Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1912-06-07

ed suspicion of my loyalty to tho
south"
In a letter to Jefferson Davis he
says, Under other circumstances
services like mine would have attract
ed regard more in accord with my
zeal"
What happened between August and
November, 1868, is not apparent. but
Maddox In December was about to
leave Richmond He wrote to Score.
tary of War Seldom and announced
his intention of removing his family
to Virginia and to remain in the Con
federacy. He thinks this is proof
of my loyalty" He asked permission
also to capture Leonardtown. Md, and
use the cavalry equipments for the cav
airy battalion he intended to raise
On March. II, 1864. Maddox wrote a
letter evidently to McPhai, giving in
formation about the Confectionery and
Its condition and expressing regret that
certain expedition had failed 1t is
a very chatty letter and encouraging to
the Union cause.
General Benjamin f. Butler wired Sec
rotary Stanton: II have captured j. H.
! Maddox on the Virginia shore with
100 boxes of tobacco. He claims to be
a confidential agent of the war depart
ment. What shall do with him?"
Maddox was sent tc the military
prison at Camp Hamilton, where he
| % in Ind Ia 10 ho
ing. He wrote to Butler, explaining
what he had done for the Federal gov
eminent and saying. among other
things, AL the agents of the govern
ment in the rebel lines cannot render
the service that | can" Colonel Nc
Phail wrote an Endorsement of Maddox
| to Assistant Secretary Dana He was
also Endorsed by Colonel Sharpe. Both
! OF these officers asserted that his serv-
ices were invaluable.
Maddox did not long remain in pris.
on The secretary of war directed that
he be released on his own parole. But
he continued in the tobacco business,
evidently, for it was in 1865 that. I'M
der the oruerS Of General Grant. the
large quantity of tobacco was captur-
ed and destroyed. Beginning early i'll
1860, Grant telegraphed stanton that
supplies were being sent 10 the Con.
federacy 10y the Fredericksburg road.
He also announced that he should
''clear out that country as soon as he
could move men for the purpose A
little later he says that bacon was being
exchanged along the Potomac He
suggests that General Singleton and
Judge IiGl-EeS should be recalled from
Richmond and that all permits issued
to Singleton and Hughes should be
Cancelled He speaks of deep laid
plan for making millions.
stanton in Il reply says that he is
unable TO control the influences that
procure per- hts" but understand that
the presidents passes and permits are
subject to YOUR authority" Lincoln
telegraphed Grant saying he believed
he did give Hughes and Singleton
card "Ho-reyer this may be-" he con
| tinues, 81 now authorize you TO get
Singleton and Hughes away from
! Richmond If you choose and can.
authorize yod by an order or in what
| form you c, Dose to suspend all opera
lions on the treasury trade permits in
all places sOutheastward of the Allie
! ghenies''
The Hughes mentioned had once
been on the bond OF Maddox when he
was in a military prison and procur-
ed his release. Both aSingleton and
Hughes were heavy operators 1t was
evident that Grant thought the tobac-
co captured and destroyed on the Rap
pahannock belonged to them instead of
Maddox.
When this tobacco was captured and
all the men in the employ of Maddox
were arrested Maddox gave himself
up and began an active campaign to
recover the value of the tobacco de-
stroyed, a quest that has been pursued
for more than forty years
That Maddox furnished information
To either side to the detriment of the
other is apparent. but that was neces
sary for the business he was carrying
on. He could not have passed from one
side TO the other and have carried on
his lucrative business dealings with
out furnishing some equivalent to the
governments This was information
Maddox never was on the payroll of
either government Colonies McPhaii
and Sharpe, through whom he worked.
said that he should receive a high re
ward.
The late Senator Hoar in reporting
against the right Of Maddox to recover
lrom the government characterized the
claimant as n citizen of most active
and unquestioned loyalty"
For four years while war ragged
around him the claimant was a dar
ing adventurer. going and coming
through the lines of two great armies
He appeared in each capital and was
on terms of intimacy with high officials
and able 10 reach the heads OF both
governments He risked his life
Was Maddox n Loyal Union man. and
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