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interpreted order from Gen. Rose
Grams in charge of the Union Army,
a whole division was withdrawn
from the Federal right.
Gen. Longstreet, seeing the gap
thus made in the line, took the op-
portunity afforded and poured his
troops through the opening, soon
routing the Federal right and CEN
ter, which were commanded, re-
spectively, by Gems. McCook and
Crittenden, and in this way the
Union troops were driven back
toward Chattanooga in wild dis
order. In this situation, Gen.
Thomas fought against tremendous
odds throughout the day, gallantly
repulsing attack after attack and
inflicting great damage on the
enemy.
A fair estimate of Rosecranz's
army is placed at $1,000 troops, and
his casualties, including killed.
wounded and missing, at 1910, and
the Confederate loss is placed at
1890, which is only natural, since
they were the attacking party.
Heroic Service.
1t was in this battle that Johnny
Glen, later Maj. Gen. John l..
Glen, U. S. A., then a drummer boy,
was promoted to be a sergeant for
his plucky and heroic service in
fighting throughout the engage
ment with wounded soldiers gun
after his drum had been punctured
and made useless. For this act of
bravery he became known as the
Drummer Boy of Chickamauga."
The unveiling of the statue of
Gen. Thomas was quite an event in
the history of Washington and of
the Grand Army of the Republic
especially the Department OF the
Cumberland. in which Gen. Thomas
saw most Of his service. A news
paper account of the ceremonies of
the unveiling, printed at the time,
tells us:
Yesterday was the lveliest and
most noted day that the District
citizens have seen since the grand
review of those sunny summer DAYS
in 1865 sent 100000 veterans from
the license of the camps and the
trays of the field back to the work.
shops and the counting houses of
quiet and orderly peace.
THE unveiling of the statue of
Gen. George H. Thomas, the great
soldier of the Union side in the late
Civil War, whose rigid science and
the stern devotion to systematic
duty won the last, and If not the
decisive, certainly the hardest fought
battle OF the war, was the occasion
OF calling to the District a large
number of persons and Of creating
the grandest and at the same time
the most orderly enthusiasm that
have been seen or created here, Ger
tainly since the close of the war.
The movement, originating with the
members OF the Society of the Army
OF the Cumberland and engineered
by them to as perfect q success as
ever crowned systematic efforts with
triumph, outgrew its original con-
ception and became q national work,
into which all men, without dis
tinction or difference of opinion,
entered heartily and enthusiastic
cally.
The City Of Washington, In the
last two days, became crowded with
strangers, invited guests from the
most prominent ranks of society and
distinguished citizens from all Sec
tions Of the land. The most notice.
able feature of the whole movement
was its spontaneous enthusiasm, so
to speak, and next, and quite as
remarkable, the utter absence of
disorder. With thousands of stran-
gers In the city, the duties Of the
washington police have not been
increased, nor has the comfort of