would regret it pb, as long as he was in command your country owes you immense wrote his ben factor saman clays. god grant you make gaud quad drubl the obligation. the leading republican newspaper harper's weekly praised the war democrat rosecrans as a strategist quote second to none and "the new york times" declared him they said at the present moment general rosecrans it success be the standard stands at the very head of the union generals. end quote. and there were all kinds of comparison to napoleon, frederick the great, et cetera, et cetera. rosecrans spent most of the spripg of 1863 reorganizing his army. standardize attention regimental arms. repairing his lal network and amassing supplies. as the months wore on, washington became impatient. they wanted to know why he wouldn't advance. he explained that he didn't have sufficient cavalry, sufficient replies high pressure his supply network was too ten ewous. and he was still waiting the promised supplies. after receiving a request for additional reenforcement from one of cross-rosecrans officers stanton said or is alleged to have sa