The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-05
uNlvERslTY MONU-
MENT To LINCOLN.
Gen. q. q. Howara's Plan 20 Erect
One NJ Cumberland Gap.

Gen. o. o. Howara's P1an 20 Erect
One NJ Csnsherland Gap.
Referring to the Lincoln monument
resolution OF the late Illinois assembly.
Gen O. O. Howard recently aaid.
For some time have been contem-
plating better monument To our great
president than amy OF mere marble. Gran-
tie or bronze. and think that our people
generally would favor the sort Of montl.
nnent that ann working to arcure. IL
consists OF a group of schools. Industrial,
normal. and academic. With ~ hne board
II frnstess the plant ms already se<en
ne ssssssa hi sa,ss5 Il s bro
and therefore from It's present sspstt
cay that the monument consists OF
sAfpup gefsxcnpelS.g n - - 80.
aThx Situation hrit that beautiful nest
4f the Appalachian mountains where three
states corner Kentucky. Tennesses and
Virginia, SO famlliAyste Qlra1p ianSE faaHipg
the ctvfi w4r--cumeerland gap OF cast
Tenncseee"
Rsfsrrtng to the history OF the move
ment for the erection of the memorial
20 be known as the Lincoln Memorial uni
veSnttt. Gen. Howard continued
abraham Lincoln was very friendly to
me personally and ! had several INFER
Views with him. The. one that made the
deepest impression on me was that which
took piire just after the defeat of our
army at chiekamauga and the siege that
followed, when me Confederates hemmed
In the army of Ruseorans at Chattanooga
Among the re-enforcements hurried
from the army OF the Potomac were Sic
GUMS corps and my own. After I had
loaded the men and material on the trains
and set them ir motion along the Orange
and Alexandria and the Baltimore 4 Ohio
railroads | had an interview with Presi-
dent fAncoln at the White House imme-
diateiy before taking my own Departure
Mr.. Istnsoln received me with u good deal
OF Kindness, and told me the object of the
movement we were making. Suddenly he
arose and asked me Ia 70 with him into
the room whera his maps were suspend
ed. He drew down from the frame a large
chart OF Tennessee and Kentucky. 1t was
. fine government map. Putting his nm
ger on Cumberland Gap. just the bor-
der between the two states. he said:
" Gen. Howard don't you think Nwoula
be practicable Tor IA 10 push Through
this gap and seize the Knoxville railroad
and hold Tsnnessees
Al Gen, Grant had lust taken command
OF the western armies. | answered with
seine caution that I thought he would
have SOME plan. and that ali subordinate
action should be calneldeus Mr. Lincoln
appeared 10 he very earnest about the
situation in East Tennessee. lie told me
the character Il the people. of how they
had been disturbed by the action II the
Confederate ami how anuen ali she noun
tain people had suffered by being ovsrrun
hy both armies He vas exceedingly
anxious 10 end that sispiofab Bile condition
( of things.
liz vefs kindly exchanged maps with
me-. because his was mounted aud n,iae
was nat. aud his .as asaes than mine.
His hast remark was about Ibis favprits
mountain p.arte 50 the effect. They are
loyal there, general. they are loyal
aft snx ha. 4
rvaehei Bridgeport. Ais. having crossed
Ohio. Indiana. Kentucky and Tsnnessce.
uslng the railroads. A little later Gen.
Grant stayed In my tent ever night and
went on t. Chattaneoga to plan and open
the campaign. Chewing Grants orders We
struck THE mountain country seon after
passing the Tennessee Just in the rnar ~
eur advanced troops The assistant sec
rotary uf MAR. Charles A Dana. ard I
rode Together ap threagh that regioa, an,i
frcm thai fi,me Oh fer six months my
command was among the mountain rse-
rie
After she battles Of Lockout valley
and those es lockout mountain Ard Ms
ssons,y fitgs Gen. Sherman. With TIE
Fffteeath corps. and saysstr With shs
Eleventh. marched narthward fer the re-
lief OF burnside, burnside had been sent
fnta East Tennessee 60 80 what Mr. I'm
cnin had proposed ais was holding ths
railroad nesr Knoxville and covering al
csrpfa0atca{sons
THE pespIe os she mountains were Fayal
70 tive eld government Ths majority 81
them bad DUse< <asteF~t. ara they wafs
prepared - make AHy sacrifice Ter "a
maintenance. In fact. bad sever seer
IN any pArt sk shr couatFy such Aeasrss
demonstrations 81 patFtettc ferxar
''ls Is MY S~sseE 1has Mr.. f.tnealn caused
she Nerd 'Esff3kees' 20 ~ nus ins1 tas
law, So ;6st e fsssa rsgssgsss anss ss.sss
fn%n, >ateEatx we ara naero IN tAs "a.
fer sae frsesseseH - go s~fsaeN ss1ssat was
than Ter ths Whlse svfsgsss- we Silss asas.
an sstsEHrt 81 no ssss. - Iszao&aps fssesaa.
ssln- Mr. Has~Tsx aae s44ssv ~ gea.srs,
callsge In 1assaessHaele. ssaaEAs SIP tas
sid hsssssssnx< <'nsNA ssas Sssass<sesafe. "a
the sap ~ Lockout Eaossns sia aKa ss gsx
eminent ssasaTag S<ssEses asSsss ASaa "a
ssssas g start ssas1sHtter th-ve- b4st
Il sfnse3 30 b. sssl wsls isesss5. In sssssss
aat< 4 Was ksnrrsrsfe&hse 30 eayvs On !
xsSss sehss2a iheg0
Some years asa fsge AGED rUssssSssarses
whe has; started = seao0a al Cumberland
GAa under tie s&a2s - shs Harvow srasa;