Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-11-22

war-like nation of Europe. Another,
(Chase) 80 well discharged the duties
of the Treasury department, carrying
the nation. and all its armies, through
financial expenditures without par
allel, with security and public con-
fidence without a precedent In the
worlds history of war. Another
(wade) foremost among all the brave
hearts who surrounded and upheld
the government, and In all the gloom
lest hours never once despalred OF the
Republic. was the chairman of the
committee on the Conduct of the War.
Another (Schenck), MANNED with hon
orable wounds received in public ser
vice. passed from the field to take his
place at the head of the committee
which controlled the military legisla-
tion of the country.
"With the exception Of Lincoln,
who was born near the state, it may
be said that Ohio furnished the con-
trolling genius of the Civil War.
There stands in the capitol grounds at
Columbus a monumental group of
seven men in bronze,-Grant, Sher-
man, Sheridan, Chase, Stanton,
Hayes, Garfield. and bearing the
beautiful and appropriate inscription,
''These are my jewels" Grant, Sher-
man, Stanton and Chase were at the
most crucial period of the war, the
| four corner pillars of the Union.
There was a time when it looked as
If the whole structure might have
been seriously shaken, had any OF
these four been removed
"The exalted fame reflected on the
state which could boast of such rep
resentatives in the field, and at the
head of the great departments and
committees that controlled the husi-
ness and met the expenditures of the
war, was still further increased.
I'm the course of the war, Ohio fur
nished 230 regiments, besides 20 in
dependent batteries of artillery, FIVE
Independent companies of cavalry,
and several companies of sharp shoot
ers. In the various organizations, the
state furnished to the National SER
vice the magnificent army of
nearly 811,OOO soldiers, or near
ly one-eighth of the entire
National army. The older, larger
and more populous states did not fur
nish their quota. Ohio furnished
from the beginning to the last more
troops than the Government required.
She had in the field at the close of
the war 4,330 men more than were
required, besides 1000 in the camps
of the state that were never mustered
She faithfully kept the pledge of her
first War Governor: If Kentucky will
not fill her quota, Ohio will fill it for
her. As an example of the patriot,
ism and loyalty of Ohio's citizens, we
can say that Of all the men sent to the
front, only $3.50 were raised by draft
What half a century before had beer
4 a wilderness, furnished the grand pro
portion Of one-third of million men
Eleven thousand were killed or NOR
tally wounded, 1000 being left on the
field.
| lhCy iOuSht Oh WCll HiSu every
battlefield in the war. An Ohio bri
: gade covered the retreat at Bull
Run, Ohio troops saved West vir
ginia, the bulk of the army that savet
Kentucky, great part of the army
that from Stone River, Chickamauga
and Missionary Ridge, Kenesaw an,
Atlanta, swept down to the sea an,
back through the Carolinas to the Ok
Dominion. They fought at Pc,
Ridge, Pittsburg Landing, Antietam
Gettysburg, Corinth, Wilderness, be
fore Nashville, at Five Forks, Ar
: pomattox Court House. The,
were at the sieges of Vicksburs
Charleston, Richmond and Mobils
Their bones reposing on the field
they won are perpetual bindin
pledge that no flag shall ever wav
over these graves of our soldiers bu
the flag they fought to maintain"