The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-08-05
For he Nashville Union.
Touching Reunion OF the officers
OF the llth III. Cavalry.
Appropriate Resolutions and Speeches
By MsJor TOmpklns. Joseph OdslI,
Esqs dc.

Pursuant 10 a general invitation given at
a previous meeting, the officers Of the I4'h
Regiment IN. Cavalry convened at the res
idencs Of H. Tompkins. late Msjor. The
meeting being organized, Col F. n. David
son was called upon 70 preside, and Lieut..
J.. Il. Allen chosen as secretary.
The object Of the meeting was then made
known and fully explained by Msjor r.,
snd a committee appointed BY the chair TO
draft resolutions expressive Of their friendly
feelings towards each other. Whilst the
COMMITTEES were preparing the resolutions,
q bountiful table was spread in an adjoining
room, and during the d~iscoursing Of music
By the Band Of the Regiment, the good
cheer was heartily enjoyed By all present.
The committee, consisting Of P. H. Ball
hache, Jas. 3. Dent, VIM. A.. L I'd, H.
T mpkins and Chauncy Miller, soon re.
ported the following, which was unani-
mously adopted
WHEREAS, The organization known as the
Fourteenth Regiment III. Cavalry is, by
Special Order No. - y. s. Military DivIs-
ion Tennessee, discontinued. And
WHsRKAs, We, the officers Of said Regi-
ment, are about to separate and depart 70
our various homes and peaceful occupations,
therefore,
ResoIUed, That, in taking leave Of esch
other we mutually feel that those ties which
have 50 long bound US together through the
trials aDd hardships Of an active campaign
Of nearly three years duration, producing, as
they have, feelings of e-onsanguinity and
brOtherly affection, Strengthened upon the
fields Of BUfingtOn Island, Knoxville,
Walkers Ford, Bean Station, Kenesaw
Mountain, Atlanta, Macon, Franklin aud
Nashville that all these bonds Of union,
made sacred 10 US, IN many ins Rucss, with
our hearts blood, can never be entirely sew
cred by the separation that is soon to take
place, and that, in after years, our eyes will
grow birth and our hearts will warm with
recoleetions q our soldier life and friend
BesotUea, That in the absence Of those
fsmi lar faces who we're once our brother
officers in arms, We feel that theirs wss a
noble death, ~surrenderiDg life for their
country's hooOr at the time Of her greatest
peril; aud that while We fourn their early
loss, and tender 70 their bereaved- families
our warmet sympathies, We glory in The
thought that, sacrificing their lives upon
the altar Of liberty, they did not die in vain.
Resolved, That whatever Of honor we as
officers have, or will receive, accrue5 in a
great measure from the cheerful obedience
and intrepid bravery Of the enlisted men T;
that we honor their u~nwaveriug courage and
fidelity in the hour of danger, and the IN
csasiDg energy and t~ireless patience with
which they toiled during the long and
fearful struggle which has deluged our
land in blotd and their veins nave FURNISH
ed blood as noble as was ever offered on our
eountry's shrine.
Res0iUed, Thatwe tender to them our sim
cere thRnks for the s~lacrity and cheerful
ness with which they have always 9beyed
our commando, and for their respectful and
cautious behavior during the eveutful three
years Of our association together and in
bidding them farewell their memory will
ever be pleasantly interviewer with the va
ri0us pursuits Of our lives.
ResolUed, That the proceedings OF this
meeting be published in the Nashville Union.
Springfield journal, and Chicago Tribune.
Mayor H. Tompkins was then called upon.
who addressed the meeting in a brief, feel.
ing and appropriate manner, r~eeounting il
his usual happy style the many trials and
hardships borne by the regiment.
Joseph odell, Esq of the Nashville Union
being introduced, made a very beautiful snt
aattering reply, when, on motion, the meet
ing adjourned.
F. NJ. DAVIDSON, Chm'n.
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