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Henry Hasselton, Lamar, Mo
Eli Wilson, Panora, Iowa Julius Bridegroom, Norton, Kan R H Black, Jamesport, Mo Jacob Crosmar, Tripp, S Dacota Benton: Carrington, Peoria, Ill Henry Grife, Barnes City, Iowa Ambrose Gehrt, Lawn City, Il William Henneker. Buel, Kan W' B Haminel. Fact, Kan G B Kinney, Nemaba City, Neb ( P McCreedy, Rockford, Iowa John Parsons, Chillicothe, Ill
W H Screwton, Lewistown, Maine Orrin Frisby, Sparland, Ill G W Hall, Eatonville, Kan G W Ramey, Eureka, Kau G W Snell. Lake Charles, I,a H J Wilcox, Bradford, Ill
MUSICIAN.
PRIVATES.
David Brown, Chillicothe, Ill G W Britton, Odel, Iowa J H Culton, 3814 N 21st St, Omaha Neb Joseph Carter, Lawn Ridge, I!l Stephen Grady, Whitefield, Ill Alonzo Goodale, Kingsley, Iowa J G Honeywell, Hansom, Neb HI F Hosselton, Peoria, Ill Andrew Kimble, Chillicothe, Ill T M Livingston, Russell, Iowa A J Norman, Logan, Iowa Thomas Reeder, Oneida, Kan
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J W Regan, Pawnee, Neb Jacob Schleigh, Bennett, Kan David Shurts, Whitefield, Ill
. Andrew Schanck, Marysville, Cal J M Terry, Fairport, Mo
T S Regan, Stella, Neb T J Summer, Minonk, Ill Abram Shurts, Whitefield, Ill MI J Shackelford, York, Neb Lewis Woodward, Little Sianc, Iowa COMPANY F.
Capt. J I .. Burkhalter, Galesburg, Ill. Lieut. N D Combs. Tecumseh, Neb. - Lieut. John Holl. Galesburg, Il. Lieut. A P Loveland. Neal Kan. SERGEANTS.
'T D West, Hillsboro, Highland Co, O B F Scott, Colfax, Ind. W M Gardner, Gilson, Ill. James McNaughton, Maquon, III. CORPORALS.
C C Davis, David City, Neb
J D Housh, Gilson, Iil. 4
M A Griffith, Scandia, Kan. F C Humphrey, Princeton, Mo. R Cary Walter, David City, Neb.
Manuel Mawry, Knoxville. 111. William Liewallen, Woodburn, Io. S B Ouderkirk, Maquon, Ill. MUSICIANS
W' M Smithson. David City, Neb.,
PRIVATES.
C B Atwood, Wichita, Kan.
Isaac Coon, Desota, Neb.
N G Clark; Maquon, Il.
Summer Darnell, David City, Neb.
Mathew Freemnole. Tecumseh, Neb. Bruce Finch. Garrison, Neb.
Ira Grabill. Harlan, Iowa Morrison Grissom. Milan, Kan.
Jacob Housh, Abingdon, Di.
W HI Jones, Canton, Ill.
R A Moon, David City, Neb
J H Mc Vay. Saline, Mo Martin Ouderkirk, Clearfield, Iowa
Albert Smith, Maquon, Ill
J A Smith, Lenox, Iowa
Alexander Snyder, Commercial Point, W A Stodgell, Tipton, Mo Ohio
B S Walter, David City, Neb
Capt S L Zinser, Minonk, Il
W S Coon, Logan, Kan William Caulkins, Knoxville, Ill.
J H Conner, Knoxville, III Joel Darnell. Garrison, Neb. Richard Finch. Turkville, Kan. W A Grove, Galva, Ill. Harrison Gibbs. Stylesville, Iowa. John Hughs, Gilson, Ill S H Hopper. Knoxville, Ill. C W Mckown, Gilson, Ill. J R Moon, Garrison, Neb George Norris, Moumouth, Il! W M Perry, Doniphan, Mo J M W Smith, Aurora, Neb T C Smith, Maquon, Il
John West, Dahinda, Ill A J Way, Tecumseh, Neb
COMPANY G.
Lieut Martin Kingman, Peoria, Ili SERGEANTS. L S North, Washington, Ill Alexander Graham, WasLington, Il CG Parker, Stromburg, Neb
F S Shearer, Streator, Ill H H Kellogg, Havana, NY M HI Cloud, Paxton, IN J T Gibson. Capitol Hill, Denver, Col W H Wanghop, Bloomfield, Iowa
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J H Chaffee, Washington, I !! G W Ferner, Washington, Ill HI B Smith, Morton, III
CORPORALS.
H F Heiple, Washington, Ill John Ruble, Thawville, Ill
PRIVATES.
Edward Breen, Glens Falls, NY I E Crosby, Magnolia, Minu William Criswell, Jourdan Springs Kan D W Cullom, Celina, Tean J J Eggman, 7238 Peoria St, Engle- wood, Ill
Campbell Lee, Gridley, Il T B Lane, Deer Creek, Ill
HI C Layton, Mackinaw, Ill, Daniel McCoy. Washington, Ill Jacob, Orendorf, Osbom, Kan W J Parker. Stromsburg, Neb Nathaniel Robinson, Lima, Ohio W H Riddle, Kent, Loop Co, Neb Rogers Shoemaker, Washington, Ill HI C Scott, Hilton, Ill Israel Tobias, Sergeant, Neb W H Triplet, Elindale, Kan B F Whistler, Mackinaw, Ill
Capt John H Hall, Peoria, Ill Lieut W F Hodge, Jamestown N Dak
Lieutenant E E Peters, Peoria, Il1 Lieut J H Henderson, Terre Haute, Ind SERGEANTS.
Mathew Murdock, Humbolt, Kan W C Stewart, IoI N Monroe st, Peoria, I !!
McKendra MeNeal, Henry, IN E H Cruger, Atlanta, Ga
C A Fox, Sioux Falls, S Dak
Jacob Anthony, Pekin, III Miller Buck, Monica, Il William Brings, Medina, Ill O W Cole. Greenleaf, Kan J W H Ewing, 109 Bradley Ave, Peoria, Ill
G W Botham, Washington Madison Corbin, Soldiers' Home, Quin- cy, Ill Joshua Eggman, Parkersville, Kan S A Graves, Sodonis, Ill D L Kean, 1507 South N St, Tacoma, Wash Robert Lewis, Monte Vista, Colorado George Merchant, Hudson, Ill
Christian Magenheimer, 201 Second Ave .. Peoria, Ill J HI Parker, Jourdan Springs, Kan Jonah Ruble, Washington, Ill Charles Sundgren, Peoria, Il1 Phillip Sutton, Little Rock, Ark J R Spier, Bloomington, Ill
James Trowbridge, Washington, Ill Ebenezer Wood, Rockville, Mo Jacob Westerfield, Geneseo, Ill COMPANY H.
WT Keener, for Washington st, Chi. cago, Ill Sylvester McMahan, Junean, Alaska CORPORALS.
A R Hepperly, Ellsworth, Kan W A Maginly, Auburn, Kan MUSICIAN.
PRIVATES. William Buck, Monica, Ill . Thomas Blackwell, Princeville, Ill Albert Belcher, Bloomington, Ill A G Church, Fairmount, Neb Erwin Flick, Peru, IN J W' Flagler, Howard, Kan
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H G Hogue, Armena, Kan D C Keach, Southampton, Ill
W L Ley, Streator, Il1
J A Huffman, Farton, Kan H J Kilver, 701 Second st, Peoria, Ill G M Moore, Peoria, Ill
J A McFarland, 1107 7th st, Peoria, Ill John McKone, Reno, Kan
W W Newlon, Newlon, Dawson Co, Mont William Powell, Peoria, Ill
J N Place, Peoria, Ill J J Schleigh, Peoria, Ill Jamies Scott, Gilman, Ill
Charles Rook, Brimfield, Ill George Slocum, Dodge City, Kan Emerson Van Patton, Wyoming, Ill
COMPANY I.
Captain A A Lee, Harper, Kan Lieutenant John Earnest, Peoria, Ill
Lieutenant R W Groninger, Trivoli, Ill Lieutenant J L Fahnestock, Peoria, Ill SERGEANTS.
A L, Bolinger. Davenport, Iowa T W Botts, Peoria, I11 David Smith, San Francisco, Cal
T J Love, 610 Fourth st, Peoria, Ill John Herstine, 604 Third st, Peoria, Ill Ernest Strube, Cummings, Warren Co, Iowa
CORPORALS.
David Shreffler, Peoria, Il W R Sharp, Ft. Scott Kas
John Brown, Elinira, Lane Co Oregon John Clark, New Home, Neb
D) S Hutchinson, Burchard, Neb Lewis Krisher, Trivoli, II
J W Tindall, Cramer, Ill
MUSICIANS J A Shreffler, Glasford, Ill
S B Silzel, Peoria, Il1
WAGONER
J C McQuown, Glasford, Ill
PRIVATES
John Adams, Soldiers Home Quincy, III W D Bolinger, Lancaster, Pa E A Brown, Tecumseh, Neb W L Clark, Vista, Neb Bernard Friess, Glasford, Ill George Glasford, Glasford, Ill Richard Green, Lindley Mo J W' Henrys, Diller, Neb W A Hinkle, Peoria, Ill M F Jones, Pekiu, Il S P Kelly, Huron. S Dak Alfred Lacock, Kingston Mines, III E A Morphew, Petersburg, Ill Ezekiel Petty, Elinwood, Ill Jacob Petty, Glasford, Ill J C Reed, Trivoli. Il Henry Sliester, 519 N Y Av, Peoria, III Daniel Sheppard. Glasford, III
S G Chambers, Glasford, Ill Benjamin Erford, Glasford, Ill A S Green, Kingstou, Il Absoleth Green, Henry, Ill Benjamin Hobble, Glasford, Ill J W Hartman, Columbus, Kan Cyrus Johnson, Banner, Ill W H Johnson, Newton, Iowa Nelson Kelly, Peoria, Ill E F C Lindenburg, Geneva, Neh I. N McCormick, Ogden Tenn J R Petty, Elmwood. Ill Abram Pratts, Hooper Dodge Co, Neb S M Sprague, Glasford, Ill
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L S Sprague, Breeds, Fulton Co, Ill G D Sill, Pekin, Ill
W PJ Sill, Emporia, Kan I M Sill, Emporia, Kan
Allen J Ticknor, Casey, Iowa Albert J Ticknor, Casey Iowa 1
David Thomas, Sodaville, Linn Co, Ore Jacob Wolgamnot, Hennessey; Oklahoma David Verrion, Farmington, Ill A C Tindall, Glasford, Ili
COMPANY K.
Capt L A Ross, Los Angeles, Cal Lieut J B Peet, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Lieut John Morrow, Chenoa, I11 Iheut John McGinnis, 119 McReynolds St, Peoria, Il1
SERGEANTS.
Elijah Coburn, 303 Ill Ave, Peoria, Ill John Carter, Leesville, Mo J Z Slane, Princeville, Ill J J Anderson, Independence, Kan
W HI Auten, Hopkins, Mo
CORPORALS.
E M Armstrong, Pawnee Rock, Kau Fredrick Gladfelter, Princeville; Il1 Emanuel Kellar, Princeville, Ill Jas E White, Monica, Ill
J M Saben, Hoopston, Ill
J C Ziler, Spring Hill, Kan S W Rilea, 6724 Sherman st, Englewood, Ill
W B Blanchard, Greenleaf, Kan
David Smith, Monica, III
MUSICIANS. John E White, Minden, Neb
PRIVATES.
George Auten, Hopkins, Mo Frank Beach, Dumont, Iowa Patrick Byrnes, Dunlap, Ill George Cook, Buckley, !!! Jefferson Debord, Maitland, Mo Casper Gladfelter, Havana, Kan
Marmaduke Hare, Greencastle, Mo
W H Kellar, Highland, Kan A J Lair, Duncan, Ill Erastus Morrow, Stark, Ill W' T Nail, Wear City, Kan W W Potts, Leon, Iowa William Pembleton, Des Moines, Iowa J M Russell, Freemont, Iowa Hugh Roney, Monica, Ill
J W Smith, Huntsville, Ohio M E Sangar, Kansas City, Mo Francis Timmons, Duncan, III
Henry Butler, Chillicothe, Ill
C' S Aten, Tecumseh, Mich Green Burgess, Wellington, Kan S C Coburn, Princeville, III J J Cowley. Soldiers Home, Leaven- worth, Kan Jefferson Hare, Nobnoster, Mo H H Hare, Elk City, Kan Edmund Kellar, Abiline, Kan James Miller, Liberty, Iowa G B Nail, St Davids, Ill J J Nace, Nabb, Clark Co, Ind Joseph Parents, Princeville, Ill
Peter Roney, Quitman, Mo Archibald Smith, Monica, Ill A J Scott. Galesburg. III W' HI Wisenburg, Princeville, Ill
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Thirty-third Anniversary
Minth Reunion ... Of the ...
Eighty = surth Regiment
Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Peoría, Illinois Ang. 27 and 28, 1895
Also all known changes in Dost Office addresses
3obn mcGinnis, "Commander Deoria, ; Allincis
C . V. nDcTRown, Hof't and Q. Im2. Gilson, IRnor Co., Alineis
THIRTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY
Ninth Reunion
OF THE
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Eighty=sirth
Regiment
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Illinois Volunteer Infantry
HELD IN
PEORIA, ILL.,
August 27th and 28th, 1895
Also, all known changes in Post Office addresses.
JOHN MCGINNIS, COMMANDER PEORIA, ILLINOIS
C. W. MCKOWN, ADJ'T AND Q. M. GILSON, KNOX CO., ILLINOIS
REPUBLICAN STEAM PRINT, KNOXVILLE, ILLINOIS -1895
VINMA OAIHT-YTRIHT
Greeting
TO THOSE NOT IN ATTENDANCE AT THE REUNION OF IS95.
Dear Comrades :- Our thirty-third Anniversary and Ninth Reunion is now a thing of the past and you came very near not being blessed (?) with a record of it. Do you say how was that ? Well, I will tell you. When we met Aug. 27, the Association found itself in debt $72 3S, with hall rent and musicians to pay for, $30.00,-making a total of $102.38 indebtedness. When yearly dues were collected, a donation of nine dollars received of Captain Hall and several badges sold, there was found to be still due the Quartermaster nine dollars and thirteen cents ! So you see it did not look like there would be anything to pay printer and postage for any report of the proceedings. Well, a small armfull of letters had been received by the Association containing expressions of Love and Thanks and sentiments like the following: "Let ine tender my sincere thanks to the brave old comrades for the favors conferred on myself and all ab- sent comrades in holding the organization together and presenting each mem - ber of the 86th with your neat little roster. Money could not buy these soave- nirs from me." Of course, after hearing such sentiments, the members present did not like to cut off the supplies of absent comrades, and in talking the mat- ter over decided to pass a hat and take up a collection; this was doue, result- ing in twenty-two dollars and ninety five cents. This paid the indebtedness and left fourteen dollars and eighty-two cents in the treasury. So I am going to fire another round of Reunion Proceedings at you Now I do not believe for a moment that you desire me to advance fifty or sixty dollars and wait till August 27th, 1896, for iny money-but I expect dues for 1895 to come flying in like grasshoppers in Kansas as soon as you read this. I have about fitty bad- ges left yet and will mail one to each Comrade on receipt of one dollar yearly dues. They are very beautiful; having a white acorn on a red, white and blue ribbon with a medallion suspended to it on which is the picture of two soldiers with clasped hands. One is minus an arm and the other has a wooden leg. All is mounted on a heavy white ribbon with an alluminum cross bar at the top. Heretofore I have always endeavored to send a badge to each Comrade who paid dues, but this year I varied that habit a little and have sent a badge to each Comrade who favored the Association with a letter, except one from Ohio and one from Minnesota who wrote that they could not be present -- but were - and received their badges there.
Now for those who have been unfortunate financially and are not able to pay dues, we have unlimited sympathy, and do not want you to pay, and for those who are from well-to-do to immensely rich, and have never paid anything, we have abundance of pity, and with malice toward none and charity
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for all, we will continue to regard each and every one of you sincerely and affectionately as our comrades.
I have written the foregoing without holding a council of war or receiving the advice or consent of any comrade, and am personally accountable for it, but I verily believe it is the sentiment of all present at the reunion.
This reunion was handicapped by several county and district reunions that kept a number of members away. Eighty-three registered present. Seventy- three paid dues of one dollar each. A. W. Belcher aud W. H. Wisenburg paid back dues for 1894. Dues of one dollar each were received at the reunion by mail, from Captains Jo Major and Sol. L. Zinzer, and E. C. Silliman, S. W. Rilea, and W. E. Wrigley. Capt John H. Hall donated nine dollars. Twenty- one badges were sold for five dollars and twenty-five cents. A hat was passed around for a collection, realizing twenty-two dollars and ninety-five cents, making a total of one hundred and seventeen dollars and twenty cents. The expenses were: old debt, seventy-two dollars and thirty-eight cents; hall rent, fifteen dollars; musicians, fifteen dollars, making a total of one hundred and two dollars and thirty eight cents. Leaving in the treasury fourteen dollars and eighty-two cei ts.
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Preliminary
The Executive Committee met in Peoria July 23rd, 1895, and arranged the following
PROGRAMME
I. Assembly call by fife and drum at one o'clock p. m.
2. Call to order at 1:30 by Commander Hall.
3. Prayer by Chaplain Wilson.
4 Consideration of minutes of previous reunion.
5 Reports of Commander, Adjutant and Quarter Master.
6. Singing by quartette.
7. Miscellaneous business and reports of special committees.
8 Election of officers.
9 Reading communications.
IO. Adjourn to 7:30 p. m. EVENING SESSION.
I. Assembly call by fife and drum.
2 Call to order by Commander.
3 Singing "America."
4 Reading death roll and appointing committee on obituary resolutions.
5 Singing by quartette.
6 Recitation by Daughter of the Regiment.
7. Singing by quartette,
8 Address by Rev. Frank McAlpine.
9. Recitations by any Sons and Daughters of Veterans who will "volun- teer" to recite.
10. Stray shots on the Skirmish Line.
II. Adjourn.
SECOND DAY.
1. Assembly Call at S a. m.
2. Call to order.
3 . Prayer
4. Music.
5. Recitation by Daughter of Regiment.
6. Recitation by --- - Zinser.
7. Annual address by S W. Rilea.
8 Report of Committee on Death Roll
- 9 Adjourn to 1:30.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
I. Call to order
2. Music.
3. Unfinished business
4. Installation of officers.
5. Singing, "God be with you till we meet again."
6 Adjourn.
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roccedings
OF THE
NINTH REUNION
Promptly at one o'clock Aug. 27, 1895, the sound of fife and drum was heard on the Jefferson street side of the Court House in Peoria. As might be expected, the small boy, loafer, idler and dead beat were attracted in large numbers, but in addition to these there was a different looking crowd attracted also. Old soldiers, gray and wrinkled, some of them crippled-and many of their wives, children and grand-children, assembled at the old wartime sound of martial music. From the manner of their meeting and their affectionate greeting one might easily imagine it to be a family reunion of brothers and sisters. None of that idle curiosity seeking appearance was visible among them but each seemed to inquire eagerly and earnestly of the welfare of the others Some had been separated for many years, some for only one year, but the greeting of all was of that kind that comes from the heart of one and finds lodgment in the heart of another. After the greetings they moved across the street into the Auditorium of the Y. M. C. A. building, followed by many of the idle spectators
Commander Jolin H. Hall called the meeting to order and Comrade Belcli- er oftered very fervent, earnest prayer.
The minutes of the previous reunion were adopted as printed in the Adju- tant's report.
The Commander made a verbal report of the social condition of the Asso- ciation and requested the assistance of all to make this a pleasant and enjoya- ble reunion and read the following:
COMMANDER HALL'S ADDRESS.
COMRADES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN :- We are here today to do whatever we can to perpetuate and pass to the rising generation memories of the dark days of this Republic, before a large portion of those present with us today, were oorn. This is the thirty-third anniversary of the muster of the 86th Regiment Illinois Volunteers into the service of the United States. Comrades, it is well that we meet and review the events of the times known as '61 to '65. Do you remember the camp at the old Fair Ground? Can you in your minds look back, ( I know that a true sol lier should never look back, but our soldier days are past) and see almost a thousand rosy cheeked boys, as it were, with flowing locks of curly hair, every one full of life and fun ? Can you see them as they stood in ranks and took the oath to defend Old Glory, and thereby perpetuate the Government of the United States ? Do you remember the parting on that 6th day of September, 1862, when the 86th started for the front? Do you remember how nicely we were cared for by the agents of the Government? Do
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you remember the long, tedious ride from Peoria to Jeffersonville, Indiana, sitting on a narrow board seat laid across flat coal cars, without protection from sun or storm.
It seemed like hard usage to leave home and home comforts to defend and protect the rights of person and property, that we could not have decent, and at least comfortable transportation to the seat of war, but it seems that it were best as it was, for it prepared us in a measure for what was to follow. Even at this late day, more than thirty years after the war, you hear the old veterans called paupers, blood-suckers, pension frauds, and in fact there is no epithet too mean to bestow upon them. A large number of our so-called citizens, who look upon the old veterans as a curse to the country, do not know whereof they talk. Had they been at Perryville, on the march after Bragg, at Stone River, Chickamauga, Kennesaw Mountain, and many other battles at which had the result been in favor of the other side, what would these croakers have had? No government, no property, no money to pay peusious with.
But to return-Can you go over the tedious marches around Louisville, then to Perryville, our first battle, then the long race after Bragg, whom the commander of the union army did not want, nor intend to capture. Can you then retrace your steps, and go for the relief of Nashville, Mill Springs and Camp Brentwood, where ended the events of 1862? Then comes the memor. ies of train guard and camp duty, until the great move on Chattanooga. Then we had orders throwing our Regiment with a section of Barnett's battery, on the extreme right, moving via. Columbia and Pulaski, Tennessee, Huntsville, Brown's Station, Bridgeport, and then to Chickamauga. O, how many mnemo- ries cluster around that word. Those of our people who have come upon the scene to take part as citizens can read of Valley Forge, and the events of the Revolution, but what was the war of the Revolution, with its few thousand men, as compared with the rebellion, where the army was computed by the hundred thousand men, and not like the patriots of the Revolution, mostly frontiersmen, inurred to hardships and privations from their birth. The Union army was composed of merchants, clerks, farmers, doctors, lawyers mechanics from every branch of trade, mostly men unaccustomed to exposure of any kind, and when they had to endure the hardships of camp life, a large part of the time without shelter of any kind. Then look at the return of that part of the army which went from Chattanooga for the relief of Knoxville, Tennessee. When these croakers have done one-quarter part, and have en- dured what the old soldiers did for the country, then it will be time for them to grow !.
Comrades, do you remember the day that the old 86th returned to camp, North Chickamauga, from the relief of Knoxville? Can you see them in rags? Look at their feet wound up in pieces of blanket to try and keep the rough rocks from lacerating their flesh, but with all their efforts many of them left blood in their tracks? Such scenes and hardships are the memories which we must by word of mouth impart to the rising generation, for history of late years is getting to be a very uncertain quantity, and it behooves us to let those around us know what it has cost in trials and hardship to place Old Glory on
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the highest pinnacle that the flag of any nation in the world has ever occu- pied, and that no other flag shall have a place, or be allowed to float in this country, as an emblem of National authority.
Now comes the over one hundred days campaign from Chattanooga to At- lanta. Can you ever forget Ringold, Rocky Face, Snake Creek Gap, Resacca, Rome, Big Shanty, Dallas, Kennesaw Mountain ? Need I ask Comrades of Companies A and B if they remember that in the charge on that ever to be memorable 27th day of June, 1864, when as it is fixed in my mind our Brigade, being the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Divisiou, 14th Corps, lost in killed and wounded over five hundred men in less than twenty minutes time ? Was it worth any- thing to these pension croakers that you and your comrades went and stood as a target for traitor lead to flatten its treasonable face upon, in the endeavor to destroy the nation ? But, thanks to the Boys iu Blue, it is still a nation written with a big N.
But I fear you will tire of such a rambling screed, but we must not forget the battle of Peach Tree Creek, July 19, 1864, nor the battles around Atlanta. Then comes the great March to the Sea, and then through South Carolina. Can any of you forget the line of fire and smoke? And when we came to the line of North Carolina, what a change came over the army. They knew that they had friends in this State, and they respected their rights.
Then came the battle of Averyville, N. C., then che Great truce between Sherman and Johnson, and the Rebellion was a thing of the past. Next the march to Richmond, and battlefield of Bull Run; then to Washington, the capital of the nation the army had saved, and in the Grand Review let the as- sembled Diplomats of the world see that the army of General Sherman was not, as had been asserted, a lot of hoodluis and vagabonds. You will no doubt agree with mie in the statement that the treatuient of our Regiment re- ceived at the hands of the Government was, to say the least, shabby. We went to the war in open flat cars, when at every station that we passed were passen- ger coaches on the side tracks, and after three years of hard service we were sent from the Capital of the Nation we had helped save to Chicago in dirty box cars, without seats, pushed in like a lot of hogs, which, in the opinion of those in charge of transportation, was good enough for the riff raff of the North who had defeated them and their friends in their attempt to destroy the Goveru- ment of the United States.
Comrade Mckown then read the
REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT AND QUARTERMASTER
PEORIA, ILL., Aug. 27th, IS95.
Commander and Comrades: The past year has not developed anything strange or remarkable in the history of our Association. My correspondence has been unusually limited and nearly all who did write forgot, or else failed to enclose yearly dues. As usual I got the proceedings of our last reunion printed including our new post office directory and mailed a copy to each ad-
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dress. Twenty-five copies were returned to me by the post office department, showing that our postal directory is not yet perfect.
My financial account is as follows:
Dr.“
Yearly dues received from members present at reunion Aug. 27th, 1894$ S2 50 Back dues, 1892-3, J. H. Brubaker . 2 00
.6 1893, Wm. Dixon 1 00
Dues received at the reunion from absent members as follows: Capt. Jo. Major 1 00
W. E. Wrigley 1 00
J. M Sabin . 1 00
A. T. Sanger 1 00
Lieut. John Morrow 1 00
Julius Bridegroom
1 00
C. E Weidman, for 1892,'93 and '94 . 3 00
Donations-
Col. A. L. Fahnestock 10 00
Mrs Jennie Page 1 00
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