New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-03-22
Rpm the New Orleans Advocated
Gen 9ral J, Hale Sypher.


1t has been our intention for some
time to express our hearty Endorsement
of the nomination Of this distinguished
gentleman for congress from the first
district. His nomination was the
spontaneous hearty expression of the
people of his district not only
of their high appreciation of his
laborious and effective lab9rs for
the success of republican principles in
this state, but of their admiration of
gallant and glorious war record
of which any one should be proud
and respect and esteem for him as
neighbor, a friend, and gentleman.
General Sypher is native of Pennsyl-
vania, and was born in 1897, and is
descendant of the sober, steady Ger
man population, which have occupied
some of the finest sections of that
state, and made it the garden of the
Middle states.
His grandfather and grand uncleswere
revolutionary soldiers. Gen. Sypher
was educated at an abolition college,
Alfred University, Allegheny county,
New York, and there imbibed that
hatred of slavery and love Of univer-
sal liberty which prepared him in the
fast approaching crisis to cast all his
energies aud heart on the side of his
country in the great struggle for con-
stitutional liberty and Union.
As a sample of the value Of such
institutions of learning at the South
in educating the minds and sympathies
of the youth of the land and pre-
pairing them to resist the gigan-
tic and steadily incroaching schemes
of the slaveholding oligarchy, we
mention the fact that Alfred Univer-
sity was a station Of the underground
railroad and that it was the habit of
its boys to contribute from their slen-
der purses literally to the many worn
and foot-sore fugitiyes from slavery.
Young Sypher has often given his
last half-dollar to the trembling object
of pursuit who was seeking his right
ful liberty. When the war broke out
young Sypher forsook his law books
and enlisted as a private on the fourth
day Of April, 1851.
He served in Western Virginia, and
was at the battles of Phillip, Laurel
hill, Rich mountain. and Caracas
ford. At the expiration of his three
mentns service be recruited battery
Of light artillery at his own expense
and was sent with it to Kentucky
There he participated with distinction
in the battles Of Wild Cat and Nil
Springs in Kentucky, and in all thu
campaigns and great battles Of the army
Of the Cumberland under Generals
Buell., R0secranz, and Thomas
among which are the famous namei
Of Nashville, Shiloh, Stone river
Chattanooga Mission ridge, and Look
out mountain, up to the arrival Of GU
army before Atlanta. During thi
time he was wounded three times an
Prsmoted twice.
In 1864 he resigned his eaptainc
md proceeded to Washington, an
passed very successful examinatio
before Gen, Casey's board, and wa
Commissioned by the president a
colonel q artillery and assigned 70 tn
conamand o. the 18th United State
sTsiiGeFy. Sustained n Louisiana. Hi
regiment was composed Of colcre
men, mostly from the South, many
whom were literally educated.
On March 18th, 1856, he was pr,
moted to the rank Of breves hrieadi,
general. sfor faithful and mssitoriou
services during the war;
In November, 1865, he took his rec
nt back to It's state, Rhode islam
ASA WINS there mustered ont, the ae
vices IS shs regiment being nc long
reqalFea
ln Daoember. 1865, be returned
Isauisians an eaged extensively
blasting = connection with bis brot
af, investing sizsg thoasand dolla
II thel work 0n his planfati