Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-05-24
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W. c',p The ro,,ow;n. from The Anamosa
Eweka ON This subject. and giving the public
services of Gen. ". =. shaw.
Hitherto we have said very little en- this
!hret and do not dcsirc.to say much now
Eat while fully according 10 friends OF
friends Of other candidates all they claim for
the men OF iiieir preference, We wish to say
n few words on Gen. Shaw. Here at home
he has Away bee. leading man in rail-
roads and all progresses and improvements.
not that he puts himself forward but his mind
j. so clear an; decisive that his advice Is
always sought, There is nothing of the un.
reasonable or the muleishly su.bo I'll in him.
as some persons n: a distance have magined.
He is one Of the mos, accessible of men and
one Of the most kind hearted aud the people
Of Homes count, showed that they understood
th:s well when they gave their sons, hus-
hands. AMI brothers TO his care. TIE uuiyer
sal expression was. ale will be kind to tie
boys. Could there b. "A more emphatic ;esti-
l.ony TO Gen. Shaws goodness OF hcart!?
While his regiment was Al Camp Mcclellan,
Davenport, he received orders to proceed! with
his men Ivy water TO Benton Barracks
Marching his men to the boats, he found the
latter too small for the comfort of so many
and took The responsibility Of retaining one
them by rail. At Benton Barracks his first
care was for his men. The Chaplain finally
described this in letter and Which We pub
lishcd at the time. And so il continued
during the var. While lie showed no res
pect for imbccilitv or drunkenness in his SUI
perio, 0 o her Off GERS, he knew his duty and
practiced il, and is fully appreciated by those
whom he commanded; At Doneison his regi-
iment was the fifth ordered up to storm the
works and was The second TO enter. At Shi>
lob it was one Of the three Iowa regiment
that held their ground in the extreme from,
through the first day and were captured. -
Seven months in rebel prisons did not tend
to make him very tender towards JEFF Davis
and rebeldom generally, and when Major
since Goycrnor-Stone proposed to accept
parole, Col. Shaw prevented it by declaring
he would hang the Major. TO this We ow,
the fact that Gov. Stone refused to sign TIT
resolution Of the last Legislature recommending
Col. Shaw to Gen. Grant anil the Secretary Of
War for promotion.
The career Of Gen. Shaw is known. He was
foremost with his brigade in the advance on
Fort DE k,s.ey. He was at vicksbnre; in
Sherman's raid after the capture; with Bank
army UP the Red River; and at Pleasant Hill
he and his Brigade became conspicuous b.,
their obstinate stand and the defeat they CAV.
the rebels. Greedy in his History makes iou
oraLle mention Of the case, and, in 4 foot no:t
refers TO Col. S.iaws mode Of checking cavalry
charges, viz: by annihilatiug whole regi.
ment ut one fire. An exhibition OF qualities
as shown in those instances, could be founG
only i'll an able commander and one who pos.
sessed the complete confidence OF the men il
his sagacity, courage and promptness, and il
these Col. Shaw stands preemnent. Tha
such an old Regular Army officer as Maj Gen
A.. J. Smith SO believed is shown hy his en-.
trusting Col. Shaw with the commaa! oc Di
vision from that time and up to the muster ou
eight months afterwards; and not only SO but
when the order, procured by Gen. Banks I,
soothe the battered vanity Of his drunken
Generals, arrived for the dishonorablc dismis
sal Of Col. Shaw, Gen. Smith treated it will
the contempt it lnerted and continued the Col
~ command until the object Of the expedition
was accomplished This order procured b,
Banks was an insult 10 our State if anything
from Banks and his drunken todies could b,
insulting, and it would be no more than sheer
justice to one OF the ablesi officers of the army
rs well as TO ourselves, 10 make Gen. Shaw
our Governor.
Of the way lac sna's.s-s Ger B-forl. son-in
law OF Adj Gen. Townsend Of .,.o Var Dent
and sent the purbin nd and pres,,mptao.s &c.
German into private life, we need say MOI thing
These and other incidents of like nature ar
told by the men who were in the army an,
the same men tell other stories, which hay
never appeared in print, rs illustrative of til
earnestness and pluck of their Commander.
During the rebellion many a man attaine
high station through persanal fayo: i.ism, il
triegue az persistent begging, and the wee,
ing-out process was q work OF time. Go
Shaw owed nothing to personal fayoritisl
with the powers TINT were, would not intreie
ne for promotion, nor fattcr Jupiter for ii
power to thunder. lie left the army, Diyi
ion comma nder with no other than Colonel
rank, but with reputation for sagacit,, ski
and daring rs . leader that few Of those al oy
him possessed. So the future historian
Iowa viii decide, and History Is no longt
daxsled BY titles but looks At actions and Il
n,otiyes Of the scters,