Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 125, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1910 — War Time Aquaintunce of General Writes Letter From Fayette, Mo. [ARTICLE]

War Time Aquaintunce of General Writes Letter From Fayette, Mo.

The National Tribune of May 19th contained an article from Rensselaer asking aid for the Milroy monument from any old aquaintances of General Milroy who might chance to know him. The appeal was made by the Milroy Circle, Ladies of the G. A. R. The first reply came this morning, and while no aid was received the letter was quite interesting as it tells of the impression its whiter had of our most distinguished soldier.

The letter is from Dr. C. W. Watts, of Fayette, Mo., who belonged to the 42d Missouri volunteers during the civil war and which regiment was in General Milroy’s division. Although a surgeon in the army, Dr. Watts was temporarily transferred to General Milroy as his commissary and became very well acquainted with both General Milroy and his brother, whom he describes as being his warm personal friends. Dr. Watts writes: “I loved the old general, who was as brave as a lion, an<T always led his men to victory. While he was a strict disciplinarian, he was always reasonable and tender with us. He meant what he said, acted with celerity and had no patience with a coward. I never met with him after Lee’s surrender, although I had promised to visit him in Rensselaer. He returned to Indiana, I to Missouri. I would so much like to hear from you as to his last days, where he died and about his family. You will never know how much we old soldiers thought &£ him. I am getting very old and live with my children, but I take a deep interest in this memorial to my old general and hope that it is fittingly erected and dedicated to hist memory.”