The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-06-21
Rc-uniOn Of the 4ISt Tennessee
Regiment.
Editor Home journal f.

enjoyed a very pleasant day at the re-
union Of the members Of the 4lst
(Conrcdcrotc) Tennessee Regiment at
ShclbyviIlc
We mel Dr. Yompson at the depot
whose familiar face We were .9Iad to
see, and kinder aud more courteous
gentleman we never saw The Doctor
escorted us 10 the headquarters Of the
regiment, which had been established .
at Mr.. Bearlcn's law office and at 10 |
O'Clock quite number Of the old vcte-
rams had assembled there, and with
many hearty shake Of the hand did
they welcome each other. Although |.
many names had slipped our memory |
We recognized the familiar faces of
friends which brought back wildly to
our minds waGy pleasant as well as
Try ing, sad scenes Of other years. On
account OF the bad weather. part of
the programme was omitted, and the
members OF the regiment, together
with their friends, proceeded to the
Fair grounds 80 organize, Oar gal
lNnt young Colonel (TjIImao,) was
called TO the Chair, and ~ a brief but
eloquent speech explained hconcct of
the meeting, which, he said, was not
for the purpose Of 10 kn0ling the
flames Of passion and Of hate; that we
had long since accepted the situation
in good faith that we had met tOgcth.
er to strike hands once mOrc--tO re
count the many hardships of that fear
! full struggle, and to learn who were
still. living, and how many had gone on
that long and endless march. And. at-
ter rcciting the many terrible conflicts
Of the regiment, from Fort DOnclson
to ChcamNuga, Atlanta and Franklin,
ard down to the final close ut Sluls
bury, n. & , he said, although the rogi-.
mcnt had hard name for disturbing
hcn-roosts and pigEcns and dcspoil-
ing their brother soldiers (tcrmod
goobcr.grabblerS,) Of the good things
to eat sent to them by their friends,
that she was never known TO luIter--
she knew no orders bat to obey and
when the command was given to "IOr-
ward" she WAS always ready, aud new
moved without orders, nor retired
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:. nr !, . rn-.unieu of fine 4lst. hut of ALL