Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-04-19

near Baltimore, was stationed at Kolorama
a few weeks, and had then been attached
to Smiths Division, Army of the PENN
sula, encamped near townsville, Va.
He participated with his regiment in the
Peninsular campaign, and was in com
mand of the 9Th after the first of the ''Sevcn
Days" the colonel having been disabled
by sun-stroke that day, at Savage Station.
He was among the few field officers who
remained on duty while the Army of the
Peninsula was at Harrison's Landing.
When the regiment moved from 4heXan-
dria to reinforce Gen. Pope, Col tonnor
sick from the hardships of the campaign,
was forced to leave the command to Maj.
Hyde he sought his regiment as soon as
he was able and came up to it the morn
ing after the battle OF Autietam. After
that battle he was placed in temporary
command oi INC 71th New 1ork. In De-
tober the 9TH was ordered to Portland, by
Gen. Mcclellan to recruit, and in the Jan
uary following all but recruiting force
were consolidated into battalion by TIE
War Department and ordered to rejoin the
Army of the Peninsula under the lieuten-
ant coonel's command. lie took part
with his battalion in the Frederick sburg
contests of the 9th Corps. in one of which
he was slightly wounded, and in the bat
tie of Gettysburg.
Shortly after that battle he was ordered
to the Draft Rendezvous at Portland,
where he was detailed as a member of
General Court Martial In January 1864
he was appointed Colonel of the 10Th
Maine by Governor Coburn, and, as the
ranking officer, commanded the brigade
to which the 10Th belonged until the re-
organization of the army a few days be-
fore the opening of Grants campaign in
the Wilderness. In that m emorable cam
paign, on the 9th of May, 1864, his left
thigh was broken by musket ball The
operation Of exsection was performed at
the field hospital, after which he was re-
moved to Douglass Hospital, Washington,
and remained there till August, 1865, and
was then brought home to Maine on
hospital stretcher In June 1864 he was
appointed Brigadier General. but his &C
tive military service closed with the severe
wound received in May, which nearly ter
minated his life. The Importance of the
service which was rendered by General
Conner in the action in which he was
wounded and crippled for life was hand
somely acknowledged in various quarters,
and especially in letter from General
Webb, then Chief of the Staff of the Ar
my of the Potomac, in letter to General
Conner in April 1868, few days after the
surrender of the army of Lee.
In April 1866, before the broken limb
had become strong or the wound healed,
he accidently fell and renewed the frac
ture and was in consequence confined 20
the house until the spring of 1868. He
was a member Of Governor Chamberlain's
Staff, was appointed United States Asses
sor in 1868, and at the consolidation of
the internal revenue districts was appoint
ed in 1872 Collector for this district, an
Office which he now holds
Thus it will be. seen that General Con-
nor went into the war as private, won
his promotion by merit, and while fight
ing bravely at the head of his command
in perilous position received the wound
which disabled him for life. When he
entered the army he was perfect speci-
men of manly strength and vigor. His
countenance is still handsome and his APP
pearance dignifed and impressive, but he
can only move about by the aid of
crutchcs, eloquent reminders of his per-
sonal bravery as well as of that of thou
sands of the gallant Union boys Of Maine
who periled their lives to save the govern
ment.
With this brief notice Of General Sell
DEN CONNOR, we present his name AS Il
candidate for the Republican nomination
for Governor, confident that it will receive
the united and enthusiastic support of the
Republicans of the State. General Con-
nor does not seek the office. but the Office
seeks him. His name will add strength to
his party in the election in September, the
importance of which all Republicans feel.
We raise his name because of his merits
as a patriotic brave and deserving soldier,
because of his pure life as private citi-
zen, because he will fill the Office of Gov
ernor with dignity, ability, and impartial
justice, and because his name will rally to
the polls in irresistible strength and full
ranks all men who love the principles OF
the Republican party and admire the deeds
of the self-sacrificing and dauntless men
who rallied around the flag of our country
in the time Of peril and defended it with
their lives.