The National tribune., 1903-04-16
PERSONAL.

Past Departincnt Commander Travis,
of Indiana. has-been visiting his son, Rev.
c. Claud Travis, at South Bend, Ind,
and the famous q. \. X. Post ut NOtre
Dame, composed of priests who served in
the Union Army. He describes them as q
splendid body of learned md patriotic
men.
Col. John Il. MacGowan, the veteran
editOr-in-clIef Of the Chattanooga Times,
died April II at his home in Chattanooga.
He was born IN Ohio in 1881, and served
in the three months service as Il Second
Lieutenant in the 21st Ohio He then be-
came a Captain in the 111th Ohio, was
promoted to Colonel in the co.ored troops,
and was brevetted Brigadier-GeneraI
He remained in Chattanooga after the
war. and entered the newspaper business
in 1872.
Col. Robt T. Pugh of Racine. Wis.
was stricken with apopleXy in Milwaukee,
April =, and died at Lakeside General
Hospital April Z. COmrade Pugh enlisted
under Lincoln's first call in Co. ID. Sth
Wis. He was taken prisoner at Brent
wood, and for two months WAS in Libby.
After the battle Of Corinth he returned to
/ Wisconsin, and was commissioned Second
Lieutenant, Co +, 22d Wis. and was
promoted to Captain of his company
March u. 1864. He was with Sherman
on the march to the sea. his last battle
being Goldsboro, after which he returned
home to be commissioned Lieutenant
Colonel Of the 53d Wis. with which regi-
ment he did garrison duty at Fort Leaven-
worth until the close of the war. lie is
survived by widow, two sons and one
daughter.
Capt. John T. Raper died March 30 at
Chilicothe, Ohio. He was one of the
best-known newspaper men in the State,
having been the editor of the "Obio Sol
der for the past % years. He served
in the civil war. enlisting in the 26th Ohio
as Il private and coming home as the Adj
jutant Of his regiment and Il brevet Cap
tain. He was an earnest, Woodworking
G. \. r.. comrade. whom all Ohio com
rades will miss. His death was the re-
suit of a fall.
Comrade James Colgan. 10Th n. Y. died
at his home near Hampton, Va, Feb. ~,
aged Gt years. He was special Aid G. A,
r.. for Military Instruction in Public
Schools, serving his third term. He and
his little daughter Pansy marched in
Washington at VIM. McKinley's inaugu-
ration in 1897 with No. 80 Encampment,
L. V. l.. He leaves Il widow. Mrs. Amc-
liza i. COlgan who is Past National Jul
Nor Vice President, W. X. c.. and two
daughters, Nellie and Pansy. He had one
of the largest military funerals ever seen
in Hampton. Interment in st. Johns
Cemetery.
Gen VIM II. jackson. Red Jackson,
Il noted rebel cavalry leader, died mt his
home near Nashville, Tenn, March 30, in
his 6Sth year. Since the war he had de-
voted himself to agriculture and the
breeding of thoroughbred running horses,
and made his place. Belle Meade, famous
in racing circles. He graduated from
West Point in 1856, and resigned his COM
mission in the army after the firing on
Fort Sumter, though he had previously
opposed secession. He was in command
of the cavalry of Gen. Joe Il. Johnston's
army during the siege of Vicksburg and
commanded an important part of the rebel
army of Tennessee during the Atlanta
campaign. After the battle of Nashville
his division covered the retreat of Hoods
army. and all his superiors recommended
him for promotion, but he had incurred
the displeasule OF Jeff Davis, and the pro-
motion was refused. He served in the
Mobile campaign and surrendered May 0,
1865.