The National tribune., 1907-07-18

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: (Sharp) well knew-that the 9Th Ky
: Cav saw hard service from the begin
ming To the entlS of ithe war, and wa
: not by any means u Home Guard reSi
, ment.
George d. Taylor.
At tac Reunion of .Aforgans Men wa
George Z. Tayior, veteran of Cluke'
regiment tbs Sth Ky. Cav. My regiment
the 9TH Ohio caE., had captured Tay
lor, with Others at Burlington Island
!, Ohio, when Morgan was on the Ohit
Raid, SO that welarc cid acquaintance
of more than 40 years standing.
George Taylor nowadays is one of tn,
Well-known large horse dealers of Ken
lucky. having large establishment a
Nicho!asville, in, Jessamine County
George Taylor was fully aware of th'
fact that l had been captured by tn,
4th Ky. Cav. in 1868. and that 1 go
away from them on one of their Owl
horses. Taylor is one of the youn:
boys of the war, and even now scarcei!
has a gray hair. Being an eXceedingl!
good mixer. he is always very popular
at the Reunions of "Morgans Men
One day he was trying to sell me 9
beautiful gated saddle horse. while g
crowd of old Confederate soldiers Were
standing around. watching the proceed
ings. Taylor was riding this horse back
and forth showing his fine points and
different gaits. This beautiful animal
under his fine horsemanship, excited
my interest very greatly. and in COM
pany with large bunch of old Confed-
crate soldiers l was admiring the horse
| After Taylor had shown off his fine
points and numerous gaits, and while
was absorbed in admiring the horse, ]
said to him, George, let me throw my
/ lar fI,ne frN- hi irrtr my
self" L was greatly surprised and Il
little Jared when the prompt response
came back, mo, sir! No, sir! l have
very distinct recollection of your get
ting leg over one of our horses 40
years ago, and you never came back,
and you don't get a leg over this horse
without putting up $500 in advance"
This reply was greeted with great
shouts of laughter from the crowd
present. So you see they still look upon
me with suspicion when it comes to the
matter of horse trade. They are quite
willing to forgive you for being Yam
kee soldier, and they freely forgive you
for shooting at them for the four years
of the war; and as freely forgive you
for taking them prisoners whenever you
could do so, and they will accept you
in full comradeShip, but they will never
never, never forgive you for stealing
one of their horses altho in the matter
of horse stealing "Morgan's Men" have
right smart" record of their own.
United States Senator James u. McCreary
Among the many boys of Morsan's
command who were present at this Re-
union was the distinguished United
States Senator James 3. McCreary- For
the time that he was present at this
Reunion with his old comrades Senator
McCreary LAID aside his Senatorial toga
and was a boy again with the other
boys. Like many others of the Ken
tuckians OF Morgan's command, Senator
McCreary is good mixer and talks
well on his feet. OF course, he was
called upon for speech. and as l had
knowledge of the fact that he is con-
sidered an extremely capable politician,
1 was very much interested to know
what sort of a speech he would make
upon this occasion, and l am glad to
be able to report that in quite an in
teresting address to his comrades OF
"Morgan's Men he did not touch in
the slightest degree upon politics. United
States Senator McCreary, as is well
known. is q Democrat. while many or
"Morgan's Men nowadays are good
Republicans, and a political speech on
this occasion would have been very
much out of place. u Senator McCreary
is too shrewd a man to intrude politics
where it does not belong, and it GER
tainly did not belong here; therefore
his address was altogether upon the
subject of comradeshfp and good fell
lowship, and teemed with affection for
his old and boyhood friends who served
with him thruout the war with Nor
gan's Confederate cavalry. His speech
was most excellent and nothing could
have been better under the circum-
stances. Meeting Senator McCreary on
the grounds a few minutes after he had
made this speech, l took occasion 10
congratulate him upon his very hand
some address and mentioned particu-
larly that his speech was Interesting
largely by reason of what he did not
say as well as what he did say. A few
weeks after this occasion / had the op-
portunity of hearing the United States
Senator from Kentucky make politi-
cal speech. where everything he sail
was on politics, and / may add that this
was also a good speech. and while j.
do not agree with his politics, his ad-
dress was conservative. patriotic, and
in the highest degree commendable.
When you stop to think of the cir
cumstances of the enlistment of the
boys of "Morgan's Cavalry" and when
you stop to think that Morgan attract
ed to his flag many of the leading
young men of the Blue Grass Region OF
Kentucky, we need not be surprised to
find that these young followers of Nor
gan have in later years become the
leading men of the State. The boys who
followed Morgans flag have in later
years come to occupy the highest posi-
tionS in the State. Capt. Hines, who
was captured on the Ohio Raid, was
at the time of his death, many years
after the war, Chief Justice of the State
Court of Appeals Of Kentucky, and others
of MorSan's boys occupied and still oc-
cupy the most prominent official posi-
tions in the State and stand high in
their professions as lawyers, doctors, as
well as leading merchants, manufacture
ers and planters.
Mai. Davis.
Among other interesting men whom l
met at this Reunion of "Morgan's Men
was Maj. Davis. who during the war
was Adiutant- General of Dukes Br- |
gade. Mai. Davis is an exceedingly pol |
ished and highly educated gentleman.
by profession a geologist, and it may
be that some of the readers of The Ma
tiOnal Tribune who have been interested
in mining operations have employed
Prof. Davis in his professional capacity
to investigate mining prospects, he be-
ing employed by large companies and
wealthy associations in making these
and for several years he
has lectured on mineralogy at Bos-
ton. Mass. At the meeting of this Re-
union of "Morgan's Men" I asked Maj.
Davis how the New England people
and the Boston Yankees received him
after they learned he was one of Nor
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