Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-29
WASHINGTON.
From our own Correspondent.

" ASHlNGTON, June 18th, 1876.
MeSsrs. Editors:
The Cincinnati Convention did a
work in the nomination of Rutherford
B. Hayes for President aud VIM. A..
Wheeler for Vice President that all
Republicans will earnestly thank them
for as it secures the support of all who
are In favor of republican principles.
Rutherford B. Hayes was born at Del
aware, Ohio, Oct. 4th, 1892. Grad
uated at Kenyon College in 1912 with
the first honors of his class-the same
year he began the study Of law with
Thos. Sparrow, ESQ, at Columbus.
Ohio. In 1915 he graduated at the
Law School of Harvard University,
was admitted to the Bar at Marietta
and began the practice Of his profess
sion at Fremont, Ohio, In partnership
with Gen. Ralph P. Buckland. In
1910 be removed to Cincinnati. In
1856 he was nominated for Judge Of
Common Pleas but declined the nom
nation. In 1858 he was elected City
Solicitor to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Judge Hart and was
elected by the people in 1859 for a full
term in which position he gained the
envlable reputation of being one of the
best lawyers in the state. He resigned
the office of City Solicitor in the
spring of 1861 to enter the volunteer
army engaged in the defense Of the
country agaist the assaults of southern
rebels. On the 10th of May 1861 he
wrote friend, 81 have agreed to go
''into the war-I deem this just and
Unnecessary war; that it demanded the
"whole power of the country-I would
'sprefer to go into it if L knew : was
''to die or be killed in the course of it,
rather than live through and after it
"wlthout taking any part in it, Mr..
Hayes and Judge Matthews undertook
to raise regiment and in a short time
they had companies for two, with ten
of these the twenty-third Ohio Infan-
try was formed with W. S. Rosecrans
as Colonel and r. B, Hayes as Major
This regiment under Col Scammon.
a West Point graduate, who took COM
mand upon Rosecran's promotion to
General, arrived at Clarksburg, West
Virginia, July 81, 1861, and spent
the remainder of the year and a por-
ton of the next in arduous duty under
Gen. Rosecrans during which time Ma
jor Hayes was promoted to Lieut. Col
and assigned to the command of the
regiment In August 1862 he was or
dered to join the army of the Potomac
and was attached to the Division of
Gen. }. D. Cox and participated in
the battle Of South Mountain on the
18th of Sept. The twenty-third un-
der Linut. Col. Hayes led the column
and was the first infantry engaged.
At an early hour it advanced up the
mountain by an unfrequented path,
surprised and captured the enemy's
pickets and vigorously assaulted his
main line, sheltered behind stone par
apets. The enemy in greatly superior
numbers, poured into the ranks of the
attacking party heavy fire Of mus
kerry aud canister shot and in a few
minutes a hundred men and officers of
the twenty-third were wounded and
forty -eight killed out of the three hun
dred and ten that went into the action
Among the wounded was Lieut.. Col.
Hayes who had an arm broken and lay
upon the field. disabled by the severity
of his wound. His regiment now
changed front in order to meet flank
ing movement and mistaking this for
a retreat he sprang to his feet, and
rushing again into the line of battle,
exerted himself in spite of his wound
in rallying and encouraging his men
until carried to the rear overcome with
pain and exhaustion. During the
month of August preceding this battle
Lieut. Col. Hayes had been appointed
Colonel Of the seventy-ninth Ohio In
Infantry and had been mustered out of
the Twenty-third to accept the appoint
ment- Unwilling to leave his old reg
ment in front of the enemy, he remain
ed with, though not strictly in the SER
vice and his South Mountain wound
now prevented him from joining the