Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1875-06-02

Fifty arst marched unasr General sher-
man sg.iust Jackson, MiSissipd .nd
fsr : pertioo Of the campaigr sonsand
Cd the brigade. At this tie Be vas
prossrstsd BY . suustroke and c.ns
home, bat rejoined bis regiment in No
vemhss, 1868, near Knoxville, Tennes-
see. When Geoeral Longstreet invest
ed that place Colonel Hsr,ranfs con-
manded the Second Division Of the
Ninth Corps of the Federal forces, aud
when the F.t,y-ers, Regiment re-es-
listed Is veterans, be remained m ccm.
nand and Was put IN charge Of the
Ninth Corps rendezvous at Annapolis
" hen that corps Was recruited and or
ganized, Colonel Hartrsnft was phi in
command of the First Brigade of the
Third Division and moved into Virginia
under the lead Of General Grant. Then
came the terrible battles Of the Wilder.
ness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Cold
Harbcr, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad,
Rea,ns Station, Poplar Grove Church
and Hatcher's Run, in all of which
Colonel Hartran,t participated. In
the Poplar Grove Church fight he led
the Second Brigade OF the Division,
and at Hatcher's Run the First Brig.
ade. About this time Colonel Hart
ranft was appointed brigadier general,
to date from May IL, 1864. In harch,
1865, General Lee assumed the offeu-
sive near Richmond, aud gained .en-
porary success. But on the 25th Of
the same month, General HaI,ranft, at
the head of the Third Division of the
Ninth Corps, made an attack upon the
lines of .he enemy, and expelled them
from Sort Steduan, position of great
strength. For this exploi; Brigadier
General Haruanft was brevetted major
general Of volunteers. Subsequent 10
this action the soldiers under his COM
mand were the FIRST to enter Petersburg,
and also Richmond. After the close
Of the war General Haruanft was in
commsud at Washington, and while
acting in that capacity supeIintended
the arrangements for the execution Of
the persons convicted CT the murder of
President Lincoln. Soon after he was
relieved from military duty aud DIS
charged from the service with the thous-
ands Of others who had nobly maintain.
ed the cause Ut free government in the
fame of battle. Subsequently be was
nominated as colonel in the regular ar
my, bu; As he was then Auditor Cen
eral of the State he declined the ap-
poiniment. Ia 1865 he was nominated
By the Republicans for Auditor Gener-
al, and was elected over General Davis,
of pcYles,own, By vote of 23s, 400
to 2l5,14o, giving him > msjority of
% ,66o. In 1868 he was renominated
unanimously, and, as it was Presiden-
tial year, the contest on Hartranft in
Ostober was the key to the Presidency.
The battle vas one of intense earnest
ress, and Hartranft was re elected over
Colonel Boyle, of Faye,te, BY 33l ,4l6
to 32l, ,739, receiving 4 majority of
9,677 over his antagonist. After six
year. of service as Auditor General be
retired in May. 1872. sud was nomni-
mated as the Republican candidate for
Governor"
Ex-senator Charles r. Buckalew
was the standard bearer of the combined
forces Of the Democrats and Liberals,
was defeated by . majority that as
founded the whole country. Trsduced,
inaligncd, vili6ed to the deepest degree
that the English language ,ould confer,
bis record as Governor has dispro sed
them all and to day he stands with fair
er fame before the State and Nation
than ever, a completely viDdica;ed man.
Honest in all his instincts and purposes
as even his enemies who have acquaint-
ance with him confess, he has SO strong
hold on the popular heart that he
will be reelected.
HENRY RAwLE FOR STATE TREASURER.
"Mr. Rawie, the nominee of the Re-
publican party for State Treasurer, is a
native of Miflin county, Pa, and was
born in 1888. He was educated at
Lancaster and West Chester, and in
1850, at the age of sixteen, was sp
pointed BY j. Edgar Thomson, Civil
Engineer on the western division of the
Pennsylvania Railroad. He continued
the practice of his profession of eugi
neering on different railroads of the
State until the completion of the Penn
sylvania and Eric Railroad, from War
rem to Erie, in 1859, when he rellu-
pushed the profession and embarked in
the iron business, erecting a blast fur
mace at Warren, Mercer county, Pa
His furnace was the second one IN the
Sheuango Valley constructed for the
smelling Of ores from the Lake Superi.
or regions with raw coH!.
In 1861 Mr.. Rswle married Miss
Harriet g., daughter of the late Gen.
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