Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
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OF the numerous and amusing REX
names thnt have been used in refer
ence 70 noted Generals -hnre are per,
haDs none more fitting than those rnal
were gwen to the commanders during
tn, Civil War.
OF these General Grant and General
Thomas were more favored tlAn their
contemporaries. 81 Uncle Sam. tncoIdi'
fional Surrender. United States. add
United We Stand Grant have been the
many interpretations of the Initials Of
that General. and he was also called
Old Tlree-Stars. indicating his rank as
Lieutenant General.
Gen. George II. Thomas was called
Old Slow-Trot and Pap Thomas by the
army of the Tennessee: Old Reliable.
on account of his sterling nature and
his ~steadfast purpose. but the name
moss familiar to us is the one that WAS
given him when ~steadfast he stood In
tricks Gap. on the field OF Chicka-
manga. after the column of both his
Hanks had given way before b tor
rent OF Kragg's onset, the hail OF fire
that swept the Union ranks moved HIM
not Il jot from his firm base, and the
blllow that swamped the rest of the
tield rccDiled from him.. 1.-The rain
descended IL the floods anne and beat
upon that house, and it fell not. for
1t was founded upon n rock" There
fore the soldiers of the Cumberland
Army were wont to call him the Rock
OF Chickumauga.
"Old' seems to have beer rather q
term of endearnent than otherwise
with the soldiers; General Rosecraas
was called Old Rosy Stonewall Jack
son. Old Jack; General .Halleck, Old
Brains. and Old Tommy and Old War
horse were both given to Gen. Thomas
G. Devin. who commanded Devfn's bri-
gade during the War of the Rebellion.
Gen. p. T. Beauregard was called
Old Bory: he superseded Bonham in
command of the forces at Manassas,
about the first Of June, 1861, and the
South Carolinians said one day, "Old
Bory's come" Soon the Virginia troops
had an opportunity Of seeing this Old
Bory who seemed SO popular with tue
Palmettese. Little Napoleon was a
name applied to him and Gen. George
=. Mcclellan. Uncle Robert was q
soubriQuet bestowed upon General Lee.
and in turn he gave the name The Gal.
liant to Maj. John Pelham, of the Con
federute Army.
Gen. John A.. Logan was named Black
Jack and Jack of Spades because OF
his long black hair and drab complex
tow <poro1 10 rlr upoc M 1Io1 H., Dad
Old Man by the Confederate troops.
the German General, Franz Sigel, was
called Dutchy; Sykesy was the name of
General Sykes: Rhody was applied to
General Burnside, he having been eo--
merly Colonel of the First Rhode is
land Regiment; Skin-and-Bone was con-
ferred OIL Malone by the Confederate
troops.
Superb was a nickname to General
Hancock from a remark given by Cen
eral Meade at Gettysburg, when the
Second Corps repulsed Longstreet's
men. One-Armed-Dev and One-Armed-
Phil was Phil Kearney called by the
Confederates.
Cockeye was a lame given to General
Butler because one of his eyes was
afflicted with strabismus. n his cos-
nomen of Picayune Butler was given
by the New O~rleanaise, that being rhe
well-known ~appellative Of the colore..
barber in the basement Of the st
Charles.
Stonewall Jackson was conferred on
Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson, and
the expression had its origin in -ha
appellation used by the rebel General
Rec on trying to rally his men at the
battle of Bull Run: There is Jackson.
stanCing like a stOnewall,' and from
that day he was known as StonewaD
Jackson.
Louisa was a soubriquet given to
Gen. Lew Wallace by his troops. He
was a great favorite for his fighting
qualities, and the soldiers adopted that
Lame for want of a better one.-New
York Observer.
Small Proportion Of Pensioners. r
1t is forty-two years since the Civil
War. was brought to a close. Few OF
the survivors of the 3,6G6,999 Federal
soldiers who We're in the field can to-
| day be less than 60 years Of age. The
roll of the veterans is shrinking rap
idly.
Last February, in passing the service
pension law, Congress provided that
any person who had served ninety days
in the army or navy during the Civil
| War and held an honorable discharge
should get an honorable pension of $12
a month on reaching the age Of go. 1t
was assumed that there would follow a
large increase in the pension lists. So
far 3SS,OOO applications have been re-
ceived. OF these 9Sh per cent are
from veterans who had already been
drawing pensions at lower rates and
only ~ per cent from new applica-
lions. .t.
The number Of new pensions is so
small that it does not nearly make up
for the natural decrease in the old
rolls. Last mol.th the Pension Bureau
records show 3,516 old soldiers died,
while only $50 names were added to
| the rolls. This death Sate was unprece-
dentedly high. In TIE last eleven
months, allowing for nee pensions, the
total decrease was 10000, only about
one-half the April rate, but with each
year the death list may. be expected to
lengthen.