New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-30
HEROINE OF THE CIVIL WAR
ANNA ELLA CARROLL AND HER SERVICE
IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY.
a SKETCH OF HER CAREER AND THE PLANS THAT
ENTITI.E HER TO BEING CALLED THE
vov,x VINO SAVED THE NATION"


comremc rated on Memorial Day. one heroine mas
been so persis,ently overlooked tha' there VIII
PROBABLY 10 many among those who JOIN IN TO-
morrow's ceremonies who never heard OF ner let
IL is claimed for Anna Ella Carroll that she was
the actual savior OF the Union. and that without
bc~ all The blood and treasure so lavishy poured
on, by the North would have been wasted. There
are those Of course. who deny her right 10 this
high honor, but one who has given the SUBJECT
any attention doubts that her services TO the Gov
eminent were great. and the number Of believers
is RAPIDLY increasing This Is partly due 10 the
fac; that the case has been taken up by the
woman's clubs and Journals. and partly 10 the pun
lcailon by the Century its series Of war pa
pers az al account Of Miss CARROTS work
il has thus beer brought 10 The attention OF
large number Of people who either were completely
ignorant CT il before or had underyalued Its I'M
portance. ard the result has been demand Tor
information that Gas not easily attainaDle TO
,nee ;hc need. Miss Sarah Ellen Blackwell collected
al the facts obtainable from family records ana
Congressional documents and published them IN
book entitled "A Military Genius
The case Is summarized in the following report
OF The Military Committee presented TO the NLNIth
CONGRESS a: its third session. and published in Miss
BlachwelIs book:
whether the Union could be saved or whether II
was hopelessly subverted depended on tne aoiiit!
of the Government TO open the Mississippi ana &C.
sN6rie oover The original plan was 10 reduce
the Formidable for,lncations by descending this
river. aided by the gunboat feet then in prepare
President nco9 had reserved to himself Hefa- he
T e d RS5sPsSa 10 10 be too grave
and serious for The success whiih inc abaU VI
doncG and the armies diverted up the tennessee
River. and thence southwark 10 the centre OF the
The evidence before this eomr7i!tee completely
auhGT OF 'His Sasns s Of agrce 10 l6er new base
On Mi.EiS Alabama.
the Memphis and Charleston Railroad that she
ts 5n a0 Of its feasibility is established By
the sworn testimony of L: D Evans. CHIEF Jq.tce
Committee OF the United states Senate in the
Mig Congress: that after that nvesrsaq0n S1e
oIs rSon sc6 p'AAs IN 's seceny Of
hrmed by the statement of the Hon L. f. Waq ace
War. made to the same committee. and of Prcs-
dent Lincoln and Secretary santon: also BY me
the war. in conddential relations with President en-
Lincoln and Secretary stanton aiso 'H S r reas
TRY; also by the Hon Thomas T. Hicks. G f9r
afsdaviy. Con,Toer of the Public Works of Mary
land; by the Hon Reyerdy Johnson, ome I'm IipY
land: again. the Hon j r Headley; the Rev DI r.
J breckenridge, Professor joseph henry .ae nen'
and remarkable interviews and corGeaPOndence Of
the recognition Of southern independenos by its
fatal effects the Confederate States is shown by
iers from in0 81 Pe,rsbrg also those OF NJ ADAMS
ana Mr. from L0HdOn &nd P2Ts f 5eb
imminent, and opened the way for the system OF
the debates Of the pericd in both house, Of Con
gfess; by the utterances OF Nj Spai1dlng' M, MI
shSrnian. Henry Wilson Mr.. Fessenden, MI. Trum-
bull Mir Foster, Garrett Davis, John J. Critten-
ppffei as 10 why The Union could not be restored
S of find 6a aRd r gSn the aubor
aref evidenced by the resolution OF Roscoe Conk-
isE But II was deemed prudent to make no public
OK I'M as TO authorship while the war lasted
the sbs @S advantsFes which resned giving the
mastery Of the conflict to the National arms and
hut ii was likewise proven by the failures 70 open
the Mississippi win any decided success on the
plan. first devised BY the Government.
order letter telegram or suggestion Of the Ten
nessee River the line OF invasion has ever been
aaron on November 90 1851. and her subsequent
letters TO the Government as the campaign pro-
Il Is further shown to this committee that the
able and patriotic publications OF nemOr!alsl' IN
pamphlets and newspapers with her high social
Influence not only LARGELY contri6uted 10 me caoTe
erted wide aud salutary influence on all the Dor
Thsse publications were used by the Government
as war measures. and the debate in Congress shows
that she wSS tne NIss aGng statesmen and tursts
bore testimony 10 their value Including President
Weles and Smith; Attorney General Bates. sena-
tors Browning Doclitte, ColameT, Cowan rev
eIdy johnson and Hicks; the Hon. Horace Binney
the Hon Benjamin II. Brewster. the Hon. WI.
lam Meredth the Hon Robert ! Mak Pierce l9e
pont. the Hon. Edward Everett: the Hon TnGmas
and many Others found in memorial H..
The Military Committee through Senator How How
fntnt No s37 unanimously reported that Miss car
fS q from G' the Mississippi TO the tennessee River
etc: and the aforesaid committee OF the Mia
tSroush the Hon Henry Wilson. the evidence and
bill In support Of IBIS claim. .. 49, ,,r,.or,
Again In the XLlNth Congress The Miit ,his
Coms Of the HSuse SYGT ws pTepeqed i 10
placed on record that this claim is inconiest1a,9y
Carroll a large and honest compensation, both in
money and in honors for her services in the Ma
Of al tie fso,: 6 this committee ga Ms, ee rsr,
that the thanks OF ne TaE s, sl G"y yeon1mcn
ms tina; she be placed on the pension rolls OF ne
a partial 5d measure yena1T OF vGG2snbGn
for such purpose. and recommend its passage.
To accompany this report General Bragg pre-
pared and suggested the following bill
roents - gl;en bv the Government to the major
generals o. the United States Army be paid to
to "i the Country in November 1851; to the time Of
Of the same amount as The pay and emoluments
OF major-general be paid to her 70 NC end OF her
la fe; as to iS a5' Sa tsaS'e o. ''" u "
Put the Military Committee" says Miss Black
well having made this excellent summary OF
evidence Endorsed Miss CAROLS claim In the
strongest manner and prepared noble ana httlng
bill Ohe other committees had left the award a
blank 10 be filed in by a puzzled and unwilling
Congress which preferred 10 DO nothing at alb,
became greatly alarmed at what 1t had Gone
Leaving the report unchanged at the last moment
IL hastily Withdrew the bill and substituted In its
Mace the following surprising performance:
..De II enacted. That the Secretary Of tho In
terrier be and he is hereby AUTHORIZED and directed
10 place upon the pension rolls Of the United
States the name Of Anna Ella Carroll and 70 pay
10 her a pension Of 80 per month from and after
thu massage Of this act during her life for the
important military service rendered the country -
her during the late civil War
"Of course. the bill died Immediately OF IFS own
elaring and neffable meanness." continues the
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