Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-09-04

history of the United States took
place at Fort Meigs in June, 1910. No
more enthusiastic and impressive
pageant has ever occurred in the
history of this country. There were
assembled on these grounds at that
time thousands of visitors from al
most every quarter of the Union. The
great gathering was variously esti-
mated at from thirty-nv to forty
thousand. All classes and conditions.
rich and poor young and aged were
involved in the enthusiasm of that
day. General Harrison with his vet
Grams, many oil the country's leading
statesmen, orators and humorlsts
were there to honor the hero who had
so skillfully defended this broad land
from savage brutality and British op.
preston.
General Harrison was the Whig
nominee for the presidency and to do
him honor, the merchant left his
store, the farmer his fields, the me-
chanc his tools, to join in the shouts
Of applause and eXultation, while
cannon, musketry, church bells and
martial music gave vent to the joyful
occasion. All nature smiled her pret-
test, the scenery of the Maumee hau
donned its loveliest garb, the ripping
waters of the beautiful river, gleam-
ing flags and streamers waving over
Maumee and Perrysburg, as we'll as
over the fort and the site of the brit
ish batteries-all conspired to give
the celebration a vividness that would
impress the visitor for all time. Some
came on foot, some on horseback
some in wagons, in every kind of con.
veyance and the surrounding hills
and plains were dotted with tents of
every description, in which they slept
and ate, and did ample justice to the
appetizing food that the good women
of the household had prepared in
abundance for the occasion.
Aside from General Harrison many
orators graced the occasion, among
them Hon. E. Cook, Hon. Robert c..
Schenck, John r. Osborn and Others
General Harrison's address was more
| than usually impressive as he dwelt
on some of the incidents of 1913. Hon.
Thomas Ewing, Gen. Woodbridge,
Gen. Ford, Hon. Oliver Johnson, DR..
Smith. George c. Bates of Michigan,
ard many others honored the occa-
sion. Mr.. SaXton, an old revolution
ary soldier from Connecticut, was
present. Among other names record
ed among the speakers were Colonel
Todd and Clarkson of Kentucky, who
were officers under General Harrison
during the siege. Rev. Joseph Badg-
ef, the Chaplain in 1913, 50 years of
age in 1910, offered the opening
prayer.
Among the military commands pres
ent were battalion from Buffalo. en-
bracing the Buffalo Flying Artillery;
the Buffalo City Guards, La Fayette
Guards, Washington Guards; the To-
ledo Guards. under the command of
Capt. c. w. Hill; the Cleveland Greys,
under Capt Ingraham: the Summit
Guards foom Akron; Log Cabin boys
in primitive uniform from Geauga
county, and an Indian company.
The steamboats, conveying a large
portion of the great crowds assembled
on this memorable day were the Com
modore Perry, General Wayne, Gen
eral Scott, United States, Rochester,
Star, Huron, Macomb, efferson. San
dusky, Commerce, Lady of the Lakes,
Vance and Chesapeake.
The occasion proved to be one 10
be long remembered by those who
were present a number of whom are
Stlll llYlng IN lnls vicinity.
Buried Inside the Fort.
Lieutenant Mccullough, Lieutenant
Walker.
Killed in Captain Richard McRea's
Company Petersburg
Volunteers.
Corporal George T. Clough, Private
Private David Williams, Private Mich
olas Masunbarg.
Colonel Dudey's Command.
List killed. as far as can be OBJ
tanned:
Colonel VIM. Dudley, Thomas Bur-
rough, Jesse Polly, George Clark,
Nicholas Moran, Daniel Sloan, Ewel
Wallace, Edward Dyhouse, Joseph
Stain, Henry White, James PEBBLES,
Benjamin Helberson, Robert Helber-
son, Sergeant Joseph George, Corpor-
al Anthony Sanmul, Joseph Clark
James Elliott, John Stevenson. Capt
Thomas Lewis, Private Silas Fitzger-
aid, Capt. John G. Morrison, Private
William Martin, Private Joshua
Weathers, Private John Daugherty,
Private John Johnson, Private Walter
Gregory, Private Theodore Mass, Pri-
vate James Simpson, Sergeant Scott,
Lieutenant McClintock, Private Win
field Bamm.
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