Regular Army officers,
should have officered volunteer regiments at the start;
professionals usually more likely to succeed than amateurs;
lacked, however, experience in high command or large operations;
few above rank of captain fit for field service;
theoretical knowledge comparatively small;
contempt for books;
study of strategy and grand tactics, begun after war broke out;
familiar with post and garrison duty and army regulations;
slavish adherence to French precedents;
marked conservatism prevented adoption of new and improved weapons;
indifference and lack of patriotism;
unwillingness to go beyond orders;
spontaneity drilled out of;
superiority to volunteer officers limited to knowledge of company and battalion drill, army regulations and administration;
keeping up separate organization with its grades, belittled actual command in military operations, and resulted in grading regular officers who had done little or nothing, above volunteers who had worthily commanded divisions and corps.
Reilly, Jas. W., colonel 104th Ohio,
commanding brigade in 23d army corps, at siege of Knoxville;
at Resaca;
at Cheney's;
forces crossing of Olley's Creek at Cheney's;
intrenches three miles from continuous line of Union intrenchments;
in temporary command 3rd division 23d army corps;
promoted on recommendation of General Cox;
at Spring Hill, Tennessee;
gets leave of absence, after Franklin;
rejoins corps in North Carolina;
commands Cox's division when latter assumes command of corps;
resigns on account of ill health.
Reno, Jesse L., major general United States Volunteers,
commands 9th army corps;
praises marching of Kanawha division;
observes affair at the Monocacy;
approves Cox's advance on Fox's Gap;
comes to Cox's position just before sunset;
killed a few minutes afterward;
succeeded by General Cox in command of corps;
classmate of McClellan.
Resaca,
fortified and occupied by Johnston;
map of;
natural strength of position;
battles around;
evacuated by Johnston.
Reynolds, D. H., brigadier general Confederate States Army,
at Resaca.
Reynolds, Jos. J.,
in command of Cheat Mountain district;
repulses attack by Loring;
at Romney;
opinion as to expediency of Rosecrans' advance.
Rhind, Alex. C., commander U. S. N.,
at Kinston.
Rice, Henry M., senator from Minnesota,
questions power of President to appointment additional major and brig, generals.
Rich Mountain, West Virginia,
fortified by Garnett;
held by Pegram;
battle of.
Richardson, Israel B., major general United States Volunteers,
supports cavalry advance toward Antietam;
at Antietam;
mortally wounded.