Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-09-19
THE "OLD SEVENTH
Proceedings of the Preliminary Meet
ing Of the Surviving Members
Of Ihe seventh Tennessee
Cavalry.

/ In obedience ID tee call heTeto'Cr.
+ male in the BIownsvilie papers, a god
. ly nun Der OF tue old memicr- or ..
/ Seventh Tennessee cavalry Tc..W
4 provisional army Ct the Coz e. isr- 81
. States, assembled in the COuTtu,a-c al
. twelve O'Clock on ihe invent .-. ghtn
( ultimO, 10 make pIeparstlOns III their
contemplated reunion.
On motion the meeting was org aniZed
. by the y.ecl on Of Colonel William J.
DJCkwOrth as chairman and a. c.
. Estes as secretary. Thorough harmony
prevailed throughout the proceeding,
aud, after considerable friendly inter
change Of opinions, the following reso-
lutjons We're enthusiastically adopted:
RsSOiUed, That the surviving MEM
bers oi the Seventh Tennessee reg meat
Of cavalry, provisional army OF the
Confederate States, residing in Browns
Vile and vicinity, do hereby invite all
persons at ary time members Of the
regiment 10 be present st . reunion at
such time and place rs shall hereinafter
Je determined upon.
ReSOlUed, That the time of said re-
union be fixed for the seventh and eighth
days Of October next, st such plsce near
BTOW. VILE as the committee herein
said committee be instructed To issue
special Invitations TO all the officers
under whom the regiment served at any
time Outing the war, and such other dis
tiDVuished persons as II may see tit.
Re,OFsd, That q special committee,
to consist Of Captain r. w. Haywood,
\. A. Currie and w. A. Collier, be sp.
pointed To wait on and specially invite
Hon. Jefferson Davis and EX Governor
fsham @. Harris to be present ami par
ticipate in the pleasures and privileges
Of the occasion.
ResOlUed, That the citizens of Browns
vile and all old soldiers in Brownsville
and vicinity he invited to he present on
the second day Of he celebration of the
proposed reunion.
RcSoTed, That an executive commit
tee. 10 consist OF the following named
gentlemen, to.wit: Captain Alex. Duck
worth, Captain {. H Jones, NJ. NJ Grath,
J. L. Livingston. A. G. Estes J. +.
M'Lo0d, J. A. larkc, Y. a. CuT q
Captain Lewis Bond, n. J. Stewart aud
Hon. h J. Living tDD, lee app0irte1 ID
make all TeCcsSaTy GTrapgfmen. TO
create subcommittee 90 Issue special
invitations, provide a slit able pro
gramme, and do all other things meet
and proper for g satisfactory celebration
Of the occasion at the time and place
hereinafter determined.
ReSOiUed, That all the old servants OF
the regiment are hereby invited 10 be
present
Re8olUed, That the Brownsville papers
and the papers OF Memphis and a join
ing COUNTIES be requested 10 publish
copy Of these prOceedll, So
On motion, the mpsr-g ea al
urBed 10 meet sgai' a g courthouse
10 Brownsville OF %". ., O. cley-
eufh day Of Ee.c-ss-, =. two
O'Clock in the afternoon, when all tue
membeIs OF the regiment in Brownsville
and vicinity are coTjislly invited to a
tend, aud at which time the executive
committee will report progress.
The following persons constitute the
committee to solicit subscriptions for the
reunion on the seventh and eighth Of
October next:
=. a. Walker, B. w. Allison, Captain
+. T. Davis, w. L. Anthony, A. NJ.
Estes, c, S. o. Rice, J. =. Cause, J. D
GGeaves, T. 0. Livingston, A. NJ. CsTl-
tor, !. II. Mann, n. A. Shaw, w. 4.
CurTie, Richard Mann, r. V. Mann, G.
5. TalisfeTr0, House Winfield, Il. J.
Moses, L. r.. Rocks, X. Il. Whl.e, John
w. Cobb, James Castillo, P. II. MaybeT-
~, J. J. Dickinson, J. NJ. Shaw, James
Hopkins, w. s. Currie, John BurfOTd,
Robert Coltart, John Maclin, Henry
Solomon, George Jeffries, Bob Jeffries,
d. 2. Pope, L. E. Dickinson, R. w.
Haywood.
This committee is requested to meet
the executive committee in Brownsville
on Saturday, the eleventh day OF Sep
tember, at ten o'clock iu the morning.
COLONEL w. D. DUCKWORTH,
Chairman.
a. c. EsTFS, Secretary.
Resolved, That all the members OF the
seventh Tennessee regiment Of cavslry,
provisional army Of the Confederate
States, meet at the fair grounds on the
seventh Of October next, at ten O'Clock
in the morning, and go into camp and
remain until the next day, when bar
becue ana basket dinner will be given ID
them and the public.