The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-14
No Civil War Veterans
 Left in the U. $. Army

of the United States army, there is now not single one left who took part in the civil war. The last of the Union veterans of Uncle Sam's fight ing forces retired from active ser vice just a year ago, on August 13, after having held for more than a year the distinction of being the last civil war survivor in the army He was John L. Glenn, and at his retire. ment he held the rank of brigadier- general, to which he was promoted from that of colonel not long before he was eliminated from the list of active officers.
 Gen. Johnny Glenn was born in Newark, Ohio, on August 13, 1851. and he was not quite ten when Pres ident Lincoln issued his first call for volunteers. Johnny was an orphan, and he wanted very, very much to go to war. He appealed to a friend. Capt. McDougal. a company comman- der in the Third Ohio, asking that he be enlisted as a drummer-boy. Mo- Dougal was impressed with the ear- nestness of the lad. but he refused to accept the responsibility. Never theless, when the Third Ohio set out .OulO JOuAuy OlS1u dCCOIuQdul0Q the regiment. McDougal remaining obstinate, Johnny crossed the river to Covington, Ky, and appealed to .the commanding officer of the Twenty. second Michigan, there encamped. At length, after making use of all his persuasive powers, the youngster was enlisted as sort of reserve drummer. Johnny quickly made himself the pet of the regiment, and he was fitted out, not only with drum,l but with a musket. The barrel of the latter was sawed off so as to make it light enough for the lad to carry.
 The future last survivor of civil war officers got into his first action at the battle of Shiloh. He didn't stay in the rear, but was in very midst of the fighting. During the battle shell exploded near him and a fragment struck his drum with such force as to knock the boy to the ground un- conscious.
 After that experience Johnny Glenn became Johnny Shiloh," and his nickname and the fame of its spread over the land. At Chickamauga he was again in the hottest part of the battlefield. This time he left his drum behind and, armed with his saw ed-off musket, became an active com blatant Throughout that bloody struggle the boy fought with all the valor and coolness of veteran, and his bravery won official recognition from General Rosecruns, who made the lad a sergeant. He was the young est of that rank who ever fought in the United States army. On one oc- casion, Glenn became separated from his comrades, and in attempting to make his way back to the Union lines the little fellow-he was small even for a youngster of his tender years met up with a mounted Confederate officer. The spectacle of the pygmy in the uniform of the enemy so start led the officer that he could only gasp in amazement. Johnny took ad- vantage of his surprise to "get the drop" on him, and blazed away with his little gun. The officer fell from his horse, wounded and Johnny kept on his way, eventually reaching his friends. He found that shooting a man in single combat was not like blazing away at the enemy in general m a battle, however, and his consci- ence tormented him for days, until he learned that the Confederate offic- CT was not severely wounded, and was well on the way to recovery. Clem was mighty happy lad when that news reached him, but the incident did not affect his nerve, and he con- tinued to fight in battle as valiantly as ever
 Besides Shiloh and Chickamauga. the youthful sergeant fought in the battles of Kenesaw Mountain, Perry vile. Murfreesboror, Atlanta, Nash vile and other engagements. After the war General Grant used his influ- ence to get Johnny Clem appointed to West Point, and he appeared at that institution in 1871 Having spent so much of his youth as soldier, in- stead of at school, young Clem's edu- cation was rather deficient in spots, and he failed to pass the entrance ex- aminations Grant was determined to make an officer of his young proteee. so he immediately commissioned Johnny a second lieutenant of the reg ular army. From that beginning he rose to the rank of brigadier general. and at his retirement he was known as one of the ablest men in the army.
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