, 1876-06-24
GEN. HAYES. !
His Record in the War Of the
Rebellion.
Ee Isa.ses a Regiment, ard
Goes with It as Major.
Serves under Gems. Rose
Grams, Cox, Crook,
and Sheridan.
Ills Gallantry at tho Battles of
Winchester, Fishers Hill,
and Cedar Creek.
Wounded -Four Times, and -Four
Horses Shot under Him.
Promoted 10 q Major.Gencralship for kcri.
tori2Es and Distinguished Scr.
vices.
IJot Only a Gallant Soldier,
but q Model Officer.
The lido! OF His Communicable
Soldier Ever Doubted
Where He Led.
no Refuses, While in tho Army, to Go
Homo and Electioncor for
Congress,
Jcclarins That Any Officer Who Would
Do So "Ought TO Do Scalpcl.r
IJot Only a Gallant Soldier,
but O. Model Officer.
The lido! of His Communicable
Soldier Ever Doubted
Where He Led.
no Refuses, While in tho Army, to Go
Homo and Electioncer for
Congress,
Jcclaring Tint Any officer Who Would
Do So "Onght to Do Scalpcl.''
GntfnnQli Gtifflft.


c9ntfnnau Gazette,
Wien tllC rctrliUn brUkc tut few men Of Gen
Hayes at,r lad fn"rc brilliant prospect. AS
M urIglmnt ErpuLliean, he naturally took si,svs
with the Uninn cn,,sc, md ltR sympathy with It
was in,cn'r. As illustrating Ills views anil feel.
lngs al this t!mo L fo)lt.w ng, wr tttn by lila,
vi tic 18th nj .lnuuasy, ISL, uI..y nc quoted:
Sunth Carolina has laatcu q scctBsIun ordl-
nance, and Fcicrnl lnws ret nt n;LugIit in the
:satr, overt ae!a tnnus'. have hccn con'niltci.
gutter 'cizsd, md Mnj. A,n'crtun ic.ctrd In Fort
Sumter. ot,sr Gptt"n States nv as'on,: Ia follow.
litHhinH anu cisll war nrr ut hann hnt yet fear
receiver from them. Tie Fro States al inc. II wr
10 not feel g,oon,y when LUX forward. Thc
reality H. lcru frtshtfal linn The apprehension
10 sempsruo. calm @ md % jH,, s ins rn ' ind i ieso o.
Int: trittende* r. co,n,nA,ltn W,nahani, tlsalt-
not dosc Of poison"
On tue l5th Of May, 1861, ho wrote:
lnl;;:e Matthew'S am l,ayc agreed 10 20 Into the
aes,ice tor Thy Nar, i pssible Into ss sam. rr;i
S;' h; 4t III a H. wois s"s. s"s < @
SSrnts a u 'i e ~ ~ n hS 20 into IL i
rather than tu l!yc through and nfscr 1t Without TAX
IN: Nny part III 1t.
lae 'mi' ., f"r' o"nilcF ue"asea III ''hchso
war lecl'ns III Cincinnati Which 5ol'id US first
expression In grrat ruhlIr meeting of citizens.
Mr. l11ycs was uppotntrt Chuir1nnn Of tlle Conn
nlittcr OH Resolutions.
COMMENCEMENT or II1s MILITARY CAREER,
Nir. Hayes and Judge Matthews now UNDER
took to raise regiment for tho Union service,
n,ll, In Hlnrt tlfuc. they had companies enough
for twu. With ten uf these the TweiIty-thrl
Una 1hiahIFs was oteah'zesl, Win W. y. Hose
crA,s as Coloncl, Stanley Matthews as Ltcttc,,-
unt-co!o,cl, anti X. .. Hayes ns Mnjor. IInyvs
uud Matthews hml brcn scl,oo,n,atcs together,
u. ~ va p'."een s"sn'' ~ ',c!the1 nal
military ex1cr'cnec' t''as trained 6oIdicr MUST
DO placed ut thu head nf the regiment. Hcncu
nrmnotel ion 1arrcr com,nnu,, .n,1 ,rs. s,,,
asns,, ~. ~ ~, atas..."" s'"o' a' "'n WAC aa'-
cccucu ny Co'' osa'n'notl' a'do West Point
graduate. lhe regiment, Aa thus organized,
arrived at ClhrksburE, ". W.. July 81, 1861 md
Epcnt thu remaintiur OF tho year in nr,l,,ms
"p,nn,trnnr ,,,in. caa r>.:,,". s ~ n'',.""n ''a
.m ""5 as1Et "u' ne'ees",'s' VI whose
vocatc. lu the fight Mt Carnlfax Ferry, liz
IInyrs1 WAS detached with ,ha )rft w,rt, ~ hIv
regiment nrl srnt hy Rosrrron. to IT,, mn,
threaten the ebcl a;'k a, rnr wc III u nv .',% a'''
thus materially l'astcnlng the encnsy's retrcnt.
During the ensuing fall, winter, and knring,
Maj. Hayes, l,etng meanwhile promoted to Llcll.
1n and ssge t e the v command e
o,H or t'o " seouto at 10 OYER %!e cr
layInr 1,arrow escano from isatI y m sn,,s.
cade u busSwhaelters. On The 1st Nay' ~ ist ' no
Rebels prec!pi,atsiy frm tho town and .nt,,,,r, ,',o
ths M itth. at ies q. H., ie WA ptinrKId NV IN
ro,n5v EsI1tmg ihsse ha! au ~ Wills
fiia ,nn,a.l II *. % tfate uu..g ~ e isa'