. Battle fields and camp fires. A narrative of the principle military operations of the civil war from the removal of McClellan to the accession of Grant. (1862-1863) . that he took 2268 prisoners, and his medical direc-tor states that 1423 Confederates were buried by Union soldiers onthe field of battle. It is safe to assume that the figures of VanDorn are too small. A major-generals commission rewarded Rosecrans for his victory,and soon after he was sent north to command the Army of the Cum- 118 BATTLE FIELDS AND CAMP FIRES. berlaiul, from the command of which Buell had been reHeved. As forV
. Battle fields and camp fires. A narrative of the principle military operations of the civil war from the removal of McClellan to the accession of Grant. (1862-1863) . that he took 2268 prisoners, and his medical direc-tor states that 1423 Confederates were buried by Union soldiers onthe field of battle. It is safe to assume that the figures of VanDorn are too small. A major-generals commission rewarded Rosecrans for his victory,and soon after he was sent north to command the Army of the Cum- 118 BATTLE FIELDS AND CAMP FIRES. berlaiul, from the command of which Buell had been reHeved. As forVan Dorn, the weight of Jefferson Daviss anger over the lost battlefell heavily upon him, and he was deprived of his command. But hedemanded a court of inquiry, and was fully exonerated from all chargesof negligence or incompetency. Nevertheless, Van Dorn was notrestored to his former station, but served until his death, in 1863, incommand of a division under Generals Pemberton and Bragg. It isa curious fact that this dashing trooper, after exposing himself to theterribly destructive volleys of his foes at Pea Ridge and at Corinth,finally met his death in a
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