Murfreesborough, Tenn., Feb. 16, 1863.
My horses and part of my staff were delayed on the
Cumberland by the attack on Fort Donelson, and did not reach here until a few
days ago. I have been the guest of Gen. Rosecrans since my arrival, and I have
never been more acquainted with the interior life of any man in the same length
of time in my life. He wants me to stay with him as chief of staff instead of
taking command of a division. I am greatly in doubt which to choose. He is one
of the few men in this war who enters upon all his duties with a deeply devout
religious feeling, and looks to God us the disposer of the victory. His very
able report of the late battle here ends with this fine sentence from the
Catholic Church service, which he does not quote with any cant or affectation:
"Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed tuo nomine da gloriam."
SOURCE: Jonas Mills Bundy, The Life of Gen. James A.
Garfield, p. 63
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