The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-13
SIDNEY HERBERT'S LETTER.
WHERE THE FIRST Sort GRAY"
WAS LOCATED.

times in New AOrlA-1he NUN WHO
Sunerintended the building of
Rolling stock for the Confed-
arocy's Railroads - Some Facts
About the Late Col. John Dun
xvoody-Why Gen. Simon Bolivar
Buckner Was in N Republican
ConventiOn-StiII Harping on the
So-CnIIed commanding General"
other Matters of General Interest.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla
sent. FL am afraid I didn't put the
marching fever strong enough. I see
IN the San Francisco Bulletin that
Herman Isaacs, the Oldest veteran go
Years ODD in the G. A. r. parade, came
on a stretcher in an ambulance from
the German Hospital. He was in the
Mexican War, and this was his last
chance to parade with the Mexican
War veterans in line. But sadder
case was that of Veteran Samuel
Burch of the Ohio delegation, who
died at Saint Winifredes Hospital
from over-exertion and the excitement
of the encampment. How true it is
that the ruling passion is strong
even in death. 1 pity the man who
can call such patriot-heroes blood
thirsty murderers." War is a terrible
evil, but under a wise God it has
brought forth much good for this ma
ton and many other peoples. All
history, sacred and profane, shows that
war was Gods chosen way to accom-
olIrnosaS Of oOoI WIFI,
all it's evils and horrors, and they are
many, neither God or man, in their
wisdom and mercy, has found d sub
stitute for it.
My namesake, Sidney Herbert Blan,
editor of the Troy, Ala, Daily Mes
senger, is writing up his press excur-
sion to Quebec, and his articles are
quite interesting. But he errs in re-
gard to the ruins of old Fort Gray
opposite the Queenston Heights, which
was established and used by the
American army in the War of 1872"
AS there never was a Fort Gray until
the Civil War, and that located on the
Roanoke river in North Carolina, some
guide or guidebook has misled Editor
Blan in this matter. 1t is true, how
ever, that Gen. Winfield Scott, U. S.
A., planted a battery in that location
for the battle of Queenston, on Oct.
13, 1872, and the Niagara Landmarks
Association recently unveiled a Tab
let to mark the spot where the bat
terry was put in action. 1t is posi-
bic that Capt. Robert Gray of the old
Sixteenth Infantry, and a former ar
tillery officer, may have been in that
battle and had his name in some way
connected with the battery.
The Sunny South recently had pic
lures of -four Southerners who won
fortune in New York." one being Capt.
William G. Raoul, a native of Louisi-
ana, but at one time a resident of Sa-
Vannah and at the head of the Cen
trail Railroad. In the sketch of Capt.
Raoul it is stated that he superintend
ed the building of nearly all the rolling
stock used by the Confederacy during
the war, and had general charge of
railroad transportation for the govern
ment." Now, as to the building of roll
ing stock, L am not able to testify, but
l have always supposed that the late
Col. William NJ. Wadley, the father
in-law of Capt. Raoul, had general
charge of railroad transportation for
the government" of the Confederacy.
Col. Wadley's operations are referred
10 in nearly a dozen volumes of the
Official Record" of the Civil War,
while the name of Capt. Raoul nowhere
appears. Gen. McCallum and Gen. Par
sons were prominent railroaders for the
Union army, and Col. Wadley and MAI.
Campbell Wallace for the Confederate
States army.
It is wonderful how some terribly
wounded soldiers and sailors outllVe
all their comrades who escaped the
perils of war unframed Veteran X.
D. Dunphy, who has lived in Vallejo.
Cal. for over thirty years, IS one OF
this class He is the sole survivor OF
the crew Of Admiral Farraguts nag
shin Hartford, and lost both of his
arms in the battle of Mobile bay. HIS
sons, John and George, who llVe WIN
him now, have both served IN the
navy during the Spanish American
War. the latter having been severely
wounded in the Philippines veteran
Dunphy is still an active man.
There seems to be an epidemic or mar
riages among young army officers, sec
ond Lieutenant Carl f. Boyd OF CoIIl-
pany f, Third United States Cavalry,
stationed in Yellowstone PARK, Is "
marry Miss Annie PeeP1 pres u e q This
nooga, Tenn. Lieut.. Bcyd Is enls
years graduate from West Point, ana
his home is in Adairsville, Ga. rms
is the kind of a marriage that useu ~
make Gen. Sherman swear, ana the e,I, ~ II
the kindness of his heart say, u9 "a
bless you, my cnlluIell' :, -,
favor of a regulation prohlpltlhg any
kind of a second lieutenant-oIo VI
young, new in the service or HeteIa II !.
from marrying, on account Oh S Sillail
nav. But here's announcer Geoi
gia soldier boy lin it," SeconG LEY ~,
tenant Troup Miller of the SeVelllh
United States Cavalry, at Chlc NJ
ga Park. is to wed in November M H,,ss
Rosa Coffin of Knoxville, Tenn Inc
next.
The statement that the late Col. John
Dunwoody was a classmate or Gap.'
Pat Calhoun, u. S. A., son OF ho,1
John C. Calhoun, the great sIatesiilali'
and Gen. A. r. Lawton' Is oilN Pc
tally correct. Calhoun and Dun"oouy
entered West Point Military AcaueuiS
in 1897. The latter did not grauua le'
but Calhoun did. in 1S41. and was as
signed to the Second Dragons OIL
which he was a captain when he dleu;
in June 1858. Gen. Lawton entereu
West Point in 1885 and graduated III
1899. making it impossible for Col. Dun
woody to have been his classmate' III
those early days many of the caoets
from Georgia failed to graduate, Some
resigning and others being unaple 10
stand the examinations. And YET. l
could give a long list of such Caucus
who became distinguished soldlers anu
civilians men whose names are non
ored to-day by the state they later III
life served with rare ability. Such wei
known men. for example, as Jonn "A.
Campbell, Marcellus A. Stovall' Gharles