A notable feature of the recent battle . . .

. . . in Kentucky was the splendid behavior of the field officers.  There was not a Colonel, Lieutenant-Colonel or Major who did not do his whole duty.  This shows an immense stride of improvement since Bull Run, where as a general rule, the field officers were lamentably inefficient.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, February 1, 1862, p. 1