The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-19
LINCOLN VOTERS in BLUE EARTH COUNTY; SOME INTEREST
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Lincoln German Newspaper III the year
|, 1860 month of August, | entered the
toilsome and ungrateful career of jour
nalist in the City of Portsmouth. Sctoto
county. Ohio. Then there were four
newspapers printed, a democratic a
republican, whig and democratic
! ''copperhead' German one; the editor
land publisher of which came from Bal
fillmore. The old veterans. who were
lin the east marching toward Wash
iington at the beginning of the Civil
War. remember that Baltimore was the
labode of fifty thousands OF deSis;
refer to the Episode of April Is; 1861,
when troops from Pennsylvania and Mas
,sachusetts were attacked by the rebel
Ictizens of Baltimore. In opposition to
1.-The Douglas German paper L established
Ia German Lincoln paper 1t was II
hazardous enterprise for such young
beginner as l was i'll the business.
against man of many years eXper-
lience. | was in the prime of my life
and full of energy. At first L restric-
ted myself to skirmishing as far as poll
tics is concerned until had gained a bet
ter perception of the ways and means
adopted by cunning politicians and jour
nalists. Gradually the combating began to
, be more hot cholerc, the French blood
in my veins began to be agitated. We
. editors of German newspapers were al
most mortal enemies l. C. the opinion OF
my newspaper was: DER WAECHTER
LAM OHIO. The Waterman on the ONO
l held my position as such, undaunted
defended my opinion and gave Honest
abraham LINCOLN my support to the
best of my ability. / voted twice for
him In the month of December. 1861.
il suspended the publication and on the
. third day of January, 1862 entered the
Twelfth Regiment, Kentucky Volunteers
Infantry leader of the band. at Somer-
set, Pulasky County, Kentucky. rms
. the Second Minnesota and the Ninth
herman Ohio Regiment were in the
; Third Brigade of Papa: George IL. Tho
mas division, from the time of the
18th of January, to the 18th. the day of
. the battle at Mill Springs, between the
Union troops under the command OF
M. E. Cook and the rebel forces under
Crttenden and Zollicoffer. The latter
/. was killed in that engagement. Saw
him when lying on the ground. His
nesse, his residence was on the LETT
side of the narrow, steep Capitol street;
In April. 1869. l came to Minnesota ana
on the farm of my brothcr-in law, X.
l.. Frazzec. then residing in Brockway
town, Stearns County: who was the
. Becker county, bearing his name Fra
zee" Later l established in st. Cloud
the first German newspaper north OF
St. Paul. My present address is 4le
. is 50 years, five months. My ballots
for Abraham Lincoln were twice cast at
Portsmouth, Ohio.
; IRA 3. REYNoLDS-In compliance
, with request | have the honor of stating
that | was born April y. 1911 in Canton,
ricd rail and Il wide awake lamb III
, Mayville. Dodge county. Wisconsin. in
the fall of 1860 working for the cleo
ton Of Abraham Lincoln. In the spring
of 1861 at the call Of Abraham Lin
coin for seventy-fivc thousand men for
three months. / enlisted on the twenty
first day of April in company Il Third
Wisconsin infantry. On November eighth
1854 i'm the field in front of Peters
burg Virginia. voted for him for his
second term wrote yi, IN hr my diary nco,n
will he elected today, | have no doubt
| of the result" On the third day of May.
1868. in the battle of charlottesville.
Virginia l was wounded. Nov. /. 1863,
! was assigned to Company f.. nineteenth
V. II. G. and stationed in Washington
ID. c. l was appointed postmaster of
and given free pass to go at all times
in the city. So | had the honor and
pleasure of attending President Lincoln's
receptions in the White House and of
shaking hands with him and Mrs. Lin
coin. l also had the honor of receiv
ing commission as captain given me
by Abraham Lincoln on April -. 1864.
| l will be sixty eight years old April
II. 1909 My post office is Eagle Lake.
Blue Earth county, MINI.
:; JOHN J. HIeeARD-voted for Lin
coin in 1864 at Madison, Wis.,. Re-
sides at 305 Glenwood avenue.
o. [. cLEMENTs-voted for Lincoln
in 1860 and 1864 at Hotah. Houston
county. Minnesota.
A. swENsoN-votcd for Lincoln i'm
1860 at Wacona. Carver county, Mime
sofa. In 1864 was with General Sherman
; in Georgia and was not given an oppor
tunity to vote Resides at 327 Clark
street
n. I. MccULLoM-voted for Lincoln
twice, once i'm Wisconsin and once in
Minnesota. Resides on Fulton street
3. r. STEDMAN-If you had files of
| old time papers you would read that in
the fiftieS there formed political
t organization. the members of which
were denounced by their opponents as
Freedom Shriekers.' They had but one
plank in their platform mo further (ex-
t tension of slavery" As a youth l was
one of those ''shrekers / was not
old enough to vote for Fremont in 1866.
loudest. In 1860 l was a member of
wide awake glee club attended many
political meetings. and sang and shouted
for Honest Abe Lincoln l cast my
first presidential vote for him. At Cam
den. n Y. Four years later | was
a small part of the Army of the Poto-
York City on recruiting service About
Nov. l. l received leave of absence.
went home. and voted again for Honest
Abe Lincoln then esteemed 1t plea
sure, today L esteem it an honor to have
voted for him. If l another mile
post it will read seventy-two.
G. V. McGREW-Voted for Lincoln i'm
1860 at Bloomingdae, ILL., In 1864 was
living in Mankato. | listened to the
campaign speeches between Lincoln and
Doughlas in the city of Chicago just
before Lincoln's election i'm 1860. | am
now residing at 233 Clark street. Man
kato. Am nearly eighty-four years of
age.
GENERAL JAMES n. BAkER-Am
nearly eighty years of age. I was present
at the convention which nominated Lin
coin i'm Chicago i'm 1860, made speeches
for him in Minnesota, that year in
company with Casus M. Clay of Ken.
lucky and Joseph Medl. Editor and
founder of The Chicago Tribune also
in Indiana and Illinois. under the di-
rectiOn of the republican national com
mittee Voted for Lincoln again In
1864 while in the army. Was present
at his Inauguration. and saw Stephen
a. Douglas take and hold his hat while
he delivered his inaugural address. Was
present at his first reception in the
White House. l knew Mr. Lincoln well
EDWARD r. kENNEDY-I was born
at Milton, VT. on May 20. 1886 and had
the pleasure of voting for Abraham Lin
coin i'm 1860 at Lowell, Mass / voted
for him again i'm 1864 and | was sta
Of hot