The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 45, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 343
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CHAP. LVI.]I CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION. 343
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Rickland Creek, December 25, 1864.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLECK,
Chief of Staff, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.:
GENERAL: Inclosed herewith I have the honor to forward the recom-
inendation of Maj. Gen. J. M. Schofield, commanding Army of the Ohio,
for the promotion to the rank of brigadier-general of volunteers of two
of his staff officers,* and to concur with him in such recommendation;
also the recommendation of Brig. Gen. T. J. Wood, commanding Fourth
Army Corps, for the promotion of two deserving colonels of his com-
mand, in which I heartily unite. Letters reconunendatory of Colonel
Opdycke were forwarded to Headquarters of the Army early in the
present month.
I have the honor to recommend the promotion of the following-named
officers to the grades named, and for the reasons given in connection
with the name of each:
Brig. Gen. T. J. Wood, commanding Fourth Army Corps, to be pro-
moted to the rank of major-general 6f volunteers, for gallant and meri
torious conduct and good generalship displayed in command of the
Third Division of the Fourth Corps, and during the present campaign
as commander of the Fourth Corps, particularly in the battle of Mis-
sionary Ridge, November 25, 1863, throughout the Atlanta campaign,
and at the assault upon the enemy's intrenchments at Lovejoy's Station,
Ga., where he received a severe wound. Notwithstanding this wound
he retained command of his division and participated in the operations
against Hood in his movements upon our communications with Atlanta,
and later confronted him in his invasion of Tennessee, took a conspicu-
ous part in the battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864, in which seven
desperate assaults of the rebels were repulsed, 5,000 of them killed
and wounded, and nearly 1,000 of them, with 5 stand of colors, cap-
tured. He has also rendered brilliant and important services during
the battle of the 15th and 16th instant before Nashville, and since in
the campaign which was then inaugurated and is now in progress.
Brig. Gen. J. D. Cox, U. S. Volunteers, for good conduct displayed
in the management of his troops on the 15th and 16th instant. Your
attention is respectfully invited to the accompanying papers referring
to the capture of artillery on the 16th, forwarded by General Schofield
and herewith inclosed.4
Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. H. Wilson, commanding Cavalry Corps, Military
Division of the Mississippi, to the rank of full major-general of volun-
teers, for the excellent management of his corps during the present
campaign, in which it has peculiarly distinguished itself, attempting
such things as are not expected of cavalry, such as assaulting the
enemy in intrenched positions, and always with success, capturing his
works, with many guns and prisoners. His corps has also been con-
spicuous for its energy in the pursuit of the retreating rebel army,
which has cost the rebel commander many men, several pieces of artil-
lery, and tended much to the demoralization of his army.
Brig. Gen. Edward Hatch, commanding Fifth Division, Cavalry
Corps, to be promoted. to major-general of volunteers; recommended by
General Wilson for gallant conduct and good generalship displayed in
the command of the division from the time of his first confronting the
rebel army under Hood during the invasion of Tennessee, November
* Lieut. Col. George W. Schofield and Lieut. Col. William Hartsuff.
t P. Sidney Post and Emerson Opdycke.
$ See p. 234.
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