The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-09-20
N Eloquent TRIBUTE
lathe Late General Of the Army
P Nip Sheridan.
,puy OF THE CUMBERLAND


c.r,,oo s.pt lo,-The nineteenth
,nuiou oi the Society OF the
anp'' anot,.r caaherlaud was opened
N%' ,o.,ar with about $50 members
''s TLr address of welcome was
r.,r5h, Najor 4. +. Stevenson, ol
c,n c, l,amnl Rosecrans was made
Cpa,, C.;,,o,r Colonel Stone, chairman ol
I"' ,.morial committee, then submitted
NV n.n.s Cd. lIc members who died
n,,,l,.yrar ~ General Fullerton, OF
+~a r.,a,. moaal,blt committee OF nine
'''" ,,,,.,amIt, consider the question OF
,..,;uc al rqn,strian monument at
w,.riG,,or yr 20 honor OF General Sheri-
,o,r.,n'nrnt was made that a
d'p, ,af ' ftur society OF each State be
NM, "in, The matter was laid over.
'Fw rrn,rl Music Hall this evening
" Wi J,n.-I Aiger, Of Michigan, de-
g,",.I gI nm r,iIoay om the late General
nHh,' nnH,!.iI ~ s.,"ri,iln. Following is Gen.
Po,HI ,Ilr,ss.
rf1I A'E M. r,r Soc,rry or THE
6EN''hNt> =, 49," ,""u,,xn.-I beg TO
AMY o. ',., I'M many thanks this
&k0oa I',-' Wy" w.. ,'m,, ' ,;ron me oc-
honor rnIr'h'',D, a.. .{,a love / hnre To orr
ppteJ i'' ''sN -" ,,',,,''u,irr '"o the President
dr' lrpar''' ''.''i mithomt snIIiciant
Of goni ''., ','.,,,uitmjo "n" oi the work
Mee9.d %. ''m "''9 ~ hc when | shonlj
ld0ne as II POEH, S,am,i;n, =" I'M now in thc mi
haSe Irc.IhcI, ,'"I,e ',Iory WIN, cnn | sav
lis.rt olSheiIp"m ,a3 i'"3 h",,Sr sniL from
oimm thG' ha1mo, ,i,,. '''sT ,ii " "yrr th" lind.
pulpit ana Pl",''''m .',,, Il" hrnt. " ire mor,ai
since liIs sf''n S""' a,s,in" nIorr Lv thr
bonds ~ nus VI'e' 1;',1t io3 ~ H." realm nj
SEA ana ''oN W. ''E"' ~ Wv
him Wl!o s''Nr ~ ,roe horu March q
PbIllp r,''''..'.' ""' ' ,mrcrtv uis
ISL N Wv ','t,,noI '"'.'t, Init Int ns
early ne was " ,2,,,t,'""' ,'i, ".;,% % N. Gnest
The 'iron%gs5 sa .aV'"' Ir Grc and hammer
H'e I'' "'l,', Lo,,,,r; oi Sheridan wHs
- ,.,,,,b.r.I % Ly adycrsity. We find
him in lS4Sa cadet ut West f0iht' a
haH working, uut r4tncr % Ov'.'Sua"IISi' ya SS',i,,IS
Doy' Wll% ,, ',',, no' y '' I%n "nn"orance Of nm
'gT io.aI ne no II matter il he knew the shutter
would have 10 be brought into use to
kehim to his quarters. Thus 1t came
abOat that he was set back u year IN ms
coutse aud many dement's ma TO Ge
cancelled at that, as he frequently said
himself, to enable him to graduate at all
IT, graduated No. - IN q class oil 32,
scvcdasa Lieutenant 6f Infantry IN the
giIds Of Oregon and Washington Terri
tories from 1855 To lSil. We lind MN
once compiimentcd in general orders for
gaIaatry in battle against the Indians.
lSd-Who then living VIII ever lorgetL
thaicvcntluI year? From the south lad
cone mHtteripgs and thre@tsi stlll tue
North did not for moment believe u
wOuiI prtCipitatc actua! war. But 1t
came and cane rs only civIl war can
come.
WAR prrwrry PEOPLE or THE SAME
moon
H"'ot -, -,
and OF acomnoh heritage uh'lHe ''le
waS oi Europe, which would have end
ej a, thc irthcst nj Gcttysburr and
,...,.,.,... 49, -, - A., So,,b
N'gA'1u's t.t's @ irnp'aea 70 .,, Wv ,Liei ,T
%eutn 9",y 10 ,,' '''o,e'ls' 10 ~" " on,oi
WAS '"'a a,,5 a. ,o,,i'! r,ia,;m" " r.. id"oi
TT S?a,IsV "''' "''''''''''"'''" "y Wv 'o'"
''y,,%' ,.,% t,,i ,.,-.,l ,;,t, "a, ,,,r;o1 src.
,' t"' ''I', sSee 'sSsu w. %,' ,ha 40 U";nn % orrny
v;,,i"; ; '','rS hat n,t ~, i,% 5iSostcrs While
~ "E,na I'aI nlt' WY" I!s'IsteiS VIII
ipI, hal won Donaldson and Shiloh.
Sttt,wbciion was running with IN in,
creased 'idc anathn springer lhOz IGtlnH ail
ISin.r,";JIr I '|t ,r,Sat%cnSJ rI, hy re.cni;st.
mrnr.
The call for men for the ranks was
IelnE nohly responded to by the loyaI
AS''", ~" the great cry was iof men 70
g'nu4Nn lleiI HSneF"L uruut l,hu
saPNu s'tAt riP'p'iit'cs' Dut even nc,
anlaS.y' We Mi oeHSVe, was unuer
%m2Ia'y SIiaH0w' IHerG WaS never
uilp Ml'rn llgh'hS ana skilled officers
Sei' 'nolr needed Men without eA, :,
m'I'''rt i. were @ commissioned OF sseGess.tS
a"n Ss''t " tle !ront 70 command c9Hi ,
Gaei' regiments ana prigades, Wnlle
SHel'l4n' "a M educated soldier, anu theh
@ !g'S o! age was on sian antyIa
guil,T''iaS'er 4heh IL was ~ tnnt
!e'F lhaI our nero lIrst appeared upon
Wv Wv aI"gi VI, ucsuheu 10 bGcohe one ot our
inoI! brilliant stars aNb yet heretofore
""'"S''r'"0Ir'
his OFFICIAL RECORD
isas follows; Ueru,prrd West Point m
IS,S JuIy ts;p H., ,,,,,,, ~. - 49,
IL w. ''''' "o was "Ss'sneu W
,ne f'F'' Infantry as Brcvet Second
Lieutenant, serving with his regiment
inrrxas. Second Lieutenant Fourth In.
ian,rv No,o,,,,a. 40 Ho.I, So. -.
trng6, E,n,,I 'Ir' -, 80, toSt, ftsss h,eH Se
gan,,;n TI;,,n,,,,i ,Sn ,,,i"i'.Iy, M"Tcn iS0I
m5 "" !" ,i ,n,''rr,,,.l ] lhlantry July "a, 1861,
oTjrrI irnr, rU autumn ,, n,t 3l mat mat year was
hal Ioan H." ""''a ,, que LHcillc ooast, whsrG he
0nyiIl, borr,'Ss, arr'a"s' ~ Joln roHte "'yGler.
b~miIii" iIi,''T'"s, 'i ~ ~ lou LOUIS NO. ABOUT
Grpar,I % ~ IT, a APri'' LOW lSo-, ne reported 70
when. 4, h. ,,o,.ocG .,,,G ~ IilISDnfgh landing,
attbs "o none., Sernri i as Stisll quartcTInaster
g,G ' bi,naoI; Sv.gra' lcadquarIers' ne has
uanort t," ",n..,'I nvIucnty that Hehera'
and ,mnn,' vSSy'l , IrHretsat MS ie"Nlhg,
iL, '',S "o nn, ,ne ,i reasons Tor so dong was
,rp,. "s g, ,v,Tr Vny ,, Go"In plicn head4narters
Wba,nro," "y'' ~ ~ Lc' WiieIi BhOws that
" ne d!u ht uld well.