Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-06-13
SOLDIERS COLUMN.
FIGHTING OVER ON PAPER.
What Veterans Have to Say About
Their Old Campaigns

Sampure given 70 the Department Ems
campment of Kentucky, April "a, 1881,
at Newport, KY, in response to the
toast Border Southern States by L. R
Hawthorne, of Newport, Ky.:
A quarter of century has passed
since the struggle for the ma ntensnce of
the Union closed with the dowfall of the
rebel Confederacy. The time has come
when the Union men and soldiers of the
Border Southern States should assert
the all-important part they played in
this stupendous drama, which has no
parallel in history; the effect or bearing
of which seems to be overlooked as
time gathers the actors into oblivion,
and the memories of the living fade,
A just appreciation of the facts, and
correct deduction therefrom. history, in
my opinion, will surely establish in the
years to come.
There is not now and there never has
been given due credit to the Union men
of the Border Southern States for their
devotion to the Government, for their
sacrifices for the Union of the States,
and to the weight of their va!or in de.
termiuing the final result. Without the
p 'triotic support and ADHESION of this
section of our country and the soldiers
furnished by these States, the war for
the supremacy of the Union would have
b en- indefinitely prolonged. or the Con-
federate Government es ablished. A
glance at the statistics of the war of the
Rebellion is convincing of this assertion /;
and yet there are thousands of intelli-
gent people, especially in the North and
East, who have not the faintest concep>
ton OF the tremendous force exerted BY
these States in the coufict which ended
in triumph.
The State of Missouri furnished 1O9,-
Ill men: Kentucky, rs ,025 men; Mary
land, 50,313 men; West Virginia, 80,
06S men; Tennessee, 81, 092 men; Dele.
ware, 13, go men; Arkansas, $3.50 men
a total OF 1923, 1858 men. Not counting Q
the 9l, 7s9 colored troops enlisted with
in their borders, nor an equal number of
Home Guards and militia called out for
short terms of service, Missouri furnish.
ed 94 regiments and Az com ranies of in
fantry and cavalry, and six batteries OF
light artillery; Kentucky Furnished 81
regiments and II companies of infantry
and cavalry, and seven batteries OF light
artillery; Maryland furnished "a +. gil
ments and five companies Of infantry
and cavalry, and six batteries of light
artillery; West Virginia furnished "a
regiments and five companies of infan>
try aud cavalry, and eight batteries OF
light artillery !. ;..Tennessee furnished 80
regiments and seven companies of infan
try and cavalry, and five batteries oi
light artillery; Deleware furnished nine
regiments and IL companies OF infantry
and cavalry, and one battery of light
artillery; Arkansas furnished seven regi.
ments and two companiesof infantry an
cavalry, and one battery of light artil'
lery.
The total number of regiments fur,
nished by all the States aud Territories
including the Regular Army was /, ,6S1
1t then appears that the Border South
ern States furnished ID per cent. of tn,
whole. The total number of independ
ent companies furnished were 499. O
these sS were furnished by the Bordel
! Southern States, being Is per cent. o.
the whole. The total number of batter
les furnished were 1884 of which
were furnished by said States, being 4
per cent. of all. The total number O.
men furnished by all the States and Ter
ritories were 2,772 ,40S. of these the
Border Southern States furnished $685.,
56S. or 10 per cent. of the whole.
Let us pause for moment and specu
late, if we can, on the result to tn,
Union cause il this vast army of mel
had thrown the weight of theif proves
upon the rebel side.
In the engagements which terminal
ed with the capture of Vicksburg Mis-
8 uri and Kentucky furnished 25 regi
ments of infantry and cavalry and sever
batteries of artillery to the Union army
In the battle of Shilo Missouri and Ken
lucky furnished % regim ,nts of infantry
and cavalary and five batteries of artil
lery. In the battle of Stone River Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Missouri furnish,
ed 80 regiments of infantry and cavalr,
and four batteries of artillery. In th,
battle of Chickamauga Kentucky, Ten
nessee and Missouri furnished 30 regi
ments of infantry and cavalry and roul
batteries of artil cry.
We of Kentucky feel especial pride in
the action of our old Commonwealth
Let us compare her quota with that Of
other States Tt then appears she furn
ished more men than either the States
of Maine, Connec ticut, Iowa or New
Jersey. Nearly as many as New Hamp'
shire, Vermont and Rhode Island to-
gether. AS many as both Maryland anG
Tennessee. Nearly as many as Califor
MIA, Kansas, Minnesota and West Vir.
gina all told, within few hundred o.
the great States of Wisconsin or Michi,
! gan. SIZE furnished more men than en-
listed in the Regular Army during tn
war; as many as Shcrm IN had when h,
began the Atlanta campaign. or Mead
commanded at Gettysburg, and quite al
many as the combined armies of Gran
aud Buell. at Shiloh. She los
mole men killed and wound
ed and deaths from wound
and disease than the total loss at Shiloh
or Antietam, or Fredericksburg or ston
River, or hickamauga, the WILDERNESS
or the seven days bat'l. ending at MAJ
vern Hill, and but a few hundred les
than the eliminating battle of the wal
Gettysburg. She lost more men kille
in battle than all the Regular regiment
and batteries in the service. Her batta
ians and batteries served in the Armie
of the Ohio, the Cumberland, the Ter
ntssee and the Gulf. The blood Of he
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