Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-22
The Officers Reunion at Gettysburg.

Free travel to all invited officers is
secured over the Gettysburg railroad
Hanover Branch railroad, Pennsyl
vania railroad, Philadelphia anc
Reading railroad, Central railroad o
New Jersey and the StoningtOT
steamboat line, with railroad cOnnec
ton to Boston. Only one railroad
remains, which obtained would com
plete the connection from Gettysburg
| Philadelphia, New York and Boston
Until that grants free travel officer;
will 90 via Philadelphia direct tC
Columbia, and thence by York tC
Hanover Junction, leaving gap o
| tWenty-three miles only over which
they may have to pay. The Gettys.
burg and Hanover Branch railroads
will pass officers on the production o.
the Secretary's invitation. Officers
should present their invitations al
the ticket officers of other railroads,
which will also be supplied with lists
of those invited. To further facilitate
the procuring of free tickets, officers
invited can apply to Edwin A
Souder, Director of the Gettysburg
Battle Field Memorial Association,
Dock street, Philadelphia, and to Col.
John b. Batchelder, So Beekman
street, and to Military Headquarters,
Houston street, who will aid in pro-
curing them tickets from the West,
Northwest and Southwest. Free
travel is expected over the roads con-
Meeting with Thea Pennsylvania, the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago,
and the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and st.
Louis roads. The Baltimore and
Ohio road has not yet offered free
travel, but excursion rates. Lists OF
Southern officers will be sent to the
Washington ticket Office. Officers
should in all cases preserve and pro-
duce to railroads the invitations from
the Secretary,
Secretary McConaughy, at Gettys-
burg, is daily receiving numerous
replies from officers accepting invita-
tions. Among those who will GER
tainly be present on the 23d are Major
Gen. Meade, with Gen, Riddle and
other officers of his staff; of the First
army corp, Gems. Robinson, Meredith,
Royston and Dana and Coils. Coulter,
Biddle and Mcfarland, and of the
Second corps, Gen. Webb, HarroW,
Bingham, and probably Gen. Han
cock; of the Third corps, Gems.
Graham, Tremaine, Ward, Carr,
Medill, and probably Gen. Hum
phrey, also Majors Bullard, Benson
and Duff; of the Fifth corps. Gems.
McCandles, Fisher, Chamberlin, Jack
son, Biddle, and probably Gems.
Sykes and Crawford; of the Sixth
corps, Gen. Shaler, Collier, Eustis,
and probably Gen. Wright; of the
Eleventh corps, Gems. Howard,
Steinwehr, Barlow, and probably
Sehurz; of the Twelfth corps, Gems.
Slocum, Geary, Selfridge, Colgrove,
and probably Gems. Greene and Kane.
The cavalry corps, Gems. Gregg and
Buford being dead and Gen. Kill
patrick absent as Minister to Chile.
will probably be represented by the
brigade commanders. OF the artillery.
Gen. Hunt, Hall and Ricketts, viii
probably be present. Of'the army of
Northern Virginia there will pro-
bably be a number of officers present.
and among them certainly Gen, Heth,
commanding a division of HIPS
corps IN action against Gen. Rey-
nolds' corps the first day and third
day Of Pickett's charge; also his
adjutant general, Gen. Findley, and
Major Douglass, of Ewell's staff, and
Others. Gen. Longstreet desires to be
present.