Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-03-22

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Times NuynE the War IN Thrilling
Episodes Galore
| Madison MIS- March n rhc cap
tor of len Davis died ut his homo in
tms city saturday. evening OF pucu-
monja, after an illness OF several
weeks Gen IetWy NUndcu was the
man aud his lite was one " great
adventure and romance Tie was
horn ia WitmfnAton, Mass. March l.
| lNH&, received a common school cduCa-
ton ana AZ is ram away to sea ON y
saihuE vessel hound tor Africa lie
Irrma,ued on the ocean several years
iuriuG which time he doubled Cape
HORN twice and visited the present site
Vt san Francisco in 1889, nearly a
decade before the gold dtseoN cries, Ivy
the captain selling the vessel on
witch he was employed he was left
stranded IN Peru hut finally succeeded
IN shipptnG home after an absence OF
/ 1--WE years ON has return he found
thu Mexican war IN progress and
promptly started for The from, and
MAS in the transport service for n
| time hclptug To hiring back the Amer
swan Wounded from the battle Of ralO
Alto In $500 he made an overland
gold mining until lSa@ when he re.
turned to Massachusetts, tie had been
married "a Mary \ liGhtner Of his
native town previous to his CalItur.
MIA tourney and in lSa2 they came to
| WISCONSIN settling on farm in the
town Of sullivan Jefferson county
llr next moved Ia Rpon, where he
was operating a sawmiN when the
IrWll war broke out
N lincoln'S call for troops lIarndcu
| promptly summoned his hands tugCth.
rr and told them the mill must stop
! chat he intended to enlist aud advised
! hem Ia do 50, and HEY did to man
! He enlisted rs 4 private in the first
! sergeant thcn Clau, t. lS62) cap
| tUn next major OF the second bat
! TALON tNaN u, tSbiN and n liCutcu
| unt-roloucl tIan. Il, 1861 he was
| later promoted To cnlunclcy. nnC
! hrcNctted brigadicr general At tn,
close ot the war, he was IN comman,
OF the second brigade first division
/ lcaNal1yl Of the military division o
the Mississippi. General ilarndcn wa,
4 member Of the state assembly II
| lShh, from Jefferson county; latcl
| tlS66 -GO he was financial agent O
the state soldiers orphans home, a
Madison then tlS6T-73l. United State.
assessor, and later, for several years
= United States collector of ntcrna
| revenue and Al the time Of his doatl
| was department commander Of tn,
! Wisconsin G. A. X During the wa
i he had a horse shot under him, WA!
wounded In the arm and shoulder
suffered a broken leg and had bridg,
! fall under him, being carried dowI
! the tennessee river two miles Tn,
capture Of jeff Davis happened thus
| In May, 1860, he was selected by Gen
! Wilson to take detachment Of the Ii
! Wisconsin cavalry and cross the cOun
/ try towards Savannah and head OF
! Davis. then fugitive, who was re-
| ported To be slyly making his way
south through South Carolina into
Georgia Con. Iarndcn rose from /
sick bed suffering from HIS lntcs
wound, but performed hds duty so wei
! thai It resulted In the capture Of tn,
confederate chief at IrwlnsvIlle, Ga
AT the capture an unfortunate cold
! sion occurred In the darkness between
! Iarndrn's men and those Of the 4tl
! Michigan cavalry which resulted II
! the death of two men. A COMPRESSION
al investigation exonorated Con. Harm
| den from any blame and he and his
men got portions OF the 100000 Of
forod for Davis apprehension. The
general lived comfortably and at hi,
death his whole family was about him
! his sorrowinR wife and his children
Mrs W. =. Main and Miss Flora Harm
den of Madison and Mrs William
| Clarke, with her husband, Of Omaha
as well as bis grandson, Henry Harm.
| den Noble Of Madison and his nephew
Edward IIarndcn Of Whitewater
I The obscduies Will be under the
auspices u the Grand Army Services
viii be held nj 10 a m Wednesday In
the congregational church, Rev. y. g.
| I'pdike officiating Captain 6. A
Curtis. assistant adiutant general Of
the Wisconsin department, has issued
notices to all posts In the state OF
the death and urging a general attend.
anco and suitable memorial action by
each post
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