New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11
Military Legislators.

Military. Legislators.
The, Congressional Dineetory makes
more interesting reading whenstudied
with some care than would be sup
posed. It contains some facts as to
the Birthplace, age. history and
achieve ments oflmembers OF Congress
which must be true as they are fur
nished by the honorable gentlemen
themselves. The FIRST edition of the
directory Of the Fiftieth Congress, but
Deeently published, contains autobi-,
ographical sketches of the members.
| Az military glory seems to have al
ways been that to which ambitious
men chiefly aspired, and when won
that which he most plided himself up
on, the brief sketches in the directory
do not fail to record the part Con-
gressmen took in the late war. These
sketches show that eighty.foar mem
bers OF the present Congress served In
the Union army in one capacity or
another. and that eighty served in the
field for the Southern States, while
three more-Senators Vest and Rea-
gan and Pugh served heSouth III civ.
il capacity. Mr.. Vest in the Senate,
Mr.. Pugh in the House of Representa-
tives, and Mr.. Regain in the Cabinet as
Postmaster-General. OF the Senators
twenty-five, all democrats except Mr..
Rlddleberger, were in the Confederate
army. They are Messrs. Morgan,
Jones, of Arkansas, Berry, Pasco,
Colquitt, Blackburn, Gibson, Eustis,
George, Walthall, Cockrell, Ransom,
Vance, Butler, Hampton, Harris,
Bate, Coke. Riddleberger, Daniel,
Kenna, and Faulkner. The Senators
who served the Union cause in a mill.
tary capacity are Messrs. Bowen,
Hawley, Davis, Henderson, Blair,
Quay, Spooner. and Plumb. OF the
Senators who we're in the Southern
army Messrs. Morgan, Colquitt, Walt.
hall, Cockrell, Ransom, Butler, Hamp.
ton, and Bate were generals, though
in their contributions to the direc-
tory Senator Cockrell omits all refer
ence TO the war, and Senator Hamp-
ton gives no rank, merely stating that
he served in the Confederate army
during the war. But as both were
conspicuous officers their rank is we'll
known. Senators Gibson, Eustis, Har-
ris, and Faulkue were staff officers;
Senators Jones, Pasco, and Kenna
were privates; George was colonel,
as was Vance, until elected governor OF
North Carolina; Messrs. Coke, Riddle.
Berger, and Blackburn were captains;
Mr.. Berry was q lieutenant and Mr..
| Daniel does not give his rank On the
Union side Senators Bowen, Hawley,
and Henderson were generals;
Quay, colonel; Blair and Plumb lieu
tenant-colonels; Spooner, major; and
Davis, first lieutenant.
$50. ON THE ROLL OF THE HOUSE
there are ffty-eight ex-Confederates.
Virginia and Texas send eight each,
Alabama and Mississippi seven each,
North Carolina six, South Carolina
five, Arkansas and Georgia four each,
Kentucky and Tennessee three each,
and Missouri, Florida and West Vir-
ginia one each. OF the Virginia ex-
Confederates four are republicans, viz:
Messrs. Browne, Gaines, Brown and
Bowen. One, Mr.. Hopkins-is an in
dependent, and three-Lee, Wise and
Embellishments. There are sew.
enty-six members of the House who
served in a military capacity in the
Union Army. Ohio sends the largest
delegation of ex-soldiers, fourteen;
Iowa and New York come next with
eight each, Pennsylvania, Kansas
and Indiana seven each, Michigan five,
illinois four, Massachusetts,, Minneso-
ia, Missouri, Tennessee, Nebraska
two each, Colorado, Kentucky, New
Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont,
and Wisconsin, one each. There were
several who served in the Navy, and
they have been included in the num-
Der. OF the ex-Union soldiers in the
House Messrs. Ford, Michigan; Mac
| Donald, Minnesota; Matson, Indiana;
| Weaver, Iowa.; Yoder, Seney, Camp
bell and Foran Ohio, Maish, Pennsyl-
vania; Cummings and Merriam, New
| York, and Mckinney, New Hamp-
shire, were democrats. Anderson OF
Iowa is all independent, and all the
| others are republicans. @f"*