Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-05-29
MAY 20, 1879
D E A D..
TCOhMUSI CATBD.I

on Tuesday night, at half-past eleven O'Clock.
The writer of this, between whom and thel
deceased the strongest possible friendship ex
listed for twenty seven years, has solicited theI
privilege Of using this column of the APPEAL
in which briefly to sketch the life, and speak,
of the character of the man so many thousands
loved, The leader 50 confidingly followed, theI
friend 50 loyal, the enthusiast SO welded toi
noble connections, the hero in whose breasts
reigned spirit which death alone COULD
ouench.
Mr. Mighels was born in Maine, November
8, 1880. Received an academic education.
Removed with his parents to Cincinnati,
Ohio, in 1847. Studied medicine for a Year,
With his father, and at the same time acqulr
ing some knowledge Of painting in oils, an artS
of which he was ever after very fond, and folf
which he had much talent. Started for Cali
fornia in August, 1850, tarrying at Nicaragua:
for the winter, where he kept hotel in part
nership with fellow voyager. Thence til
Panama. where, for two months, he was verys
sick with tropical fever. Sailed thence to.
California in 1851, on the steamer Panama,
paying his way by serving as assistant store
keeper From his arrival until 1856, he was:
vari ously employed, laboring as a ditch digger
in Nevada, and as sign and decorative;
painter in Downieville, Marysville, Bidwell s.
Bar and Orovilie.
In the fall of 1856 he became assistant
editor of the Butte Record. In 1857, for a
- G.
Returned to Butte County, again writing fol
the Butte Record, in 1853, and candi
date that year for the Assembly, on the anti
Lecompton, or Broderick ticket. He was de-
feated after spirited canvass, in which hes
spoke with force and ability which gave good;
earnest of the work of after ears. In 1855
he was writer on the San Francisco
NutionaI. In 1860 the Marysville appeal wash
established and he was its irst editor. 1t was
independent politically, and was, under hiss
editorship, brilliant, witty and able.
In 1860 he visited the East, and at the homes
of his mother, at Norway, Maine, met the I
lady who subsequently became his wife. Hts
returned to California the same year. The /
events which Immediately followed the Presi-
dental election of that year controlled hiss
career from that time till the end of life. Hell
was an ardent Unionist and his desire to
enter the army was intense. AS California;
presented no field for real service he went
East curly in 1852, and in Nay of that year,
in letter to the writer of this, said
WASHINGTON, D. c., May %, 1862.
DEAR -: l have been outrageously ne
glectful about writing to you. But SO | haves
with everybody else since coming here. ANDY
you know what a whirlwind of excitement Z
everything and everybody is in, hereabouts, &
and in fact all over the land-this side-soM
you will know how to understand my case.
Well, like the lamented Johnny in the song 8
L Sc have gone for "a soger" At the instance ot@
our never to- be too much esteemed and valuedks
friend, Joe MeKibben, [ was appointed AMI 8
Assistant Adjutant General with the rank ofSs
Captain and assigned to General Sturgis staff. 81
Joe suggested the matter to Sturgis, SturglsSS
made application to the War Department, IA
Latham rushed the matter up to the notice OF II
the President, Abe made the appointment, is
the Senate confirmed it, and here | am withsS
buttons all over me, Captain in ''the GrandM
Army y | am very lucky. Sturgis is al
thorough soldier-of the old army-and one
of the bravest and best fellows living. MyN
position and our mutual feeling of friendshipSs
and congeniality makes me his confidential IA
dviser, friend and companion. | joined hisp5
ommand at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas ,sa
bora Halleek had sent hirH, about SIX weeks&|
20. 81
His career In the army was marked by the@
6hest courage, and an almost fanatical de n
cotton to the cause involved. The following ~
summary of it is his own, being an extract
from sketch of himself, written for his ks
children at the request of their mother ItSs
contains all he said on the subject in that "a
biography, and its modest statement that he u
g was present at the battles named conveys 81
4 more correct idea of his aversion to self ID
audation than it does of the high spirited and "a
brilliant services rendered by one who would 81
have essayed, like Hotspur, to pluck bright ii
honor from the pale faced moon :" 81
In 1862 (ApriD I was commissioned byM
President Lincoln an Assistant AID iutant Gen M
eral with the rank of Captain and assigned toM
he stad of Gen. S. D. Sturgis | Joined that@
officer az Fort Leavenworth, in Kansas 81
he was assigned to the com b
nand of the Second Division of the Ninth
Burnsides) Corps. went with him andH
served my entire term as an army officerEsf
n that corps. l was present at the seconds
,attle of Manassas, South Mountain Antie "a
am. frederik shuro first hatt1ai the ciouo 80