Show U ni u e W f 1 ig y 77 01 31 W r a 4 n 1 af I 1 44 TW T W w f A v 4 TP e in 41 11 A rear admira it get carter saip ely by ELMO SCOTT WATSON mr websters large jarge book of words and their definitions and there you will find one characterized thus unique a being without a like br or equal single in tn kind or excellence sole despite this explicit dell altion unique Is a 7 much misused word consider now the careers of three americans and see whether or not the characterization of unique la Is aptly applied to them one of them was the only man who ever held the rank of rear admiral in the united states navy and the rank of brigadier general in the united states army another was a man who although not a native of america held a position in the highest legislative body of one american government and then held successively three important offices in the executive tive department of another american government alven more remarkable Is the record of the third not n native of america he held several important state in two states was elected united states senator from froin three dil different states commanded american troops in two wars and was governor goer nor of an tennessee gave t to the its only ad admiral mt rat general samuel pow antan carter was lits his name and lie he was born in elizabethtown Elizabeth town carter county august 6 1819 ile he became ii a midshipman in the navy in 1840 six years later lie was Iron promoted oteO to the grade of passed midshipman and as signed to the U S S ohio from 1851 to 1853 lie he was assistant instructor of infantry tactics tit at the naval academy and was made arleu n lieu tenant in 1855 the next year lie he served in one of uncle sam sams forgotten wars the expedition to china chan on july 11 1801 carter was temporarily transferred to the war department for the special duty of organizing argun izing troops in his bis native land e eastern ste rn tennessee carter soon proved to be as able it military ag as he had been a naval off iter he was appointed first colonel of the second tennessee volunteers then acting brigadier general of volunteers volunteer and on may 1 1 1362 he received lihi hla full commission as commander of 11 brigade As a cavalry leader carter distinguished himself particularly on august 28 1863 1811 he defeated that match less confederate horseman gen jotin john 11 morgan and the next net day repeated hit his success against general smith lie he was present at the siege of knos alile in december of that year a and nd ta ift ter commended a division under gen john schofield in the north carolan Carol ln campaign of on march 13 1805 i carter was brevet ted major general and was mustered out of the army aimy in january 1863 he fie immediately returned to tb thi navy having by this time been pro rooted to the rank of commander hel he served as at the naval aca academy deray froni rom 1849 to 1872 having been ted to the rank of captain in 1879 lie he was avas a member of the lighthouse boari from fam 1870 to 1880 and was promoted to commodore arf in 1878 in ISSI 1881 tie tic as lio honored nored by promotion to the rank of rear admiral on the retired list tills this reward CC coming M ns a fitting climax to his extraordinary career in both linth bra braar hp of the united states service in 1801 1891 admiral general carter truly it a unique Ari american erlean died in the capital of the country he had served so PO well well during his ii lifetime retime of seventy one henrs inthe year 1811 a ship attempt eil to ascend the mississippi river to N new e T orleans but finding that mitt port blockaded by a british fleet it balled attway to the west indies among KB its ans who landed on the island of st croix wai was aai an jacw danied benjamin and his wn wife on august 11 21 a son was mis barnao born to mrs and given tile the name of bulah ludi iti although judah P benjamin was ae ce bled tim right on arner ahi ican sok boll he wis dertl destined d to become avii m important figure in aarl Mner fron nn his tory lory benjamins was in N 0 until 1825 when a I 1 ku R ag 4 fa 0 v P 13 e nj photographs of carter aad shields court army service lie he entered baie I 1 after three 7 years e ww tiam li eleft left without getting gettling efird a aadree and went to new I 1 orleans bria 13 benja e mes E ship shields ids where he studied law in ina a no office e was admitted to in 1832 wid and spent thede the kf fw edw years pi practicing alint ilon with a short interim ingerl or of school teaching pa Politics alwa was next his at I 1 and he hd allied himself to the whig party in 1845 he was a member of the convention which met to revise tile constitution of Loul louisiana ilana ind and it Is noteworthy Ah juliat at this toils foreign ba hon n citizen of louisiana was responsible for placing in the new code cod e a provision that ee the governor of that state must be a citizen born in the united states in 1818 louisiana elected benjamin as presidential elector at largo large and four years bears later sent him to the united states senate returning him there in 1857 he took a prominent par part in the sl slavery avers dispute of those thoe lines and during oie one of the exciting deb debates ittes tit in the senate a dispute with IVi lefterson Terson davis the senator benator from fills h brought the t two vo men imen to tile verge erge of a duel which was averted mily imly when davis apologized although pavia davis had disagreed alo violently with Il benjamin enjamin in the senate he recognized tile hie worth of the man and when tile the former wv was chosen as president of the confederate states of america lie selected benjamin its as attorney general in his cu cabinet binet in ali august 1801 benjamin was wag transferred to the war department where his conduct of the alie war aroused such bitter hostility even een including charges of in i and neglect of his duty that lie he resigned but davis to whose refusal to accept advice sonic some hIsto historians ascribe a large share of tile responsibility for the downfall if the confederacy again flew in the ace of public opinion and immediately offered his third cabinet insi tion that of secret secretary nry of state when richmond fell lri in 1865 1805 benjamin led fled with the rest of the C confederate 0 n government making his way to the coast of florida l io loii he escaped in in an open bont boat to the bahamas and in september readied reached livera liverpool ool after quietly in n retirement fo for r a year in III I 1 angland tie he took up tip the study of law and in asco he was admitted to the bar in isis after his health had failed li benjamin enjamin retired from active practice and aind on june au of that year he waz was guest of honor 1 at a farewell banquet given to him in the inner temple in Lon london donby by the highest legal luminaries in england 1 he then went to paris to niale make his bome and there he died on may mai 8 3 1834 if benjamins career in america was a 1 remarkable one even een more unusual vaa tant of if another immigrant boy jamesb james K shields born in dungan non county tyrone ireland in 1810 shields viirre ta t a bec to thi tilts s country at the use age tit tf sixteen and ent to the frontier country of illinois where lie studied law und practice at Katka kaskaskia Kas kaskla skill in ia 12 honors came rapidly t to 0 him n his adoli adopted ted hoine lie he wits was elected let legislature 11 in made state tor tit in 1831 and appointed a judge on the state supreme court bench to in two years later he was appoint ed commissioner of the general land office but gave up civil life at the outbreak of the mexican war to accept cat a commission as brigadier general of the ill knols volunteers I 1 1844 k i during that shields served under general taylor on the rio grande under general wood in achl Irti Inia liua alitia and during general scotts campaign lie ile was shot til through tough the lung at the battle of cerro gordo and brevet ted teo major general after his recovery lie he served in the valley of mexico as commander of a brigade of marines new york and south carolina volunteers only to he be wounded severely n again aln at the storming of chagul tepee mustered out of the service on july 20 1843 lie was immediately appointed territorial governor of oregon but resigned tills this office when he was elected senator from illinois its as a democrat lie he served in the senate from december 3 1849 1841 to march 3 1855 and then moved to minnesota when the state government was organized there lie was again sent to the united states senate where lie he remained from may mak 12 1858 to murch march 1 3 1839 ile he next moved to california ind and at the outbreak of tile the civil war was acting as superintendent of a mine in mexico hastening to washington the mexican war veteran was commissioned a brigadier general of volunteers in august sol und after the death of gen fred W lander shields was placed at the head of his brigade in 16 2 lie he was head bead of a division of gen N P banks army then operating in the shenandoah valley lohof of virginia and opened the campaign by inflicting a stin stinging glug defeat at winchester upon stonewall jackson jackcon who was just then beginning to malie make his hid bid forfare for fame as the remarkable aible leader of foot cavalry shields w was wounded in this battle receiving a broken arm from a fragment of shell oliell on march 28 1803 1863 weakened by the wounds which he had suir suffered ered in two wars shields idi resigned from the army going to california lie he found that the tends lands granted to him for his military services ind had been lost by his trusted agent and lie he bought a farm near carrollton ro roll liton ton mo upon which to spend mt bla declining years although he had de clad to retire from purtle life he was wag f soon back into politics in 1808 lie hs was democratic candidate for congressi gressi aud and although its his friends declared that he had bad been elected he was not seated six years later they him to the legislature and upon the expiration of biste rathe general era aged weakened a and d impoverished sought the humble position of doorkeeper of the united states senate in he had bad represented two states but ahta was denied him and he returned to missouri that state promptly honored bimby him by electing him to the senate tind find lie be returned again as a member of the body bo dy which had denied him employment he held this position until tits his death which took place on an june 1 1870 1871 fit at ottumwa iowa where he had gone gona to deliver a n lecture on the mexican war for the bc efat of a charce Q ty by western newspaper Nw union |