Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-09-10

Miss Anna Eta tarrOll presented
memorial to Congress asking Tor pen
sion. Miss Carroll is the daughter OF
Thomas King Carroll, formerly Gov
ernor of Maryland, and when the war
broke out she was saveowner.
But she was stanch Unionist, and
she not only freed her slaves, but.
through the influence of her family and
social position, contributed largely 70
preventing Maryland from following the
other Southern States into secession.
She Was Forcible Writer,
and she gave her pen t. the cause. She
wrote a reply to Brcckenrid:a's seces-
sion speech, which the War department
printed and circulated. At the request
of the administration she followed this
up with q pamphlet upon "The War
Powers of the Government" President
Lincoln also called upon her to prepare
a pamphlet upon "The Relations of the
Revolted Citizens TO the National Gov.
ernment," which was printed and circu-
lated by the government with his ap-
proval.
But it was not for this that Miss Car
roll asked a pension. 1t was for mill
tary services TO which-if we may be-
lieve such men as Ben Wade, chairman
of the committee on the conduct Of the
war; Colonel Scott, assistant secretary
of the war with Stanton; Cassius NJ.
CLAY, Reverdy Johnson, Gcrritt Smith,
Salmon u. Chase and others
We Ow 10 the Success OF the Union Arms.
1t has been clearly established before
committee OF Congress that the plans on
which General Grants campaigns were
based were furnished by Miss Carroll
to the administration, their authorship
being concealed by President Lincoln
Tor manifest reasons, Miss Carroll being
4 civilian and woman.
Strange as this NAV seem, the fact is
as stated. Colonel Scott, in letter to
the Military Committee of the Senate,
states it was Miss Carroll's plan in ac.
corlance with which, in 1862, the gov
ernment abandoned the expedition
down the Mississippi and sent it down
the Tennessee; and he adds: Through
the adoption OF Miss CAROLS plan,
The Country Has Been Saved MIL ons"
Ben Wade wrote Miss Carroll: "From
my position on the committee on the
conduct OF the war, know that some OF
the most successful expeditions of the
war were suggested by you, among
which | might instance the expedition
up the Tennessee river. In a subse-
quent letter to the chairman oil the Sen
ate Military Committee, in 1872,
Mr.. Wade reiterateS this state
ment, and also declares that
both Lincoln and stanton acknowledged
Miss CarrolPs authorship OF the plan OF
which Grant and other generals were
working out the details. Cassius NJ.
Clay wrote Miss Carroll: "Gou
lowered Above All Our Generals
in military genius, and it would be
shame upon our country II you were
not honOred with tine gratitude OF all,
and solid pecuniary reward" In 1876,
Ben Wade wrote: "GOur services were
of such character that they threw
shadow over the reputation OF some Of
our would-be great men," In 1879,
Reverdy Johnson wrote: 81 remember
very well that you were the first 10 ad-
wise the campaign on the Tennessee
river, in November, 1861
This Is All a Matter of Record
for anyone who cares to look it up; but,
although it has all been spread before 4
committee of a Republican Congress, no
action has been taken to recognize the
services OF the woman vino supplied the
Lincoln administration with military
brains This is the sort OF Southern
claims which the Republican party re-
fuse to acknowledge. Hundreds OF mil
lions have been made TO pay percent
age TO "loya" claim agents; but there
is nothing for thy most remarkable wo-
man patriot that our land has produced.