Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-01-22

tillery and infantry was heard Oh oul N,
General Mcpherson was killed; our lett nahh
was doubled up in confusion oen' 1on"
A. Logan, mounted on his war horse, Black JACK
rode TO the front, rallied our staggering battalions,
and saved our army. [Applause.l Again. at
Chickamauga, Mai. Gen. James b. Steadman VI
Ohio came to the front with a division OF Volun-
teers in the most critical period OF the coniilct'
General Steadman rode abreast the 'front.' ol hie
charging battalions. His horse was. shot dead Id
that hell of fire. He mounted another horse anu
saved his battle lines. [Applause.l
1t will be remembered that Gen. Albert sidney
Johnston. commander in chief of the Confederate
army in the fierce battle of Shiloh April g. 1867
was shot and mortally wounded riding MS war
horse and rallying the battle lines.
I commanded the brigade skirmish line the day
of the battle of Pine mountain, at the right OF
Kenesaw, June IA, 1864. 1 saw the cannon shot
fred that killed Lieut.. Gen. Leonidas Polk on the
Confederate front.
That great Virginian, Maj. Gen. George Il.
Thomas, the idol of the boys behind the guns, ap-
peared, amid wild applause, along the battle lines
lust before the final charge December IL, 1854, IN
the three days battle of Nashville.
Tn the battle Of Resaca l saw Gen. Joe Hooker
IN the full uniform Of q major general-yeHoW
sash and all the ~plumes-riding at the extreme
front. almost abreast of our advance line. He was
mounted on q powerful high-headed bay stallion,
red-nostriled and furious, the most daring and in
sniring figure I ever saw on a battle field. lap
plause.]
Tn the battle Of Burnt Hickory, Ga, | saw Maj.
zen. O. O, Howard, the manned soldier who lost
his good right arm in the Battle of Chancellors-
Vile. ride the battle line in the hottest moment OF
the conflict, enthusing and encouraging the men
behind the guns.
In the Civil war, from 61 to '65. we lost-killed
in battle and died of wounds-121 general officers.
Of This number rs were Confederate generals and
AZ were Union generals. We lost - major gen,
erals. and the Confederates lost IL. We lost "a
hriradier generals, and the Confederates ga.
Their loss was greater than ours because of the
fact that Secretary of War Stanton, instead OF
making generals commanders of b~rigades. took the
ranking colonel. This was true in all the cam
paigns in which 1 participated; and If you will gel
the fatality lists of colonies you will find that the
losses on both sides were about equal. The Con
federates lost four lieutenant generals-Thomas
J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson, Leonidas Polk
Ambrose P. Hill, and Albert Sidney Johnston.
We have made II soldiers and generals president
of the United States; all generals but two, Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt.
George Washington, our first president. was oul
first commanding general. He had four horse.
shot under him, always at the front of battles.
Our soldier presidents all had solid battl,
records.
: know that the map Of the world has beer
changed, and that we are In the midst Of the mos
momentous epoch Of all history. But 1 believe til
future is safe; that democracy under our flag 1
safe, prolonged applause, the members rising.