toward those who had educated him, that, in one of those

Buell's chief-of-staff, Colonel Fry, and, while not questioning

Buell's good intentions nor his pure motives, insisted that my rights

in the matter should be recognized. That same evening I was assigned

to the command of the Eleventh Division, and began preparing it at

once for a forward movement, which I knew must soon take place in the

resumption of offensive operations by the Army of the Ohio.

During the interval from September 25 till October 1 there was among

the officers much criticism of General Buell's management of the