The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-02-03
FITZPATRICK AND ASBoTH.
Let Our Heroes be Bueied la the Land
They Fought FO'.

They Fought FO
PHI ,sBURe, NJ. T., January Is, 1sS2-The
issue of the NEW NORTH WEST Janoary 18th
contains an excerpt from the Salt Lake Tri-
bune urging upon Congress in patriotic Ian
guage the propr ETY. of making provision for
the reIorn 10 Re land he loved so we''-as
only volunteer warrior cap-of the remains
of General Judson Fitzpatrick, who died
while representing the United States in South
America, and l feel sure the abose article
will meet the approval of all who appreciate
patriotism, (accsrd' og TO Aristotle the high
est of all human yirtues), especially when
displayed upon battle fields.
Grant me the use of your interesting col
pmps to call the attention Of the American
newspaper press to the fact that another
brave aud deserving officer, Alexander As
both, late Minister Of the U. s. Government
to the Argentine Confederation, also lies
buried in foreign soil, at Buenos Ayres. A
brief sketch Of this gallant soldier may not
be out of place here by one who shared many
of the hardships and some of the glories of
our last war with him, and who was an eye
witness on more than one occasion to his
personal gal'antry and devotion to the cause
he loved so we'll.
Alexander Asboth, native Of Hungary,
was by profession . civil engineer aud by
ply steal s.a.pre a ant, standing fully six
feet four inches high and duly p,oporiIcnod
On the breaking out of the war for Hungari-
an Independence, March, 1s48, Asboth, then
q young man, espoused The National cause
add served as an aid upon the staff of Gov
ernor Kossutb. At TIE unhappy termination
Of that struggle, he accompanied the Gov
ernoy into exile into Turkey and thence to
America. When our civil war broke out,
Asboth at once rendered bis services to the
authorities at Washington aud was appointed
Brigadier- General and assigned to duty as
| General Fremonts chief of staff at st. Louis.
| 1t is, perhaps, not generally known that Gem
eral Fremont and his staff General Asboth,
chief; Colonel J. T. Fia'a, Typographical en-
gineer; Colonel Apselm AlbelG, aid,) are
jcstly entitled to credit for the conception
and planning, though not the execution, of
the glorious camnaign which began with the
occupation Of Paducah, was followed by the
capture of Forts Henry and Donelson and
eliminated in the victory of Shiloh. That
campaign was initiated by General Fremont
While the plans which had been wo rked out
in General Fremsnt's headquarters at St
Louis, and in which GenI Asboth had no
little share, were being executed by General
Grant under command Of Geneiai H. W.
Halleck, Fremonts successor, The subject OF
this sketch was commanding division OF
the army of General Curtis in Northwest Ar.
kansas, where his personal gallantry cppor.
timely displayed in leading his division 70
the charge at critical moment in the battle
Of Pea Ridge, Ark, ''turned the tide" and
contributed much toward winning that splen.
did victory. Asboth there received serious
wound which disabled him for active service
for some time.
At the capture of Mariana, Fla-;-a diver
sion from Pensacola harbor in favor of Gen
eral Sherman, then marching to the sea-
Asboth received two wounds while leading
the assault, to one Of which he succumbed
after years Of suffering and as above stated
while representing the q. 8. Government
with the Argentine kepublic.
Yosrs very truly,
r. T. RoMBAUER.