opportunity to form in line of battle, and at one time contending

against four divisions of the enemy. In this battle of Chickamauga,

out of an effective strength Of 4,000 bayonets, I had lost 1,517

officers and men, including two brigade commanders. This was not

satisfactory indeed, it was most depressing--and then there was much

confusion prevailing around Rossville; and, this condition of things

doubtless increasing my gloomy reflections, it did not seem to me

that the outlook for the next day was at all auspicious, unless the

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