Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-01-03
THE BOOMING CANNON
REolTALs OF CAMP AND BATTLE
INCIDENTS.
Survivors Of the Rebellion Relate
Many Amusing and Startling Inoi-
dents of Marches, Camp Life, For
aging Experiences and BATTLES.

said the Doctor, HE stood with the
Unionists and used the harshest Ian
guage in criticism of the secessionists.
He returned with his family to Ten
nessee and caused more commotion
than any other man in the State. The
people Of Tennessee had voted strongly
against secession. and Johnson believed
that the State could be saved to the
Union. But the fact that he was well
known and popular and a fighter
caused him to be made the object OF
bitter attack on the part Of those en-
gagged In the intrigue to take Tennes-
see out OF the Union.
He was abused in the newspapers.
attacked by mobs. and hanged In Ell,
gy. He knew every man In public life
In the State, and he did not hesitate
to deal in the most pointed PERSONAL
ties, 1t was necessary TO silence him,
and all sorts of schemes and influences
were resorted to. But Johnson went
to his old home In East Tennessee,
made strong Union addresses at the
conventions held In that part Of the
State, and was so active and aggressive
that force was resorted to, and he was
driven from his home. Defending him
self on one occasion, pistol in hand, he
told the mob that he would so, but that
he would come back.
I'm March, 1862, he went back as
military Governor of the State, and he
remembered every word said against
him and every indignity heaped upon
him In 1861. He remembered the
wrongs of his neighbors driven from
East Tennessee, and the persecution OF
his own family, and he acted up to
the demands Of the hour. / was In
Nashville at the time, and l retain
vivid impressions of the events OF each
day. When the Union troops occupied
the city a number Of the leading gener-
ais called formally on Mrs. Polk, and
were courteously received. A few days
later General Nelson took one of his
brlgades out to the Hermitage and
! marched 1t in stately ceremony around
the tomb Of Jackson. Some of the I'm
Ion officers from Ohio and Kentucky
renewed their acquaintance with Nash
villes aristocracy, but Johnson held
aloof.
His family was In the hands of the
Confederates, but his first orders meant
war to the knife. He spoke contempt
uously of Governor Isham @. Harris
ana va4 ,,yho, NEra Ynhppo,, rx,as ory4os.
ed from her home In Greenville by
General Kirby Smith. Edrris interceded
In her behalf and secured an order
from Richmond passing her through
the lines to Nashville Bluff old Mel
son, In his march southwark from
Nashville, turned his division from the
road to let the widow of General Zolli-
koffer pass. But Johnson paid no hon
ors to his old enemies, or the enemies
of the Union.
THE families of several of the Con
federate Generals remained in Nash
Vile when the rebels moved South. and
some Of them presumed upon their po-
sition and upon old acquaintance. John
son would have none of It. On one oc-
caslon In the summer after Shiloh.
when Forrest was only a few miles
from the city, the leading Confederates
families were jubllant and the Union
lists IN dismay. johnson called a pub
lie meeting at the capitol and Invited
citizens of all parties to be present.
This. 1t was rumored on the streets.
was the beginning Of the end
"A friend and myself went over to
the meeting. When we arrived at the
statehouse we found. no crowd outside.
not a single individual In the halls and
corridors. We thought we had made a
mistake as to the time or that the peo-
pie had been afraid to come At last
we saw a group of excited, scared men
looking into the Assembly hall We
went toward them, but there was no
noise-none of the confusion incident
to public meeting. But inside the
large hall was packed with men and
women. all listening in a dazed way to
a man who was speaking from the plat
form In a low, incisiye tone That man
was Andrew Johnson.
"Not a foot or a hand in all that
audience moved Unionists and Con
federates were listening In silence.
amazed or awed bv the manner of the
speaker and the grave import of his
ntteranccs Johnson, With his finger
pointing at a group Of stylishly dressed
women, war saying I know you every
one, and ! know of your plans Send
this word out to your friends this even
ing A crisis has come but Andrew
johnson will not sneak away as did
your Governor, Isham G. Harris. Tell
your friends ready to attack the city to
attack They viii find zoe here But
tell them also that the minute they
cross the city's line / gill turn these
batteries on Capitol hill--look at them
og yGu On orf-Qu the CITY on vot,r.