The National tribune., 1906-04-26

camp DElHStHS UScIuk 10x0rmdIlOn
should be protected against their Sc
cessionist owners. Worst of all, Mitchell
was Outspokenly impatient and denun-
ciatOry of BuelTs methods OF delay, and
OF his suffering himself to be held back
| by the small force confronting him. At
| that time there was clique Of officers
and correspondents who were trying to
build up Buell. in the West, as the same
clique was elevating Mcclellan to a
dcmagOgue in the East. They were as
bitter and intOlerant Of those who op-
posed them as the Mcclellan shouters
were of those who did not recognize the
complete Napoleonship of their mill
tary idol. Probably Mitchell and his men
had some ambitions of their own. At
any rate, Mitchell was subjected to in
cessant military Sights and affronts
from Buell's headquarters, which were
Kept so carefully within the limits Of
regulations and discipline that he was
| unable to resent them. A story is told
Of the depth to which some one de-
scended in order to annoy Gen. Mitchell
| A sentry stopped KIM and demanded his
pass. Thinking that the man was q
new one. who did nOk know him,
Mitchell said: ~
You do not seem to know me; 1 am
| Gen. Mitchell
Yes" said the sentry, ,>unconsciously
giving away the whole, situation; you
are the very man that Gnn. Buell. told
me to make show his pass"
In Gen. Mitchel's command were the
9th Ohio, regiment Of splendid young
Germans, many OF whom had served in
the army at home, with European ideas
OF how war should be conducted; that
Is. that soldiers have right to any
thing in the enemy's country which is
necessary to their support and comfort
Another regiment was the 9Th ILL.,. COM
manded by Col. John B. Turchin. a Rus
sian soldier, with similar ideas about
living off the enemy's country. The
operations Of these two regiments, par
ticularly, led to official denunciations
or the part OF Buell., and at length to
Col. Turchin being brought before
court-martial and summartly dismissed.
The relations between Buell. and
Mitchell became SO hostile that Mitchell
wanted to resign, but his eminent SER
vices were such that the Administra-
ton could not permit this. Buell. said
that as one Of them had to leave the
command he would do 50, and let Gen.
Mitchell remain. This was q pure piece
OF bluff on Gen. Buell's part, but his
partisans claimed that 1T was an ex-
hibition of high magnanimity Mitchell
was finally relieved from the command
OF his division and ordered to WASH
iDgton, when BuelPs partiSans stroye
hard to make 1t appear that he was
being subjected to discipline for the
outrages and Irregularities permitted in
his campaign. In fact, the Administra-
ton was seeking another field OF opera
tions for him. At one time 1t was
thought that he would be sent to gather
an army and carry out the. original plan
OF advancing down the Asississippi, on
the west side, to New Orleans. Tshis
was. in fact. proposed to Halleck, who
was at that time all-powerful. but he
had as little use for the brilliant and
intractable subordinate as Buell., and
frowncd upon it. Another field had
therefore to be sought for Mitchell, and
he was assigned to the Department Of
the South, where things had come to
a standstill after the brilliant affairs by
which we had gained a foothold ON the
South Carolina coast at Port Royal.
Mitchell I'm Sa AtIl Carolina.
Mitchell threw himself into his new field
OF effort with Li3 characteristic energy,
and soon had tho dull monotony into
which the camps had fallen pleasantly
broken up by some daring and success
full raids. One of these burned up an
important salt-works, and another cap
tured fort and some heavy guns. He
found time to look after the condition
or the freedmen who were crowding
irto Beaufort and Hilton Head. He
organized the mon into working parties
and set them to building houses. A
neat little town sprung up, which was
named Mitchelville, which was given a
regular municipal Government to teach
the negroes citizenship. Mitchell was
everywhere, infusing his own ardent
spirit into the soldiers; but he calcu-
lated too much on the yigor of his con-
stitution to Withstand the insalubrity
OF the South Carolina coast in Mid
summer. and within five,e weeks after
his arrival In the Department he died.
Thus was lost TO the Union very early
In nfl 4
or inestimablS value. He seemed to be
one OF those phenomenal soldiers who
must be born and can never be made.
It is true that his reputation may have
faded like many other OF the earlier
regulations Of the war, but an exami-
nation OF this at the present day seems
to indicate that, like Lyon, his was
made Of enduring stuff.
Though Gen. Buell. claimed, without
reason, that In Gen. Mitchers operations
he had not taken SO armed Confederates
or killed 20 men, the fact still remains
that he occupied large extent Of coun-
try very vital to the enemy; that he
threw the COnfederates everywhere in
20 confusion, disconnected their plans,
scattered their recruiting parties, and
prevented their combinations He had
an audacity superior to theirs, and. while
II he had been given larger commands
might have brought upon himself
LiiS LII uiSdSISTS, yet the cnanCeS seem
good that he would have been rewarded
by victory OF sensational brilliancy.
The Advance Upon Corinth.
The story Of the advance upon CO.
rinth has already been told in the
Opening OF the P1:sssissipbi." and 1t is
hardly necessary TO say mofe here than
enough to maintain the continuity Of
the narrative. This is ESPECIALLY the
case. since there is little satisfaction in
rccounting how for one long month and
more the army of 10000 splendid vet
Grams. by this time Injured to war,
marched an average of less than half
mile day across fairly level coun-
try against an army OF about $4,000
strong, which made a noisysand spiteful |
opposition at the crossing OF every creek
and swamp. Every night the great army
stopped to fortify along it's whole front
against the small one. Occasionally
Beauregard's men would actually take
the offensive and make an assault on
the Union lines, which would throw
Halleck into a panic lest there be a |
general engagement, SO that he would
refuse to support the assailed portions
Of his line, though the assailants great
ly outnumbered IT.. In every instance