missals, portfolios of old prints, jade ornaments, bronzes,

increase his army to such an extent that he was able to contest the

possession of Middle Tennessee and Kentucky. Consequently, the

movement of this army through Tennessee and Kentucky toward the Ohio

River--its objective points being Louisville and Cincinnati--was now

well defined, and had already rendered abortive General Buell's

designs on Chattanooga and East Tennessee. Therefore extraordinary

efforts on the part of the Government became necessary, and the

concentration of National troops at Louisville and Cincinnati to meet