New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-30
THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
Meeting of Third Corps Omeers at Del
monIcON,

monico
The New York World of the twentyfourth
has this report of q meeting of the officers of
the old Third Corps, once commanded by
General Sickles:
A special meeting of the Third Army
Corps Union was held Yesterday afternoon
at three O'Clock at Delmonico,s, Fifth Avenue
and Fourteenth street, the principal busi-
ness being to devise measures for an appro-
pirate celebration to take place in this city
on the fifth OF May next, that being the an
niVersary OF the battle of Williamsburg,
where this corps, under the command of
General Hooker, first entered the field in
battle array and suffered so severely. Meas
ures were also adopted to form society Of
the Army of Potomac.
Abe ut $50 OF the 800 members were pre-
ent; early every State WAS represented.
Among the gentlemen present We're Major
Generals Sickles, President; Mott, Trea-
surer; Graham and Bills; Brigadier Generals
Sewell Farnum, Rushing; Brevet Major
Generals Ramsey, Tremaine; Colonels
Brewster, Lockwood, Rafferty,, B IS, Tap
pan, Cooper, Morgan, Clayton MuMichael,
Fltzgerald Majors Clark Builard, John C.
Cooney, Assistant Adjutant General; George
Cooney, of the commissariat, and Major
Bowers; Captains Fassitt, Lockwood, Hop
kins; DR.. yelling, Secretary, and Rev. DR..
l.
was also present.
meeting of the Board of Directors first
took place, Major General SiCkles presiding.
The Secretary presented his report regard
| ing the affairs Of the society since the notice
thereof at the last meeting held in May. 1t
stated that the funds of the society were in
| a prosperous condition. The following
resolutions were iopted by the Board on
motion of Colonel Clayton McMiehael.
| WHEREAS, There is an earnest desire
among the surviving officers of the Army of
the Potomac forthe formation of d society
and general reunion of all who served in
| that organizations;
RESOLVED, That ii is recommended by the
| Third Army Corps Union, the oldest asso-
| citation of that army that measures be at
| once taken to secure the speedy accom-
plishment of the universally expressed wish.
Reso!0ed, That to properly carry out this
suggestion, the Chairman is hereby directed
10 appoint "a commlttee, of which committee
| the President of this society shall cOusti-
tute an additional member and chairman
| the said committee to have authority to CO.
| operate with any of their comrades and to
| take such other action as will in their
| Judgment best promote the desired reunion.
The Board then rose and private meet
| ing of the memb r took place. The follow.
| ing minutes were furnished to the reporters
! by the Secretary;
| General Sicklcs took the chair and called
| the members to order He made Il lengthy
| speech upon the present state of the Union,
| On motion of General q .aham, General
| PleasantOn, of cavalry fame, was elected
| an honorary member. He accepted the
nomination in appropriate terms, All the
| h1uorably discharged officers of the corps
| were invited to be present TT the meeting OF
| the Union to be held in New York on the
| fifth of May next. The resolutions above
mentioned, concerning the Army of the
| Potomac, passed by the Board were adopted
| by the meeting. Generals Hooker aud
| Heintzelman were elected honorary mem
| hers. A communication was read informing
| the society of the death of one of its mem,
| bers, Captain r B NeWkirk, a member who
| died q few weeks ago at Kingston. Resolu-
touso OF sympathy we're drawn up aud adopt.
| ed. A motion to appoint a committee to Oh
| tai a list of all the members of the Third
| C0rps as "a roll of honor, and also the names
ot those who weredead, was referred to the
| Board of Directors with power. The reso-
| !utiDns concerning the death OF Mrs. Helen
! ellison 0sgQod were read, and the same
| committee was continued to collect funds
| for the erection of a monument 10 her
| name. This lady was ward of Hon. Frapk
| b. Fay, member of the Massachusetts
Senate and Mayor of Chelsea. Upon the
breaking out of hostilities this lady, at the
age of twenty-three, under the name OF
| Helen l.. ellison, being then unmarried went
| TO tne front and became matron oi
the hospitals OF this corps. At the
conclusion of the war she was married
| to a Mr.. Osgood, a merchant in Boston.
She died in that city last March and reso.
lHtions eff coincidence, which were pub
lished at the time, were adopted at the
| meeting held last May, at Trenton, New
| Jersey, and committee appointed to
gather subscriptions for the object above
! stated. That committee were Major Geh-
eral Mott, General Sewen, General Burns
| aud Dr.. Welhng.
This concluded the business of the meet.
ing. The gentlemen then partook of Il very
recherche collation., and al an early hour ot
tine evening adjourned.
In the course ofthe evening the President
named the flilowing gentlemen as the COM
niitLee on the resolutions above adopted
With ard TO the formation of a Society oi
: the Army of the Potomac, viz: Generals
sckles Hooker, Heinizleman, Mott, Mat
ioX Graham and Sewell, and Colonels Ac
Michael and Pulford