The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-07

seeIs, winch became known to fame as the "Lead
wine Regiment when, in August 1861, he read in the
newspapers that he had been appointed an Assistant
AuJutant-General, with the rank Of Captain. Soon
aiVer ne received from General Grant, to whom he
hau oeen indebted for his appointment and was
oldered TO report an order assigning him to duty.on
MS personal stam The order was dated September
o 1901, out In consequence OF the recent loss of his
wle, ne was unable to join General Grant until the
loth' On that day he reported for duty at Cairo,
lulhOs, and from that day to the 1lth OF March,
Ioo', When ne was commissioned and confirmed
secretary OF War; he was constantly by the side OF
uIaht following him through all his campaigns, and
oelng present with him at the battles OF Belmont
fort Hen1y, Fort Donelson Shiloh, Corinth, Iuka,
the Iallahachie expedition to oxford, Mississippi,
fort Gibson, Raymond Jackson, Champions Hill,
Dig black, the cr0wning victory OF Ncksburg, Chat
tanooga, the Wilderness, North Anna, Pamunkey,
Iooooatomoy, Cold Harbor, and the front OF Peters,
! Durg and Richmond. General Grant was soon led
10 repose the most unlimited confidence in his judg-
ment and executive Abilities and in November, 1862,
appointed him TO the position Of his chief
! OF stan, which he retained until his
induction into the office OF Secretary of War; At
Culpepper Court House, Va General Grant presented
him with SASH as an evidence of his high regard,
accompanying it with the following note:-
rIhs sash-worn by me in all my battles and CAM
palgns from and including the battle OF Belmont to
ana including the capture Of Vcksburg, July 4, 1868
DIS presented by me to Brgadier-General John A.
ciation OF him as an officer and friend.
gu. S. GRANT, Lieutenant-Gener
February 16, 1862, Captain Rawlins was promoted
TO the position OF Major and August H. 1s69 to that
! OF Brigadier-General Of Volunteers. on March 3,
1865 he was confirmed by the United States Senate
as Brevet Major-Genera of Volunteers, to date from
February a. 1862 The special enactment of Congress
creating the office of Chief OF SaT to the Lieuten-
ant-General commanding the army made General
Rawns, who was appointed to the position and con-
| NI,n 90 I~nff fr11
General for the benefit of Grant, BrigadierGeneral
| IN the regular army. When General Raw
Inns was transferred to the War De-
! partment, this position, by request
of General Sherman, was abolished. AS already
stated, General Rawlins, who had entered the army
In robust health, contracted severe cold in 1868,
and at the close of the still suffering from
its effects. Consumption finally set in and
last winter, in consequence Of his continued
| poor health, he obliged to reside for some
time in the extreme northern part OF the country,
! but in February last he returned to Washington,
| apparently improved On the 18th of last March he
assumed the duties of Secretary OF War, and adj
ministered the affairs Of the Office to the general
satisfaction of all parties, becoming extremely
popular at the national capital. But his bodily in
nrmes continued to interfere with the duties OF his
office, and finally assumed the serious and fatal
| form already noted. In his death President Grant
has sustained the loss Of firm friend and trusted
conhdant while the country has lost earnest and
| faithful servant. AS the head of the War Depart
ment he was the very opposite of Secretary Stanton
| He was merely the mouth-piece OF the President,
without will of his that could conflict with the
policy OF his superior; yet thoroughly familiar
was he with the views and wishes Of his chief
| that his presence at the head of this important
branch of the public service was practically equva
lent to the immediate supervision of the President
himself. He had been earnest, honest, and faithful
to Grant and to the country in this in all the other
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past eight years. and the loss occasoned by his
| death will fall with equal weight on both. While
rejecting the views and enforcing the policy OF the
President he still brought to the discharge of his
| duties q high order Of executive ability, which en-
abled HIM to dispose of the routine business in the
| promptest and most satisfactory manner; and the
earnestness with which he seconded the efforts of
| the President and General Sherman Ia inaugurate
system of economy in the vast machinery of which
he was the head, gave promise Of lasting benefit to
the public service.
The circumstances attending Secretary Rawlins'
| death were OF the most distressing character. In
his last hours he asked repeatedly for the President
| whose departure from Saratoga had been delayed
by the contradictory nature of the dispatches pre-
ceding the one which at last announced that his
faithful friend and comrade in arms was beyond the
reach OF human skill His first wife, by
| whom he had two daughters, both still
living, as already stated died in the summer of 1861,
| just as he was about entering upon his military
career. During the Vicksburg campaign he made
the acquaintance Of Miss Hurlbut his second wife,
who became mother scarcely week ago. She is a
native OF Danbury Conn.,, and was an involutary
resident OF the beleaguered town. After the capula-
tion General Grant established his headquarters at
the house in which this lady residing and in this
way his then Chief OF STAFF brought in contact
with the future companion of his life. Mrs Rawlins
has for some time past been lying ill at her old home
in Danbury, and In this way the death-bed OF the
w. .t.,t.
both the woman and the man who were nearest to
his heart.