of extremity, of impotent wrath, I could find no contempt

which, with our superior numbers, would doubtless have proved

successful had it not been anticipated by an enterprising foe.

During the battle on the 8th the Second Corps, under General Thomas

L. Crittenden, accompanied by General George H. Thomas, lay idle the

whole day for want of orders, although it was near enough to the

field to take an active part in the fight; and, moreover, a large

part of Gilbert's corps was unengaged during the pressure on McCook.

Had these troops been put in on the enemy's left at any time after he