Litchfield enquirer., 1847-04-15
GENERAL TAYLOR.

Many inquiries are made as to the carly his. tory of General Taylor. The subjoined an- swers, from the Newark Daily Advertiser, vii! gratify many, while they show that Gen. Taylor, who achieved the four great victories in one campaign '' worked'' up from the white epauiette of gold and the yellow feather, fran the lowest to the highest grade He never looked for an act of Congress to place him step or two up the ladder, OF did political acts to court unmilitary favor:
 lie comes from an ancient Virginia family, which emigrated from England, with other trlencs of liberty. and settled in the eastern part ot Virginia, near two centuries aro-a family which has since been distinguished in It's various branches, and which included vithA ln Ills connections such names as James Madi- son, John Taylor of Caroline. Judge PendIeton, General Hunt, Sc. General Taylor's father was one ot the most daring of those slderpri- sssa set Fled .ss lse dar and blout. ground which defines the Indian word Ksn. lucky, and many anecdotes are told of his powers m desperate encounter with the saya~ ges. - ,
 1 :" lie became alsoa man of eminence in civil me- ana was member of the EIectorial Col- leges which voted tor Jefferson. Madison. l M'nree. and Clay He died on his estate near
 Lex,ngion, in 1896. leaving four sons, of wh9tn Old Zack' is the third, and. we believe, one
 or two daughters. The eldest son, General
 James Taylor, who was a Quarter Master
 General Tn the Army turing the war of 1872,
 now resides at Newport, (Ky.) at the advanced
 ass of eighty years.
 His more distinguished br other was born | Y f,x.o he .
 10 the Union, and is now therefore, about 5 years of age Having stout, vigorous frame.
 he was early distinguished for fsats of manly
 character, and many amusing anecdotes are
 told oi ms achievements in tho sport Of boy
 hood. The same foresight frmIess, and
 decision, which have since so attracted public admiration, are said 10 have characterized, his
 whole course through all the shifting cirrum- stances Of fife. Soon after the affair of the Chesapeake and Leopard, pre- ious to the war
 ot 1872, he, being thrn eighteen years, receiv-
 ed from Jefferson Gin ls0S,) the appointment
 Of Lieutenant in the Seventh Infantry, ans:
 commenced that military career which has
 now been crowned with imperishable fame. } " His strict observaEce of duty, anG disin. gulshed merit as discipllnarian, soon con-
 mended him for promotion, and at the opening
 ot the war of 1912, we md him Captain fir
 hIs regiment. Having been entrns.ed with tho
 command of Fort Harrison, on the Wabash.
 with garrison of fifty mon, he greatly distin.
 gulshed himself in that war. by his successful
 defence of it against formidable attack by a
 large body of Indians, and was rewarded by the
 President with the brevet rank of Major His
 we'll known skill inI Indian warfare, acquired l m his brilliant career in the Northwest Ter ! ritory, secured for him the command of the First Brigade of the Army of the South and lt 1 was at the head of that division that he wOa l the bloody battle of Lake Okee Chnbee. during the Florida campaign of 1893, and for which achievement he was brevetted Brigadier Gen l eral. After four or five years arduops service in the swamps and hammncks of Florida, he. was assigned to the command of the first de. pertinent of the Army at Fort Jessup, where the order to Texas and the Rio Grand efound him. By his marriage with lady of Maryland, General Taylor has one son and two daughters. one of whom is married to Col. Davis, of ths Mississippi regiment who was severely woun. 1 ded at Buena Vista. But to pursue this mill
 tary cal ger further in the midst of tEe glow ing en:husiams of the country over his hrils liant achievements in Mexico, would be idle. and the receipt of the Southern mail as we write, compels us to defer notice of the higl'- CT qualities which commend him to the eonf- dence and respect of his counirymen."