The National tribune., 1906-03-29

1t being impossible to properly sup
ply his men at that point, Col. Garfield
withdrew his command to PaintVille,
where he remained until March 16,
when, having learned that battalion
or Virginia troops had advanced
through Pound Gap and established
Winter quarters near Pikeville, Gar
field advanced with parts of the 10th
and AID Ohio, 22d Ky. and McLaugh-
Inns Cavalry, carrying their rations on
mules. The difficulties Of their march
were increased by a heavy snow storm.
The enemy made some resistance. in
which one man was killed and several
wounded. and they then broke in flight
They were pursued for six miles toward
Abingdon, and their quarters, consist
ing of 60 log huts and two large build
ings. were destroyed. together with
half dozen army wagons. In March
Col. Garfield was ordered to unite with
Gen. Buell., and moved his command to
Louisville.
Gen. Don Carlos Buell..
There had entered upon the affairs
or Kentucky a man who was to direct
them with potent hand for the next
year. There had been three Depart
ment Commanders exercising authority
over Kentucky. Gen. Mcclellan had done
nothing except make the treaty with
Gen. Buckner which he afterward re-
pudiated. Gen. Anderson had also done
nothing except to take some measures
for the defense of Louisville against
EGckners invasion. Gen. Sherman's
failure to accomplish any results and
his fragrant vagaries of speech and
manner had made the long suffering
Lincoln and Secretary Cameron hope
less OF his accomplishing anything
Then they looked about them careful
ly for an able, prudent, conservative
officer, who would bring order out of
h oh In haS tot nd "a l;,
TO meet the just expectations of the
Union people of Kentucky as we'll as
those of the North.
Don Carlos Buell. was one Of the
highly-accomplished coterie of younger
officers of which Gen. George e. Nc
Ciellan was the head. He was a man
who was instinctively soldier. and
devoted to all the arts and even the
reiinements Of his profession Digni-
fed. reticent. thoroughly versed in mill
tary literature and official routine, calm
and somewhat repellent in manner, he
oAempiifled the finest type of the young
military officer according to some ideals
He came Of Welsh ancestry and q FAM
lily which had been prominent in the
wars of the Revolution and with the
Indians. His grandfathers were pio-
neers of Ohio; one of them built the
first brick house erected in Cincinnati.
and the General was born near Mariet-
ta, o., March %, 1918, and was conse-
qucntly 43 years old when the war
broke out. He was appointed to West
Point, and graduated from the Military
Academy SD in the class Of 1S41,
which had many distinguished MEM
bers, with Jealous Il. Tower at the
head and Gems. Horatio G.. Wright, A.
w. Whipple. T. j. Rodman. A. p. Howe.
Nathaniel Lyon, j. Il. Plummer, j. M.
Brannan. Schuyler Hamilton, James
Totten, John +. Reynolds Alfred SuIly
/ Rich nd
of the Union army, and Gems. Samuel
Jones, s. S. Anderson, II. s. Garnet
r. b. Garnett, John NJ. Jones and A.
Ruford, OF the Confederate army, were
| members. His class standing was so
| ordinary that he went into the infantry
and served until the Mexican War on
frontier duty against the Indians. In
Mexico he seems to have been more
than ordinarily distinguished, for he
| gained three brevets, which seem to
have been better bestowed than was
the custom with Mexican War brevets
| He applied himself assiduously to his
| pr ofession, thought Of nothing else, and
| in 1S48 gained a transfer to the Adju-
ltant-Generals Office, where he was on
| duty In the trOublous days preceding
| the war. and was sent on confidential
| errands to Maj. Anderson at Fort Sum
ter. He had become Major. He had
| therefore, commended himself to the
inner circle Of the War Department.
which was then under the control OF
AdJt-Gen. Cooper. Quartermaster-G Gen
eral Joseph +. Johnston. Chief-of-Stafi
Robert l.. Lee. and others. who were
soon to leave Washington for high COM
mands in the Confederate army. From
this 1T must be inferred that Buell. was
In complete accord with their political
| views at the time. Like them, he sided
with his State when the break oc-
| Cured. and SO found himself on the
side Of the Union.
His subsequent career showed that
he possessed eminent talents as a SOL
| der, accompanied with grave defects,
| This was true OF every other officer
who attained eminence during the