Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-09-21
THE THIRD ONO CAVALRY.

The reunion Of the Sd Ohio Cavalry met a.
Psmbcrvile the 10th inst. Out of the twelve
hundred md fifty men who composed the full
corps. eighty were present. rhe whole number
enlisted was twenty eight hundred. To say
that this division Of the Union army was always
true and brave is but common praise. These
pat,os, with their peers, went into the war re-
solved TO save the Union. After enduring the
terrible conflicts of civil war for four years we
heard the triumphant shouts of victory-"Lib-
erty and Union-oue aud inseparable now and
foreverP'
These remnants Of the Sd Ohio Cavalry
these SCARED veterans of So. were received at
Pemberville with appropriate bonors. The en-
| frances of Main street were ornamented with
trinmphal arches and the buildings were deco
rated with the stars and stripes. The process
sion accompanied by two brass bands marched
TO a grove on the banks of the Portage whers
the ladies served out to the soldiers and citi
zens hot coffee and a bounieous supply of good
things TO eat The address Of welcome was
given by Esq. Berly of Pemberville and the
responses, fitting and beautiful as the welcome
by a soldier Of the 81. Late in the day Capt
Culver arrived on the ground. Several sol
diers Of his command caught him up, after
little struggle, forced him upon the speaker
stand when he gave humorous account of th
great difficulty he met with in trying to fnt
out in which county Pemberville was located
Gen. Day, Of Bowling Green, after sayinJ
some pleasant things, sang 'Sherman's s marcel
TO the sea- Chorus by bugle and assembly
Services at the grove closed by patriotic AM
popular songs by soldier accompanied on vi
olin.
We were very much pleased To see the genia
spirit Of the citizens of Pemberville and vcini
ty, which was so clearly manifest on the DIVER
Of this fragmentary band of the glorious 8
Ohio-the true representatives of the Unio
army. or rather now called the Grand Army {
, the Republic.
Over twenty years have come and gone sine
our flag was outraged on Fort Sumter, an
| Lincoln's bugle call for seventy. Ave thousan
I men. Dreamy years They seem to hay
come and gone like magic. During these veal
our beloved country has gone on in unbounde
prosperity. Our soil has been enriched au
hallowed by the blood of brave men who.
bones turned up by the pillow share In man
a hard fought battle field. The harves,s a,
e rich. The silver hammer that drives the gol,
|
to the Atlanta. The national treasury
Washington is full and ovsrfowing with 20
p and silver. 8 hip loads Of immigrants are con
. ing To our shores across the seas. The matte
is both happy and triumphant. As the yea
go by the star Of empire will rise higher ar
higher. II cannot be otherwise. In evel
hamlet, in every city, we are greeted with Il
e monuments Of brave men who gave up the
q lives for us. On these memorials success
generations will read the names and imb
the spirit Of their ancestors. In that future di
Q, OF our conntry's glory, there will be no lack
10 honor paid to these men. Even the sons a,
\, daughters of the rebels Of '62 will grieve ov
- these men, whom their fathers tortured
death In Libby and Andersonville, whom th
called damned Yankees, and shot down at sigl
The services OF these men must not be sligt
!. ed. Let every one who survives, receive
a PENSION" Oh don't make them strip
u. their clothing before the doctor and show th,
1t teeth and swear that they know that they
Al not feel half so we'll as they might IL they b
not slert in the mud, eat poor food, fought
ID Bull Run and Gettysburg. God bless the \
NJ tion. v.
Prairie Depot, Sept. 20, 1888.