. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . of subsistence of the 21starmy corps, commanded by Gen. Crittenden. On Oct. i, 1863, when thereorganization of the Army of the Cumberland took place, he was assignedto the staff of Gen. Rosccrans, commanding the Department, and whenGen. Thomas succeeded Rosccrans in command. Col. Kniffin continued onthe staff under Thomas until Jan., 1864, when he was relieved by Col. Por-ter. He was then assigned to the 4th
. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . of subsistence of the 21starmy corps, commanded by Gen. Crittenden. On Oct. i, 1863, when thereorganization of the Army of the Cumberland took place, he was assignedto the staff of Gen. Rosccrans, commanding the Department, and whenGen. Thomas succeeded Rosccrans in command. Col. Kniffin continued onthe staff under Thomas until Jan., 1864, when he was relieved by Col. Por-ter. He was then assigned to the 4th army corps, on the staff of S. Stanley, where he served for the remainder of the war. He wasbrevetted major in the volunteer service, for gallant and meritoriousconduct, and was mustered out with that rank on July 19, 1865. Whilein the army Col. Kniffin was in the engagements at Shiloh, the siege ofCorinth, Perryville, Ky., Stones river, Chickamauga, Missionary ridge,Resaca, Rocky Face ridge, where a bullet from a rebel sharpshooter passedthrough his hat and the coat of O. O. Howard : Burnt Hickory,Pumpkin Vine creek. New Hope Church, Kennesaw mountain, the opera-. From a war time photograph. •MS The Union Army tidiis a1)nul Atlanta and J()neslK)ro, Ga., and then moved hack to Tennesseewith Gen. Thomas and was engaged at Franklin and Nashville. Col Knif-lin was honorably mustered out of the service July 19, 1865. After thewar was over he returned to Paris, Ky., where he was engaged in mercan-tile pursuits until 1872, when he became connected with the LouisvilleDaily Commercial. In 1881, at the instance of Associate Justice Harlan, he came to Washington to write the history of the State ofKentucky in the war, and in order to obtain access to the records he hadto accept a clerkship in the war department, to which he was appointed byPresident Hayes. On the completion of the history of Kentucky he becameeditor of the National Tribune and continued w
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