The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-10-23
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.

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The Seventh Annual Meeting of
the Society ofthe Army of Tennessee
was held at Toledo, Ohio, Tuesday,
the 18th inst, and an Grafton deliver
ed by Gen. Logan, Of which the fol-
lowing is an interesting sketch Az
ter referring to the special feature Of
| the reunion, and disclaiming any in
tention on the part of the Association
to perpetuate the war spirit, he pro-
ceeded briefly to sketch the history
of the Army of the Tennessee. With
the organization of the army began
the second portion Of the war histo-
ry of the West. The army exhibited
the resistlcss activities and uncon-
querable energies of the people of
which it was composed. It's soldiers
knew the full meaning Of individual
liberty, but were as obsdient to disci-
pine as they were fearless y in dan.
ger. Suddenly summoned from the
walks of civil life, they soon became
an army of.veterans. Sympathy be :
tween soldiers and officers was the
subtantial secret of success. The
theatre of the operations of the Army
of the Tennessee was more extended
than the army otmost kingdoms. OF
the modern world. The Army OF
the Tennessee, led first by Gen. Grant
against Forts Henry and Donaldson,
pursued It's way through the fearful
carnage of Pittsburg Landing passed
Iuka and Corinth, Fort Gibson, Ray
mond, Jackson, and Champion Hill,
until Vicksburg, the Gibraltar of the
West, surrendered, and the Father Of
Waters was open and free from It's
source to the Cult: The war in the
southwest thus practically ended, the
Army of the Tennessee had still be-
fore it the task of participating IN
the greatest military achievement of
any age, the historic March to .the
Sea. TIE fate Of the rebellion was
decided in the dangerous valleys and
rugged mountains of Tennessee. The
soldiers bravely did their part. The
leaders, in determining the plan of
the campaign, judged well. The
Army of the Potomac pressed the
enemy in front; the Army OF. the
Tennessee turned his flank and at
tackled bis rear. The enemy was be-
wildered by our strategy and van.
pushed by our valor. Such a stu
pendous success, comprising the
whole stateA, was not anticipated.
At Chlcamuga the Army of the Ten
nessee won the first triumph Of the
new campaign, to which were added
the victories of Mission Ridge and
Lookout Mountain. 1t preserved
the honor of its name in the march to
Atlanta, and consecrated every step
with the blood of some herioc sold
iers. The terrible battle day of June
22d, when Hood was routed and
Mcpherson fell, is day not to be
forgotten. In that hour of peril the
command of the Army of the Tennes
see fell upon the speaker, and in the
victory of that day Mcpherson was
avenged. Atlanta falling, the army
entered upon series of weary march
es to reappear upon the Atlantic
coast, presenting Savannah, as a
Christm as gift, to the Union. The
war was ended; the dead were in
their graves the cripples and the
saved returned to sufferings and the
pursuits of peace and the
world has been taught the lesson
that the Republic has no citizens
more faithful in its cause and obedi-
ent to the laws than the soldiers who
showed the full measure of their de-
votion by the offer OF their lives in
it's defence.
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Last May the screw steamer Diana
sailed from Dundee, Scotland, to
IL Co~ Al Non4I n u