The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-09-06

nag was nOlsted was In rather bad con-
dition; it was not as tall or as straight as a
staff should be from which the flag of the
Union was henceforth to float. Ii was an
offence in the eyes of Captain Stoneman
and he determined to replace il with a
better one. He went himself up Graham's
canyon and selected one, which he caused
to be cut, properly prepared and taken TO
the historic old town. He reared it, bent
its first halyards and ran up TO its head for
the first time the stars and strires. The
work was we'll done; 1t still stands, a relic
OF former times, and to-day it lifts to the
breeze the same proud flag.
Governor Stoneman was also one of the
tirst 10 engage in the lumber business in
SOnoma County. He was part owner with
Joshua Hendy and Samuel Duncan in the
mill they purchased Of. the Benlcia Lum-
ber Com Dany. established near the present
town of Freestone, which had failed and
gone out of business.
lie was also with the party which made
the expedition into Lake County to punish
the Indians who had murdered Kelsey
and some others near the present wn of
Kelseyville.
Stoneman later returned TO the East and
Fort Brown, Texas. Holding shat position
at the breaking out of the Civil War. he re-
fused to obey the order of General Twiggs
to surrender the property to the seces-
sionlsts. He evacuated the post. chartered
steamer and landed in New York. He
was soon thereafter made a major of
cavalry, and served for time in Western
Virginia. He was soon made brigadier-
general and chief of cavalry.
After the fall of General Kearney at the
second battle Of Bull Run General Stone
man took the command of that division of
the army. He succeeded General Heint-
zleman as commander of the Third Army
Corps, which command he led in the bat
tie Of Fredericks burg. For his services in
that and other battles he was made a
maior-general. In the campaign In the
spring of 1868, operating in the direction
of Richmond, he commanded a cavalry
corps in number OF raids, and from Jan
uary to April, 1864, he was In command of
the Twen;y-third Corps. After that date
he had command of cavalry In the Depart
ment of the Ohio until July OF that year,
when he was engaged under Sherman In
the Atlanta cam mpaign.I
His military operations under Sherman
were not so fortunate. He had not
been successful in many cavalry raids.
In his first cavalry raid under Sher-
man he was captured. He had been
ordered to take about 5000 cavalry
and move by the left, around At
lanta, TO Macdonough; while McCcok was
to move to the right and join Stoneman at
Lovejoy's station. on the Macon Railroad.
The latter had an ambition to capture
Macon and to push still further on and re-
lease the prisoners at Andersonvile. He
failed to cooperate with NcCOok, and.
separating part of his commend, with
only 5000 men, he pushed on toward Ma
con. He was met by force of Confeder-
ate cavalry under General Iverson and
was driven back. Having been hard
pressed by the Confederates, General
StoDeman's force was divided. one brigade
reaching Atlanta without loss, while an
other brigade was scattered, and the one
LED by Stoneman, consisting of about 1000
men, was surrounded, when he and 700 of
his men were made prisoners.
This was the only notable defeat that
General Stoneman suffered during his
service, extending through nearly the whole
period Of the Civil War. A few months
after his capture he was in the field again
as cavalry raider. He dispersed a part
of Morgan's force, capturing their trains.
He drove Breckenridge, who was defend
ing the salt works Of South western Vir-
ginia, over the mountains. He afterward
destroyed great part of the Virginia aud
Tennessee Railway. His raids were ex-