Cumberland, the older soldiers who were under Buell saw that he
was actuated solely for their good and the good of the service in
all he did.

The organization of the troops into brigades and divisions first
engaged Buell's attention on assuming command. On December 2d,
an order was issued creating this organization and designating it
the "Army of the Ohio," consisting of six divisions. The brigades
were numbered consecutively throughout the army, and not as they
were formed in the divisions. General G. H. Thomas was assigned
to the command of the First Division, consisting of four brigades.
The entire force of the First Division was at Nashville on March
4th.

The Second Division was organized at Camp Nevin, a camp established
by General Rousseau, when left by Sherman in command after the
latter assumed the command of the department. General Alexander McD.
McCook, who had relieved Rousseau October 14, by order of Sherman,
was assigned to the command of this division, which consisted also
of four brigades.

The Third Division was placed under the command of General O. M.
Mitchel, who had been in Cincinnati in command at the "Military
Department of Ohio," and who was relieved November 19th, after two
months' service there, superintending the forwarding of troops to
the armies in the field. This division consisted of three brigades.

General William Nelson, on reporting at Louisville after his Eastern
Kentucky campaign, was placed in command of the Fourth Division,
consisting of three brigades.