and I explained he wasn't. I then further immediately explained that within a month of this, official corps were were formed in the west with the Army of the Ohio/Cumberland being designated the 14th Army Corps, and the wings were designated as such.
Again, here is that order:
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 158.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE OHIO,
Louisville, September 29, 1862.
I. The following organization of corps is announced and will be observed until further orders, viz:
First Corps.--Maj. Gen. A. McD. McCook commanding; Second Division (McCook's), Third Division (Rousseau's), Tenth Division (Jackson's).
Second Corps.--Maj. Gen. T. L. Crittenden commanding; Fifth Division (Crittenden's), Sixth Division(Wood's), Fourth Division (Smith's).
Third Corps.--Maj. Gen. C. C. Gilbert commanding; First Division (Schoepf's), Ninth Division (Mitchell's), Eleventh Division (Boyle's).
Division commanders will report in person to their corps commanders, and commanders of corps will report to the general commanding at the Galt House at 9 o'clock this evening.
* * * * * * * * * *
By order of Major-General Buell:
[J. M. WRIGHT,
Assistant Adjutant-General. ]
I asked you to please
explain how Major-General Buell is authorized to appoint Corps commanders.
Your explanation is that
"he wasn't".
Yet, it appears that those Corps
actually were organized and those officers
actually were in command of them. Gilbert was
actually placed in command of Third Corps because, well, William "Bull" Nelson had
actually been murdered by Jefferson Davis that morning, the 29th.
A few days later, all of these Corps
actually moved out of Louisville, groping forward in the movement that led to the Battle of Perryville on October 8th. McCook, Crittenden and Gilbert
actually did command their Corps in the battle.
So how do you explain all that? Are you saying it never happened? Or are you saying that Buell acted illegally? Would that mean he was "arrested"?