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We procured a metallic casket, and had a military funeral, the battalion of the Thirteenth United States Regulars acting as escort from the Gayoso Hotel to the steamboat Grey Eagle, which conveyed him and my family up to Cairo, whence they proceeded to our home at Lancaster, Ohio, where he was buried.
We procured a metallic casket, and had a military funeral, the battalion of the Thirteenth United States Regulars acting as escort from the Gayoso Hotel to the steamboat Grey Eagle, which conveyed him and my family up to Cairo, whence they proceeded to our home at Lancaster, Ohio, where he was buried.
No one could tell how long the Yankee army would stop at Nashville before moving elsewhere, and it was certain that Memphis was uncovered by the fall of Fort Donelson. My informant first learned the important tidings in the rotunda of the Gayoso House. Seeing a group of his acquaintances with faces depicting the utmost gloom, he asked what was the matter. "Bad enough," said one.
We procured a metallic casket, and had a military funeral, the battalion of the Thirteenth United States Regulars acting as escort from the Gayoso Hotel to the steamboat Grey Eagle, which conveyed him and my family up to Cairo, whence they proceeded to our home at Lancaster, Ohio, where he was buried.
I here give my letter to Captain C. C. Smith, who commanded the battalion at the time, as exhibiting our intense feelings: GAYOSO HOUSE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE October 4, 1863, Midnight Captain C. C. SMITH, commanding Battalion Thirteenth United States Regulars.
All this of course was done in the interests of the Spaniards themselves and in accordance with the earnest desire of the United States authorities to prevent any unlawful attack on Louisiana; yet Carondelet actually sent word to Gayoso de Lemos, the Governor of Natchez and the upper part of the river, to persuade the Chickasaws secretly to attack this fort and destroy it.
I here give my letter to Captain C. C. Smith, who commanded the battalion at the time, as exhibiting our intense feelings: GAYOSO HOUSE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE October 4, 1863, Midnight Captain C. C. SMITH, commanding Battalion Thirteenth United States Regulars.
Here they met with a very friendly welcome, not only from the colonists generally, but from the Spanish governor, Don Gayoso. They were detained in New Orleans five weeks, awaiting the arrival of the corvette which was engaged in conveying passengers and light freight from that port to Havana. Impatient of the delay, as the packet did not arrive, they embarked in an American vessel.
I here give my letter to Captain C. C. Smith, who commanded the battalion at the time, as exhibiting our intense feelings: GAYOSO HOUSE, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE October 4, 1863, Midnight Captain C. C. SMITH, commanding Battalion Thirteenth United States Regulars.
Roler told me that Willie's life was in danger, and he was extremely anxious to reach Memphis for certain medicines and for consultation. We arrived at Memphis on the 2d of October, carried Willie up to the Gayoso Hotel, and got the most experienced physician there, who acted with Dr. Roler, but he sank rapidly, and died the evening of the 3d of October.
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