Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-21

Of staff national command, Union Veteran
Union, and adjutant general Department of
Ohio and Indiana, would FL a volume. At the
age of two years his parents moved from South
Wales and settled in Buffalo. y. T., where he
received common school and academic educG-
ton, and lived until eighteen years Of age. when
he went to Pittsburg. Pa. and identified
With the iron industries After engaging
in wagon buildiug in Nashville. Tenn.
for The government, he enlisted with
the twenty-third Kentucky veteran Vol
unteers. AMI vas sent the front at
Chattanooga, Tenn. where re-euforcements
were being sent to meet Gen. Hood with G5 600
men. Gen. Morris one of the rear guard
for The Army of the Cumberland up to the battle
OF franklin, the enemy having cut off commu-
nications south OF Franklin; this deprived the
troops of rations for three or four DAYS Nearly
famished and under a rain of continuous shot
and shell the rear guard. composed of the
twenty-third Kentucky and thirty-fifth Indiana,
approached the battlements and intrenchments
of Franklin fifteen miles south of Nashville.
After 1t harassiug FIRE for weeks By the enemy
in its progress toward Nashville Franklin was
reached, and the battle, one of the bloodiest
and most decisive of the war, resulted in the
toIai destruction of Hoods southern arnv
During this fight. in the near vicinity of Nash
vile, Morris was taken prisoner. and an ex-
change of prisoners having been by the con-
federates refused on equal terms he, with
other prisoners, sent 10 Andersonville
prison. Georgia. and was exchanged from there
in the spring of 1860, at Black River bridge,
near Nicksburg Miss.
He then sent on steamer to jefferson
BARRACKS. No, after some hospital treatment
at Nlcksburg, and thence he was sent to Camp
Chase, Ohio. and was furloughcd thirty days
during which time he went on visit to his
mother and 50 wasted and eInaciated was he
from his military imprisonment in Anderson
vile that his own mother failed to recognize
him.
After some years of slow improvement in his
PHI steal condition and beng unable 10 do hard
manual labor he returned to camp and was
honorably discharged.
Politically he has always been an earnest and
active republican, and was a delegate to the ma
tional republican conventions OF 1850 and 1884
"a a sherman delegate, and is still strong adj
mirer and adherent of that distinguished states
man.
lie was appointed chief of staff Of the national
command, Union Veterans Union. by Maj Gen.
5. ;. Ioder. Subsequently he was appointed
adjutant general. Department OF Ohio and In
diana. by Maj. Gen. l.. +. Ellis, department
commander.
THE NATIONAL OFFICERS
The following are the national Ulcers Of the
Union Veteran Union: s. S. Yoder commander
in-chief, Washington, d. c.; C. c. Emery. first
deputy commander. Boston, Mass; Joseph N.
Brown. second deputy commander. Ohio; W. {.
Ackworth, chaplain-in-chicf. Illinois: c. W.
kodecker. surgeon general, Wisconsin. Execu-
tive committee: Col. ). s. Bond. chairman
Washington D. c.: Col Reade Boston: Col H.
V. ID. Baker, Michigan; Gen. McNulty. Illinois;
Gen. I. J. Balentine. Pennsylvania; Gen. CIV
Bauder Wisconsin,; Gen. F. r. LOOMS, Ohio;
Col Geo. VI. Arnold, Washington, D. C.
THE woMAN's VETERAN RELIEF UNION.
Connected with the Union Veteran Union is
the Wornan's Veteran Relief Union, which was
organized at Cleveland, Ohio. February %,
1887, the provisional officers being chosen by
Justice Command, Nv. T., No. 8, and installed
by Col c. II. Flick. At the same place the
first annual encampment of the Union Veteran
Union was held on the 9th. 18th and 29th Of
September, 1881. and at the same time the-mern-
bers of the Woman's Veteran Relief Union con-
yened the following unions being represented
Martha Washington, No. l, Cleveland, Ohio; A.
Lincoln Union, No. 2. Akron. Ohio; A. lincoln
Union. No. l, Newark, n. j.; I. ID. York Union,
No. 2, Titusville, Pa, thirty ladies taking an
active part IN the business of the convention.
The object OF the order made known to
the U. '. u. then In session, and accepted
by that body as an independent aux
iliary, under the supervision of the
executive committee known the advisory
committee OF the national department. The
preamble was then adopted as being agreeable
to the principles of the Union Veterans Union.
After being duly organized the officers were
elected TO serve one year.
The roster of officers was as follows: Presi-
dent ANNE Il. fancy hill Akron, Ohio; senior
vice president, Sarah Whitney, Cleveland, Ohio;
junior vice president, Henrietta Crane, Newark,
n. j.; conduct-ess, Lou A. Sellers, Cleveland,
Ohio; treasurer. Angelina Cline. Akron, Ohio;
secretary. Sarah f. Stouffer, Akron, Ohio; in
side guard, Mary Mccormick, Akron. Ohio; out
side guard, Mary Z. Acker, Akron, Ohio.
Second national convention was held in U. V.
U. Hall, Mckeesport, Pa. October 8, 10, IL. IL,
1888, where lively interest was manifested by
those in attendance. The third convention was
held in Detroit, Mich, and the fourth at Lake
Side, Ohio; the Attn in Cleveland, Ohio, each
one showing a large increase over the other.
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