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May God bless and prosper you all, and keep your hearts true to yourselves and to each other. as they were trae to your country during the years when I so proudly thought and spoke of you all as -iny boys.
May your reunion be a successful and happy one, and while you are having a glorious good time together, may you each have a kind thought for me, and believe me. each and all,
Your true friend and comrade,
J. 11. STIBBS.
OLATHE, Kansas, March 30, 1880. LT. A. DUNHAM, SEO'Y :
Dear Comrades :- Permit me, through you, to express my hearty approval of the reunion inaugurated by some of the members of the "old 12th," and hope it a grand success.
Nothing would be more gratifying to me than to be able to meet my old comrades and friends on the occasion of this reunion. I know it will have a tendency to awaken memories of the camp, the march and the fierce conflicts that have slept for years and have almost passed from memory. Some of those seenes are as beautiful in imagination as they were in reality, and others are sad, very sad. Many of our bos au companions, brave, noble fellows, have long since fought their last light. It will be sad to miss them when you call the roll I hope you will not report me "absent without leave." I always tried hard to do my whole duty. I am now on detached duty, and hope Col. Knee will exerse my absence this time and at your next meeting I hope to be able to meet with you. I would like to grasp you all by the hand and commingle my congratulations with those who now survive of the old 12th. My good wishes attend you. and may the many noble deeds of her dead heroes be emulated and indelibly recorded m the memories of her living heroes. Living heroes, I say! for were there any in the service of our country entitled to the name, it was the bloody 12th. "Hurrah, boys, hurrah ; down with the traitors and up with the stars !" Stand by our country. With kind regards for all,
Truly Yours. S. R. BUROIL, Late Adjutant 12th Iowa Vet. Infty.
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 26, 18: 0.
IF. ABNER DUNHAM, SEO'Y. , MANCHESTER, JOWA:
My Dear Sir :- I have just received back from Manchester, Min., a letter which I wrote you on receipt of your first letter enelosing the cirenlar announcing the reunion of our old regiment. The wrong di- rection, Harough a blunder of mine, will. i trust, serve to excuse what may have seemed to be a lack of courtesy in not replying to your letter.
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I have also received your letter of the 16th inst., and have delayed in replying until now in the hope that I might see my way elear to respond favorably and accept the duty assigned to me.
I regret, however, to say, that a variety of circumstances compel me to foregoe the pleasure of meeting my old friends and comrades on the occasion referred to. I am sure you and they will not attribute this de- cision to a want of inclination, but will accept my assurance that. nothing short of the most imperative considerations would prevent me from attending the reunion.
The recollections of my army service and the friendships then formed are cherished by me with the most lively pleasure; and I hope still at some time to renew those friendships with such as survived the perils and hardships of that period and have come safely through the vicissitudes of the years that have followed.
With my sincerest wishes that you may have a most pleasant and profitable reunion, and that arrangements may be made for similiar reunions in the future, I remain,
Very truly and sincerely yours. E. M. VANDUZEE.
XENIA, Iowa, March 28. 1850.
LT. ABNER DUNHAM, MANCHESTER, IOWA :
Dear Comrade: Yours of the Isth ult. is received. It will be in- possible for me to attend the reunion on the 6th and 7th of April. I hereby send greetings to my old comrades hoping that it may yet be my privilege to meet them onee more ere death severs the ties and asso- ciations of this life.
The principles for which we gave four years of the best part of our lives are yet dear to my heart. I realize that we are fast passing away. Eighteen years more and the survivors of the 12th lowa, who so bravely stood to their gunson the morning of the 6th of April, 1862, can be counted on one's lingers. But When we are gone, I trust that what we did on that eventful day, and what was done on every other day ' for the cause of the Union, will be held in grateful remembrance forever.
Your comrade, JAS. L. THOMPSON.
NIOBRARA, Neb., April 4, 1880.
DEAR FRIEND ABNER AND THE TRIED OLD COMRADES OF COM- PANY F:
The near approach of the reunion of the gallant old 12th. on the, to us, ever memorable 6th and 7th of April, which, after a lapseof eigh- teen years, brings up its scenes before us, prompts me to send tay words of greeting, though I cannot be with you in person. As memory travels back to that gniet Sabbath morning, all the incidents seem to come up in regular order. The reveille, the roll call. the squad for the sick list, the tempting breakfast of baked beans and biscuit ( which we didn't eat,) and the ominons long roll which sent us to the tront to face a brave and determined foe, the roar and rattle of the musketry, and the sereech of shot and shell all through that long day, the long fight against hope, which our dear old comrades made, the falling of the dead, whose lives sealed their devotion, the eries of the wounded, to whom relief could hardly be afforded, and the final closing of the scene of carnage, all go to make up a picture which we can never forget.
And now when so many years have marked their flight, and you gathered together to talk over the incidents of life in camp and on
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many a hard fought field, we instinctively call to mind those who can- not answer the roll call here. We will cherish their memories. i wish I could be with you. I want to see the old familiar faces and see how much they have changed since the time when we used to stand up in a row at roll call. Do you remember some of those frosty morn- ings, when the inexorable Orderly would get us out to say "here," and how some of us that slept too sound to gives us time to complete our toilets would rush out in undress uniform, and getting behind our file leader so the watchful eyes of said Orderly might not discover ns, sig- nity our presence and then dodge back to our tent to get a little more sleep which that everlasting drum bad banished from our eyes.
When we think of all that eighteen years have brought to us of good or ill, of the change in thought or sentiment which those years have produced, the many questions that must necessarily arise for solu- tion in a government like ours, the duty we owe it, and the duty it owes to every citizen, however hanble, white or black, do we fully realize the grave issues that are looking up in the near future ? Have we seen bad men coming into power, have we seen those principles which so many of your number gave their lives to establish gradually being in- dermined, and all that was accomplished then, now to be overthrown ? if you do realize all this it does beboove us to now vote as we fought, and for all time to come to settle the question now and forever, that throughout all our bro add domain no citizen of this land, however poor or humble he may be. no matter what his birthplace, color or religion, but shall have all the rights of an American, to live where he may wish to vote as he shall please, and to enjoy mumolested the fruits of his toil. Until that time comes you, dear comrades, have a work to do; and at. tins time when you meet together to renew the past. it seems to me not out of place to give this your thought, how to still bring our beloved country out of the bondage of sectional strife, corrupt influences, and all the evils of ignorant and wicked men. Let us all then labor for this end that we may have a country that shall be free in fact as it is in
And now wishing I might see you all face to face and grasp your hands, and hoping as the years go by to meet you and give you the as- surance for your welfare which I feel, and that your present meeting will be full of pleasant memories in the future, I subscribe mysell'
One of your number, JOHN BREMNER.
BURLINGTON, Iowa. April 5, 1850. MY DEAR COMRADES:
It is with regret that I write yon. I would so much rather be pres- ent and grasp the friendly hand once more. Nothing would please me better than to be present; and I had made arrangements to that effeet until to-day. Things have taken a change that prevents me, and will therefore have to content myself with anticipation, which is said to be more pleasant than participation. But be that as it may, I wish you a pleasant coming together, and that you will think of the absent ones. I know, however, they are held sacred in the memory of each.
I remain your comrade ALBERT J. ROE.
Co. F, 12th towa Vet. Vol. Infantry.
ELWOOD, Iowa, April 4th, 1880. MR. ABNER DUNHAM:
Dear Sir and Comrade of the Grand Old 12th lowa Infantry :- Your call for a ranmion of the members of the old 12th I have read. I was in
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hopes that I could be with you. But as I cannot be present in person, 1 expect to be in spirit and full harmony.
It is now eighteen years since that memorable conflict at Shiloh, where many of the 12th gave up their lives, and many more were wounded for life. while a prison hell waited for the lives of many more of the boys of the gallant Twelfth, and as I think, I ask the question, have they died in vain? and have the gallant members who lived through four years of terrible war, suffered in vain? God forbid.
And now, dear comrade, if Col. Woods is present, take him by the hand for me. Also my old captain, Major VanDuzer, and all in general, for business is such I cannot be with you. With love to all I will close. Yours, a lover of Union and Liberty.
GEORGE TESKEY, Company 1, 12th Jowa, V. I.
PEORIA, Il., April 5, 1830. LT. ABNER DUNAAM, Manchester, Iowa:
Dear Sir :-- I regret to have to write to you that I cannot be with you to-morrow and the next day, at the reunion of the grand old 12th. I am suffering with rheumatism and cannot undertake the journey. Please remember me to all who may be present, and say that I regret very, very much that I cannot be with them.
Very sincerely your friend and comrade,
J. W. GIFT.
TELEGRAM.
COL. S. G. KNEE:
DUBUQUE, April 7, 1880.
I cannot express my disappointment at not being with the boys. Unexpectedly. important business prevented. Give my regards to the glorious okl Twelfth at the banquet to-day; and for any regimental or- ganization count me in. Hope the hardtack is better than at Don- Ison .
J. W. TAYLOR.
It was moved and carried to tender a vote of thanks to the old com- rades who were mmable to be present, for their kind letters of remen- brance.
In consideration of his great age, and the fact of his being in Ger- many, so far away from all his companions in arms, a motion was car- ried that a committee of two be appointed to draft a letter to Major S. D. Brodtbeek, expressing the kind wishes of the regiment, which letter was signed by all the members present. D. W. Read and Geo. II. Morrisey were appointed as such committee.
MANCHESTER, Iowa, April 6.
Dear Major S. D. Brodtbeck. Stuttgart, Wurtemberg, Germany :-- We, the undersigned members of the Twelfth lowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry, in reunion assembled, have just had read to us by Lieut. J. E. Simpson your kind letter, which was received with repeated cheers. We thank you for the expressions contained therein of diminished love not only for the services of our dear old regiment, the Twelfth Towa, but also for our glorious Union, for which we as citizens and sol-
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diers offered our services. It does our hearts good to know that though far from us, still you give us and the canse for which we togetherfought so warm a place in your affection, and for which we each tender you our renewed pledge of friendship and love. We rejoice to see from your photograph, which has been passed from hand to hand. that time has dealt so kindly with yon, and hoping that at some future reunion we shall have the pleasure of grasping your hand in friendly greeting. We remain, dear Major, your affectionate comrades in arms.
Signed by all the members present.
On motion, Drum Major McKee and Fife Major French were in- vited upon the stage to give some of their sonl-stirring music, while Color Bearer Grannis held the colors of the regiment over them. At the close of this exercise, there was uproarous applause and cheering.
The Eldora Cornet Band then favored the audience with some very fine selections, and were followed by the Dubuque Battalion Drum Corps, whose spirited martial music awakened the greatest enthusiasm among the old veterans. The Dubugne Drum Corps consists of four tifes, five snares and a bass drum, and though we are no judge of this kind of music, we thought they were hard to beat.
No other business coming before the meeting, adjournment until evening was the next in order.
After adjournment, many of the old veterans remained in the hall, visiting and recalling old times, and "fighting their battles o'er again," It is needless to say that this afternoon visiting was most highly en- joyed by the old comrades in arms, who had become so widely seat- tered over the country, and who were now re-united for the first time since they were mustered out of service.
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THE FOLLOWING IS THE ROLL OF MEMBERS PRESENT.
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FIELD AND STAFF.
J. J. Woods, Montana, Kansas, W. I. Finley, Hopkinton, Iowa.
Myron Underwood, Eldora, lowa. S. M. French. Denver, Colorado. G. Il. Morrisey, Dethi, Iowa.
COMPANY A.
S. R. Edgington, Eldora, lowa.
0 M. Runale, Eldora, Iowa.
. R. Webb, Eldora, Iowa. Seth Macy, Marshalltown, lowa.
Sumner Kemp, Alden, lowa. Davio S. Martin, lowa Falls, Iowa. Tomm Bell, Eldora, lowa.
R. B. Kellogg, Alden, lowa.
N. W. Zieger, Ellora. lowa. D A. Armstrong, Liscomb, lowa.
(. 11. Cobb, Eldora, lowa. R. P. Clarkson Des Moines, Iowa,
W. P. Hay wood, Lyons, low !. J. R. C. Hunter, Oskaloosa, lowa.
Robert Morris, Oskaloosa, lowa.
COMPANY B.
W. C. Earle. Waukon, lowa. John D. Cole. Lamusing, lowa.
R. Wamopter, French Creek, lowa. A. J. Rodgers, Waukon, lowa. 11. R. Andrews, Brush Creek, lowat.
COMPANY (.
D. B. Henderson, Dubuque, lowa.
S. S. t lanchard, Postville, lowa.
P. R. Ketchum, Windsor, Towa. D. W. Road, Wanken, lowa.
A. K. Ketchum, Clarion, lowa. R. 4. Latimer, Fayette, lowa.
11. J. Grannis, Payetie, lowat. G. R. Comstock Dubuque, lowu.
Emery Clark, Blain, lowa. S. Gitiord. Donglass, lowa. Henry Clark, State Center, lowa.
C. 11. Latimer, Maynard, lowa. N. H. Spears, Mill, lowa. Witham Handlin, Octwein, lowa.
R. D. Williams, West I nion, lowa. James Stewart, West Union, lowa.
John Detezene, Douglass, lowa. S. C. Bock. Maynard, lowa.
F. W. Moine, Strawberry Point. lowa. 11. 6. Curtis, LeMars, lowa.
W. L. Henderson LeRoy, Minn.
Jas. Barr, Algona, lowu.
Geo. 1. Darna, Springville, lo. Geo. Hazlet, Butler Centre, Iowa.
COMPANY D.
M. W. Whitenack, Waterloo, lowa. Hiel Hale Ft. Madison, lowa.
E. B. Soper, Emmestsburg, Iowa. Maje Rowan, Vinton, Iowa. 1 .. M. Ayers, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
COMPANY E.
Harvey Smith, Waterloo, lowa. C. D. Morris, LaPorte City, Iowa. A. B. Perry, Lester, Iowa.
S. J. ( raw hurst, Miller's Creek, Iowa.
John Elwell, Chicago,CIIl.
C. V. Smifus, Bristow, lowa, D. Praighton, Geneva, lowa. J. S. Margretz, Hitesville, lowa. Thos. Demoss, Bristow, lowa.
Charles Cook, Lester. Jowa. 'T. M. Early, Bristow, lowa.
COMPANY F.
H. M. Preston, Port, Dodge, lowa. R. W. Tirrill Manchester, lowa. J. J. Eaton. Edgewood, lowa. Nelson Ralston. LeMars, lowa. Samuel Kalt nbach, Manchester, lowa. W. A. W. N Json. Hazleton. lowa, Robert L. Werden, Nugent's Grove, towa Jos. S. Girton, Hazleton, lowa. T. R. McKee, Manchester, lowa. Ceo. Kent, Oetwein, lowa. Jas. F. Loc, Clay Mills, Iowa.
J. R. Eldridge Edgewood, lowa. Joshua, Widger, Waterloo, lowa. Josiah Hothill, Wood Couter, lowa. Ed. Corell, Greely, lowa. Thos. McGowan, Independence. Jowa. 11. W. Mackey, Maynard. lowa.
W. H. Goodell, Manchester, lowa. Abner Imtham Manchester, Jo. Hiram Kaster, Manchester, lowa.
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COMPANY G.
J. E. Simpson Dubuque, lowa.
COMPANY HI.
Alex. S. McConnell, Hopkinton, Iowa. A. T. Garner, Farley, Towa. Jas. Evans, Dubugne, lowa.
S. G. Knee, Colesburg lowa.
11. J. Playter, Bristow, Iowa. D. Moreland, Earlville, lowa.
Jos. Franks, Ward's Corners, Iowa.
COMPANY I.
M. D. Nagle, Dubuque, Towa.
COMPANY K.
U. R. Mathis, Omaha, Nebraska, 11. 6. Merriam, Hopkinton, lowa.
C. E. Merriam, Hopkinton, Iowa. Godfrey, Dolley, Hopkinton, lowa.
P. J. Morehouse, Winthrop, lowa.
NAMES OF WIVES PRESENT.
Mrs. G. II. Morrisey, Delhi, lowa. Mrs. Sam'l Koltenbach, Manchester, Iowa'
.. S. R. Edgington. Eldora, lowa. .. Hiram Kaster, Manchester, lowa.
" R. P. larkson, Des Moines, lowa. .. W. II Goodell, Manchester, Iowa.
" (1. L. Durno, Springville, lowa.
Hiel Hale, Ft. Madison, lowa.
J. J. Simpson, Dubuque, lowa.
" T. R. MeKee, Iowa Falls, Iowa.
.. R. W. Tirrill, Manchester, I wa.
D. Moreland, Bartville, lowa.
S. J. Crawhurst, Manchester, lowa. Joseph Franks, Ward's Corners, lowa.
Abner Dunham, Manchester, lowu. C. E. Merriam. Hopkinton, lowa.
W. I. Henderson and Daughter, Le- Roy, Minn.
* G E. Comstock, Dubuque, lowa,
SOLDIERS' WIDOWS.
Mrs. Wm. A. Morse, Manchester, lowa. Mrs. Abner Campbell, New York, N. Y.
TUESDAY EVENING.
The hall was again packed at an early hour in the evening, fully one thousand persons being unable to gain admittance. After prayer by Rev. D. Russell, of the 1th N Y. Infantry, followed by vocal and instrumental music, Jed by G. E. Comstock, of Co. C., Hon. C. Sanborn, the Mayor of the City, delivered the welcoming address.
MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE TWELFTH IOWA REGI- MENT :
It is my pleasant duty in behalf of the citizens of Manchester, to extend to you officially, a most hearty welcome to the hospitalities of this town, on this anniversary occasion of the bloody battle of Shiloh, in which you bore so conspicuous a part. And I welcome you, not only with all the meaning that a long time custom has attached to the cere- mony of granting the " Freedom of the City" to returned conquerers, but with the added weight that should and does attach to that ancient rite, in consequence of your having been engaged in a more noble way- fare than they-inasmuch, as the rescuing of your beloved land from the hands of ignoble traitors is more memorable than conquering a foreign foe.
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J. E. Eldridge and Daughter, Edge- wood, lowa.
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Once again I welcome you, and trust that the memories of the duties which you have so well performed in the past, will ever be your support in the future battles of life. And I assure you that the mem- ory of your achievements will ever be held sacred, not only by ns but also by the free and liberty loving people of the entire nation.
To this Col Knee, the President, made the following happy response : MR. MAYOR :
As President of the Reunion Association of the 12th Regiment of Iowa Volunteers, it becomes my daty to thank you. and through you. the citizens of Manchester for the kind and hospitable manner in which you have welcomed and entertained us, the surviving members of the lowa Twelfth.
Sir, we have come tog ther from nearly every quarter of this great nation ; we have left our severat vocations. in almost every sphere of life. the shop, the commer. the desk and the farm, at the instance of our comrade, your esteemed citizen. Lient. Abner Dunham, who took the intuitive step, and to whom belongs the credit for the success of this, our first reunion, and have met m your beautiful city for the purpose of reviewing in memory the vivid scenes of the march. the camp and the battle field-events that by us can never be forgotten.
Sir. we feel that it is well that we again have met, and lived over again the events of the past ; but none of such events have afforded us a livelier pleasure these the fraternal manner in which you and your people have received ns. You have made us feel that Manchester is true and warm hearted, and has received us with an affection akin to that with which she greeted her own boys returning from the field of strife.
And now, sir, when we separate and depart for our respective homes. we will carry with us the consciousness that the happiest events of our lives took place at our reunion as the guests of the good people of Manchester. Again sir, we return you and your people our sincere thanks for your kindness and hospitality,
The President then introduced to the audience, Col. D. B. Hender- son, of Dubuque, who then delivered one of the grandest, most eloquent and patriotie orations that has ever been delivered at any point since the war. Hisglowing tribute to the grand old Twelfth Iowa, of which he was an honored member, being a Lieutenant of Company C, until he lost a leg on Corinth's bloody field, was a grand peroration from be- ginning toend, and kept the audience in a continual roar of laughter and applause.
Ile spoke as follows :
HENDERSON'S ADDRESS.
MY DEAR COMRADES :
What words are fitting for this occasion ? What can the lips say when the heart only can speak ? This occasion calls up such a past, that the emotions rise like a swollen flood to drown the voice. The eye, the band, the heart, have the only voice for this sacred hour. I would not speak to you thus formally were I permitted to consult my own
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heart. No! I wond rather take your hands in mine, and looking into your face, read there all that we have seen, have suffered, have lost, and have won. I would banish the voice and only feel.
There was an hour when we did not dare to feel; when we would not permit the voice to tremble. In the presence of the awful hour that first called us together; in the presence of events that over-topped hu . man ties and human loves our lips had to be compressed to steel, our tears were turned to fire and our hearts to stone. But to-night. in the presence of the peace that we helped to secure, we may gocall the sad events of the past; we may remember partings that never had a meet- ing; we may think of faces that cannot meet us here: and in doing all this even a tear may fall upon a soldier's cheek and leave no stain.
Is this a meeting of friends ? No ! It is more than a meeting of friends. Are we simply friends ? We, who while smothering the len- derest emotions, sprang to arms at the same moment. rushed to encoun- ter the same sufferings. the same dangers, and the same glories, and were inspired by the same grand motives? We, who fought under the same flag, slept in the same tent or in the sune trenches, buried the same comrades and mited m the same wild, raptorons, trimphant shout of victory ? My God ! are we only friends ? We are brothers! If you have one brother you have up there and here neatly a thousand. What earthly ties can be dearer, truer, orstronger than those that bind us together ? We were plighted in the face of death : we were united at the altar of liberty : our marriage bells were the voices of cannon, the groups of the dying and the last tattoo. This is the meeting of brothers, tried and true, after a parting of fifteen years.
In September. ISGI, when it became apparent that the war would yield tono ninety-days attack, when it became evident that the South really intended to destroy this government-fair as it was -the men of theTwelfth lowa hastened to Dubnque to omster into the defence of their country for the longest period that Abraham Lincoln God bless him asked; namely three years. Then and there, 981 officers and men pledged themselves to their country. These 9St men were not soldiers ! The name soldier applies to the paid vassals of a king. But these men Word not soldiers; they were citizens of the Republic, who had but one thought, that their country was in danger. and if it fell they must be buried beneath its ruins. In 1861, they came from their forms. their forges, their schools and their workshops, all with one common thought, that our country was in danger, and we had a duty to perform.
I repeat, they were not soldiers. They were patriots-patriots in all the deep, broad, thrilling meaning of that word. They did not go to fight-to kill, they went to defend, to save.
I will show you what kind of men the Twelfth was made of by tell- ing you a story of one of its number. a private soldier.
On the 30th of May last, in the presence of eleven men of the 12th Iowa, I told this story of one of the members of the regiment. and I give it as a true ones and God knows how true it was. On the train coming bere this morning. I met another who was knowing to the facts which I am about to relate. The lad I refer to was not American born. Hle was a simple country lad.
In September, 1861, as I was out recruiting for my company. I stopped at a farm house, and while eating dinner I was talking about the war, when this young man -dropped his knife and fork. and said in broken English, "1 go 100." We shook bands, and were comrades from that hour. That man never failed to report for duty. Never missed a roll-call. Comrades, you all remember the march to ist Henry, how we got wet through and had to sleep on our feet. Charley Larson. for thit was this lad's name, was unfitted for duty by that march. His hands were shaking and he was as white as a sheet ; and when we started for Ft. Donelson, Dr. Finley said Charley was not fit to go with us, and umust stay behind. But Charley said he must go, and coming to me
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