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‘-ti.. %. . k r 4... 4 . .I;By 0*v.*•v«BKi««v.»iP$; i**/;“fte* «P1r-*ZACMxr zmcs^Mdhtmmjj£rtZteJarr JiAVzSNeglected Grave ofGen. Zachary TayloriIs to he RestnredI»* *«[»»lt;»t tm•SKJn if MW**.-11 »:b;l;%By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMANftiHE2 United States Is about to take over the care of the burial ground of Gen. Zachary Taylor, twelfth President. He died In theWhite House July 9, 1850, after giving his country more than forty years of service. If It be admitted that It Is the duty of the nation to see that., the burial places of its .Presidents are cared for, congress has long fieglected this duty in - the -case of Old Rough and Ready.Upon the death of President Taylor his remains were interred in the Congressional burial, ground (Christ Church cemetery), Washington. In accordance with his wish, ■ they were transferred, to the old* Taylor homestead near Louisville, Ky; The State of Kentucky erected., years ago, a handsome memorial near the burial .vault. But no provision has ever been made for the, adequate and permanent care of the'grounds. Long ago thehomeiidead...passed...tora...iM..^-^.?....?.lthe Taylor family. The State of Ken^tueky now holds title, with some private interest, In five acres aboutthe burial vault.The”^oiirfd§T 1 ie“iiear tlief Browns-boro road, an important .thoroughfareof Jefferson county; -A halfrmlie-wad-way leads to them; It has been recently improved by the county. The Louisville Outdoor league purposes to plant this roadway and make It .a Zachary Taylor Memorial lane.The last congress passed *a resolution appropriating $10,000 for *the care, maintenance and Improvement of the burial grounds and directingthe secretary of war. to establishthereon a national cemetery. The precedent for the latter is the Andrew Johnson National cemetery of fifteen acres, established by congress in~1906. So we shalUhave the Zachary Taylor National cemetery, maintained by the United States government.Zachary Taylor deserved well of hiscountry. He was born in Orange county, Va. His father was Col. Richard Taylor, an officer In the Revolution. He was a descendant of Elder William Brewster of Mayflower and Plymouth fame. The Taylors moved to Kentucky in 1785. In 1808 at theage of twenty-four Zachary was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Seventh infantry, a new regiment, in 1812, as major, he defended Port Harrison (near Terre Haute, Ind.) against Indians ‘ and was breveted major. In 1815, when the army was reduced to 10,000 menv he resigned Major Taylor was, however, induced to return to the array as {lieutenant colonel In command of Fort Sne!ling. The Black Hawk Indian war of 1882 found him In command of Fort Crawford at Prairie $u Chien, WIs. Inch dentally, it was to Colonel Taylor that Black Hawk surrendered after the' second campaign. \: ,Th^ Black ...Hawk war; wqa, only.. a. eVcalled war, but it has an interest all Its own in that it brought together historic personages. Gen. Winfield' » ^ . • rScott took command. At Port Craw: ford with Colonel Tny’for. was Lieut, jefferson Davis. And in Co!. SamuelV 'v : wA. v« ■ vr. C v '^4 V* : '3 v~,; V *' /TVj*Thompson’s regiment of Illinois volunteers was Capt. Abraham Lincoln.Jefferson Davis (1808-89) was a West Point graduate of 1,828. After the close of the Black Hawk hostilities he eioped from Port Crawford with Sarah, the oldest daughter of Colonel Taylor. A little later be, as an engineer, made a survey of the Chicago and CafUraet rivers, the federal government having decided to establish a harbor , on the west shore for the fast-growing schooner traffic of Lake Michigan. Davis recommended CalUmet, his. chief reason heing that Lake Calumet could be made a land-locked harbor for the mainte- fleet...ta.be.-used...against..Canada. No, you will not find this in the hisWles. And. the trick by which Chicago finally won over* Calumet is still another story,~ Davis left the army in 1835 to become a cotton .planter in Mississippi. In 1845 fie was elected to congress, but resigned to get Into* the Jdexican war as colonel of a Mississippi regiment. He fought under General Taylor at Monterey at Buena Vista; In the latter battle he displayed great gallantry and was —wounded. From. 1847 to 1851 Davis was in the senate. Then he served as secretary of •«war under President Pierce. *The year 1857 found him back In the senate and in 1861 he resigned to go with the South and to become president of the Confederacy.Abraham Lincoln was twenty-three when the Black Hawk war broke out.-He responded to the call for volunteers by the governor of Illinois. The boys insisted upon electing him captain and away he marched. You have, of course, read of his amusing experiences. But did you know that' once he was under arrest for firingoff his pistol, contrary to regulations?And did you know that he had to wear a wooden sword for two .dfiy^-while under arrest because some of his men stoi^rSvhisky an£ got drunk. And did you^know that he saved the life of an old* Indian, who surrendered, from a .crowd of bloodthirsty soldiers? And did you know that he demanded the same food for. Ids men that the regulars got and bluffed the army officers into giving It?And herb’s another thing that you will not find in ail the histories. After-.Captain Lincoln’s company had tveen dlsiranded :at Dttawa, Il!;r Lin~ coin enlisted as a private in the Independent Spy company. Just what services -he rendered as n spy Is unknown to this. writer. Re was, how-.ev^rHdischarged • - at * * AVh ite . Water,* VVis. A thief stole, his horse. He had to make an inglorious return to New Salem by foot, by eamoe and by timber raft.Colonel 'Taylor, after the Black Hawk war, took command of ourrtforces in Florida, where the Seminole war was on. He wound up that war by defeating the Indians at the Battle of Okeechobee. In 1840 he was put in command of the southern division of the army andv moved; his. home to Baton Rouge, La.In 1846, upon the breaking out of the Mexican war; Brigadier; General Taylor was ordered to * the Rio Grande. On two successive days, he fought and won the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma and* d^ared the lower valley of the Rio Grande. Next he marclied to Nueve Leon and fought a series of battles, ending, ixi the sanie year, ivith the.capture. «.of....Munterey, N.Qtw.ithstaad-.ing the fact that, under orders from his government, he had sent his befi troops to reinforce General Scott, who was invading Mexico by the way of Vera Cruz, he pursued Santa Ana and, with a much inferior force, defeated that Mexican commander at the Battle of Buena Vista May 23, 1847, This important victory was followed. by the Mexican campaign of General Scott which ended with the capture of the_City! of Mexico September 14, 1847^ which . virtually ended the war. Peace between the two countries was declared February 2, 1848. This warconfirmed the annexation of Texasand also brought into the UnitedI . . . • . TStates California and Nevada, most of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah and a part of Colorado.General Taylor’s way of treatin’ ’em rough”, and his readiness to fight the Mexicans under any and ail conditions earned hipi the title of Old Rough and Ready.. His brilliant victories made him a popular hero. There was an insistent demand foi him for the Presidency. Taylor himself was not enthusiastic. He said: If the people want me to. be Pres! dent, I shall, serve, but I shall do pothing to get the office.” He was elected by the Whigs over the Democrat, Lewis Cass of Michigan,, _•Taylor married Margaret . Smith in 1810, when he was a young captainShe was ever his companion and' help;meet wherever he was stationed;•*-r • * When he wasv elected President she said it -was ?‘a plot to deprive her . of her, husband’s society and to shorten his life by unnecessary care. She had no social aspirations. She refused to take any part In the social life ol *the ; ‘WlrHe ; House and - turned the duties of hostess over tb her young* est daughter, the wjfe of Maj. W. W S. Bliss. Mlgs Betty’’ was the youngest hostess the White House eyer saw.- As*for'*MrsrTay!orr she^ufgas'ln*the * White * House arid kepf everything spick and span. 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Vian, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Jun 26, 1925
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