Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V2 by Jacob Dolson Cox

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_Schofield to Sherman, after the Atlanta Campaign. Official Records,
vol. xxxix. pt. ii. p_. 366.

"HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE OHIO,
DECATUR, GA., Sept. 12th, 1864.

MAJOR-GEN. W. T. SHERMAN, Commanding Military Division of the
Mississippi.

GENERAL,--I have the honor to recommend for promotion the following
named officers of my command for gallant and meritorious services
during the campaign just ended:

Brigadier-General J. D. Cox is now the senior Brigadier-General of
Volunteers in active service. He has held various important commands
during the war and was appointed Major-General in 1862, but his name
was withdrawn from the list sent to the Senate for confirmation,
because of the limitation by law of the number of Major-Generals
authorized to be appointed. General Cox commanded the 23d Army Corps
for some time previous to the assignment of Major-General Stoneman
to that command. During the summer's campaign he has commanded the
third division of that corps under my immediate personal
observation. I have no hesitation in saying that I have never seen a
more able and efficient division commander. General Cox is possessed
of a very high order of talent and superior education. As a
commander he is discreet, energetic, and brave. As a just reward for
long, faithful, and efficient service, and as an act of justice to
the army and the country, I earnestly recommend that
Brigadier-General J. D. Cox be appointed Major-General of
Volunteers.

I earnestly hope all the appointments above recommended may be made.
Should the number of vacancies in the grades of Major-General and
Brigadier-General not justify the appointment of so large a number
from this army, I respectfully request that the officers who may not
be appointed may receive the Brevet of the rank for which they are
recommended. Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) J. M. SCHOFIELD,
Major-General Commanding."

_Sherman to Halleck, after the Atlanta Campaign. Official Records,
vol. xxxix. pt. iii. p._ 413.

"HEADQUARTERS, MIL. DIV. OF THE MISS.
IN THE FIELD, GAYLESVILLE, ALA., Oct. 24,1864.

GENERAL H. W. HALLECK, Chief of Staff, etc.

GENERAL,--I always designed to canvass the claims to promotion of
all aspirants in the army, so as to save the President the invidious
task of judging among so many worthy men, all of whom can only be
known to him by the record. But events and movements have followed
each other so rapidly that my army commanders have not been able to
attend to the matter, but have sent into my office the detached
papers of each. These I herewith inclose, indorsed with my own
individual opinion. I have not General Thomas' list, but will
instruct him to send it direct from Nashville, where he now is. If
necessary [_sic_] to promote to divisions and brigades the officers
now exercising the rank of major-general and brigadier-general, it
be necessary to create vacancies, I do think the exigencies of the
country would warrant the muster out of the same number of generals
now on the list that have not done service in the past year.

The following persons should be promoted to the rank of
major-general: . . .

Army of the Ohio: Brig.-Gen. J. D. Cox to be major-general....

All these are actual division commanders, men of marked courage,
capacity, and merit, who are qualified to separate commands....

I am, with respect, your obedient servant,
(Signed) W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General."

_Schofield to Thomas, after the Battles of Franklin and Nashville.
Official Records, vol. xlv. pt. ii._ p. 273.

"HEAD QUARTERS, ARMY OF THE OHIO,
FRANKLIN, TENN., Dec. 19, 1864.

MAJ.-GEN. GEORGE H. THOMAS, Commanding Dep't of the Cumberland.

GENERAL,--I have the honor to enclose herewith a letter to Maj.-Gen.
Halleck, Chief of Staff, urging the promotion of Brig.-Gen. Cox, and
to urge that it may be forwarded with your indorsement. Unless
General Cox can obtain the promotion which he has so often earned,
he will soon quit the service, which would be an irreparable loss to
my command.
I am, general, Very Respectfully,
Your obed't serv't,
(Signed) J. M. SCHOFIELD, Maj.-Gen."

_Schofield to Halleck, after the Battles of Franklin and Nashville.
Official Records, vol. xlv. pt. ii. p. 273._

"HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE OHIO,
FRANKLIN, TENN., Dec. 19, 1864.

MAJOR-GENERAL H. W. HALLECK, Chief of Staff, U. S. Army, D. C.
GENERAL,--I desire earnestly to ask your attention, and, through
you, that of the President and Secretary of War, to the claims of
Brigadier-General J. D. Cox to promotion. It is unnecessary to
recite, in detail, the services of so distinguished an officer. He
has merited promotion scores of times by skilful and heroic conduct
in as many battles. He is one of the very best division commanders I
have ever seen, and has often shown himself qualified for a higher
command.

Permit me to say that in overlooking the merits of such an officer
as General Cox, the Government has, unintentionally of course,
committed an act of great injustice, and one which must soon deprive
the country of his services. An officer cannot exercise for three
years a command which he is universally admitted to be eminently
qualified for, and yet be denied the corresponding rank, while his
juniors, notoriously less deserving, are promoted, without feeling
such mortification and chagrin as must drive him from the army.

Excuse, General, the earnestness with which I refer to this matter.
I do not exaggerate the merits of the case; on the contrary, I do
not half state it.
I am, General, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. M. SCHOFIELD,
Major-General."

_Thomas to Halleck, after the Battles of Franklin and Nashville.
Official Records, vol. xlv. pt. ii. p. 274._

[Indorsement] "HEAD Q'RS, DEP'T OF THE CUMBERLAND.
IN THE FIELD, TENNESSEE, Dec. 20, 1864.

Respectfully forwarded, earnestly recommending the promotion of
Brig.-Gen. J. D. Cox to the grade of Major-General. His services on
the Atlanta campaign entitle him to the promotion asked for, and at
the battle of Franklin he was eminently distinguished for personal
courage as well as for the skilful management of his command.

(Signed) GEORGE H. THOMAS,
Maj.-Gen. Com'g."

_Thomas to Halleck, Dec. 23, 1864, again recommending General Cox
for Promotion. Official Records, vol. xlv. pt. ii. pp. 234, 235._

"HEADQUARTERS THIRD DIVISION, 23D ARMY CORPS.
ON GRANNY WHITE PIKE, December 17, 1864.

MAJ. J. A. CAMPBELL, Ass't Adj't-Gen., Army of the Ohio.

MAJOR,--I have the honor to claim for my command the capture of
eight pieces of the enemy's artillery, in the charge made by the
first brigade last evening. The four pieces captured by the Eighth
Tennessee Infantry, as stated by Colonel Doolittle in the
accompanying dispatch, were not put under guard at the moment, and a
guard was subsequently put over them and the pieces claimed by
McArthur's division, Sixteenth Corps.

J. D. Cox,
Brigadier-General Commanding."

[Inclosure] "H'DQ'RS, 1ST BRIGADE, 30 Div., 23d ARMY CORPS. IN THE
FIELD, December 17, 1864.

CAPT. THEODORE Cox, Ass't Adj't-General.

SIR,--I have the honor to report that in the charge on the enemy's
works yesterday, my brigade captured eight pieces of artillery,
light twelves, instead of four as reported verbally. The four pieces
claimed by McArthur's division, Sixteenth Corps, were taken by the
8th Tennessee, who drove the enemy from them. The 12th Kentucky took
the other four pieces. CHAS. C. DOOLITTLE, Col. 18th Michigan
Inft'y, Commanding."

[First Indorsement] "HEAD Q'RS, ARMY OF THE OHIO, FRANKLIN, TENN.,
Dec. 19th, 1864.

Respectfully forwarded to Head Quarters Department of the
Cumberland.

(Signed) J. M. SCHOFIELD, Major-General."

[Second Indorsement] "H'DQ'RS DEP'T OF THE CUMBERLAND, DUCK RIVER,
TENN., Dec. 23, 1864.

Respectfully forwarded to Maj.-Gen. H. W. Halleck, Chief of Staff,
recommending that Brig.-Gen. J. D. Cox be promoted to the grade of
Major-General.

(Signed) GEO. H. THOMAS,
Maj.-Gen. U. S. Vols., Commanding."

RECOMMENDATION FOR CORPS COMMAND

"HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA, WILMINGTON, N. C.,
February 24, 1865.

LIEUT.-GEN. U. S. GRANT, Commanding Armies of the United States.
City Point, Va.

GENERAL,--I respectfully request that the troops in this department
which do not belong to the Twenty-third Army Corps may be organized
into an army corps, and that Maj.-Gen. Alfred H. Terry be assigned
to its command. Also that Maj.-Gen. J. D. Cox may be assigned to the
command of the Twenty-third Army Corps.

I am, General, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. M. SCHOFIELD,
Major-General."
[Footnote: Official Records, vol. xlvii. pt. ii. p. 559.]

[_Letter of same date_.]

"... I have asked for the assignment of General Cox and General
Terry to corps commands, both because the strength of my command
renders it desirable, and because it will enable me to leave either
the one or the other in command of the column which I may not be
with at any time." [Footnote: _Ibid_.]

"HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE OHIO,
GOLDSBOROUGH, N. C., March 22, 1865.
LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT, City Point, Va.

Near a month ago I wrote you a letter requesting that Maj.-Gen. J.
D. Cox be assigned to the command of the Twenty-third Army Corps,
and that the remaining troops in this department be organized into a
corps in command of Maj.-Gen. A. H. Terry. Having received no reply,
I presume that my letter did not reach you; therefore I beg leave to
renew the request. But if it be not deemed advisable to organize a
corps for General Terry, I nevertheless respectfully request that
Major-General Cox may be assigned to the command of the Twenty-third
Corps.
J. M. SCHOFIELD,
Major-General."

[Indorsement] "GOLDSBOROUGH, N. C., March 23, 1865.

I approve this. I know that General Cox is a good officer, and
General Terry has the best possible reputation. General Schofield
will want two corps organizations as soon as possible.
W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General, Commanding."
[Footnote: Official Records, vol. xlvii. pt. ii. pp. 960, 961.]

"CITY POINT, VA., March 25, 1865.

HON. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington.

General Schofield recommends and I approve the appointment of
General Cox to the command of the Twenty-third Corps. He also asks
the organization of the balance of the troops in his department into
a corps under General Terry. This will be of great advantage to his
command. I would suggest that Terry's corps be called the Tenth.

U. S. GRANT,
Lieutenant-General."
[Footnote: _Id._, pt. iii. p 18.]

"GENERAL ORDERS No. 49.

WAR DEP'T, ADJ'T-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, March 27, 1865.

By direction of the President, the following assignments are hereby
made:

I. Maj.-Gen. A. A. Humphreys, to the command of the Second Army
Corps.

II. Maj.-Gen. J. G. Parke to the command of the Ninth Army Corps.

III. Maj.-Gen. J. D. Cox to the command of the Twenty-third Army
Corps.

IV. All other troops in North Carolina not belonging to corps in
General Sherman's army will constitute the Tenth Army Corps, of
which Maj.-Gen. A. H. Terry is assigned to the command.

By command of the Secretary of War,
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General."
[Footnote: Official Records, vol. xlvii. pt. iii. p. 34.]

INDEX

NOTE. For economy of space the usual abbreviations for proper and
geographical
names are employed. Other abbreviations are:

A., army;
a. a. g., assistant adjutant-general;
a. d. c., aide-de-camp;
adm., admiral;
adm'n, administration;
A. C., army corps;
art., artillery;
bat., battery;
br., brevet;
brig., brigade, brigadier;
capt., captain;
cav., cavalry;
ch., church;
ch'f, chief;
C. H., courthouse;
co., company;
col., colonel;
com., commodore;
com'd'g, commanding;
com'r, commander;
conf., confederate;
cr., creek;
C. S. A., Confederate States Army;
dep't, department;
dist., district;
div., division;
gen., general;
Gov., Governor;
h'dqu'r's, headquarters;
inf., infantry;
insp., inspector;
l't, lieutenant;
maj., major;
mt., mountain;
pos., position;
reg., regular;
reg't, regiment;
R., river;
R. R., railroad;
Sec'y, secretary;
sta., station;
U. S. A., United States Army;
U. S. V., United States Volunteers.

The rank of officers is given as of the date when the events
described in the text occurred.

ABBOTT, Jos. C., colonel 7th New Hampshire, commanding brigade, at
Federal Point, North Carolina.

Aides-de-camp,
intimate association with commanding officer;
how appointed;
duties of,

Ames, Adelbert, brigadier general United States Volunteers,
commanding division at Federal Point and Ft. Fisher, North
Carolina;
with General Cox's column on Cape Fear River.

Amnesty,
approved by Lincoln;
discussed by Sherman and Johnston;
extended to all in arms at Lee's surrender;
sustained by popular feeling.

Anderson, Adna, operates Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad.

Anderson, Chas., colonel 93rd Ohio;
wounded at Stone's River;
elected Lieutenant Governor of Ohio.

Anderson, Edw. L., captain 52nd Ohio,
wounded at Jonesboro.

Anderson, Fred. Pope, lieutenant 181st Ohio.

Anderson, Geo. B., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at South Mountain.

Anderson, Geo. T., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
assaults Ft. Sanders.

Anderson, Henry R., captain 6th U. S. Infantry

Anderson, Larz, brother of General Robt.
Anderson, had five sons in Union army.

Anderson, Larz, Jr., aide-de-camp on staff of
General North Carolina McLean.

Anderson, Latham, colonel 8th Cal.

Anderson, Nicholas L., colonel 6th Ohio,
wounded at Stone's River and Chickamauga.

Anderson, Richard H., major general Confederate States Army,
at Maryland Heights;
at Antietam.

Anderson, Robt., lieutenant colonel 9th Pennsylvania, commanding
brig, at Antietam.

Anderson, Thos. McA., captain 14th U. S.
Infantry, later colonel same.

Anderson, Wm. M., brother of General Robt.
Anderson, had two sons in Union army.

Anderson, Wm. P., captain and assistant adjutant-general at
Cincinnati.

Andersonville, confederate treatment of prisoners at.

Ankele, Chas., major 37th Ohio, at Princeton,
West Virginia

Andrews, Lorin, President Kenyon College,
colonel 4th Ohio.

Anthony, Sister, hospital work at Camp
Dennison.

Antietam, battlefield described;
map of;
fords of;
battle on the right;
battle on the left;
conduct of, criticised; losses at.

Appointments, general officers U. S. A.,
laws regulating;
practice concerning.

Army of the Potomac, shares in McClellan's
errors as to enemy's strength and supports his views;
its failures contrasted with success of western armies.

Army Corps,
1st,
at South Mountain and Antietam;
losses at Antietam;
2nd,
at South Mountain and Antietam;
4th,
marches to relief of Knoxville;
at Blain's Cross-roads;
privations in E. Tennessee;
withdrawn to Knoxville;
winter quarters between Kingston and Loudon;
Wood's div in pursuit of Longstreet;
returns to Army of the Cumberland;
concentrates at Cleveland;
connects Army of Cumberland with Army of the Ohio;
at Tunnel Hill;
Newton's division at Rocky Face;
during Hood's Tennessee campaign;
General Couch assigned to;
dissatisfaction in corps;
at battle of Nashville;
in pursuit of Hood.
5th,
at Antietam.
6th,
at Alexandria;
in reserve at Crampton's Gap;
not at Antietam when fight began.
9th,
Kanawha division attached to;
at Fox's Gap, South Mountain;
extreme left at Antietam;
waiting for orders to advance;
difficulties in carrying bridge and fords over the Antietam;
overcomes them all and drives enemy into Sharpsburg;
attacked in left and rear by A. P. Hill's division;
maintains its position;
losses at Antietam;
moved by sea from North Carolina to Ft. Monroe;
sent to Falmouth, Virginia, and Warrenton to join Pope;
Kanawha division detached and sent to West Virginia;
sent to Kentucky much weakened by malarial disease;
recuperates in Kentucky;
moves into E. Tennessee;
movements in E. Tenn;
at siege of Knoxville;
at Blain's Cross-roads;
Strawberry Plains;
in winter quarters;
ordered East again with Burnside in command.
12th,
covers trains of Pope's army;
at Antietam;
losses at Antietam;
in support of Sedgwick.
14th,
at Tunnel Hill;
at Resaca;
deprived of Davis' division;
reunited at New Hope Church;
at Peachtree Creek;
at Averasborough and Bentonville.
15th,
at Villanow;
at Dallas;
at Roswell;
at Atlanta;
at Ezra Church;
at Bentonville;
on march to Raleigh.
16th, same as last.
17th
moves from Decatur, Alabama, via Rome to Allatoona;
and Ackworth;
in North Carolina
20th,
at Bridgeport and Wauhatchie, Tennessee;
at Dug Gap;
through Snake Creek Gap;
at Resaca;
off its beat;
again, at crossing of the Etowah;
assaults confederate lines at New Hope Church and is repulsed;
in reserve;
flanking movement near Ackworth;
at Kolb's farm;
at Peachtree Creek;
holds Atlanta;
at Averasborough and Bentonville;
on march to Raleigh;
marches through Raleigh.
23d,
organized;
pursuit and capture of Morgan raiders;
scattered and fatigued by the chase;
ordered back to Kentucky;
advance into E. Tennessee;
service in E. Tennessee;
at Loudon;
in battle of Campbell's Station;
at siege of Knoxville;
at Blain's Cross-roads;
privations;
unanimous re-enlistment;
at Strawberry Plains;
sufferings from intense cold;
marches to Dandridge;
back to Strawberry Plains;
winter quarters at Knoxville;
march to Morristown;
good soldiers;
at Rocky Face;
at Resaca;
reinforced by nine new regiments at the Etowah;
at Burnt Hickory;
swings to the left;
forces crossing of Noyes's Creek;
advances to Cheney's;
at battle of Kolb's farm;
forces crossing of Olley's Creek and gains threatening position
beyond enemy's left flank;
holds position while Sherman's army passes to rear and right;
forces crossing of Chattahoochee at Soap Creek;
extreme right flank of army southwest of Atlanta;
Cox's division covers itself by field intrenchments in fifteen
minutes;
October campaign, 1864, General Cox in command;
ordered to report to Thomas;
march to Dalton;
cars to Nashville;
at Columbia, Tennessee;
at Pulaski;
race back to Columbia;
at Columbia;
at battle of Franklin;
at battle of Nashville;
follows Smith's corps in pursuit of Hood;
recruited to 15,000;
hard winter march from Columbia to Clifton, Tennessee;
transported from Clifton to Washington: shipped to North
Carolina;
ascends right bank of Cape Fear River, captures Ft. Anderson,
Town Creek, and compels evacuation of Wilmington;
at battle of Kinston;
losses at Kinston;
dress parade at Goldsborough in honor of Sherman's arrival;
march to Raleigh;
at Raleigh;
at Greensborough.

Army Headquarters, business centre for a large military population.

Army Pets.

Army Regulations, necessity for careful study of.

Atlanta Campaign;
decisive importance of, recognized by Southern leaders.

Atlanta, Battle of.

"Atlantic,"
Collins line steamship used in transporting part of 23d army corps
to North Carolina.

Audenreid, Jos. C., captain,
and aide-de-camp on Sherman's staff, rides around enemy's lines
into Knoxville.

Augur, Christopher C., appointed major general

Averasborough, North Carolina, battle of.

Badger, George E.,
ex-senator from North Carolina, joins Graham's peace delegation;
mentioned.

Baker, Lawrence S., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
in command of North Carolina militia at Kinston.

Ball, Hon. Flamen,
attorny for Burnside in Vallandigham _habeas corpus_ case.

Ballot,
extension of, to soldiers in the field.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
importance of;
Union forces collected on line of.

Banks, N. P., major general United States Volunteers,
commanding forces in Shenandoah Valley;
defeated by "Stonewall" Jackson;
in charge of defences of Washington.

Barbarism,
tendency of war to make men relapse into;
efforts of officers to curb tendency;
of Union armies exaggerated to keep up war spirit of Southern
people.

Barker, C. W., major 12th Ill. cavalry,
in West Virginia

Barlow, Francis C., colonel 61st New York,
desperately wounded at Antietam.

Barnett, James, colonel 1st Ohio Artillery,
in West Virginia

Barriger, John W.,
captain and commissary on General Cox's staff;
good qualities.

Barter, Richard F., colonel commanding brigadier,
in 23d army corps, at Olley's Creek

Bascom, Gustavus M.,
aide-de-camp on General Cox's staff;
promoted to major;
accompanies General Cox to E. Tennessee;
transferred to Stoneman's staff.

Bates, Joshua H., brigadier-general Ohio Vol. Infantry,
at Camp Dennison.

Batteaux,
used for transportation of supplies from head of navigation to
Kanawha Falls;
more economical than wagon transportation.

Baxter, John, loyalist,
lawyer at Knoxville, afterwards U. S. Circuit Judge for 6th
Circuit.

Beauregard, P. G. T., lieutenant general Confederate States Army,
suggested by Lee to succeed Bragg;
Davis takes no notice of suggestion;
ordered to reinforce Polk with 10,000 men;
replies, impracticable;
in command Western Department;
confers with Hood;
says latter departed from plans agreed on;
criticised by Sherman;
hears of Thomas' expected reinforcements and orders Hood to take
aggressive immediately;
commands forces in the Carolinas;
orders Hardee to evacuate Charleston;
confesses inability to resist Sherman's march;
startles Davis;
retreats into North Carolina;
superseded by Johnston;
estimates of forces contradicted by official returns;
at Greensborough;
declares further prosecution of war hopeless.

Becker, Gottfried, lieutenant colonel 28th Ohio,
at South Mountain.

Beecher, Henry Ward,
meeting with General Cox;
correspondence with Stanton about photographs of Lincoln cortege.

Bell, T. S., Pt colonel 51st Pennsylvania,
killed at Burnside bridge.

Benham, H. W.,
captain of engineers;
consults about fortifying Gauley Bridge;
appointed brigadier general;
at Carnifex Ferry;
Cross Lanes;
near Gauley Bridge;
ordered to move to rear of Floyd's position on Cotton Hill and
intercept retreat;
fails to do so;
Rosecrans orders court-martial, but McClellan suppresses it;
transferred to another department.

Benjamin, Judah P., attorny-general Confederate States Army,
at Davis' last cabinet meeting;
decides States alone can dissolve confederacy and return to their
allegiance;
escapes to Cuba.

Benjamin, Samuel N., lieutenant 2nd U. S. Artillery,
at Antietam;
at Ft. Sanders;
reports cowardice of commanding officer.

Bennett, residence of, near Durham, North Carolina,
where Sherman and Johnston discussed terms of surrender.

Bentonville, North Carolina,
battle of;
sound of battle heard fifty miles away.

Beverly, West Virginia,
concentration of confederate troops at;
importance of situation;
abandoned after battle of Rich Mountain

Big Creek Gap, fine view through.

Big Sandy River,
as transportation route to E. Tennessee

Big Sewell Mountain,
reached by Cox's advance;
occupied by General Cox;
difficulty of hauling supplies to;
compels retirement.

Birkhimer's "Military Government and Martial Law" cited.

Blair, Frank P., major general United States Volunteers,
prefers command in Sherman's Army to seat in Congress;
commands 17th army corps;
marches from Decatur, Alabama, to Rome, Kingston, and Ackworth;
his corps makes good Sherman's losses in Atlanta campaign;
sent to Missouri to stump;
wants to stop foraging in North Carolina

Blenker, Louis, brigadier general United States Volunteers,
ordered to join Fremont;
does not arrive in time to participate in advance.

Blizzard,
fearful in E. Tennessee, Jan. 1864.

Blockhouses,
construction and use in railroad defence.

Bloodgood, Edw., lieutenant colonel 22nd Wisc.,
captured with his command by Forrest.

Bloody Lane,
at Antietam.

Bluestone River, West Virginia,
operations on.

Bondurant, J. W., captain Alabama artillery,
at South Mountain

Bonticou, Jos. C., lieutenant 2nd Kentucky, scout,
mistakes McCook's tents for enemy's camp.

Boone courthouse, West Virginia,
confederate militia routed at.

Boone, Thos. C., lieutenant colonel 115th Ohio,
commanding Kemper Barracks, Cincinnati.

Border States,
slavery question most troublesome in;
military administration in;
distasteful.

Boughton, Horace, colonel 143rd New York,
commanding brig, at battle of Kinston.

Bounty Jumping,
evils and extent of;
arrest of deserters and efforts to prevent frauds.

Boyle, Jere. T., brigadier-general United States Volunteers,
in Morgan raid;
commanding 1st division 23d army corps