The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-01
THE SOLDIERS IN CONGRESS.
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WASHINGTON, March 31.-It r. nearly twenty.
,Ips years since the war closed with the sur
render OF Lee at Appomattox. The pension
list already aggregates over s15o.0O0. 900 .
year Many wonder that 90 mani soldiers sur
yive. The greatest wonder IL that 80 many
are still in public life. Over one-third Of the
members OF the present Congress were SOL
diers In the army. In the House there are
hfty-six Confederate soldiers and sixty-four
Who fought In the Union army. In the Senate
the Confedsratss number twenty and the
Union soldiers ten. All together there are
seyenty-four Union soldiers In Congress and
ssyenty-six Confederate. TWENTY-FIVE Of the
Confederate veterans are Chairmsn OF CON-
mittees in the Senate and twenty-five are
Chairmen In the House. The Union soldiers
have six Chairmsnships In the Senate and
only four in the House Both Senators from
Alabama were in the Confederate army.
Senator John L. Morgan OF Selma enlisted
- o private in Company I OF the Cahaba
Rinea This company Was afterward assigned
10 tne EItu AieDA"s hokhmeuG hOEkhu was
elected Major and sftsrward Lieutenant
Colonel In 1862 he was commissioned as
Colonel. and raised the Fifty first Alabama.
In 1863 he was made BriEadisr- General. and
assigned to . Brigade In Virginia His fame
asa statesman however. surpasses his fame
- soldier. James l.. Pugh OF Eufaula, his
colleague, enlisted in the Eufaula Rifles a.
private. and was assigned to the First Alabama
Regiment. In the first year Of the war he was
elected to the Confederate Congress. whore he
served until the end OF the war
OF the nine Representatives from Alabama
six were Confederate soldiers. The most dis
tinguished 10 Gen. Joe Wheeler Of Wheeler.
whose great cavalry raids gave him world
wide fame Wheeler entered the Confederate
army as Lieutenant OF artillery. and was
succsssi vely promoted TO the command OF q
regiment. brigade. division. and army corps.
In the second year OF the war he had COM
mand OF the cavalry OF the Western Army.
continuing In that position until the war
closed The Confederate Congress thanked
him for his successful operations. Next to
him in prominence II william @. Oates Of
Abbevills. Oates entered the army 80 Cap
tain in the Fifteenth Alabama. He after
ward became Colonel Of his regiment He
fought magnincently at Gettysburg. He
was wounded sin times. losing his right
arm in front of Richmond on Aug
H. 1884. in his twsnty-seventh battle
Richard H Clarke OF Mobile served a. Lieu
tenant In the First Alabama ARTILLERY. James
Y Cobb OF Tusksgse entered the army as .
lieutenant In the Fifth Texas Regiment He
served with Lees army until he was made
prisoner at Gettysburg. He was confined at
Fort Delaware until the end OF the war John
q. Bankhead Of Faystte Court House. Chair
man OF the Committee on Public BuildinRs
aud Grounds. served four years In the Confed-
crate army as private and was wounded three
Vines William II. benson OF Gadsdsn Joined
the Confederate army whom seventeen years
old. and served throughout the war.
Arkansas has two Confederate soldiers In
the Senate. The first 10 James X. Jones Of
Washington. He served as private through
ont the war He 10 . recognized Democratic
leader In the Senate The second Is James II.
Berry OF Bentonvills. who entered the Confsd-
crate army as Second Lieutenant in the Six
tenth Arkansas. He lost leg at Corinth-
or the six Representatives from Arkansas.
only two were In the Confederate army. The
first is Clifton r Breckenridge Of Pine Bluff
whose father was once Yice-Presidsnt OF the
United States He entered the service As q
private soldier. and was midshpman when
the war closed. The other II Robert Neill Of
Batesville. He was private In the First Ar
Kansas Mounted Rinemen and served In Ben
McCulloch's brigade.
California can boast OF two soldiers in Its
delegation. One Is Eugene Francis Loud OF
San Francisco. who enlisted In a California
battalion which was merged into the Second
Massachusetts, Cavalry He fought In the
Army OF the Potomac and with Sheridan In the
Shenandoah Valley serving as . private. The
second Is William Wallace Bowers OF San
Diego. He enlis ed rs . private In the First
Arkansas Cavalry In 1852. and was discharged
from the service as . sergeant in 1885. Neither
Of the California Senators saw service
Colorado has an entirely civilian delegation
In Congress.
The only soldier in the Connecticut delsRa-
tion is Joseph Il. Hawley CT Hartford. He en-
listed as a Lieutenant, and became Brigadier
and brevet Major General His services in
Florida and elsewhere are engrattsd In the
history OF the rebellion.
delaware has no soldier In either tho Senate
or House
One senator In the Florida delegation. SAM
uei Pasco OF Monticello. Vas . private In the
Confederate army. In the lower House Stephen
r. Mallory Of Pensacola. son OF the old Confsd-
crate Secretary OF the Navy. entered the service
az a private and came out midshipman like
Breckenridge
John T.. Gordon OF Atlanta IL Gsorgia's mill
tary star In the Senate. He il the Commander
OF the Association OF Confederate VsteraaA
lie entered the army as . Captain and became
. MaIor-GeneraL. He was wounded in battle
eight times, and commanded . wing OF Gen
Lees army when 1t surrendered.
Ofthe steven Representatives from q eorgiA.
eight were Confederate soldiers. The most
distinguished il the Speaker Charles +. Crisp.
Of Amerieus He was Q Lieutenant in the
Tenth Virginia Infantry. In 1854 he was q
prisOner Of war. confined at Fort Delaware
kufus Y. Lester of Savannah Was a private
and remained In the service until the end OF
the var. BENJAMIN Edward Russell OF Balm
bridge entered the army as . drummer boy in
The First Georgia Regiment. He rsenlistsd In
The Eighth Florida Regiment aud served
three years as First Lieutenant. He
vas captured At the battle OF Sailors
Greek. and imprisoned at JohnsoH's Island |
ehu tho final surrender LsonidAs +. |
Livingston OF King served Gs q private |
solder in Georgia regiment for four years.
Thomas B. CAbAniss OF Forsyth entered the |
ArmJ In 1851 and surrSndsrad with Lee at |