Sword and Pen: Ventures and Adventures of Willard GlazierOwens, John Algernon
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Sword and Pen: Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier
Owens, John Algernon
Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives
"On Friday our evening contemporary took occasion to treat Captain
Willard Glazier, who lectured in Corinthian Hall the night previous,
with a degree of contempt and misrepresentation suggestive of
Confederate sympathies on the part of the writer. As to the methods
of Captain Glazier's business we have nothing to do. As a man and a
soldier, he is above reproach. We have examined the original
documentary testimonials to his military character, and no man could
be better endorsed. That he has devoted himself since the war to
illustrate the war of the rebellion in books and upon the rostrum is
to his credit, and certainly to the benefit of the people whose
patriotism he keeps alive by his appeals with pen and tongue. Doubt
was cast upon his services on account of his youth. But the fact
stands that Willard Glazier was a captain of cavalry at the age of
eighteen, certainly a higher record than that of a stay-at-home
Copperhead. He performed his duty, was honorably discharged, and is
a member in good standing of that noble organization of veterans,
the 'Grand Army of the Republic.' We trust that when Captain Glazier
comes again to Rochester, he will have better treatment and a still
better audience. His trip across the continent will result in the
public's having a record of observations which cannot fail to be
valuable and entertaining."
Batavia, Croft's Station, Crittenden and Lancaster were passed through,
the usual courtesies tendered and accepted, lectures delivered with
unvarying success, and the city of Buffalo reached on the morning of the
nineteenth of June.
With a soldier's instinct, Glazier halted here at the parade-ground, and
witnessed the drill of the militia. He then located himself at No. 34
Oak Street, where he was visited by many comrades of the "Grand Army"
and other prominent citizens of Buffalo. Arrangements having been made,
he lectured to a full house at St. James Hall, being introduced to the
audience by Major John M. Farquhar. The following endorsement had
appeared in the Buffalo _Express_ the day preceding his arrival in the
city, signed by prominent members of the "Grand Army of the Republic:"
Buffalo, New York,
_June 18th, 1876._
Captain Willard Glazier served his country with great credit in the
Harris Light Cavalry. He was a brave soldier and has a splendid
army record. His numerous works upon army life, recording his
personal experiences on the battle-field, in camp and in prison,
are exceedingly interesting and of a highly patriotic character;
they are universally commended by the press and by men of army
experience.
He is highly endorsed as a member in good standing of the "Grand
Army of the Republic," and as a lecturer.
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