Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-10-06
fBy Fred Lockley in the Oregon
Journal.)

J0urnal.)
Though the Rev. Loughridge Of
Salem, Or, is rs years old. he Is
stiIl erect and vigorous. visited
him at his home at 1893 Court
street In Salem recently. and spent
a most pleasant forenoon. After
putting in four years on horse
back as cayalryman In the Ciyil
war / was mustered out at Allan
Ia. Ca. August 8, 1865" said Mr..
Loughridge. And, by the by, !
never could stand the fireeaters OF
the north nor the unreconstructed
rebels OF the south. who, years
after the war was over, kept up q
clamor and waved the bloody shirt
and tried to revive old hatreds-.
The men who did the fighting,
such men as Grant and Lee and
those who aerved under them,
were willing to shake hands and
be friends when hostilittes ceased.
General Wilson had started out
10 capture the southern arsenals
and strong points. and so It fell
TO our lot to fight the last battlesl
OF the war. We fought hard and
necessarily for nearly two weeks
after Lee had surrendered. We had
destroyed the railroads back Of US,
the wires were down, and we did
not know the war was over. When
word came to us that hostilities
were over we were engaged In
tearing up railway track, setting
fire to the ties. over which we
had placed the rails so as 70 bend
them out Of shape. We stopped
work, for II the war was over
there was no further object In de-
stroying more property
"Within a day or two hundreds
OF soldiers from Lees army began
drifting south. They were miser-
ably clad and without food or mon
ey. So long as our coffee, bacon
and hardtack lasted we shared 1t
with our late foes. We would sit
around the fire together, and one
man would say, I haven't heard
from my wife in Louisiana for over
. year. l don't know whether
have got any home left or not.
am going down to see 10 one
who was there and saw the shat
tered remnants OF the Confeder-
ate army returning TO their homes {
could entertain any feeling Cf Bit {
terness for them. l remember one /
Of the men said to me, as he drank !
some coffee out Of d peach can in /
which / had made II and as he I
dipped half OF the hardtack that
| had given him IN the coffee, II I
we-all had known you-all better, /
there wouldn't have been any war. |
/ always thought the Yankees had /
boots and horns
when we wsre mustered out, I
n Atlanta, we went In box cars !
and on flat cars to Nashville.
From there we went on TO Louis
lille, thence TO Chicago. and from
here on to our homes in Iowa. We
,raveled about 1000 miles In v
freight cars. l started to lchool Q
he week after | got home. Later I
entered the state university at p
owa City. from which institution v
was graduated in 1871. After c
ny graduation was appointed as G.
distant professor OF mathematics. "
later I became superintendent Of
chools at Newton. Iowa. From 4
here ! went TO Central college. ot /,
'ella, Iowa, TO take the chair Of II
ATTN and Greek. /,
On August 20, 1874. | married !
Hiss Elizabeth Griffith, a class !,
nate and fellow-graduate of the
University. We were married at =
tount Pleasant. Iowa. The fol- !
owing year we sailed for India to
stablish Baptist mission at
Ianumakanda. We we're there
Inc years. My wife's health
reaklng down. we returned to the e
lnited States. After teaching at a
burlington, Iowa. a year. was
lected TO a chair In the state nor O
lal school at Cedar Falls. Iowa.
IS now known as the statel