work storming Missionary Ridge met with a loss of 2,287 men,
showing hot work. There was captured by the Army of the Cumberland
40 pieces of artillery, 58 artillery carriages and caissons, 6,175
stand of small arms, principally English Enfield, and 5,471 prisoners.

During the winter there were nothing but minor movements of the
troops. The railroads up to Chattanooga were repaired, and the
first "cracker train" that entered the place was greeted with many
hearty cheers by our troops in the town, as the shrill scream of
its whistle woke the echoes among the surrounding mountains, so long
silent to this music. The roads into and through East Tennessee
were repaired to Knoxville and beyond.

In the early spring the organization of the Army of the Cumberland
was changed by Granger being relieved of the command of the Fourth
Corps, when Howard was assigned to that command. Palmer was
retained in command of the Fourteenth Corps, and the Eleventh and
Twelfth Corps were consolidated into the Twentieth Corps, with
Hooker in command. The cavalry was organized in four divisions,
under the command of W. L. Elliott. The army in the field consisted
of 60,773 effective men.

General Thomas ordered the Fourth Corps to Cleveland. The Fourteenth
Corps in front of Chattanooga was well thrown forward toward the
enemy's front at Dalton, preparatory to the spring campaign in
Atlanta, under General Sherman. The Twentieth Corps was stationed
in Lookout Valley.

In the general engagement Grant's plan of battle had been for Sherman
with five divisions to make the main attack, sweep everything before