. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . attention to the wants andnecessities of the troops subject to his orders, he wasenabled to report more than the usual proportion as be-ing fit for duty, and, though a strict disciplinarian, hisjust and impartial treatment of all won for him therespect and high esteem of his entire command. Carefuland skilful in the handling ami management of troops,both in putting them in proper positions and in directingmovements under fire, he at all times exhibited beforehis troops those sterling qualities of a true soldier whichthey
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . attention to the wants andnecessities of the troops subject to his orders, he wasenabled to report more than the usual proportion as be-ing fit for duty, and, though a strict disciplinarian, hisjust and impartial treatment of all won for him therespect and high esteem of his entire command. Carefuland skilful in the handling ami management of troops,both in putting them in proper positions and in directingmovements under fire, he at all times exhibited beforehis troops those sterling qualities of a true soldier whichthey were but waiting to adopt as their own and withtheir leader breast the storm of battle. A more cooland brave commander would be a difficult task to find,and, although he has been a participant in many oi themost sanguinary engagements in the West, his conducthas on all occasions been so gallant and marked that itwould be almost doing an injustice to him to refer par-ticularly to any isolated battle-field. I refer, therefore, only to the battle of Franklin, Tenn., 349. November 30, 1864, because it is the more recent, andone in which his gallantry was so marked as to merit theadmiration of all who saw him. It was here that his personal bravery was more de-cidedly brought out, perhaps, than on any other field,and the terrible destruction and defeat which disheartenedand checked the fierce assaults of the enemy is due moreto his heroism and gallantry than to any other officer onthe field. Badcau, in his History of the Life of General Grant,thus alludes to the operations of General Stanley atSpring Hill, just prior to the battle of Franklin : Thus one of the most difficult and dangerous opera-tions in the war was executed with equal success andskill ; the army was extricated from a situation of im-minent peril, in the face of greatly superior numbers, andthe opportunity for which Hood had labored so long wassnatched from his grasp. General Stanley was twice wounded during the war,
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