The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-02-03
NEAT TRIBUTE TO
DEPARTED VETERANS

May God in His infinite mercy grant
to each of these comrades the privilege
Of resting under the trees" with
Jackson, Lee, and others gone before.
We have lost by death in the past few
weeks five or six of Camp Ward mem
bers. w. H. Odom died, I think, in
November, an old 90-year comrade
who joined Perry's company in Pen
sacola in June, 1861, and served faith
fully in Virginia with the glorious
Second Florida Then, after a shor,
Sickness James Lovett, raised ir Apa-
lachicola, a faithful soldier in Co. 8
of the First Florida; then w. u.
Hutchinson is taken, member Of Gen.
Clanton's Alabama cavalry, a brave
man, as his services as sheriff in 1878
to 1884 proved. Escambia never had
better or more efficient sheriff, for
those days tried mems souls. Then
Joe McVoy was taken. His time was
up, he served his three score and ten.
Very few knew that Joe went away at
the first call to New Orleans. joined
Dreux battalion and was in the first
Manassas fight.
Two other comrades, do not re-
member their names, and then the
jolly, hail fellow, Cal Tippen, is taken.
Cal was a lieutenant In Malone's COM
pany with Gen. Miller in the First
Florida at Shiloh, where 1928 Confed-
crates were killed. He was also at
Chickamauga Sept. 10, 1868. Here L.
s6S Confederates were killed. Cal
Tippen was a good, faithful man ana
served Escambia county In the legis-
lature in the spring OF 1881. There
was no P. & A. road then. To get to
Tallahassee we had long routes to take
and Escambia members drew $500
miles mileage. / went by Cedar Key.
some went by Montgomery and Al.
bany, Ga. AS my comrade has gone /
will relate an incident OF that 1881
legislature. He had been, as Gus
tomary, playing poker all night and
about 1880 a. M, after the opening
of the morning session, he passed the
door keeper with his hat on and
walked to his desk, sat down and
threw his legs upon his desk. The
sergeant alarms came and tapped
him and asked him to take off his hat.
This he declined to do as an insult to
his dignity as a member from Escam-
bia. Again the legislature adjourned
on the night Of March 4th, 1881. Cal
and Major Brevard, with other mem
bers, were playing all night at poker.
We had made arrangements to leave
in a hack soon after day for Thomas
vile. Cal was one of the party. Isaac
Welsh and a page named Eugene Bry-
son and myself. We got coffee at Tom
Costor's and got off early. Cal was
very sleepy and had a quart bottle
along. Jasper Gonzalez was sergeant
at arms and came to see US of in the
hack. All went we'll for about four
miles when some remark made by the
negro driver offended Cal and the hacn
was stopped in the road and all got
out. Cal got his knife and the negro
got piece Of fence rail. AS Cal made
a lunge for the negro the negro struck
him on the lower arm with the rail
breaking his arm. The negro threw
the rail down and ran back. leaving
his hack in our charge. We tied
handkerchiefs together. made a sling
and put Calls arm in It, all got back
and we drove on to Lake Iamonia-
where we succeeded in getting another
negro driver. About 5 p. m. We drove
up to the Mitchell house in Thomas
, vile and at the entrance We saw Mr.
Mallory and Judge Stanley. In a few
minutes numbers OF walters We're II
attendance and bodily carried Cal ur
to the room. We informed Mr.. NAL
, lory and all that Cal had been thrown
out and had his arm broken. Numbers
came to hotel to inquire about tbs
, Florida memh-rs of the Legislature
/ who had met with the serious accident
Each Of US agreed to keep the secret
which has been done until now.
Each of our dead comrades did theil
} duty and in doing SO believed they
} were right. Each one died with tha
same belief, and we who remain may
: live to see the acknowledgment, yes
you were right"
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