Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-08-04
THE FIELD OF BATTLE
tNc.pEatrD AND ANECDOTES o.
INk WAR.

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the WAR.
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II went owe to e General Ander-
son the other day." said the Colonel
and in some way he reminded mo OF
hts uncta. General Robert Anderson.
As he stood taking to a visitor. trim
and erect the scenes and Incidents Of
the weeks that followed the surrender
Of Fort Sumter came up before me.
Robert Anderson vas the hrst popu-
tar hero Of the civi1 war. and the poo
pie wild over him. When he
came North after the surrender, dis
Outraged owe the turn In his own for
tunes. dismayed by the strength Of the
rebellion, the undenonstrative major
OF the regular army WIS almost
stunned by the frenzy Of enthusiasm
that met him at every point.
When he kft Charleston harhor Ma
jor Anderson possibly felt that his
career was ended. When he nrrtved at
Washington, sick as he was. It must
have neemed TO him that his IN
had only begun. He was at once made
a Brf2adicr General and WIS urged to
take command In Kentucky. He was
not assigned to the command Of IL
brigade or a division, but to a depart
ment, and IN the first hour OF hts new
rank and dignity he sent for IN old
Clncinanti friend and cDnfidcd to him
his plans. He had decided to rccom-
mend the appointments OF four Brign-
der generals for duty in Kentucky.
These were Don Carlos Buell., William
I. Sherman, George II. Thomas, and
Simon Bolivar Buckner. His idea was
that by giving Buckner such al ape
pointment he could be saved to the
Union. but the Ohio friend insisted
that Buckncr was already committed
to the C~onfederacy and his name was
left on the list.
"Buell and Sherman We're appointed
Brigadier Gener1ls under date Of May
II. Thomas was made a Brgadier
General three months later. and VIII
lam Nelson, q naval officer from Ken
lucky, took the place Of Buckner in
Major Anderson's list 1t SO happened
that when General Anderson retired
from the command Of the Department
of the Cumberland William I. Sher-
man succeeded him. When Sherman
retired, Buell. succeeded. and when
Buell. retired the command was offered
to Thomas, who, after the retirement
of R~osecrn1fs, did come into full COM
mand of the Army of Cumberland.
Nelson. the fourth man on the List be-
came n of the most conspicuous d.
vision commanders In Buelfs army.
"Before Major Anderson came West,
in 1861, the simple announcement that
he was to command q brigade OF Ken
tuckians carried hundreds OF the best
young men In Ohio into Kentucky regt
ments. They broke away from Ohio
organizations, left their home com.
panies. and drffted IN squads and com
panies to the rendezvous Of the Ken
tuckian regiments Influenced by the
thought that they would be under the
command Of the officer who had made
90 gallant q fight ut Sumter. At that
time the country was full Of praise In
,erse and prose Of Major Anderson I
a remember that in our regiment ev-
cry man repeated day after day .
poem. OF which the last limo in each
verse was The nation gives welcome
to her gallant Major And her son."
"Ae a matter Of fact our regiment
was organized Oh the condition tha.
Major Anderson should command the
brigade, but we had had but two
gfimpses Of the hero OF Sumter. One
wns when the il were formed In
line along the railroad to shout q vel
come to him as the train steamed by to
Cincinnati. Another was when, pale
faced and serene. be walked along the
lines Of our brigade, made up Of wor-
shippers of himself, and shook hands
with many Of the enthusiastic volun-
teerx. At that time no man In the
United States seemed to have q greater
future before him than General Ander.
son, but sickness came and our brig.
ade was led by other soldierAs-Chi
cngo Inter Ocean.
Gusrrflles at Bay.
Ono incident that General Noble re.