The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . brought a tor-rent of abuse from every quarter. Dennison bore itsilently and nobly. Not a word of reproach orcomplaint escaped him, even when the newspapersof the state abused him
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . brought a tor-rent of abuse from every quarter. Dennison bore itsilently and nobly. Not a word of reproach orcomplaint escaped him, even when the newspapersof the state abused him for months for mismanage-ment at Camp Dennison, and he had nothing what-ever to do with Camp Dennison, it being under con-trol of the national government. A word from theofficer in command at the camp would have shownthe injustice of this abuse. In his comprehensiveand valuable work on Ohioin the War, WhitelawReid says in reference to this unjust criticism: Toa man of his sensitive temper and desire for thegood opinion of others, the unjust and measurelessabuse to which his earnest efforts had subjected himwas agonizing. But he suffered no sign to escapehim, and with a single-hearted devotion and an abil-ity for which the state had not credited him he pro-ceeded to the measures most necessary in the was successful in favorably placing the loan au-thorized by the Million war bill, and having secured. money he looked around for arms, of which Ohiohad a very meagre supply. He obtained from Illi-nois 5,000 muskets, and proposed a measure for unit-ing all the troops of the Mississippi valley underone major-general. It was through Gov. Dennisonsefforts that West Virginia wassaved to the Union. He assuredthe Unionists of that state thatif they would break off from oldVirginia and adhere to the Union,he would send the necessary mili-tary force to protect them. Whenit became uecessaj*y to redeemthis pledge. Gov. Dennison sentOhio militia, who, imiting withthe loyal citizens,
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