The Memphis union appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-07-07
proposed the health of General Thayer as the

proposed the health of General Thayer, as the
representative of tie Union of Yankee
shrewdness and Western pluck, 'sBorn in
Massachusetts,, reared and adopted citizen of
the great West Il may be plessanter to be
q Brigadier than a Colonel, but it must, never
theiess, have been hard to resign the command
Of a regiment that loved and confded so
much in him, as the First Nebraska did in
Colonel Thayer. They seemed proud of his
position, however, and considered it an honor
to themselves; and the separation is the less
felt that they belong to his brigade.
A health to Gen. Wallace was then pro-
posed and heartily received.
Capt Blacken then responded to toast in
honor of Nebraska, and was followed by Col
Rawlings Colohel Livingston then responded
to the health pledged to the First Nebraska.
Captain Cosswell answered for the artillery;
the officers then uniting their voices in singing
the Star Spangled Banner About this time,
owing 70 the heat, or some other cause, irrev-
erently styled Werk's best By our business
manager, we became a little conflsed, have
some dinf idea of an Illusion to the tombs of
"Father Fritz, at Potsdam, and to Mt Yer
| non the Union in Europe, the Union here
1t was General Thayer who spoke. We ad-
mired the applicability of the "reminiscences at
the tins, but have, somehow, forgotten the
exact composition of the language, and are
not quite vain enough to supply words for the
General and able orator One toast be did
! give, the last, and We remember it through the
4 cheer that greeted it. 1t was, "ttat GIRL or
/ as the General phrased it, "the girl left be-
hind me-
! Musc-The girl left behind me-
/ The Major General had left some time be-
/ fore, something was said after. We said
something else Werk said it through us. DR..
| Sawyer said something, in answer to toast
to the UNION APPEAL, proposed by the Gen.
eral, which was applauded. We don't exactly
remember the end of it all, but we woke up
without a headache, impressed with Mr. Rich
ardsons opinion that General Thayer is as
| graceful at the festive board as he is brave on
the field; that Gen. Grant is as pleasant as a
/ gentleman as he is heroic and skilled as a
leader and that the Nebraska First is, indeed,
a. frst-rate regiment, either to fight or cele-
brste with.
BRIGADE AND STAFF OFFICERS.
Colonel John McThayer, Commanding
Lieut.. w. W. Ivory, A. A. A. G.; Captain
Allen Blacker B. O. NJ; Lieut. w. Written,
A. D. e. Lieut.. Lyman Richardson, A D. C.
FIELD, STAFF, AND LINE OFFICERS FIRST NE
| BRAsKA.
Lieutenant Colonel R. r. Livingston.
commanding; Major VIM. Banner AID
jutant F. S. Cramer; Quartermaster Charles
Thompson; Surgeon j. H. Seymor; Asst
Surgeon VIM. Mcclellan; Chaplain T. w
Upton; Capt. Co AZ A. f. Mckinney dc
B., G. E. Provost; do c., c. j. Msjars; do D.
A. Blacker do E., S. NJ. Curren do f., G. H
Burns do G., j. McConihe; do H., G. F.
Kennedy; do L, H. H. Ribble; do K, f
Lawler
First Lieutenants, Co. A, JIM F. Hay
good do b. E. Zimmerman; do c., R. G
Berger do d, S. P. Gillette do E.,
do F., J. P. Murphy do G., L. J. Weather
max; do H. s. VI. Sawyer do I, E. Peck
do K, E. Donavon.
+, Second Lieutenants, Co. A, j. G. Whit
lock; do b., T. Subbus do c., -; d,
d. j. G. Potts; do e., G.. Fl. Reeves do F.
f. Smith do G., NJ. A. Hance do H., w
T. Clarke; do l., F. A. Mcdonald K