Daily national Republican., 1863-03-23
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A BULLETSPRooF IInRO sURREN-
DERs AT LAsT.

OF the Mexican war came out OF II with fairer
fame or crowned with brighter laurel than
did Edwin v. Sumner. He was promoted for |
gallant. services rendered. He survived the
guerillas. He ,was afterwards ordered 10 the
Territories to subduo tho Indiana, different
tribes Of which were committing outragos upon
the whites. He withheld no personal risk, but
vonturod everything and brought the savages
under subjection. He overcome the tomahawk.
Ho subsequently was placedl II command of all
the United States forces In Kansas, in 1859, to
repel a shareholders invhsion OF that Territory,
and to protect the actual settlers. Il was due
to his firmnesS, courage, fidelity, and patriot.
ism, as much as to any other agency, that en-.
abled law and order 10 triumph over Border
Rufianlsm, bringing harmony out Of chaos,
and new free State into the Union. He es-
capped tho bowie knife and rife Of tho rufHan
traitors, and succeeded in putting of, for few
years, what tho slSvoholders then purposed pre-
cipitating upon the country-tAs gi0dHtie rebel
lion nor sEisting. ...
He was subsequently detailed to duty in diff.
ferent Territories, and succeeded In quelling
several savage tribes Of Indians who threatened
hostilitles against the white settlers. He re-
turned unharmed from all these expeditions.
Hearing that assassination was TO be one Of
the means by which the traltors were TO set the
ball Of rebellion in motion, and that the Presi-
dent elect (Mr. Lincoln) was to DO tho Arst
victim, while en- route to the national capital,
Sumner volunteered to, and did, accompany
Mr.. Lincoln hitherward. In this he escaped
the blow Of the assassin. .... ..
As soon as Mr.. Lincoln was inAugurated, II
was found necessary TO supplant the traltorous
Johnston-now in the rebol army-who then
commanded our forces on tho Pacific hence
Sumner was Immediately ordered there. He
perfected tho organization of our army on that
coast, was ordered to report here again, ac-
cordlngly turned over his command TO other
hands, and, escaping tho pe"ils Of travel by sea
and land, arrived here to enter a field of more
active operations. He was placed In comm and
Of a division in the Army Of the Potomac.
On0 lay, while In the act OF reviewing his
troops, his horse stumbled, throwing him with
great violence to the ground, and seriously in
juring him. After months Of suffering, he
survived the almost fatal blow, and again re-
turned to his post In tho fold. He went
through the Peninsula campaign, writing his
name upon the rolls Of fame In every bat
tie where ho was permitted 10 take part,
exposing his person to an incessant storm
Of deathly missiles for days, weeks and months.
He escaped the dangers, hardships and trials
without an injury, and returned with the army
70 Alexandria. Being ordered with his, divi-
sion to join Pope, Sumner passed in safety
through theterriblo struggle Of ChantiIly, where
the gallant Webster, Reno, Stevens and Kear-
ney lost their lives. From thence he returned
again to tho command Of Mcclellan, and led
his division against the desperate hosts of tho
rebel Lee, in the bloody conflict at "south
Mountain" aud again he, and his splendid
veteran division, distinguished themselves un-
der the immediate command Of Hooker, on the
right, in tho great battle OF Antietam, until
Hooker was wounded, when Sumner command
cd in person. Ho was among tie foremost in
tho pursuit Of the hylng rebels, under Leo to
the Rappahannock. As soon as Burnside sue
ceeded Mcclellan In tho command OF the Army
of tho BotomSo, sumner, for gallant services at
AntiatAm, was placed in command ofthe Right
Grand Division, composed of two corps, and
constituting the right wing OF that army. In
the memorable battle Of Fredericksburg, Sum-
nor won grcat credit for the ability, skin,
promptness. wonderful GOODNESS, and general
knowledge Of the arts Of war, which he dis
played by the ingenious and preclpithte manner
with which he hurled his massIyo, eolumns
against the impregnablo fortihcatiOns and stub
born hosts of the enemy, his own wonderful
example OF personal daring on that occasion
being one of the great incentives to those under
him, to brave death. He came out orthls last
awful conflict unscathed, and when Burnside
asked to be relieved from the command Of the
whole army, Simmer being advanced In years,
and out Of health, also requested to be relieved
from the command of the Right Grand Division.
His request was granted and he obtained leave
to return to his home at Syracuse, New York,
| for rest. The modest and quiet manner in which
he attempted tho journey was only inter
rupted by the general acclaim of the people, en-
route, in honor Of the noble deeds he had per-
formed. --
Thus this survivor Of all the ills and to
which man is subject, especially to which thesol,
der and warrior is helr;veteran OfsiKty-six yearS
hero of battles against the Mexicans, the savage
Indians, and against the desperate, skilful, and
unyieldlng foo to this Government, In the exist,
ing great rebellion; with all the honors thick
upon him which true soldier and great COM
mander can win In such conflicts, secured by
the steady and une:ring public record Of pro-
motions, from a second lieutenant In the army
up to major general, and thonco by the addl-
tlonal honor of having his commission dated
back to tho 5th OF May, 1852, tho day on which
the battle Of Williamsburg was fought; such a
man, bullet-proof, seemingly possessing a
charmed life, wltAdTawS from the midst Of all
these dangers and turmoils TO the purposed
temporary retirement to, and enjoyment Of, a
quiet home.
Suddenly disease overlook him, and the death
angel, whose raven wings famed him on every
battlefield, at last beckoned him hence. For
the first time in SiIty-six years he surrendered !
And there, surrounded by his family and early
friends, and the admirers Of his patriotic devo-
ton to the country, he
"WrAps the drApory OF his couch about him,
| And lies down to pleasant dreams"
A grateful country, Hppreclatlng his merits,
has not failed, in all his life-mSrked as It has