Show Who the Army Camps T iT i iere Were ere Named Fc For Fo ForBy ii I 8 By James C. C Youn Young J 1 J It is a happy augury that the city where the Twenty seventh division U. U S. S A. A Is now being assembled should bear ear such a a. heroic name as Spartanburg Spartanburg Spartan- Spartan Tu Just t burg or the city of the tho Spartans outside this tilts South Carolina town several sev- sev ral eral of New Tories York's national guard rEgiments are being mado made ov over r into intoe regulars eulars e ulars Camp amp Wadsworth their mustering place piaN takes takE's Its title from ono no of the heroic figures figureR of ot the Civil war war war- war Major Major General James Samuel SHmuel Wa Wadsworth U. U S. S V. V Tie Ito was killed at t the Battlo of tile the Wilderness V in 1804 at t tho the head of 01 his division lIe He list ling red Pred on for two days after receiving a fatal atal wound and was waR ett bre d major general without ever recovering con- con The Tho came camo of old stork stok himself himself him- him James father of the tile general gener was wa self elf a a. major general In the Continental tal al army Other members of tho the family held eld high rank r in itt the service of the nation The Tle man who was as to die at the theil ViI il erness was born in N X Y Y- October 30 1807 H lie ITo attended both Harvard and Yale Yalo and read law In the theoffice theoffice office of Darnel Daniel Webster ebster In 1883 the future soldier was admitted to practice b by y the New York bar Put nut ho never took ook up his profession actively find- find in InS InS' ng the management of the family estate es- es tate ate a task requiring all of ot his time This his estate comprised some acres cres in western New York Throughout his hiM young manhood and early arty years of maturity Wadsworth busied himself with tho the responsibilities ties es of a a. landed gentleman He lie also took ook a keen interest In ill civic affairs and nd had a hand in political matters of the he da day Then came the Civil war WaI Although without previous military training Wadsworth quickly responded to o his country's need At the tho battle bt of Bull Run he served as aI volunteer aide under General Irvin McDowell Afterward Afterward After- After ward ard he was commended for bravery itt in n the first great conflict of ot the Civil chil war ar which ended for the tho federal troops I On AU August IJ t 9 1861 Wadsworth was wu named bri i general of 01 t tHe He lie Immediately took toole up a post Washington and prepared to me t expected advance of 1 the on the capital He became mil mU governor of the district March 15 Time passed and tho the attack did materialize c. Hut lint big hii events were J JIng in Ing place elsewhere General W T worth was Ivas placed at the head of ot i vision in in the army ann of tho the Potomac skill and Intrepidity R attracted at t at the battlo battle of Fredericks December 13 1862 1861 j Wadsworth was a a. fighting man map believed that th the way to win b ba was to strike the tho e enemy ern quick hard So hi his tactics consisted lar larin larin in driving I straight ht ahead II eu-d eu The j of Jup Jur I 1 I. 1863 1163 found him Up upon q right iving i at Gettysburg The So ern era amies were coming on ott In f full reer They ha had 1 tasted tho the sweet recent victory victor in several notable gag 1 U lt t seemed that tho tide Ude of the tho Confederacy was w abou I sweep a all II c it a S SAt At tt this tills juncture th the Con Con fe f fl forces l lC S met worth's divisional troops were the first thc they on the memorable fie field III of With a 1 rush the orf n t 1 forward r Wadsworth met the Uli In one day lay he itt lost host 2400 men macil out oft oll- But the tile line held tho the Con f r rI rush tush had hail been checked if ir no not ha Jl- haTho The Tho next nett da day and the day after V i I worth's snort mon helped to hold tho the the line while Picketts Pickett's legions making its immortal effort tl EIT the center Pickett failed Time TIle U Us had been saved sa 9 At the tho WildErness May lay 6 G p 1 Wadsworth on once more moro was in Jim of the fight Again his men held advanced post Under ruder repeated chat cha they began to give way and there Wadsworth sprang to point of greatest danger Str ahead head T boys he cried go Tl TI Isn't danger enough to harm a a. mom mow Those were his last words Jl g Ho mortally wounded i ill tW 1 1511 IT br be Ta l' l Ir res t Ca The loik mok It World I M aM |