Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-02-26

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SHAREHOLDERS FOR THE UNION
1t Is serious mistake to suppose
that all the great SlaVe-holdng fami-
lies in the border States adhered To the
Confederacy. Prominent persons wore
the Confederate gray, and others just
as prominent wore the Union blue Dr.
Robert j. Breckenridge, the theologian
who presided over the Republican Ma
tonal Convention Of 1864 was staunch
Union man. Two of his sons achieved
high rank in the Confederate army
and two others in the Union army. His
iliustrious cousin. John G. Breckinridgc
left the United States Senate to become
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of COnfcderates
while James s. jackson. Representative
from the Green River district. resigned
his seat in the House To become a Bri-
gadier-Ciencral in the Union army. and
died Il heroic death, leading his division
on the hard-fouSht field of Perryvilic.
The eloquent Roger Hanson, a Con-
federatc General, fell in the battle Of
Stone River. while his brother won dis
tinction on the other side as the com
mander of a. brigade. John j. Crittcn-
den, of Crittendcn Compromise fame,
-+.t---a1 unflinchlnnlN IL. Ia HMM ANhiln
one OF his sons Wore the stars of n
Union MajorGeneral, and another
achieved like rank in the Confederate
army. The Henry Clay branch of the
great Clay family cSpoused the COnfed-
crate cause. while the Cassius NJ. Clay
branch fought with their traditional
courage on the other side. John NJ.
Harlan now of the supreme Court, is
another eminent Kentuckian who won
ronown lighting under George II.
Thomas at Chickamauga. In the same
army was benjamin IL. Bristow. who
missed the presidency only by Il
scratch. Two schoolmates of Champ
Clark's. brothers named Dickinson. went
into the war, one in the First kentucky
Union Cavalry, and the other with Nor
gan's Rangers. Chance brought the
brothers face 20 face in the great In
diana Ohio raid, and when Morgan was
captured the Confederate Dickinson
surrendered to his Union brother. Fran
els l.. Blair. who more than any other
man fought to hold Missouri to the
Union. was. n cousin Of General 10"
Shelby. noted leader Of the trans
Mississippi Confederatcs.
DIVIDED FAMILIES.
This record of divided families In
kentucky and Missouri found no par
allel in other southern States In
Maryland there was comparatively lit
tie lighting of brother against brother:
the western part of the State was
strongly tniOuist. while the Eastern
Shore counties. with their large plan
tHtipliS w it bllltNtIdltS i'll lllIlitluN.
In kentucky and Missouri the division
al line seems not 10 have followed
class or family groups. In Virginia it
was pretty square division of the
tIvo PARTS of the state. and the same
thing was true i'll Tennessee, and back
OF this division WAS the fact that the
mountaincers were not shareholders
The Missouri and Kentucky Unionists.
however. We're in many instances
among the largest slave holders and of
the genuine Southern aristocracy. of
the ariStocratic families of old Virginia
there is only one notable case of Il man
who went over to the Union. that OF
George II. Thomas. whose statue now
adorns one of the circular parks in this
city. According to some accounts. he
took some time TO make M his mind
which way to go. The Confederate his
torianS relate that he intended 10 come
with them, but that his wife was Il
New Yorker, and that certain friend
ships, personal associations. ana prop.
erty interests in the North finally com
mitted him to the Union. In any event
he was ono OF the greatest soldiers of
the Union army. Ropes. in his story OF
the Civil War" discusses the report that