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UNION AUTHORITIES. 901
under command of Major-General John Pope. The Indian hostili-
ties have been suppressed and further trouble from that source is
not apprehended. Such force as may be deemed requisite by the
military authorities will be held in readiness for any sudden neces-
sity. The Indian hostilities in Minnesota, by whomsoever instigated,
seem to have been accompanied with more than usual cruelty and
outrage. Heavy losses in property are said to have been endured by
the inhabitants, and application has been made to this Department for
compensation. As it has no funds applicable to that purpose, nor
authority to assess the damages, the subject will require Congres-
sional action. Three hundred captured Indians have been tried by
court-martial, and their sentence of death is now under your con-
sideration.
The rebels under Sibley were driven from the Department of New
Mexico by General Canby, and the force in that department, now
under command of General Carleton, will be able to protect the inhabit-
ants of that remote Territory.
The Department of the Pacific has been free from any of the calam-
ities occasioned by the rebellion; but an earnest and deep sympathy
has been manifested by the loyal citizens of the Pacific States in
support of the Union cause. Volunteers have come forward to fill
the ranks of the Army, and, with unparalleled liberality, large sums
of money have been transmitted by humane and loyal citizens of
California for the relief of our sick and wounded soldiers. The patri-
otic loyalty of our brethren on the Pacific, thus humanely exhibited,
evinces their estimate of the value of the Union and their willingness
to share the burden of maintaining it from sea to sea.
In the Department of the Ohio the invasion of Kentucky by Gen-
eral Bragg, the terrible battle of Perryville, and the escape of Bragg's
army were events that pressed heavily upon the Government, and
moved deeply the hearts of the people, especially in the Western
States. These events are about to undergo investigation, and when
the causes to which they are attributable are judicially ascertained
they will be laid before you for your action. Recent events prove
that whatever hold the spirit of rebellion may once have had in Ken-
tucky, it is now to be reckoned as a State loyal and steadfast to the
Union.
The Department of the Tennessee is now under command of Major-
General Grant. The principal operations in that department have
already been alluded to and are detailed in the report of the General-
in-Chief.* Their importance cannot be overestimated. The occupa-
tion of Memphis-next to New Orleans the principal mart on the
Mississippi-and the wise and vigorous measures of Major-General
Shernran, commanding there, have opened a market for cotton and
other Southern products the beneficial effects of which are already
felt in the reviving commerce of the country.
The Department of the Cumberland, embracing that portion of the
State of Tennessee east of the Tennessee River and the Cumberland
Gap, was placed, upon the removal of General Buell, in command of
Major-General Rosecrans. Having a well-disciplined and gallant
army under his command, a proper degree of diligence and activity
cannot fail to exercise an important influence upon the speedy termi-
nation of the war.
From a survey of the whole field of operations, it is apparent that
whatever disasters our arms may have suffered at particular points,
SSee p. 869.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2., book, 1899; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139264/m1/910/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.