The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-03
|. q. vOs GOVERNOR.

. III sssIn skeuSh
assyss q the Gentleman
y rI 4 wele.ry of San Antonio has
49," Z 1.,,, history Of Green's brigade
rds -" !, took in the great civil wal
tss pr .nncndix to this little vol
o. = ! i !, published, the author pro
v'en y IA. biographies Of Generals
= ,, ,ss, Hsrdeman and Basby an'
p 10y. 'S'. sI,.bed officers of the brigade
d' Y. rs, 4 sketch Of Colonel J. D.
y w y. y, h,s kindly furnished me win
-. = .se,ch for publication in aa-
.,,,a,ne lines in regard to the
~ w.. n Colonel sayers for governor
vs. .ads, in view of the interest no"
M. IN the subject by the puoi'c
!. -, intended for the history {, men lp oi
~ n .usosistIon is composed OF men .,. ~,
q .', ss,yN parties and takes no part III
in al "a a reunion Of the survivors
~. brigade in the CITY OF sit ho,,, d
~ A. February next. the zist pe .a
. ~ 4 Of the battle OF NalVe cru !.
lfnl's'cac dsy of the present year
IT, % s.ry has been selected to re-
HcLeai! =, Tho veterans to the ad-
% p m He will also probably
M session read extracts s, lro1i t,.b nss
q come Of the biograpnlcA' sNe'e =
jnM.
.pu,rAt. SKETCH OF JOSEPH
DRAPER SAVERS. j.,
: r.ras. in 1861 repealed the a'' ol
~, and became member OF the
= couiederacy. a call to arms was
animate result. Among the hundreds
s.,,,pis Of young men who hooked
,,,odard Of the Lone Star state in
!, DAYS Of the civil war none was
..nest gallant or patriotic than
s''1s Go. -, pastron county.
Draper s''0 ..,a eu,tov.s
ns among tine hrst W 'o," so rrif,l
e, and became ll.ii MEN " he cela-
cavalry, cominahueu ~ tfis ~
and lamen'ea ION u'eu.' -,
s,rur the ensuing four years forms
!, ,hs history of this brigade. which
nrmioated bv his daring and honored
heroic acnieVeineu.s, a,e Miss
sock and was porn II, u'e'% ~ t",h -.
I'D Of september, i9ft, "a" 49,, ,~'" ~
most excellent pnys'c.an, ,ai'le ~
10 1851 and se''ieu II, i,as.'oP w. ~
do, where Tor sre"l ,, 'iia's A .
pae Of the ieauins ei''n n h.' III I'll ,
honored ana resl'ee'eu " al "A0
him. -. ,a.,o,
tg savers recei'eu soo.. ~ s, -,
vas fhished az tne pa'.'up M'ii'",S
ito Just before the oFoahins ou' VI .ne
var, Immediately Oh n's 'l'l '5 M
appointed hrst i'eu'elluu' s'u a",u-
'ne run ies'i"en1 VI go,
led volunteers anu ass's,,u Nu'ol',
tad Lleu'ehhn' .o'oliei ,, 49, "u'
Won ana aiscip1he vi wa. famous
y texas caVaiIyiheh, ny was ever
u the post oil duty' put al Vne same
un the friendship OIL every man II,
&nent oy MS courteous ula''1e' , anu
pes,lhs y.,,., a.. r,.o. ,.o,,
oa'te Oh saiverde the writer wei
we seeias nun s .a' ,"t, o'uS,9 ''oi',
p'u' on the he'n VI N",N v."e az"
ma, chatse uasn'ns on nutse'a'N'
Auu, itauius the ooii'1uoIa'e iiles
WY. Moun,su on ms galian' cha'ser,
NY wei proport'oiieu' ms iace
.mn e..,s'no',. he ''OeiSou 'he
w 'ann anu me a. nc ioue up
"sa 'ne river DAM ieloriii'ns the
nnss anu colisra'uia'ihg MS lei'oW
~ 'os s, action ne was promoted to
"a ..y anu ass'sn'a W .he
aha Oh tne famous Nalverde battery,
H.. srsm ss,, u, inc urlsan , WIN
AN y, ~, Ius s% prsss ne'a pieces cap
ew .,.;,r \ ~. h T,ueI .ssueu by zen
\, n r.s.s, M a n,,'' 10 'nis command;
Ma MAJ w. w., ."S,
"A ~ M ,Ssa OF New Mexico, bona
" Mi ~ y t S...- first Lieutenant
M, mo,'r, e,S' y, .ho rilth resi-
N a. sis SI sa,,ao, to,u !. IN con.
y. i, eSa ' ea,'a mn at me battle OF
.y,,ysrSs .1 hs,, win !, tne organization
NH ~ c Das,ery' WIN the pro
ntm,uders r =, ran, ,, ~ Is hoped mat
nl,rd IN csn, y, 'e es, ana corps
M, So,h p 4. II, savers all the AID in
N a, thu tbs n II, tns selection of officers
4 A. I no pls'e ,.,'', and future eff
m, T. n ,ha trophy of the prowess
WY IN tue late encounter with the
d, o,,r,,,,oo,,o, s.
Y y nurnhsse s department is au-
q, i III, p sat,srv suitable horses for
aisr d B sI,,eay, c
,,...
Joseph Edward Dryer.