the Mississippi River should culminate in something definite. There

was much, fully apparent in the circumstances about his headquarters,

leading to the conviction that Rosecrans originated the Tullahoma

campaign, and the record of his prior performances collaterally

sustains the visible evidence then existing. In my opinion, then,

based on a clear recollection of various occurrences growing out of

our intimacy, he conceived the plan of the Tullahoma campaign and the

one succeeding it; and is therefore entitled to every credit that

(Editor：way)