The National tribune., 1893-10-26
Maj. VIM. MCKINLEY.

| Ohio. He was student in college when the
war broke out, but promptly enlisted in the
gallant old 23d Ohio, regiment not only
distinguished by its own brilliant services,
but by the fact that it had for its Colonies
| in succession VIM. S. Rosecrans, E. <.
Scammon, r. 3. Hayes, and Jas. NJ. CORN
| ley, all of whom became Major-Generals,
and for its Lieutenant Colonel, Stanley
Matthews, who became a Brigadier-General,
and died Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States.
The Adjutant-General of Ohio's report
gives Maj. McKinley's record as follows:
VIM. Mckinley, jr, age Is; mustered as private,
Co. E. 23d Ohio for three years, June IL 1861; pro-
NOTED 10 Com missary Sergeant April Is, 1862 pro
NOTED TO Second Lieutenant. Co. ID, Feb Z, 1868 {;
First Lieutenant. Co. X, Aug. 8, 1868; transferred
to Co. A, July Is 1861 promoted 10 Captain Co. g.,
July 25 1864; on detached duty Abide Camp
and Acting Assistant Adjutant- General, First Di-
vision. Eighth Corps; mustered out with company
July %, 1865
This simple statement covers an extra
ordinary amount of hard and meritOrious
service at the front for four long years. The
23d Ohio went directly from home to the
very front, and staid there constantly until
the rebellion WIS utterly crushed. Among
the great battles which it was entitled to in
scribe upon its shot-riddled banners were the
following: Carnifax Ferry, W. Va, Sept
10, 1861 CIark's Hollow, W. Va, May 1,
1862; Princeton, W. Va, May 1918, 1862 !;
South Mountain, Nd, Sept. IA, 1862; Ante
tam, Md, Sept II, 1862; Burlington Island,
o. (Morgan's raid), July 10, 1853; Cloyd's
Mountain, Va, May 8, 1864; New River
Bridge, Va, May 10, 1864; Buffalo Gap,
W. Va, June 6, 1854 Lexington, W. Va,
June TO- II, 1864; Buchanan, Va, June Ia,
1864; Otter Creek, Va, June Is, 1864;
Lynchburg, Va, June II, 49, 1864; Blu
ford's Gap, Va, June 81, 1864; Winchester,
Va, July "a, 1854; Berryville, Va, Sept.
8, 4, 1864; Opcquan, Va, Sept 10, 1864;
Fishers Hill, Va, Sept. %, 1864; Cedar
Greek, Va, Oct 10, 1864.
The 23d Ohio enrolled in all $3.50 men,
of whom 159 were killed, 80 died in prison,
80 of disease, and 406 were wounded;
making a total loss Of 699, or nearly one
out Of every three men enrolled Comrade
Mckinley carried a gun in its ranks many
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duty brought him promotion to a commits
sion; and he shared its every experience,
from guerrilla-fghting in Western Virginia
to the awful crash of such great battles as
South Mountain, Antietam, Opequan, Fish
er's Hill, and Cedar Creek. He was an
everyday, always-ready -for-duty soldier and
officer.
Whatever promotion came to him was
well earned long before he received it.
Naturally, so faithful a soldier has a very
warm side for his old comrades, and during
his long service in theslfouse the veterans
had no frmer, more steadfast, or more help
full friend than WIN. Mckinley. He always
voted right when there was a measure re-
lating to veterans under consideration.
His present candidacy for the Governor
ship of Ohio has an interest that is not
confined by State lines, bat extends to the
remotest corners of the Nation. He stands
for everything that the veterans value, and
opposed to everything that they are opposed
to. His opponent is man who had just
the same call to enter the army that Com
rade Mckinley had, and he was called just
as earnestly. He was needed in the ranks
just as badly. He could have enlisted with
out any more sacrifice than COmrade Nc
Kinley made. He not only did not go into
the army, but did all that he could to pre-
vent the war from being a success He was
opposed to every effort the Government
made to assert it's authority and crush the
rebellion. He is as obdurate and malignant
now as he was then, and good Tor bad) type
of the mossbsck old Copperheads who de-
nounced the war as failure.
The campaign in Ohio is campaign for
plenty of employment and adequate wages
for American workingmen, and is cam
paign for veterans rights, for just pensions,
and for honest treatment of the men who
saved the Nation. All these are direct
issues in the campaign, and the result will
be accepted as the verdict of the people of
the great State of Ohio upon them. The
pension system is on trial in Ohio and the
result there will have the greatest effect
upon it. A great majority for William
Mckinley will be a decisive victory for
honest pensions, and will be so interpreted
by the country at large. A small majority
or defeat will, on the other hand, be every
where interpreted as decisive blow by the
people against the pension system, and an
approval of the words and acts of every
enemy of the veterans.
We therefore earnestly appeal TO every
no.,rada IN Ohio 10 foroet ppIiticaI d;far