New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-08

lantry at the Battle of Pea Ridge Ark March
I, 1862" The medal is worn upon the left breast
suspended from small ribbons OF woven silk repre-
senting the stripes and blue field OF the United
States nag.
General Heron was seen by reporter Of The
Tribune last evening at tho Madison Avenue Hotel
whore he has temporary apartments with his
family, preparatory to selecting a permanent home
in this city. after an absence from N"w-York Of
several months business and pleasure Like
other modest men who have achieved renown upon
the Battlefield he preferred To- say little about
HIS army record The General is typical soldier
in appearance tall. dIgnIhed erect and courtly
His wcll-kept mustache and imperial iron-gray
and adorn a strong face in which both nrmncss
and kindly nature find expression. Pleasing blue
eyes look out from beneath an ample forehead
upon which time has left few marks 10 indicate
that its owner has passed his 6fty-fourth birthday.
lustrous. rudy complexion b.tokcns regular
habits and unmrairod digestion.
Born IN Pittsburg In $3.50. General Heron was
graduated from the Western University OF Penn
sylvsnia In 1854 When the war broke ont he was
a citizen OF Iowa. and entered the army as cap
tain in the ist Iowa Volunteers in April 1861. hav-
Ing previously. January Is Of that year. offered
the Government his fully uniformed and equipped
company. the Governors Grays." Of Dubuque. to
the Secretary Of War. Mr.. Holt. OF President
Buchanan's cabinet Tho offer declined. but
Is registered at the War Department as the frst
made Of troops TO put down the growing rebellion
Captain Heron and his company passed through
the entire campaign % General Lyon In Missouri.
and the engagements If Bonneville. Dug Springs,
ozark and WILSON, Creek where Lyon was Killed
while leading the LIST Iowa In a charge 1t was As
Lieutenant Colonel Of The 9th Iowa Infantry to
which place he was promoted in September. MI
that ~ took part In the battle Of Pea Ridge com
handing the regiment through all tn" campaigns OF
General Curtis In Missouri Arkansas and the
poo Colonel
WAS severely wounded and taken prisoner but was
soon exchanged for Colonel Louis Herbert, OF
Louisiana.
Pea Ridge was a two-days battle beginning at
daybreak on March and continuing unii aiter
nlghtfall; opening again with the first gllinmer OF
day on the sth. and not ending until p M when
the Confederates were driven from the field In"
Federal army under Major-Gcnera Samuel X.
Curtis was 30 0oO strong. while the confedcrates,
under Lieutenant General Earl Van Dorm. numbered
about the same. Generals Mcintosh ana Zen
McCuoch. OF Van Dorn's army were Killed. ten
eraI Sterling Price was wounded. ilndmnn ana
Albert Pike who commanded 1909 Indians escaped.
The generals on tho Union side Included Franz
Sieel g. NJ Dodge. Asboth and T.. a. Carr. Gen
eral Dodge was badly wounded as was also Cen
cral Carr The loss both sides vas 500 In Killed
and wounded. that OF the 'onirlrrat"S pong ~.
Usage Mountains. Colonel Hcrrons regiment lost
seventeen officers and one-third OF Ia" men en-
For his services In the battle Colonel Heron was
made lrgadier-goncral of volunteers. To date from
July lG 1862 In December OF that year h. com
ma nded the Army Of the Frontier a the decisive
battle Of Prairie Grove, Ark., when ended con
fedcratc rule north OF the Arkansas River To
reach this point he made his celebrated forced
march Of nj miles In three days with an imn-n -
train For this service General Heron was pro-
moicd 10 be mnior-goneral, November ~. 1862
Early In lS63 General Heron Joined General
Grant at Vicksburg ana commanded the left Wig
Of the Investing forces until the surrender. Cen
erals Logan Mcpherson and Heron were the three
generals selected by Grant to lead each n division
into Nic<sburg. july !. lNcS
General Heron performed subsequent service In
tecnth Army Corps. headquarters AT brownsville.
Tex Under private Instructions from Washington he
gave such orders ne was able 10 give 70 Presi-
dent Juarcz OF Mexico. and prevented Macmillan :
troops from establishing themselves at any point
on the Rio Grandc frontier Secretary seward
Acknowledged General Herron's services In his
State papers, and President JuaroZ aftcrwar1 Of
fercl him a high command In the Mclean Army.
In March. 1860 ne assumed command OF the North
ern Division Of Louisiana. headquarters at ia ton
Rouge and co-Operatcd with General Candy against
Richard TAYLOR In May he arranged meeting
with Iieutena nj Generals Buclner, Price and Grant
at the mouth of ,he Red River. ana subsequently
received the formal surrender Of Iicutenant-Gen-
eral Kirby Smiths trans Mississippi army. with
GDCO men and all the artillery and war mate rial
of the Confedcrates west of the mississippi
General Heron has been engaged Ia business In
this city for several years and means To make II
his home hereafter. lie has many warm friends
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