Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-08-07
WAR MEMORIES.
The Coming Reunion of the
Army Of the Cumberland NJ
Milwaukee.
Chicago Inter Ocean.

Chicago Inter Ocean.
The reunion of the Society of the
Army of the Cumberland will this
year take place at Milwaukee on
Wednesday and Thursday, September
~ and 20. The local executive COM
mittee of the Society, consisting of
General f. @. Winkler and H. G.
Hobard, Majors G. r.. Huntington
aud w. A. Collins, and Captain Ed.
Ferguson, are now busily engaged in
arranging the preliminary details.
At a recent meeting. at which General
Winkler presided and Major Collins,
the present commander of Milwau-
KEGS famous light horse squadron,
acted as secretary, strong committees
we're appointed on finance, halls and
decorations, entertainment and quar-
tiers, music, printing, transportation,
banquet aud reception. 1t is expected
those will all work withs will to make
the reunion a memorable one,
Remembering tie warmth and cor
diality Of the reception rendered this
society at Chattanooga last year by
those who, during the unpleasantness,
we're arrayed against the Army of the
Cumberland, the society has invited
these x-Confederates to be their
guests at tie coming reunion, aud
confidently expects a large delegation
Of ex- Confederates to respond by their
presence. Captain E. R. Blake, the
Secretary of the society for Wisconsin,
has received the following letter from
General Cheatham, who, at Atlanta,
commanded the division of Confeder
ate troops which were charged by
General Legget's division, which
charge was led by the Twelfth and
Sixteenth Wisconsin;
BEECH GROVE, TENN, July II.
CAPTAIN +. r. BLAKE-Dear Oh:
Yours of the 18th just received. When
We parted it was my firm Intention to
be present at the reunion of the Army
of the Cumberland next September.
The veterans Of the Mexican war
throughout the United States will
meet in Nashville on the 14th, 10Th
aud 10th OF the same month. and as a
matter of course | am compelled to be
with them. ! will say this much: If
| am not too much exhausted and
broken down after our own irolic |
will endeavor to run up and spend a
day with you. | am sorry the two
meetings conflict, as l fully intended
to be with you. know | would have
had a pleasant time. If | should not
be present, please remember me to
the gentlemen whom | met at Chatta-
nOoga, and who treated me with so
much kindness and respect.
Yours truly, B. +. CHEATHAM.
AS General Cheatham's reputation
for epnvivial endurance is we'll known,
there is no good reasons contained in
the above letter for not looking for
him as one Of the guests.
1t will be noted that the Milwaukee
festivities and entertainments are
planned for Wednesday and Thurs
day.
The Chicago members of the society
aud ex-soldiers generally are ex-
pected to come up to Milwaukee in
gOodly delegations, and it would be
entirely creditable to our citizens here
and our ex soldiers as we'll to make
some arrangements to make Chicago
city a pleasant resting place for a day
on their journey northward, Of these
Southern gentlemen. Those of our
boys who partook Of the generous
hospitality Of the ex COnfederates at
Chattanooga last year cannot say too
much in its praise. 1t will probably
be a long time before a reunion Of
their society will again take place in
this section, and hence such an ex-
preston Of good will toward these
Southern soldiers aud sympathy with
the era of good feeling between those
who wore the blue and the gray is an
opportunity that our citizens should
not allow to 90 by pnimproyed.
A committee might be sent down to
greet them somewhere in Indiana and
escort them to this city, where 10 turn
the Milwaukee eommittee could take
them in charge and conduct them to
the city of their real entertainment.
The Milwaukee gentlemen, it is
understood, are not aVerse to such an
arrangement. and if the Chicago
Society Of the Cumberland or the
Grand Army Of the Republic would
take the initiative, there would be no
doubt that the means for properly
entertaining the Army Of the Gum.
berland's guests would be easily forth.
coming from our public spirited citi.
zeDs,