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do. Rifles, Colonel James M. Perrin.
THIRD BRIGADE.
Commander Brigadier-General E. L. THOMAS.
14th Georgia, Colonel R. W. Folsom.
35th do., + Captain John Duke.
45th do., + Lieutenant Colonel W. L. Grice.
49th do., + Major S. T. Player.
FOURTII BRIGADE.
Commander : Brigadier-General J. H. LANE.
7th North Carolina, Colonel E. G. Haywood. 18th do., do. Thos. J. Purdie.
28th do.,
do. S. D. Lowe.
33d do., do. Clark M. Avery.
37th do.,
do. W. M. Barbour.
FIFTH BRIGADE. Commander :
+ Brigadier-General J. J. ARCHER. 13th Alabama, Colonel B. D. Fry. 5th do. Battery, Captain S. D. Stewart.
Ist Tenneesce ( Prov. Army), |Lieutenant-Colonel N. J. George. 7th do., | Lieutenant Colonel John A. Fite. 1.4th do., Colonel William McComb.
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SIXTH BRIGADE.
Commander : + Brigadier-General W. D. PENDER.
13th North Carolina, Colonel A. M. Scales.
16th do., do. John S. McIlroy.
22d do.,
Lieutenant-Colonel Christian C. Coles.
34th
do.,
38th
do., }
do. John Ashford.
SECOND (D. H. HILL'S) DIVISION.
Commanders : + Brigadier-General R. E. RHODES. do. do. S. E. RAMSEUR.
FIRST BRIGADE. Commanders :
Colonels E. A. O'NEAL and J. M. HALL.
3d Alabama, + Captain M. F. Bonham.
5th do., + Colonel J. M. Hall.
6th do., do. James N. Lightfoot.
12th do., do. Samuel B. Pickens.
26th do., do. + E. A. O'Neal.
The Fifth Alabama Regiment was the immediate skirmish line in our front at midday of May 2d, in the vicinity of Hazel Grove, and occupied close quarters wuh the 122d Regiment as hereinbefore related
SECOND BRIGADE.
Commander :
Brigadier-General GEORGE DOLES.
4th orgia, Colonel Philip Cook.
12th do.,
do.
Edward Willis.
2Ist do., do. J. T. Mercer.
44th do., do. J. B. Estes.
THIRD BRIGADE. .Commander :
Brigadier-General A. H. Cornnr. 6th Georgia, Colonel John T. Lotion. 19th do ... do. A. J. Hutchins.
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23d Georgia, Colonel Emory F. Best. 27th do., do. C. T. Zachry. 28th do., do. Tully Graybill.
The 23d Georgia Regiment was captured entire by First Division ( Major-General D. B. BIRNEY, Commanding), Third Corps, Army of the Potomac.
FOURTH BRIGADE. Commander : Brigadier-General ALFRED IVERSON.
5th North Carolina, Colonel Thomas H. Garrett,
1 2th do., Lieutenant-Colonel R. D. Johnson.
20th do., Colonel T. F. Toon.
23d do.,
do. D. H. Christie.
FIFTH BRIGADE.
Commander : + Brigadier-General S. D. RAMSEUR. 2d North Carolina, Colonel W. R. Cox.
4th do., do. Bryan Grimes.
14th do., do. R. T. Bennett.
30th do.,
do. F. M. Parker.
[Change of Front and Engagements on May 3d, 1885. ]
FIRST CORPS. Commander : Major-General. LA FAYETTE MCLAWS.
FIRST DIVISION.
FIRS BRIGADE.
Commander : Briga ter-General W. T. WOFFORD.
*16th Georgia Regiment.
ISth do. in.
24th do. Cobb's Georgia Legion. Phillips' do. iTo.
* Battle-Flag of 16th Georgia Regiment removed from earthworks just as it was Hanted, by Company K, 122d P. V.
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SECOND BRIGADE. Commander : Brigadier-General JAMES D. KERSHAW.
2d South Carolina, Colonel John D. Kennedy.
*3d do., +Major R. C. Maffett.
7th do.,
Colonel Elbert Bland.
8th do., do. John W. Henegan.
15th do., +Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph H. Gist.
3d do. Battalion, +Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Rice.
* Surrender of Major R. C. Maffet, Third South Carolina Regiment, with sword to Company K, 122d Regiment P. V .; and over 150 men from said Regiment and 16th Georgia, captured as prisoners of war by the 122d P. V., during action.
THIRD BRIGADE. Commander : Brigadier-General PAUL J. SEMMES.
Ioth Georgia, Lieutenant-Colonel W. C. Holt.
50th do.,
5Ist do.,
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Colonel James P. Semmes.
FOURTH BRIGADE. Commander :
Brigadier-General WM. BARKSDALE.
13th Mississippi,
17th do.,
18th do ..
Colonel J. W. Carter.
21st do.,
Artillery-4 Batteries-H. C. Cabell, Commandant.
SECOND DIVISION.
Commander :
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Major-General RICHARD H. ANDERSON.
FIRST BRIGADE. Commander :
Brigadier-General C. M. WILCOX.
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8th Alabama, Colonel Y. L. Roystone.
9th
do.,
+ Major J. H. J. Williams.
Ioth do.,
Colonel J. H. Forney.
IIth do.,
do.
J. C. C. Sanders.
14th do.,
do.
L. Pinckard.
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SECOND BRIGADE.
Commander : Brigadier-General WILLIAM MAHONE.
6th Virginia, Colonel George T. Rogers.
12th do., + Lieutenant-Colonel E. M. Field.
16th
do., +
do.
do. R. O. Whitehead.
4Ist
do.,
Colonel William Allen Parham.
6Ist
do.,
do.
V. D. Groner.
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THIRD BRIGADE. Commander : Brigadier-General A. R. WRIGHT.
3d Georgia, + Major J. H. Jones. 22d do., t Lieutenant-Colonel J. Warden.
48th do., + do. R. W. Carswell.
2d do.,
Battalion, + Major George W. Ross.
FOURTH BRIGADE.
Commander : Brigadier-General CARNOT POSEY.
12th Mississippi, t Lieutenant-Colonel M. B. Harris.
16th do., Colonel Samuel E. Baker.
19th do., N. H. Harris.
48th do.,
do. Joseph M. Jayne.
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FIFTH BRIGADE.
Commander : Brigadier General E. A. PERRY.
2d Florida Regiment. 5th do. do. Sth do do. Artillery-4 Batteries -- | Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Garnett, Commandant.
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PRELIMINARY RE-UNION OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND REGIMENT, P. V.
It had, for a long time, been the intention and desire of the author of these historical sketches to make an endeavor toward the getting up of a Re-Union of the surviving members of the Regiment, which, after a lapse of twenty years, was finally accomplished and proved to be an affair of greater magnitude than was expected by the most hopeful and considerate, and one that was not by any means a light, but rather a difficult and laborious task. Although the duties imposed upon the part of the writer were somewhat arduous and onerous, he took great pride in the success thereof. and therefore deems the report of the proceedings incidental thereto, worthy of publication as an extra appendix to this volume.
[Extracts from the Minutes. ]
LAW-OFFICE OF COLONEL EMLEN FRANKLIN, } Wednesday, January 24, 18S3-2. P. M )
Pursuant to call, through a direct, neatly-printed circular- invitation, issued to the commissioned and non-commissioned officers, as well as the privates of the respective companies which constituted the 122d Regiment, P. V., so far as the addresses were and could be ascertained, for the purpose of a preliminary meeting towards the object of a general RE- UNION of the surviving comrades. there assembled, in re- sponse to the spirit of the call and invitation, the following gentlemen and members of the Regiment, viz :
Colonel EMLEN FRANKLIN.
Captain GEORGE MUSSER, Company .1. Lieutenant JOHN P. WEISE, Company A. Lieutenant S. G. BEHMER, Company C. Lieutenant JOHN C. LONG, Company D. Captain JOHN P. KILBURN, Company G.
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Lieutenant THOS. M. SUMPTION, Company H. Lieutenant WILLIAM C. REED, Company I. Captain WILLIAM F. DUNCAN, Company K. Sergeant-Major W. H. H. BUCKIUS, Company A. Color-Sergeant J. S. SMITH, Company G. Sergeant S. K. WELCHANS, Company H. Sergeant GEORGE F. SPRENGER, Company K.
Corporal GEORGE W. CORMENY, Company B.
do. JACOB FOOSE, Company B. Private RANDOLPH SUPPLEE, Company A.
do. DAVID CLAY, Company A.
do. GEORGE W. EABY, Company B.
do. SAMUEL GOOD, Company B.
do. A. W. FROELICH, Company B.
do. JOHN MCGINNIS, Company E.
do. JACOB HALBACH, Company H.
do. H. T. YACKLEY, Company I.
do. WILLIAM A. CHRIST, Company I.
do. ISAAC LEIBOLD, Company I.
do. WILLIAM H. HARRY, Company K.
do. FRANK GALBRAITH, Company K.
do. JOHN F. WILEY, Company K.
do. D. HALL NAUMAN, Company K. do. M. ATLEE MERCER, Company K.
The meeting was called to order by Colonel EMLEN FRANKLIN, who announced the object by requesting the reading of the following circular :
LANCASTER, PA., January 1, 1883.
Friends and Comrades of the 122d Regiment, P. V. :
After repeated suggestions, as well as earnest and urgent desire freely expressed by the Colonel and other Regiment ..! Officers, for a Re-Union of the survivors thereof, both officers and men, it has devolved upon me to call an informal meeting of all interested and concerned. to secure the sad
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object, which, in the end, will prove one of no small impor- tance, and for success will entirely and greatly depend upon the hearty co-operation of every one-insomuch that your attention is hereby respectfully and earnestly solicited. -
Therefore I accept the duty imposed, as one no less in- cumbent and important than that which we all recognized, when, at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Va., our ser- vices were demanded and rendered, (which, too, we all cherish with memorable and just pride), at the command of our gallant Colonel.
The office of Colonel EMLEN FRANKLIN, No. 12 South Duke street, is therefore selected as the most convenient point to assemble, and Wednesday Afernoon, January 24th, 1883, at 2 o'clock, as the most convenient date and hour for the purpose.
Hoping that this call will be appreciated in the same spirit with which it is issued, and meet with as ready and prompt responses as those of twenty years ago, I beg leave to sub- scribe myself,
Yours, very respectfully, GEORGE F. SPRENGER, Sergeant Company K, 122d Regiment, P. V.
A general interchange of views then followed, pertinent to the occasion and object.
On motion of Lieutenant JOHN C. LONG, Company D, Colonel EMLEN FRANKLIN was chosen Permanent President, and Sergeant GEORGE F. SPRENGER, Permanent Secretary, for the preliminary meetings.
Letters received from Captain S. W. ROWE, Company B; Lieutenant (now Judge) D. N. FELL, Company E (Phila- delphia, l'a. ); Sergeant DEXTER WHITE, Company K (Bed- ford, Pa.), and others, were read, regretting their inability to attend the preliminary meetings; but at the same time, ex- pressing their hearty approval of the object contemplated, as also their readiness to co-operate and endorse whatever action might be taken towards the accomplishment of the same.
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After remarks by Colonel FRANKLIN, Lieutenant LONG, and Sergeant SPRENGER, as to the proper course to be pur- sued, the following resolution, offered by Lieutenant LONG, was unanimously adopted :
" Resolved, That a committee of twelve, consisting of one representative from each Company, together with the President and the Secretary of this meeting, be appointed by the President, to constitute an Executive Committee with authority to select, in addition, such sub-committees from the Regiment as may be deemed necessary, to make all ar- rangements for a Re-Union of the Regiment, to be held May 17th, 1883, the 20th Anniversary of the " RETURN HOME."
A recess was then ordered for general remarks of a con- gratulatory character, the relation of incidents, etc .; after which Colonel FRANKLIN announced the following gentle- men to constitute the Executive Committee, viz:
Company A-Lieutenant JOHN P. WEISE.
do. B-Private GEORGE W. EABY.
do. C-Lieutenant SAMUEL G. BEHMER.
do. D_Lieutenant JOHN C. LONG.
do. E-Private T. CLARK WHITSON.
do. F_Corporal JOHN H. BARNES.
do. G-Lieutenant H. N. BRENEMAN.
do. H-Private JACOB HALBACH.
do. I-Lieutenant WILLIAM C. REED.
do. K-Captain WILLIAM F. DUNCAN.
Chairman-Colonel EMLEN FRANKLIN.
Secretary-Sergeant GEORGE F. SPRENGER.
On the 29th day of January, 1883, the Executive Com- mittee, as above appointed, met at the Law-Office of Colonel EMLEN FRANKLIN, for the purpose of further consultation and interchange of views, with several other members of the Regiment who had been invited to be present, who were Lieutenant-Colonel EDWARD MCGOVERN, Captain GEORGE M. FRANKLIN, Company A, and Sergeant JOHN BLACK, JR.,
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Company C. The other invited guests were unavoidably absent.
After various suggestions and remarks, which were freely exchanged, and generally accepted, the Executive Com- mittee, at once proceeded to the election of a Treasurer, which resulted in the choice of Sergeant JOHN BLACK, JR., of Company C, by acclamation.
The next business, in order; was the appointment of the several sub-committees, as follows :
Ceremonies and Reception : HON. JNO. T. MACGONIGLE, Chairman; Lieutenant, ISAAC S. MULLIKEN, Sergeant-Major WILLIAM H. H. BUCKIUS, Sergeant WILLIAM GAST, Doctor JOHN S. SMITH, THEODORE WHITSON, GEORGE M. BORGER.
Rendezvous and Collation : Sergeant GEO. F. SPRENGER; Chairman ; Sergeant ANDREW J. LEIBLEY, Sergeant MORRIS Zook, Corporal GEO. W. CORMENY, CALVIN CARTER, FRANK- LIN BOOK, EDWARD BOOKMYER.
Finance and Contribution : Captain GEORGE M. FRANK- LIN, Chairman ; Lieutenant HIRAM STAMM, Sergeant DAVID C. HAVERSTICK, HENRY C. MARTIN, ABIJAH D. GYGER, RANDOLPH SUPPLEE, FRANKLIN GALBRAITH.
Notification of Members : Lieutenant-Colonel EDWARD McGOVERN, Chairman ; Captain GEORGE MUSSER, Com- pany A ; Sergeant B. O. CONN, Company B; Lieutenant S. G. BEHMER, Company C; Lieutenant JOHN C. LONG, Company D; Captain A. R. BYERLY, Company E; Cap- tain JAMES F. RICKSECKER, Company F; Captain JOHN P. KILBURN, Company G; Sergeant SAMUEL K. WELCHANS, Company H; Lieutenant W. C. REED, Company I; Cor- poral JOHN L. KILLINGER, Company K.
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GEO. F. SPRENGER, Secretary.
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MÆNNERCHOR HALL, 6:30, A. M. ) Lancaster, Pa., May 17, 1883.
This hour found all preparations made, both at Mæn- nerchor Hall (the place for Rendezvous), and also at Fulton Opera House (the site for the Re-Union ceremonies), as well as for the general reception and entertainment of those who were in attendance at this preliminary Re-Union of the 122d Regiment, P. V.
THE GRAND REUNION AT FULTON HALL-PATRIOTIC SPEECHES AND REGIMENTAL HISTORY-FIGHTING AGAIN THE BATTLES FOR THE UNION-THE BANQUET.
From THE WEEKLY NEW ERA, May 19, 1883.]
Nearly twenty-one years ago a gallant band of men left Lancaster to battle for their country, led by Colonel EMLEN FRANKLIN. Many of them were little more than boys, and it seems a very brief time as we look back and recall the de- parture of that Regiment-the tear-stained faces of mothers, wives, sisters, sweethearts, and the look-half of determina- tion, half of sorrow-that the men wore who were then leav- ing home and friends, perhaps never to return. Some of them did not return ; others returned maimed and disfigured for life ; while still others returned, seemingly in good health. only to succumb later on to disease which had been con- tracted in the service and, lurking in their systems, finally destroyed them. The survivors of this Regiment held their first Re-Union on Thursday, and in honor of the event the bunting floated in the breeze, and homes and hearts were everywhere open to them.
SKETCH OF THE REGIMENT.
On such an occasion as this it is not inopportune to refer- briefly, at least-to the history of the Regiment. In July, 1862, EMLEN FRANKLIN, Esq., who had served as Captain in
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the First Regiment, received authority from Governor CUR- TIN to recruit a Regiment for the nine-months service. A camp was established one and a half miles east of Lancaster and, with remarkable activity, fourteen companies were or- ganized and assembled at the rendezvous. On August 12th, ten of these companies were organized into a Regiment known as the One Hundred and Twenty-Second, with the follow. ing field officers : EMLEN FRANKLIN, Colonel ; EDWARD Mc- GOVERN, Lieutenant-Colonel ; THADDEUS STEVENS, Major. They were soon ordered to Washington, arriving there August 16th, and reporting to Major-General CASEY. In a few days it moved to Fairfax Court-House, where it was assigned to General PIATT's Brigade, which afterward was part of the Third Division of the Third Corps. We cannot follow their fortunes through the war, preferring to leave that to the his- torian of the Regiment, Captain GEORGE F. SPRENGER, who has prepared an interesting volume to that end. Suffice it to say that, although they might have shirked it-their term of enlistment having about expired-they participated in one of the most sanguinary conflicts of the war, just on the eve of their departure for home. We refer to Chancellorsville, where Major-General WHIPPLE fell, and whose remains the 122d escorted to Washington, and were then mustered out at Har- risburg, on May 15th and 16th.
The other Regimental officers were : Adjutant, Daniel H. Heitshu ; Quartermaster, Jno. T. MacGonigle, now Mayor of Lancaster : Surgeon, William C. Lane; Assistant Surgeons, Washington Burg and I. C. Hogendobler ; Chaplain, Elim Kirke ; Sergeant-Major, William H. H. Buckius; Quarter- Master-Sergeant, Jacob Martin ; Commissary-Sergeant, Daniel S. Barsk ; Hospital Steward, Andrew N. Thomas. The com- missioned officers of companies were: Co. A-Captain George Musser and afterward Captain George M. Franklin ; First Lieutenant J. P. Weise and Second Lieutenant Thomas Dinan: Co. B ___ Captain Thaddeus Stevens, jr., and after- ward Samuel W. Rowe ; First Lieutenant Edward F. Hager,
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and Second Lieutenant Jacob C. Brubaker ; Company C- Captain Smith P. Galt, First Lieutenant Robert J. Nevin, and Second Lieutenant S. G. Behmer ; Company D-Cap- tain J. Miller Raub, First Lieutenant Daniel H. Heitshu, and afterward John C. Long, and Second Lieutenant Hiram Stamm ; Company E-Captain Andrew R. Byerly, First Lieutenant Daniel H. Herr, and Second Lieutenant David N. Fell; Company F-Captain B. F. Baer, and afterward James F. Ricksecker; First Lieutenant John Leaman,and Sec- ond Lieutenant George E. Zellers; Company G-Captain Jefferson N. Neff, and afterward J. P. Kilburn; First Lieu- tenant H. N. Breneman, and Second Lieutenant Isaac S. Mulliken ; Company H-Captain Louis H. Audenried, First Lieutenant Emanuel Gundaker, and Second Lieuten- ant Thomas M. Sumption ; Company I -- Captain John M. Amweg, and afterward H. W. Gara; First Lieutenant William C. Reed, and Second Lieutenant Henry A. Troast; Com- pany K-Captain W. F. Duncan, First Lieutenant D. K. Springer, and Second Lieutenant Emanuel C. Dorwart.
Of these many have answered the last roll-call, and among them we recall the genial faces of the lamented THAD. STEVENS, Jr., the generous ED. HAGER, ANDY THOMAS, typo, the talented BENNIE BAER, JAKE MARTIN, JEFF NEFF, the jovial LOU. AUDENRIED (well reinembered in Franklin and Marshall College circles), and gallant DAVE SPRINGER. There may be others-doubtless are; but these we best remember, because we knew them well; and, although not a member of the Regiment, we missed them, as did hosts of others.
THE RE-UNION.
At an early hour in the morning it became apparent that something unusual was transpiring in our midst. Flags floated in every direction and faces not generally seen upon our streets were present. They were the faces of members of the Regiment, mostly rural members from the county : those
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from more distant places did not, for the most part, arrive until this afternoon. All wore badges of white gros grain silk, printed in blue, and bearing the emblem of the corps to which the One Hundred and Twenty-Second belonged. There were many of these badges, E. J. ERISMAN having made 350 of them --- more than were called into use, for there were not that many members of the Regiment present. Mænnerchor Hall was headquarters or rendezvous for the boys, and there they gathered and wrote their names. There were hearty greetings, almost forgotten stories and incidents, and occasionally a "good-health " in a bumper of beer or wine. It was a jolly, whole-souled occasion.
Two HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN SURVIVORS IN LINE.
At two o'clock in the afternoon the members assembled at Mannerchor Hall, and, after forming in line by compa- nies, marched down East King street, led by the City Band, and escorted by a delegation of George H. Thomas Post, 84, G. A. R. They marched to Centre Square and around the Soldiers Monument, presenting a very fine appearance .; After indulging in a short street-parade the members held their Re-Union.
The following members of the Regiment from a distance were also present : Lieutenant Thomas M. Sumption, Havre de Grace, Md .; Charles A. Gallagher, Boiling Springs, Cum- berland county ; Samuel Sides, Chaplain Elim Kirke, J. J. Strine, Jacob Benedict, Francis P. McCullon, Captain Wm. F. Duncan, J. Davis Duffield, Esq., Captain S. W. Rowe, Joseph McGowan, Philadelphia; John Doak, Harry Nix- dorf, Altoona; A. B. McFadden, Lieutenant Thomas Dinan, Harrisburg; J. C. Brubaker, Uniontown ; K. Allen Lovell, Esq .. Huntingdon, Pa .; and Allen T. Hampton, Denver. Colorado.
The Re-Union was held at Fulton Hall, and the stage contained little of decoration ; a flag was suspended above it, muskets were stacked on either side, and the modest little
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table that had been provided for the speakers was covered with a flag, while two large bouquets formed the centre orna- ments of the table. This was all. The stage was occupied by Colonel EMLEN FRANKLIN, Lieutenant-Colonel EDw. Mc- GOVERN, Adjutant D. H. HEITSHU, Chaplain ELIM KIRKE, Quarter-Master J. T. MACGONIGLE, Captain GEO. MUSSER, Sergeant GEORGE F. SPRENGER, Secretary of the Executive Committee, the Speakers and Committee of Arrangements. The band played "Star-Spangled Banner " and " Yankee Doodle." Mayor MACGONIGLE, as Chairman of the Com- mittee on Ceremonies, called the meeting to order, and nom- inated Colonel EMLEN FRANKLIN for President. The nomi- nation was met with vociferous applause, and when the Col- onel stepped forward three hearty cheers were given him. He addressed the comrades briefly, beginning with the re- mark that there was no need to tell how proud and happy he felt on having been called to preside. There was no need to speak in a formal manner to them, for they knew as well as he the objects and intents of the Re-Union. It was a sort of family gathering, where old memories would be re- called. For years this Re-Union had been talked of, among the comrades abroad as well as here in Lancaster, and the large, enthusiastic meeting was the result of that agitation. Words failed him on this occasion. The feelings that filled his breast throbbed also in theirs. Twenty years had passed since the Regiment returned from the war, and what recol- lections came with the occasion. The memory of the dead was tinged with sadness, but the braves who went before now sleep the sleep of the blest. The first thing he and his com- rades should do, and the best thing they could do, was to return thanks to God for sparing their lives and permitting them to be here at this time ; he therefore asked all present to join in prayer, then led by Rev. ELIM KIRKE, the Chap- lain of the Regiment, after which the band played . Hail, Columbia," and then came
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K. ALLEN LOVELL, ESQ.,
whom Colonel Franklin introduced as a former member of the, Regiment, and at present a leading member of the Huntingdon Bar. The speaker said that, standing here to- day, in this busy and peaceful city, and in this beautiful, spacious hall, surrounded by so enthusiastic and intelligent an audience, the flood-gates of time were rolled back and he saw all the occurrences of twenty years ago. It seemed a dream to him. How the voices and faces of twenty years ago come back to us, and how many of them will come only in memory, for they have passed beyond the river ; but when awakened from our reveries by the busy life which surrounds us, we thank God that we had but a dream-that the things we seemed to see were only the memories of other days, and that we are surrounded by a bright, living reality. Let us go back to the dark days of the Rebellion, when the lives of the States that constitute our Union hung by a narrow thread, and it became necessary to wake the giant of the North. Schools and colleges, all over the land, which were training young men for the intellectual warfare of life, were turned into military camps.
The speaker then referred to the formation of the Regi- ment in Lancaster, their trip to Washington, a good deal more concerning their early history, and closed with a touch- ing reference to those who fell on the beautiful May morn- ing, at Chancellorsville, eulogizing the noble self-sacrifices of the Christian women of the North, their consecrated ser- vices to the Union cause, and expressing the hope that there might never more be sectional feeling, nor sovereignty of States, but that, purified by the carnage of war, we might work-North and South, shoulder to shoulder-until we presented not only an unbroken. but an indestructible country.
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J. DAVIS DUFFIELD, ESQ.,
a prominent member of the Philadelphia Bar, was the next speaker. He began by saying that if this were the anniver- sary of the departure of the Regiment for the seat of war, he could not see the appropriateness of selecting him for a speaker; but, if it were the anniversary of the return of the Regiment, his selection was appropriate, for no one ever saw a sicker boy than he was when the Regiment went to war, nor a gladder one when the Regiment returned. He could never forget the reception given by the citizens of Lancaster when the Regiment returned, and the banquet that had been provided by the ladies at the Court-House. What a con- trast that banquet was to the hard tack which Uncle Sam had been providing for them; how he then wished that he had been born in Lancaster, or that he could transport some of his Bucks county friends for that occasion. Some of the old comrades have gone to " the bivouac of the dead," and therefore the smiles of rejoicing should be mingled with tears of regret. Among the dead comrades who were pres- ent in his mind were THAD. STEVENS and JACOB MARTIN. He hoped there were re-unions in the spirit land, where old com- rades might again meet.
Nothing so stirs the feeings of our people as recollections of those who fought that the Union might live, and memory of KEARNEY, SEDGWICK, MEADE, MCCLELLAN, WHIPPLE, GRANT, HANCOCK and hundreds of others are enshrined in the hearts of all, for they saved this "Government of the people, by the people, and for the people." Recalling the recollections of the war, those who participated in it cannot forget the foraging operations. Colonel FRANKLIN was awfully opposed to foraging, but, with all his endeavors, he could not repress an attack on the hennery of an old lady who appealed to him for protection, for he recalled that he (the speaker) helped cat the broth of some of those chickens at the next morning's breakfast. [Laughter and applanse. ] He
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also remembered how the boys went for the pigs, capturing and killing enough of them to have done credit to a first- class abattoir; and he remembered, too, that Colonel FRANK- LIV, though opposing the foraging on the pigs and the white oxen, could not prevent his own cook from being in posses- sion `of some of the meat. [Laughter and applause. ]
He hoped there would never again be a war of sections --- brother arrayed against brother. He regarded the battle of Fredericksburg as the work of incompetency, imbecility or intoxication. It was madness to pit human beings against the oddswhich nature there provided, and the fact, that after the battle you could walk for three-fourths of a mile on the bodies of the Union dead, without touching the earth, amply attested the folly of the Union forces engaging in battle there. It had been no fault of the 122d that they were not in the battle of Bull Run : it had been no fault of theirs if they were thought necessary to the defense of Washington : Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville would set at rest all cavil, if there was any. Referring to his diary he found that, at one time, they were called out daily for brigade-re- view-which was all right for the brigadiers, but hard on the rank and file; wherefore he was led to remark that he regretted that he had not enlisted for a Brigadier-General ! [Applause. ]
He recalled some pleasant episodes of the war, among others that of getting two canteens of whisky across the Rap- pahannock and through the mud. in face of almost insur- mountable obstacles. That feat was performed by the men under command of Lieutenant FELL (now Judge FELL), who was expected to be present to-day. [Laughter and applause. ] The lessons of the war are many. To err is human, to for- give is divine. Let all, then, North and South, put their shoulders to the wheel and work for the common good, thus maintaining the dignity of American citizenship. [Pro- longed applause.]
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THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.
By the flow of the inland river, Where the fleets of iron have fled,
Where the blades of the new grass quiver, Asleep in the ranks of the dead; Under the sod and the dew, . Waiting the judgment day- Wet with the rain, the Blue; Wet with the rain, the Gray.
So, when the summer calleth, On forest and fields of grain, With an equal murmur falleth, The cooling drip of the rain. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day- Wet with the rain, the Blue : Wet with the rain, the Gray.
Sadly, but not with up-braiding. The generous deed was done- In the storm of the bears that are fading, No braver battle was won. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day-
Under the blossoms, the Blue; Under the garlands, the Gray.
These in the robing of glory, Those in the gloom of defeat ; All, with the battle blood-gory, In the dusk of eternity meet. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day- Under the laurel, the Blue ; Under the willow, the Gray.
No more shall the war-cry sever ; Or the winding river be red- They banish our anger forever, When they laurel the graves of our dead. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day- Love and tears for the Blue ; Tears and love for the Gray.
Come with a wreath of flowers ; Come with a garland gay ; Come with an olive branch- To valor, a tribute pay ! Join in the floral train ; Visit each earthy bed :
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Breathe not an unkind word Over the fallen dead ! Violet, lily, and rose, Mingle with cypress and bay-
Scatter them over the Blue ; Scatter them over the Gray.
Mouldering, side by side, Peacefully, the heroes rest ;
Each bravely fought and died For the cause he believed the best:
Cast no reflections now - Silent lie friend and foe ;
Honor the graves of all- Ask not who lieth below !
Violet, lily, and rose Mingle with cypress and bay-
Scatter them over the Blue ; Scatter them over the Gray.
Over the graveyard mound- Move with lithesome tread ; Crush not the grass that grows, E'en o'er an enemy's head. Let no distinction be made- Either of great or small ;
With one accord proclaim Peace and good-will to all!
Violet, lily, and rose, Mingle with cypress and bay --
Scatter them over the Blue ; Scatter them over the Gray.
Colonel McGOVERN then announced that the banquet would be held at 7:30 in the evening, at Mannerchor Hall, the band played, and the exercises of the afternoon were ended.
THE BANQUET.
Long before 8 o'clock the boys of the 122d, with their guests, Post 84, G. A. R., gathered at their rendezvous, that being the hour designated for the banquet, the closing exer- cises of the Re-Union. It was nearly nine o'clock when they were admitted to the banqueting room. Four tables, extend- ing the entire length of the building, were laden with re- freshments of all kinds, prepared under the direction of Mr. JOSEPH LEBAR, Colonel EMLEN FRANKLIN presided. and,
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without any ceremony, ordered the boys to pitch in, and they did so. After the collation was eaten, the President offered the following sentiment : "The Judiciary, our pro- tection in time of peace as our soldiers were in war." Judge ASHMUN, of Philadelphia, responded in a brief address.
J. DAVIS DUFFIELD, Esq., was loudly called for, and enter- tained the boys with a ten-minutes speech.
Sergeant G. F. SPRENGER was called upon to read a num- ber of letters and telegrams received. The first paper read was the following greeting, adopted by the 99th Regiment Survivors at their Re-Union on Saturday : "That your Re- Union may be a grand success, and your enjoyment and pleasure in meeting old comrades after so many years may be greater than it was 20 years ago on your return home. is the wish of your fellow-soldiers and comrades of the Red Diamond."
A letter was read from M. SLAYMAKER, representing the " PATRIOT DAUGHTERS," thanking the committee for the in- vitation to be present at the Re-Union. Incidentally she mentioned that of the officers of the noble organization to which she belonged, Mrs. D. W. PATTERSON and herself were the only survivors.
Letters of regret at not being able to be present were read from the following members of the Regiment living at a dis- tance ; J. G. MCCREARY, Utica, New York; JACOB MILLER, Philadelphia ; DAVID ERISMAN, Dixon, Ills .; HARRY D. SIDES, Dayton, Ohio ; the Colonel's cook, WILLIAM BUTLER. JACOB KING, Philadelphia ; Sergeant DEXTER WHITE, Bed- ford, Pa., and Sergeant SMITH P. GALT, St. Louis, Mo.
Sergeant G. S. BOONE offered a resolution that a commit- tee be appointed to make all the preliminary arrangements for a permanent organization. Captain GEORGE M. FRANK- LIN moved an amendment that the Executive Committee, as now appointed, be authorized to report a permanent organ- ization. The amendment, which was accepted by Sergeant GEORGE S. BOONE, was unanimously adopted and a motion
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to adjourn, to meet at the call of the Executive Committee, having been adopted, the boys slowly passed out of Mæn- nerchor Hall, wended their way homeward, and their first Re-Union was over.
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