General Bates and he were familiar acquaintances at the bar in Cincinnati, and McCook had evidently presumed upon this as a warrant for speaking his mind as he pleased.

When he reported to me at this later period, I found a hearty and loyal character under his bluff exterior and rough speech, with real courage, a quick eye for topography, and no lack of earnest subordination when work was to be done.

Although our service together was short, I learned to have real respect for him, and sincerely mourned his loss when, later in the war, he met his tragic death.

The other brigade commander was _Colonel E.P.Scammon_ of the Twenty-third Ohio.

He had graduated from West Point in 1837, and had served in the Topographical Engineers of the regular army and as instructor in the Military Academy.