssh, to etnerai haileck at Connth. Miss,
,nen ,he osnier o' interest IN the west.
hsHseA nnaiiy paac'i hn-ecrans IN com
mani e' tne tisht wing OF the Army OF the
a,sslss'Pps, santiiy aiter which the Con.
ssuer','eS 'l eVsesa's,, 'otin'h anu We're at
ouoe pu'suN ,y HnNecians no general
enssssmeht tetlo"ei, though there were
several .kirmishes June l3 General Pops
t.turntd 70 'irsinia. and Eosecrans was
p'aceu IN command OF the Army OF the Mis-
siSsippt
on the al oi oc;ober the battle OF
Corinth began. Iosecrans disposed Of the
men unaer him TO the best advantage. On
the *th the eonfcSierates were disastrously
aeieatei. Their los being i,t23 killed, 5,Ga
woanded, 2.24s prisoners, II stands OF colors,
rtillery, guns. etc They were pursued "
miles IN force and 90 with cavalry. The
pursuit should have been continued, nc
eorhing 10 Ro>ecrans, TO Vicksburg. which.
he says. could then have easily been cap
tured
. 1890" 'sos.er IAN, ahs ,nen re-es'aoiisheu his
,s,, y. a. sSo',hth' "here ne remained
~. VIZ, W an oruer ua'eu TWO
~ .e wS p'aeeu IN e"mmand o'
'y .e xny ~ .ue eunoe,,and ~ Is ,he
-. -Noa,. ..>'','io''y VI al SURVIVORS thas
'".' saniy NNs a' Us Wors, IN october, 10,
M sne ,ahe ,nish. oe shd OF all the Fed
s'iis - ohe item Is enough 70 show
ne e.uuIaloa ne number OF deserters
,,om ,ne "essern armies alone was 6'ouO at
,ne .'ose o' tnat year Under the presi.
aen. sp.oeiama,'o most OF these returned
'oau.y 'a.e, e. ana proved themselves good
~eS ~ insy were SIMPLY worn out and
ui-ou,ssu uy 'he events OF the summer
ana ,ah OF
.ne general testimony that the
% %n =, 1eh.ral hosecrans seemed 70