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stantly killed early in the action by the bursting, of the cannon he
commanded, was promoted to the command of his Company B,
First Regiment, Texas Heavy Artillery, better known as Cook's
Regiment. . .
W. P. D [oran].29
Houston, Texas, January 15th.
I notice in your columns of Sunday, January 6th, an article
with the following headline: "A Father's sword recovered," and
below a description of the presentation of the sword, supposed to
belong to Captain J. W. Wainright, who commanded the Harriet
Lane during the battle of Galveston, January 1st, 1862, to his
daughter Miss Marie Wainright.
Upon reading same, I at once recollected quite a different story
in regard to, this, and immediately saw mny mother, who is now
in Houston, and without showing her the article, questioned her
carefully as to, who received the sword of Captain Wainright after
the war, to which she gave me the following history, saying:
"Your father received the sword of C'aptain J. W. Wainright im-
mediately after the battle, and at the surrender on the decks of
the Harriet Lane. The sword was handed him by an officer then
in command, who surrendered the entire fleet to him. After in-
vestigation, he found that Captain Wainright was a brother Mason,
and he at once placed in safety the sword, will and other papers
necessary to, be delivered to the relatives of C'aptain Wainright,
and then proceeded to. give the remains of his Masonic brother
burial under the rites of that order.
"After the general surrender and break up. of the war your father
and myself went to Havana, Cuba, taking with us the papers and
sword of Captain Wainright. I left your father in Havana, and
went to New York City, he giving me instructions to, send for S.
M. Wainright, a citizen of New York, and brother of the deceased
Federal commander, which I did, and delivered to him in person
the papers, etc.
"Your father, however, stated to me that he would never deliver
the sword to anyone except the son of Captain Wainright. Later
on we went to San Francisco, California, and after remaining
there some time. Your father, after returning to the Occidental
Hotel one evening, seemed delighted, and said to me that he had
found the young son of Captain Wainright, who was killed at
Galveston, and sent him word that he wished to see him that
evening at the hotel. He called; he was presented to me and we
afterward became well acquainted.
"Your father, in the presence of some of your relatives and our29Galveston News, January 6, 1895.
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