The Washington herald., 1913-07-20

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Steubenville. Ohio, July Irwin a
saexy OF stars-an national headliners
anu anu some Of worldwide reputation-this
10y Is preparing for the greatest history
period since the days when old
Ut steuoen. on the banks Of the Ohio.
an outpost of civilization on the bor-
oets OF the wilderness of the savage This
VIII occur when spectacular Three
wars celebration is inaugurated next
Wednesday with such hilarity and pa
uiouc enthusiasm that bids fair to make
some citizens long. before the affair Is
over, for the psacefulness and ordinary
tnings OF life which their forefathers
ioneed and fought for. but did not ex-
per,ence in this same locality one CEN
tury ago.
{ That it is going to be a celebration the
equal of which has never been attempted
IN this beautiful Ohio Valley Is freely ad-
mitted. The residents and the managers
OF the event are fully alive to the sit
uation. Nothing has been left undone to
make 1t success, even to the bringing
on of President Woodrow Wilson. whose
ancestors helped wonderfully In develop
ing Fort Steuben into village and later
into a wonderful progressive little city.
The old-timers recall the days when
the Chief Executives parents and grand
parents were Of them. and for that rea-
son. more than any other. they are salts
fed that when the curtain Is rung up on
the second day Of the spectacular doings
that President Wilson will be found
among those present.
These same residents also say that had
Il not been for the father of the Presi-
dent suddenly making up his mind to
go to Staunton, Va, to preach, that
Woodrow. as many of them call him.
Steubenville could boast Of him as a
native, though the fact that he would
then have been an Ohio man. might not
have landed him in the Presidency. De
that as it may. history records the fact
that President Wilson came into TINS
world a very few months after ms par
ents left for Virginia.
In addition to President Wilson. de-
scendants Of heroes of the early Revolu-
tionary days, heroes Of the civil war ana
heroes who made history in the days OF
, the Spanish-American war have been in
vited to Join with the later generations
in one big, happy celebration.
= Included among these are Gen. Daniel
burg; Lieut.. Richard Hobson, Of Merri-
mac fame in the harbor Of Santiago de
Cuba, and warriors who wore the once
despised gray of the South. Two OF these
were with Col Jack Morgan in his
notable raid into the Northern country
One of these, Colonel "Dick, a brother
of the Confederate leader, will make an
address when the monuments that De
pict the route through Jefferson County
over which the Morgan raiders passed
Just before they were hemmed in and
compelled to surrender, are dedicated
Putnam Phalanx to Attend.
And Gen. Basil Duke, another Confed
crate leader, will be on the ground to
view the scenes of former conquests and
defeats.
Then, too, that notable body of de-
scendants from Revolutionary war he
roes, the famed Putnam Phalanx. named
IN honor of that glorious old Connecti-
cut farmer hero, Gen. Israel Putnam
'fOld Put" attired in picturesque Con-
tinental uniform, will be here. This Or
ganization, composed of the descendants
of the chivalrous Sons Of the Revolu-
ton, simply would not pass up the op-
portunity to participate in such a won
derfully history-making event.
The famous Duquesnie Greys of Pitts
burgh, an organization whose early
deeds simply as a matter OF habit. will
also lend a hand in making the occasion
a notable one. Again, the Three Wars
Celebration will prove Of. wide interest
in view of the fact that Baron Won Steu-
ben, a Revolutionary hero with many
lineal descendants still living in Ger
many. and after whom Steubenville was
named. is to be honored signally- If the
managers of the big event have over
looked any one in handing out donors
from the time of the city's infancy to
the present day they will have to be
shown.
Marker. for Morgan's Raid.
The celebration will open on Wednes-
day, with a tour of inspection of the
monuments erected over the route taken
by the Morgan raiders. There have
been fourteen of these granite reminders
erected over a route of fifty miles in
Jefferson County. On this occasion the
interesting history of Gen. Morgan after
he got beyond Mason and Dixon's line
will be told.
This story is one of the most interest
ing Of the Civil War. The fact that
Gen. Morgan was the Confederate Off
Ger who got his command further North
than any of the others is in itself
startling bit of history 1t has always
been claimed by historians that the
reached when Gen. Lees forces made
the attack on the Union center at Get
tysburg Residents and historians of
Jefferson County, however, claim the
honor of winning the battle that was
Tough at the most northern point, and
also of having the enemy surrender on
their territory.
1t was on the morning Of July 25. 1858,
that residents of Jefferson County were
startled to learn that Morgan and his
raiders were practically in their midst.
There was terror on all sides when OF
became known for a certainty that the
man who had been such a menace to the
Union forces was riding. hard near by A
hurried call was sent to Pittsburgh for
assistance and three regiments of raw
recruits under Colonels Gallagher. Bemis.
and Porter were sent from that place to
head of the daring Morgan. Gen. James
NJ. Shackelford and a strong detachment
of cavalry, IL was later learned, were
closely following Morgan and his band.
in the hope of ultimately forcing them
into battle.
. skirmishes in Jefferson County.
Col. Morgan and his raiders entered
Jefferson County near its southwest cor |
ner, and Zigzagged back and forth. On |
two occasions. he was forced into action. |
one of these being at Monroeville. 1t |
was at this point that one of the most |
Northern battles with the Confederates |
was fought during the war. There were |
a number of Confederates killed and cap