Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-01-13
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
A MEMORIAL MONUMENT.
The Curious Collection of War Relics Bo-
longing TO n Blind Veteran.

The Curious Collection OF War Relics Bo-
longing to n Blind Veteran.
There Is no soldier in the grand
army OF the west more widely and bet
ter known than W. II. Sallada, the
present commander of Starr King post,
No. 80, and president of the Pennsyl-
vania Veteran association, Santa Bar
rbara, Cal. Prior to taking up his resi-
dence in California, few years since,
Comrade Sallada was resident of Des
Moines, Ia, the commander of
Crocler post, No. 10, and junior vice
department commander of Iowa. He
was present at the grand army en-
campment Mt Denver when the Ma
tional Woman's Relief Corps was or
ganized, and he and his wife, who has
been active in w. r. c. work ever since
its inception in the west, have been
active spirits in all lines of work per-
tanning to the old soldiers of the
union.
Comrade Sallada's work has been
more significant because of total blind
ness for nearly thirty years. At the
battle of Deep Bottom August 10, 1864,
while serving in the Fifty-seventh Penn
sylvania, both eyes were torn from
their sockets, his recovery under the
circumstances being one of the most
remarkable on record.
AS writer and designer of patriotic
records, Comradc Sallada has won sue
cess, but his most unique achievement
is monument of relics. This monu-
ment was on exhibition at the camp of
the Southern California Veteran asso-
cia ton during the ten days summer
encampment Mt Santa Barbara. 1t was
the center of attraction in Camp Starr
King to the veteran, his family and
friends. Photographic views showing
the monument, with Comrade Sallada
in the foreground and the veterans on
the tented field in the background,
were taken and are now supplied by
Comrade Sallada at thirty-fve cents
each.
The base OF the monument is two
feet square and fourteen inches high,
painted and sanded in imitation of
granite. Recesses are on each side
filled with cannon balls and bomb
shells of varied sizes held in place by
crossed bayonets From the base rises
q shaft twenty-five inches square and
ten lHcueS square dI lne Top, anu uVe
feet in height. Above this is Il cap ten
and one-half inches square at the base,
Six inches at the top and six inches
high. This is surinounted by stand
of grape, and on top of this there is a
spherical case bombshell from the bat
tie of ChlclSamauga.
The shaft is finished in imitation of
marble, the whole monument standing
seven feet seven and one-half inches
high, exclusive of the flagstaff. Over
all Old Glory hangs unfurled.
Placed upon the monument il at
tractive designs there are about seven
hundred relics from the battlefelds OF
the revolution, the civil war and Mex,
lean wars, all of which are properly la.
beled, constituting highly interesting
collection.
There are swords, cutlasses, bayonets
and bowie-llnives; dirks, revolvers,
flint-lock and horse pistols and ex-
ploded bombshells; wood in which bul.
lets are imbedded; chain-shot, can,
teens, etc.
One side is covered with miscella.
neous collection of Indian bows and ar.
rows, tomahawks, pipeheads, swordfish