es precarious;
he covered too much country; lacked concentration, and was constantly
in danger of being assailed in detail; besides, his relations to
Buell, his immediate commander, were not cordial. He complained
frequently directly to the Secretary of War for want of support.
Shortly after Buell's arrival from Corinth, the last of June,
Mitchel tendered his resignation and asked to be granted immediate
leave of absence, but the next day (July 2d) he was, by the Secretary
of War, ordered to repair to Washington,(20) and General Lovell H.
Rousseau, a Kentuckian, who also believed in a vigorous prosecution
of the war, succeeded him. General Mitchel on reaching Washington
was selected by President Lincoln for command of an expedition on
the Mississippi, but Halleck opposed his suggestion and failed to
give the necessary orders for the contemplated movement, consequently
Mitchel remained inactive until September, when he was assigned
the command of the Department of the South, headquarters Hilton
Head. He was stricken with yellow fever and died at Beaufort,
South Carolina, October 30, 1862. He is buried at Greenwood
Cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y.

( 1) Pittenger, _Capturing a Locomotive_, pp. 26, 40.

( 2) _Capturing a Locomotive_, pp. 66-8.

( 3) _Capturing a Locomotive_, pp. 204-5, 182, 224, 353.

( 4) _War Records_, vol. x., Part I., p. 641; Part II., p. 104.

( 5) _Ante_, p. 5.

( 6) _War Records_, vol. x., Part II., pp. 115, 162-5, 195.

( 7) Quoted in Lincoln's 22d of September, 1862, proclamation.

( 8) McPherson, _History of Reconstruction_, p. 293.

( 9) _War Records_, vol. x., Part I., p. 657.

(10) Leadbetter's report, _War Records_, vol. x., Part I., p. 658.

(11) _War Records_, vol. x., Part I., p. 878.

(12) Russian name--Ivan Vasilevitch Turchinoff. Turchin, _Battle
of Chickamauga_, pp. 5, 6.

(13) _War Records_, vol. x., Part II., pp. 204, 212, 290, 294-5.

(14) _War Records_, vol. xvi., Part II., pp. 99, 273.

(15) _Citizen Soldier_, p. 159.

(16) _War Records_, vol. xvi., p. 277.

(17) My last letter from Gen. Robert C. Schenck speaks of meeting,
while Minister in England, a former Ohio soldier. I give his
letter, omitting unimportant parts.

"Marshall House, York Harbor, Maine, July 10, 1889.
"My Dear General Keifer,--Your letter came to me just as I was
leaving Washington. . . . I keep fairly well and vigorous for an
old fellow so near to the octogenarian line.