The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-06-18
A Hero of Four Wars.
lrOm the Memphis .Arnus.

IRON IHe MemphfS ATyuS'
a MAN SERVES AS TEXAS RANGER, UNITED STATES
REGULAR, AND CONFEDERATE vOLUETEER-Is
WOUNDED TwENTY-sEvEN TlMEs-Is TWICE LEFT
FOR DEAD-RECovERs AND NOW THRBATENs TO
JOIN TIE FENIANs-Is ROBBED IN THE STREET,
AND GOES TO WORK LIKE AN HONEST MAN.
Some of the details of one OF the most re.
markable careers that perhaps ever was expe-
rienCed have come INTO our possession, and we
give the account to cur readers as we received
1t, only promising that we have noJ the reuotest
grounds for supposing the story exaggerated.
The man is now employed farm two or
three miles from this city, and has good char
acter for veracitY.
About the year 1928 one OF the strongest and
most daring OF the bands of the rangers who
guarded the frontiers OF Texas was commanded
by North C9rollnlan named Worth, and among
all its members none possessed more harOiho I'd
OF personal strength than the hero OF this
sketch. He was a Kentuckian, was splendid
rider and dead shot, could hold his own with
any OF his comrades, in either drinking or fight
ing, and was looked upon as dangerous man to
tamper with. OF uncommonly amable temper,
however, he gave no cause OF otfense to any, and
had the goodwill of all.
He participated in all the wild fights
with the Camanche Indians and the "Grea.
sers" in which his command took an active
part: and when the war tor Texan independence
commenced lie was one OF the nrst to offer his
arm to his adopted land. Suffice it to say that
he served under General Houston through that
memorable struggle with great credit, though
as private.
The declaration Of war between the United
States and Mexico, in 1916, found him again
ready, and enlisting as a ranger under Jack
Hayes he followed the Lone Star again to
triumph, receiving, as he had III previous cam.
paigns, several honorable scars.
For several years after the cessation of hos.
tilites he lived quietly on his rancho, but,
tiring OF such tame course of existence, he
Joined regiment of regular cavalry and pro-
ceeded to Florida, where he served in the Semi
mole war until the capture OF Billy Bowegs and
the conclusion OF peace, when ne was discharged
and returned home, where he remained until
the State OF Arkansas passed her ordinance of
secession, when he Immediately Joined regi.
ment Of infantry from that State IN the Con.
fedeIate service and went to Virginia. At the
battle OF Sharpsburg, in Maryland, he received
seven wounds, and tainted from pain and loss
of blood. At the time that General Lee ordered
the retreat to the Virginia side, the men had
gathered up their dead and we're making rude
preparations TO inter them.
Our hero by this means escaped being buried,
and his comrades were startled few days after
by the report that he had been sent over the
river and forwarded to the hospital at Stauntol.
He recovered, and soon after rel oined his former
regiment, and proceeded with IL to Georgia,
where he was engaged in the bloody battle Of
Chickamauga. Here he was shot through the
head (the ball entering at the right cheek bone
and passing out behind the left ear) and again
left for dead. He was taken to Nashville, and,
contrary TO expectations, he again got well,
made his escape from captivity, and returned TO
Virginia, where ne served until the surrender oil
General Lees army, when lie walked the whole
way to Arkansas, and thence home!
This brave old man-the hero of four wars and
twenty battles, and the recipient OF twenty
seven wounds-at the hands OF the Camanches,
Mexicans, Seminoles, and Federals-landed al
our city two or three weeks ago, and was ear
roted and robbed in less than halt an hour after
leaving the boat. He is now working at nard
labor, to make money to take him to his native
Kentucky, whose loved sod his foot has not
pressed for thirty.six years. He says that when
the Fenians have any chance of success, he will
give them lift