Birmingham state herald., 1896-01-19
VETERANS IN CONGRESS Men Who Followed the Stars
 and Bars. EVERY MILITARY RANK epresente1-AIabama Has Her Soldiers Who Have Gone to the Front in
 Civil Life
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Washington, Jan. 1.-The probable re- union of union and Confederate soldiers in New York on the Fourth of July next excites genuine interest in the capitol. There are fourteen senators who served in the Confederate service. Of the mem bers of the house, seventy served in the union army and navy and thirty-seven in the Confederate army.
 If these senators and representatives could be induced to appear in the process sion on the Fourth of July it would un- doubtedly form one of the most attract i've features of the parade. They would fitly represent the heroes of the past gen eration. The best of feeling has always prevailed among the old Confederate sol dierS and the union veterans in congress. Whatever i'll blood has been displayed sectionally has come mostly from those who did not serve on either side in the war. The speech of Henry w. Grady at the New England dinner several years ago seemed to mellow If not wipe out all vestiges of resentment. There were some protests made among the union soldiers, however, as Major Saunders, a member of New York Grand Army post pro-, posed the health of Jefferson Davis at Sa- vannah, but it quickly died away. The president of the historic Confederacy was there in person. He was making his last journey through the south. He rep resented all that was heroic in the ashes of the Confederacy. The toast was drunk amid wild enthusiasm. It was the re- bound of Grady's speech, but 1t meant no devotion to the lost cause. On the contrary, 1t cemented more firmly the effect of Grants generosity at Appomat- toX, and clinched arcw the loyalty of the south to the stars and stripes. After that a Grand Army post appeared in the funeral parade of Jefferson Davis with hn rI1x l ri F,1a nf rnf pct nd n1nn ment dedicated to the memory of the Confederate dead has been erected In Chicago amid the acclaim of both union and Confederate veterans
 The proposed reunion in New York, over thirty years after the war. ought to bury the last trace of the animosities awakened by the roaring of Beauregard's guns in Charleston harbor on April 12, 1861. A parade of the veterans who have achieved political distinction since the war will more than emphasize the com plete unity of the nation. It will prove 1t a unity founded on affection as well as interest. A list of these veterans Is in order. Let the Confederates head the column. They are our guests. It Is a tribute that the victors assuredly ought to pay.
 . In the van are John T. Morgan of Sell ma and James l.. Pugh of Eufaula, United States senators from Alabama. Morgan entered the Confederate army as pTlVate. lie became a DTlPduleT-BeHeI- al, and commanded an Alabama brigade. The record of this brigade is absolutely spotless. Pugh entered the Confederate service as a private in the First Alabama,; but left the army to become member Of the Confederate congress.
 Following them are Senators James K. Jones of Washington and James Fl. Ber- ry of Bentonville. Ark. Jones was a pri- vate who saw good service; Berry was second lieutenant in the Sixteenth Ar kansas. He lost his leg at the battle of Corinth
 Then come the senators from Florida. Samuel Pasco of Monticello was private dn the Confederate army, and Wilkinson Call of Jacksonville an adjutant-general.
 Next in procession comes the Lannes of the Confederate troops, Gen. John B. Gordon of Atlanta, Ga. Originally he was the captain of an Alabama company called the "Raccoon Roughs." He at tained the rank of major-general and is now the commander-in-chief of the sur viving Confederate veterans. At his side stands his colleague, Senator Augustus O. Bacon of Macon, Ga. He was adju- tant of the Ninth Georgia and afterwards became captain in the regular Confed- crate army, where he was asssigned to staff duty.
 Both of the Kentucky senators were Confederate veterans Joseph c. S. Blackburn of Versailles was on General Prestons staff. William Lindsay of Frankfort served from the beginning to the end of the war.
 A Louisiana senator, Donelson Caffery, of Franklin, Is next in line. He was a private in the Thirteenth Louisiana and afterwards on the staff of Gen. W. w. Walker. His colleague, Newton c. Blanchard of Shreveport, was too young for service or he would undoubtedly have achieved high honors, as he is native of 
 Both of the Mississippi senators were p ro o2n min ssfftt in tffe-wnr. James z. George off Carrollton was a captain in the Twen- tieth Mississippi Afterward he was colonel of the Fifth Mississippi cavalry. George was a private in the First Missis- eippi volunteers, commanded by Col. Jeff Davis, in the Mexican war. The Mssis- sippi volunteers won great fame at the battle of Beuna Vista in repulsing the assault of Santa Annals troops Ed ward c. Walthall of Grenada, Georges colleague. entered the service in the Eff teenth Mississippi and was made a ma jor-general in 1864.
 The Tennessee senators would attract great attention in the parade on the Fourth. Isham G. Harris of Memphis was governor of Tennessee at the out break of the rebellion. Driven from his native state, he was a volunteer aid upon the staff of the commanding general of the Confederate army of Tennessee for three years. To his credit, be 1t said, that after the war he turned into the state treasury every cent of money that he carried away with him, amounting to over $40o.000. His colleague, William B. Bate of Nashville. entered the Confeder- ate army as private and became ma jor-general. Three times he was danger ously wounded in battle.
 There is hero among the Texas sena- tors. He is Roger Q. Mills of Corsicana He was a colonel of the Tenth Texas, and served under Ben McCulloch at Pea Ridge.
 The Old Dominion turns out brace of heroes. They are John Warwick Daniel of Lynchburg and Thomas Staples Mar tin of Scottsville. Daniel was major in the Confederate army and became ad- jutant-general on Earlys staff. Martin served as private. Both upheld we'll the honor of Virginia.
 Last of all comes Senator Charles J. Faulkner of Martinsburg. w. Va He was an aid on the staff of Gen. John c. Breckinridge and afterwards on that of Gen. Henry A. Wise. Faulkner served throughout the war and surrendered at Appomattox
 So much for Confederate veterans in AL roA loci l.