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diff --git a/old/65940-0.txt b/old/65940-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4efc219..0000000 --- a/old/65940-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,775 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of Colonel Sion S. Bass, by Anonymous - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Colonel Sion S. Bass - -Author: Anonymous - -Release Date: July 28, 2021 [eBook #65940] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading - Team at https://www.pgdp.net - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COLONEL SION S. BASS *** - - [Illustration: COL. SION S. BASS] - - - - - COLONEL - SION S. BASS - 1827-1862 - - - Prepared by the Staff of the - Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen County - 1954 - - [Illustration: Boards of the Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen - County] - -One of a historical series, this pamphlet is published under the -direction of the governing Boards of the Public Library of Fort Wayne -and Allen County. - - BOARD·OF·TRUSTEES·OF·THE·SCHOOL·CITY·OF·FORT·WAYNE - - _Mrs. Sadie Fulk Roehrs_ - _B. F. Geyer, President_ - _Joseph E. Kramer, Secretary_ - _W. Page Yarnelle, Treasurer_ - _Willard Shambaugh_ - - PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD FOR ALLEN COUNTY - -The members of this Board include the members of the Board of Trustees -of the School City of Fort Wayne (with the same officers) together with -the following citizens chosen from Allen County outside the corporate -City of Fort Wayne: - - _James E. Graham_ - _Arthur Niemeier_ - _Mrs. Glenn Henderson_ - _Mrs. Charles Reynolds_ - - - - - FOREWORD - - -At the time of the War Between the States the name of Colonel Sion S. -Bass was well known in Fort Wayne; today few citizens of the Summit City -recall his heroism. Only a bare outline of his life can be constructed -from the meager information available. Grace Leslie Dickerson, -grandniece of the Colonel, assembled most of the material for this -biographical sketch. Supplementary details were found in the Fort Wayne -newspapers of the Civil War years. - -The Boards and the Staff of the Public Library of Fort Wayne and Allen -County gratefully acknowledge the kindness of Mrs. Dickerson and other -members of the Bass family. This biography is presented in the hope that -the life and sacrifice of Colonel Bass, Civil War hero, will become more -familiar to his fellow citizens. - - -Not many years ago, the Fort Wayne post of the Grand Army of the -Republic was an active organization. Today that post, named for Sion S. -Bass, is no longer in existence. His name, as well as Civil War terms -like Shiloh, United States Volunteers, and Copperhead, has almost lost -its significance for the average citizen. - -The honorable causes espoused and defended in the tragic Civil War were -championed by many men of heroic stature—men worthy of the unstinted -admiration and respect of each succeeding generation. These were the -soldiers who acquitted themselves honorably in fighting for the causes -they believed just. Colonel Sion St. Clair Bass, a successful young man -who could have avoided military service, was one of the many who gave -their lives in the struggle. - -Colonel Bass was born on a farm near Salem, Kentucky, on January 6, -1827. He was descended from a line of early settlers in Virginia, the -Carolinas, and Kentucky. In 1805, at the age of three, Sion’s father had -been taken by his parents from Virginia to the wilderness of Christian -County, Kentucky. Sion’s mother, Jane Todd Bass, who had come with her -family from Charleston, South Carolina, was also an early pioneer in the -bluegrass country. In Kentucky, Sion’s father acquired large areas of -farmland and became prominent in local affairs. - -The young Sion enjoyed a normal, happy childhood with his brothers, John -and Jerden, and his sister, Emily Jane. The children helped to till the -fields and performed their daily household chores. Their most exciting -diversions were holiday journeys to nearby Paducah where they could -watch the barges and steamboats on the Ohio and Tennessee rivers. The -children were educated in the schools of Kentucky. Sion, the eldest, -later attended Bartlett’s College of Commerce in Cincinnati. - -After his graduation in February, 1849, Sion followed his mother’s -advice and came to Fort Wayne. Jane Bass believed that Fort Wayne, -already a thriving town, would offer good business opportunities for her -sons because of its favorable location at the confluence of the three -rivers. Chicago, she believed, would soon grow too large. In Fort Wayne, -Sion found employment with the great western fur traders, Ewing, Chute, -and Company, and soon became a trusted confidential agent of the firm. -In this position, he became acquainted at first hand with the dangers -and privations of frontier life. - -Very little material can be found concerning his private life in Fort -Wayne. It is recorded, however, that he married Eliza Bayles, and that -they were the parents of two daughters, Georgia and Beverly. And we do -know that the young man was a devout member of the Episcopal Church. - -In 1853 Sion became a member of Jones, Bass, and Company, which -manufactured iron products. In 1857 the firm was sold to the Pittsburgh, -Fort Wayne, and Chicago Railroad. In September of the same year, Sion -Bass formed a partnership with William H. Jones. The partners -established a new foundry and machine shop along the Pittsburgh, Fort -Wayne, and Chicago Railroad and the Wabash Railroad. In 1858 a -partnership, which had been formed by Edward Force and Sion’s brother -John, leased the plant. And the following year, the plant was sold to -the Fort Wayne Machine Works. The activities of Sion Bass cannot be -traced from the completion of the sale negotiations until the onset of -the War Between the States. - -In 1861 the Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston -Harbor signaling the outbreak of bitter civil strife. Drafting of men -for military service was not practiced in the United States at that -time; both sides relied upon volunteers to fill their fighting ranks. -Sion Bass found himself in a dilemma; he was torn between his fond -attachment for the South, where he had spent his childhood and early -youth, and his loyalty to the North. Because of his southern background, -many Northerners did not trust him. Besides, he was the sole breadwinner -of his family; his wife and two children were wholly dependent upon him. -He could have refused to face the issue; he could have continued his -daily routine as a civilian in the North. But his firm conviction of the -moral wrong of slavery and his desire to fight for the Union overcame -all his reservations. In response to President Lincoln’s call for -volunteers, he enlisted in the Union Army. - -On September 12, 1861, Sion Bass received his appointment as colonel of -the Thirtieth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, which was then being -recruited. By September 24, the quota for the regiment had been filled, -and the Thirtieth was organized at Camp Allen in Fort Wayne. Although he -was himself untrained for military service, Colonel Bass entered upon -the task of disciplining and training his raw recruits with such energy -and devotion to duty that he soon won the praise of his superior -officers. - - [Illustration: _Georgia • Mrs. Eliza Bass • Beverly • Col. Sion S. - Bass_] - -On October 2, the Thirtieth Indiana left Camp Allen and traveled to -Indianapolis by special train on the Wabash Railroad. The train stopped -en route at Peru, Indiana, where the ladies of the town met the regiment -at the depot and provided an excellent dinner. This act of kindness, -although not possible under the strict army regulations of our day, was -typical of the spirit of the times and was much appreciated by the -hungry soldiers. - -The Thirtieth remained in camp at Indianapolis only for a few days. -During this time, the men underwent further training; arms, uniforms, -and accouterments were issued to them. The unit was then ordered to -proceed to Kentucky. On October 13, 1861, the regiment was assigned to -the Fifth Brigade, Second Division in General Don Carlos Buell’s Army of -the Ohio. For the next few months Colonel Bass and his Thirtieth Indiana -Regiment marched with Buell’s army but saw little action. - -The anxiety which his family felt for him is shown in the following -letter written by his mother to her younger son John: - - Salem, Lexington County, Kentucky - November 29, 1861 - - Dear Son, - - It is with great pleasure I write you hoping to hear from you soon, as - I have not heard from you for months. I know not where your brother - is. I hope he is not in Columbus. We hear the firing of cannons every - day at Cairo, Columbus, Belmont, and several other places. - - We have had no FORT WAYNE TIMES for two weeks till yesterday. It gave - an account of his being in Nevin, about the center of the state, where - I think he will be killed. - - John, could you have no influence over him? Why did he go? What will - become of his little children? Buckner and he will come in contact - with each other soon, and what will be the event? God only knows. I - never expect to see him again. - - Richard M. Ford was killed in the Battle of Belmont, six miles from - Columbus. I expect his wife is in Texas. Ford Sterling was killed at - Bowling Green. Mr. Pippen died the nineteenth of November, and you - heard of the death of Mr. Barker. - - Beverly was here yesterday and says they are all well. Every person - has left Salem except for a few families. Your Pa says, “I have done - nothing in no way”; and he expects to stay at his home and do the best - he can. - - All the ferryboats are sunk, and there is no way to cross the river. - The troops pass through Salem—the Northerners and the Southerners. I - am afraid of their meeting sometime in Salem. - - This may be the last letter you ever will get from me. I expect the - mail will stop. Give my respects to Eliza and the children, and write - often. Let me hear from your brother if you ever hear again. - - I close by saying, - - Your ever affectionate mother, - Jane Bass - -In February, 1862, Buell attempted to march his army northward to -reinforce General Grant’s Army of the Tennessee in the attack on Fort -Donelson. Adverse weather conditions and impassable roads forced the men -to return to camp after an advance of only fourteen miles. In March -General Buell received orders from General Halleck to join Grant and the -Army of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing near Shiloh. General Grant -and his forces were to remain in camp at Pittsburg Landing while -awaiting Buell’s arrival. It was planned that the two armies would join -forces and then advance on Corinth. The delay thus necessitated in the -Union advance afforded the scattered Confederate forces an opportunity -to consolidate their strength. On the sixth of April, under the able -leadership of General Albert Sidney Johnston, the Confederate troops -launched a surprise attack against Grant’s encampment. - -The roar of cannon could be heard by the men of Buell’s advancing army -although they were still many miles distant from the battlefield. Hour -after hour, the men of the Thirtieth followed their commander southward -through swampland to Savannah, Tennessee. Boats ferried them from that -city across the Tennessee River to Pittsburg Landing. On the morning of -the seventh, the Fifth Brigade, which included Colonel Bass’s regiment, -was ordered into battle as a replacement for General Rousseau’s brigade, -which had undergone murderous fire in defense of the road leading from -the landing to the battlefield. The Thirtieth was engaged in mortal -combat with the enemy. Confederate artillery to the right, left, and -center maintained a continuous fire which inflicted heavy casualties. -Colonel Bass led his regiment into battle and encouraged the men by his -presence. Three times he led them impetuously against the foe; thrice -his men were repelled. Yet at each command of its gallant Colonel, the -Thirtieth again moved forward. - -Suddenly, the Colonel’s horse was wounded and became almost -unmanageable. Colonel Bass dismounted to examine the wound. Just as he -reached the ground, he was struck in the upper thigh by a musket ball. -Nevertheless, he soothed his horse, remounted, and continued to fight. -He rode calmly among his men and exhorted them to still greater efforts. -But soon he became faint and could no longer sit in the saddle. The -wound was a mortal one, but death did not come immediately. Colonel Bass -was carried from the battlefield to a Tennessee River steamer and -transported to Paducah, Kentucky. He passed away at St. Mark’s Hospital -in that city a week after he had been wounded. His wife, mother, and -brother were present at his bedside. - -After news of his death reached Fort Wayne, a meeting was called at the -courthouse for the purpose of paying due honor to his memory. A -committee of fifteen was appointed to meet the remains at Peru and to -act as an escort to Fort Wayne. Mr. W. H. Withers proposed the following -motion which was adopted: - -“RESOLVED, that while the remains are passing from the cars to his late -residence, and during the funeral ceremonies of the lamented Colonel -Bass, this meeting requests that all secular business be suspended, that -the bells of the city be tolled, that the flags be hung at half-mast, -and that the business houses of the city be closed during the funeral -obsequies.” - -Another committee was appointed to draft resolutions expressing the loss -sustained by the country and the community in the death of Colonel Bass. -On April 21, 1862, these resolutions were published in DAWSON’S DAILY -TIMES AND UNION: - - [Illustration: _Colonel Bass was struck by a musket ball_....] - -“RESOLVED, That the death of Colonel Sion S. Bass, distinguished alike -for his social qualities, his noble and unselfish impulses, his -stainless morality in private life, and his ability, humanity, and -gallantry as a soldier, is a severe affliction to the community in which -he lived. It is a calamity to the officers and privates under his -command, for their confidence in him as a leader was equaled only by -their love for him as a man. And it is a heavy loss to the country which -he served and to the cause which he had so heartily espoused. - -“RESOLVED, That our grief for the death of Colonel Bass is aggravated by -the reflection that perhaps he and thousands of other Federal soldiers -who were slain or wounded in the Battle of Pittsburg Landing might today -be standing with arms in their hands. They might still be ready to do -battle in their country’s cause had it not been for the apparently -inexcusable and unparalleled neglect of the commanding generals in not -using those precautions against a ‘surprise’ which are always used by -trustworthy commanders at the head of armies in the presence of active -and powerful foes. Courage is only one qualification for a commander; to -personal bravery there should be united military science and skill, -vigilance, prudence, and self-control. Whenever it shall be discovered -that any general in command of Federal forces is deficient in those -indispensable qualifications, it is the imperative duty of the -Administration to relieve him of his command. - -“RESOLVED, That, as Indiana has given without stint her noble and -cherished sons to the nation to aid in crushing a monstrous and -causeless rebellion, and as their blood has been freely shed on nearly -every battlefield where success has attended the Federal arms, she has a -right to demand and will demand that those who are still at their posts -shall not be unnecessarily sacrificed through the incompetency or -carelessness of commanding generals. - -“RESOLVED, That the citizens of this county, while they mourn over the -untimely death of Colonel Bass, have the proud satisfaction of knowing -that, although he was born and raised in a state of doubtful loyalty and -although many of his early friends had joined in the great rebellion -against the Constitution and the Union, his loyalty never faltered. He -received his death wound while in the act of leading his men into the -thickest of the fight and while cheering them on to danger and to -victory. - -“RESOLVED, That, while the death of Colonel Bass is a deep affliction to -all those who knew him, a calamity to the regiment he so ably commanded, -and a heavy loss to the nation in whose service and in whose defense he -so gloriously died, it is a terrible bereavement to his grief-stricken -family. We tender to his widow, to his father and mother, the hearty -sympathy of the entire community, which will ever cherish a fond -interest in their welfare and in the welfare of his orphaned children. - -“RESOLVED, That the death of such soldiers as Colonel Bass, who have -been slain in the dreadful war into which the government of the United -States has been forced for the preservation of its existence, indicates -the value that should be placed upon our free institutions. - -“RESOLVED, That, while lamenting the death of Colonel Bass and the -officers and soldiers under his command who have fallen in defense of -their country and its flag, and while congratulating the survivors on -the reputation they so dearly earned on the bloody field of Pittsburg -Landing, we are not unmindful of our fellow citizens of the Forty-fourth -Regiment, who on that same field and at Fort Donelson proved their -gallantry by deeds and losses almost unparalleled in modern warfare. We -lament, also, their noble dead. We tender to their wounded and bereaved -our sincere sympathy, and to their fearless and noble Colonel, Hugh B. -Reed, and to the remnant of his regiment which still remains at the post -of danger, our admiration for their valor and our gratitude for their -services. - -“RESOLVED, That, with the daily accumulating proofs of the desolation -and woe which mark the existence of civil war, we earnestly invoke the -God of love and peace again to dispose the hearts of all the people of -the United States to obedience to lawful authority, to fidelity to the -Constitution and laws, and to the fraternal love and peace which in -other years united them as fellow citizens and sharers of a once happy -and prosperous but now deeply afflicted country. - -“RESOLVED, That a copy of this report and these resolutions, signed by -the committee, be delivered to the widow and the father of the deceased -Colonel Bass; and that the same be published in the newspapers of Fort -Wayne and of the Tenth Congressional District of Indiana. - - HUGH McCULLOCH - ALLEN HAMILTON - J. K. EDGERTON - SAMUEL HANNA - I. D. G. NELSON - -Colonel Bass had won the confidence, love, and admiration of the people -of his adopted city. The tragedy of his death was felt by the entire -populace. An excerpt from DAWSON’S DAILY TIMES AND UNION, published on -April 18, 1862, describes the arrival of the funeral train in the city: - -“The remains of Colonel Sion S. Bass reached here today at eleven -o’clock over the Toledo and Western Railway. The committee in charge was -sent from here and met the train at Huntington. A large concourse of -people was at the depot to pay that mark of respect due their late -fellow citizen. The coffin and hearse were properly decorated with the -national colors. When the funeral cortege moved, guns were fired, bells -tolled, and drums beat. The procession came down Calhoun Street to Wayne -Street, and then turned in the direction of his residence.” - -He was interred in Lindenwood Cemetery on the following day. His final -resting place is marked by a sandstone monument which bears the -following inscription: - - IN MEMORY OF - SION S. BASS - COL. OF 30TH REG’T. IND. VOL. - BORN AT SALEM, LIVINGSTON CO. KY. - JAN’Y 6, 1827: - DIED AT PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, - APRIL 14, 1862, - OF WOUNDS RECEIVED - WHILE GALLANTLY LEADING HIS REGIMENT - AT THE BATTLE OF SHILOH, - APRIL 7, 1862 - ERECTED BY - HIS REGIMENT AND FRIENDS. - - - - - Transcriber’s Notes - - -—Silently corrected a few typos. - -—Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook - is public-domain in the country of publication. - -—In the text versions only, text in italics is delimited by - _underscores_. - - - -*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COLONEL SION S. 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