The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1883-09-13
COMMITTEE REPORT.

Fellow Soldiers, you are in muske
range Of the ground upon which 20
stood when sworn into the service O
your country. In the latter part of th
year 1860 the tidal wave of war spreaC
itself all over this hitherto peaceful AM
happy land of ours. One by one tn
southern states dissolved allegiance Il
the general governmen When Mr.
Lincoln was chosen and inaugurateC
president he found himself engulied il
Il fearful war. When his call was mad,
upon Tennessee for troops to oyerturl
the opposing south; he was denied thu
strong arms and brave hearted sons o
the Volunteer State. They chose rath
er to share the hardships and danger:
Of the coming storm with the sons o.
our beloved south.
During the summer of 1861 a compa.
ny of volunteers was organized anG
elected its officers under the captaincJ
of Thos. Hanna, with about 40 strong
rank and file, composed of citizens
mainly OF the Sd and 4th civil districts
of Giles county. This company first
on leaving home went 10 Nashville,
thence to old MitchelYille, KY, and
was there taken in charge of Col. Bush
rod johnson, drilled and organized into
a body of troops known as Col. Cook s
regiment. 1t was soon after its organ
ization sent to Chattanooga to do duty
and it there did some scout service /;
thence it was ordered to Bowling
green, KY, and from thence to Fort
Donaldson. There it first exchanged
greetings of shell and shot with the
boys in blue. This unhappy contest re-
suited lin our idefeat and the troops
were surrendered to Gen. Grant and
carried to cherries and frozen prisons
in the north. There they remained I'M
til the following summer, when an eX-
change was agreed upon by the two
contending sections and this command
was transported to the memorable lit
tie city of Vicksburg and exchanged.
They then took up line of march with
General Bragg to Perryville, KY,
thence to Stones river via Knoxville
and Chattanooga, thence to Chickamau-
ga, Missionary Ridge, and all along
through the hotly contested fields back
to Atlanta, under the leadership of the
loved, revered and gallant Jos. E.
Johnston. From this point it went I'M
der the guidance of the unfortunate
yet brave Gen. Hood. to Franklin, Tenn ,
thence to Nashville, and thence on the
heels of the destructive command OF
Gen. Sherman through South Carolina
to Bentonville, n. e., and then it took
an active part in the last battle fought
in behalf of the lost cause.
Now the southern arms are laid aside
and the remaining time and battle
dilapidated country.
Soldiers, comrades, but a handful
of US are here to-day, and with be-
coming solemnity let US inquire, why
the roll is so short? Echo answers,
they are gonel And we with stricken
hearts exclaim alas alas He who
rideth and stilleth the winds hath called
them hence.
Comrades, this proVidenceEshould re-
mind us that we too must cross over
the stream. Then we should enlist to
fight the battle of Him who will give us
the victory.
Whereas, We, the members of the
command of Capt's. Hanna, Browplow
and Fogg, first of Co. K, afterwards of
Co. H., in the 32nd, and also members
Co. F., in the 9th Tenn. reg't, have met
this Sth day of Sept, 1888, for the pur-
pose of congratulations and greetings
one to another; and for the further pur-
pose of expressing the sense OF this
command touching our fellow COM
rades therefore,
Resolved, That we hold sacred in
memory their names and revere their
deeds or Valor. We further enter tain
the warmest solicitude for the success
and happiness of the survivors of this
command, and with the warmeSt anx-
iety cherish hope for the happiness
and success of the widows and orphans
of our fallen comrades. Respectfully
submitted.