. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ouch, formerlya corps commander in the Army of the Potomac, and who had recently beenassigned to duty in the Department of the Cumberland.! General Wagnerwas retired from command of his division, and was succeeded by GeneralW. L. Elliott, who had been chief of cavalry on General Thomass staff inthe Atlanta campaign. General Kenner Garrard, who had commanded acavalry division during the Atlanta campaign, was assigned to an infantrydivision in Smiths corps. In all these cases, excep
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ouch, formerlya corps commander in the Army of the Potomac, and who had recently beenassigned to duty in the Department of the Cumberland.! General Wagnerwas retired from command of his division, and was succeeded by GeneralW. L. Elliott, who had been chief of cavalry on General Thomass staff inthe Atlanta campaign. General Kenner Garrard, who had commanded acavalry division during the Atlanta campaign, was assigned to an infantrydivision in Smiths corps. In all these cases, except in that of General Woodsucceeding to the command of the Fourth Corps, the newly assigned officerswere entire strangers to the troops over whom they were placed. On the afternoon of the 14th of December General Thomas summonedhis corps commanders, and, delivering to each a written order containing a 4. General Couch was in command of the Department of the Susquehanna from June 11th, 1863, toDecember 1st, 1864. On December Sth, 1864, he took command of the Second Division of theTwenty-third Corps.— THE CAPITOL, XASHVILLE. Strong works, set with cannon, inclosed the foundations of the Capi-tol. Cisterns within the building held a bountiful supply of to its capacity and the niassiveness of the lower stories, theCapitol was regarded as a citadel, in which a few thousand men couldmaintain themselves against an army. REPELLING HOODS INVASION OF TENNESSEE. 457 detailed plan of the battle, went with them carefully and thoroughly overthe whole ground, answering all questions and explaining all doubts. Neverhad a commander a more loyal corps of suboixLinates or a more devotedarmy. The feeling in the ranks was one of absolute and enthusiastic confi-dence in their general. Some had served with him since his opening triumphat Mill Springs; some had never seen his face till two weeks before. Butthere was that in his bearing, as well as in the confidence of his old so
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