West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1915-07-15
Civil War Leaders % be on Hand

tidu IN n reception gown OF red,
white and blue. the capital city will
welcome the time-worn survivors of
the once powerful legions OF Grant
and Sherman. Meade and Sheridan at
the forty-ninth annual encampment OF
the Grand Army OF the Republic, and
the fiftieth anniversary OF the grand
review. the week beginning September
81 In the hurly-burly of patriotism
at Washington on that history max
ing occasion will be many conspicuous
characters of the greatest war in the
preceding century.
Col. John McElroy. past senior vice
commander-in-chief of the G.. A. II.
who is regarded by his comrades as a
yeritable living encyclopedia of the
civil war. its men and events, is com
piling a roster OF the noted figures of
the sixties who are expected to at
tend the big encampment II is inter
esting to note i'm this connection that
the two surviving corps commanders
OF the Civil war. Major General Gran
vile NJ. Dodge, of Council Bluffs. Iowa.
and Major General James III. Wilson
OF Wilmington, Del, are expected TO
be present General Dodge command
ed the noted sixteenth corps. Gener-
al Wilson commanded all the cavalry
between the Allegheny mountains and
the Mississippi river; details of his
troopers swept down through Alabama
and Mississippi at the close OF the war
and captured Jefferson Davis.
AT the head of the list OF division
commanders is Major General Peter
Joseph Osterhaus. who has been Iiv-
ing for many years at Mannheim. Ger
many. AT the time OF the encampment
OF the G.. A. II. he will come to Wash
inton to visit his son, Admiral Hugo
Osterhaus. U. S. ~, and will greet his
old comrades of 80 years ago. Cen
eral Osterhaus stood among the SPLEEN
ala German officers who come TO this
country to serve the cause of the In
| ion.
Another noted division commander
VINO is expected to greet his former
soldiers at the encampment is Major
General David Men. Gregg, who is
auditor general of Pennsylvania. He
commanded with great credit one OF
Sheridan's cavalry divisions.
Major General Adelbert Ames who
commanded division of the tenth
corps, distinguished himself at Fort
Fisher and who was afterwards gov
ernor OF Mississippi, and later senator
from that state, is living in retirement
IN Massachusetts, and is expected 10
come here during the encampment
Others who are on the roster NJ
! prospective visitors are Admiral Geo
Dewey, who was one of Admiral Far
raguts young officers, gaining distinc-
'oh In the attack upon Port Hudson
| Major General Nelson A. Miles who
entered the service as first lieutenant
ana became colonel Of the 61st New
YORK volunteers, and who as n brigade
commander delivered at Sunderlands
! station, Va, the momentous blow thai
cut General Lees last railroad con.
hection and compelled the surrender
OF Petersburg and Richmond: Admiral
Colby NJ. Chester. a young officer OF
Farragut's squadron; Lieutenant Cen
eral ). NJ. b. Young, who rose from an
enlisted man to be colonel and brevet
brigadier general, and then entered
the regular army, being retired in
l9O4 with the rank of lieutenant gen
eral. He is now governor of the II
>. soldiers home at Washington.
Major General j. Warren Keifer OF
ONO, has promised to attend the en-
campment He wore the double stars
OF his rank in two wars, and is still
! active. He commanded a brigade and
division in the fighting sixth CORPS in
the Civil war, and was commander ot
division of the seventh army corns
III the war with Spain. General Keifer
served several terms in Congress and
was one time speaker of the House of
Representatives. He declared recent
~ that he is ready and willing To 90
TO war for Uncle Sam if his services
are needed.