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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore) 1 1 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 212 (search)
Col. Sol. Meredith.--A pleasant story is told by a correspondent of Col. Sol. Meredith, of Wayne County, Indiana, commanding the 19th Indiana, on the Potomac. At the Lewinsville skirmish, the colonel was at the head of his men, as they were formed in line of battle, under the fire of the enemy. As the shells exploded over them, his boys would involuntarily duck their heads. The colonel saw their motions, and in a pleasant way exhorted them, as he rode along the line, to hold up their heads and act like men. He turned to speak to one of his officers, and at that moment an 18-pounder shell burst within a few yards of him, scattering the fragments in all directions. Instinctively lie jerked his head almost to the saddle bow, while his horse squatted with fear. Boys, said he, as he raised up and reined his steed, you may dodge the large ones! A laugh ran along the line at his expense, and after that no more was said about the impropriety of dodging shells.--Galesburg Democrat,
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Morton, Oliver Perry 1823-1877 (search)
Morton, Oliver Perry 1823-1877 War governor; born in Saulsbury, Wayne co., Ind., Aug. 4, 1823: was educated at the Miami University, and admitted to the bar in 1847. In 1852 he was appointed judge of the Fifth Judicial District of Indiana, and was elected lieutenant-governor in 1860. He became governor in 1861, and in that office, during the whole Civil War, performed services of inestimable value. He issued his first war message, April 25, 1861, and from that time he labored incessantly for the salvation of the republic. In 1867 he was elected United States Senator. He was appointed minister to England in Oliver Perry Morton. September, 1870, but declined the office. Governor Morton did more than any other man in the State to thwart the disloyal plans of the secret association in aid of the enemies of the government known as the Order of the Golden circle or Sons of liberty. He died in Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 1, 1877.