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Story of an Emigrant.
colonel or brigadier-general without being promoted
according to his merits, because there had been no vacancy in the
regiment to which he belonged. Displeased with this,
Stohl-brand sent in his resignation, which was accepted, but
Sherman had made up his mind not to let him leave the army,
and asked him to go bv way of Washington 011 his return
home, pretending that lie wished to send some important
dispatches to President Lincoln. In due time Stohlbrand
arrived in Washington and handed a sealed package to
President Lincoln in person. Having looked the papers
through the president extended his hand exclaiming: " I low
do you do, General!" Stohlbrand, correcting him, said; "I
am 110 general, I am only a major." "You are mistaken,"
said Lincoln, 44you are a general,"—and he was from that
moment. In a lew hours he received his commission and
returned to the army with a rank three degrees higher than
that he held a few days before.
The subject of the conversation thus being Swedish officers,
several honorable deeds were told of some of them, among
others, how Col. Yegesack, his regiment making a charge
with leveled bayonets, and his color-bearer receiving a
mortal wound, himself seized the colors and led his regiment to
victory.
Soon after the close of the war a well-known lawyer and
mvself opened a law office in Red Wing, the name of the
new firm being Mattson <Sc Webster. I had suceesslully
practiced law but a few months when it was announced that a
new Swedish newspaper, to becalled Svcnskn Anicriknnarcn.
was to be established in Chicago. This enterprise was
backed bv a number of prominent Swedes of Illinois, who
appointed me editor in chief without my knowledge or
solicitation. At that time there was only one Swedish
newspaper in this country, viz., Hcmlandet, which was more of a
church than a political paper, hence this was an open and
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