He promised me this with promptness, making the jocular remark that his chief trouble was to find places for the too many generals who wanted to be at the head of affairs, to command armies, etc.
The official order is dated: [Special Order No.

114.] HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY Washington, August 24, 1881.
The following assignment is made of the general officers of the volunteer service, whose appointment was announced in General Orders No.

82, from the War Department To the Department of the Cumberland, Brigadier-General Robert Anderson commanding: Brigadier-General W.T.Sherman, Brigadier-General George H.Thomas.
By command of Lieutenant-General Scott: E.D.TOWNSEND, Assistant adjutant-General.
After some days, I was relieved in command of my brigade and post by Brigadier General Fitz-John Porter, and at once took my departure for Cincinnati, Ohio, via Cresson, Pennsylvania, where General Anderson was with his family; and he, Thomas, and I, met by appointment at the house of his brother, Larz Anderson, Esq., in Cincinnati.

We were there on the 1st and 2d of September, when several prominent gentlemen of Kentucky met us, to discuss the situation, among whom were Jackson, Harlan, Speed, and others.

At that time, William Nelson, an officer of the navy, had been commissioned a brigadier-general of volunteers, and had his camp at Dick Robinson, a few miles beyond the Kentucky River, south of Nicholasville; and Brigadier-General L.H.Rousseau had another camp at Jeffersonville, opposite Louisville.