Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-12

An Address TO Them From n Committee
Appointed for the Purpose.

H. TO the EdltOr Oh tnc 'oubi't@Jo'Tiiu
Attn meeting OF SOME four hundred
| ex.Confederate soldiers, who served In
! Gen. John II. Morgan's division Of
cavalry, held mt Lexington, Ky, No
vember H. 1882, II was resolved that
an eff ri should be made to assemble
all the surviving members of that COM
mand Lexington was d, siguated as the
place and July II, - and 20 as the
| lime OF the reunion, by the committee
empowered to make such selection
AT the same meeting an organization
was made t. continue until the date
of The reunion, when 10 Is cXpected
I that permanent organization Will be
adopted. Officers were elected. and
Il committee charged with the compile
4 ton OF all n, ccssary arrangements was
appointed.
| One OF the duties devolved upon this
committee was the publication of IN
address to the survivors of the ten reg
I iments which Gen. Morgan command
1 ed, notifying them of the time and
| place of the reunion, and urging their
attendance. An invitation was also
EXTENDED, and IS hereby repeated, to
all who faithfully served the Confed-
eracy in any capacity, and to our fel-
low-cit liens generally.
| We feel that we need do more in ex-
ecuiion of the instructions given us To
urge our comrades to be present upon
an occasion of such Interest TO them
Eall, simply bring 1t to their attention.
We feel sure that no one of them, who
can possibly COM, will fail to respond
TO such call. The names of nearly
5000 men were borne upon the regi-
mental muster rolls OF Morgan's
| "A h.,. AZ III
vet live we have no means of es-
timating. we have reason to
think that about one thousand lost
their lives in the service or died in
prison. But Of those who passed uu-
harmed through the ordeals OF battle,
sickness and captivity, Il large proper
ton must still survive. While these
veterans are widely scattered and live
in every southern state the greatest
number of them reside in kentucky.
1t has been thought fitting, therefore,
that they should reasonable In Ken
tucky; that the Morgan men of Ken
lucky should send greeting and
profler hospitality 70 their conrad, S
elsewhere. And we believe that
Lexington, the home OF Nor
gan, the place where the nucleus
of his command was raised, and where
his body lies buried amid the remains
OF kiusmen and comrades who also
gave their yes to the south, is the
place where those who followed him
Will prefer to meet.
Many years have elapsed since in
camp ana field we were nearer each
other than brethren. Nearly half the
life of Il generation has passed since
serving II cause which inspired Il de-
votion admitting no rival sentiment,
we shared the Uivouac and rode to-
gether To battle. Events vivid ut that
time may have grown dim in
our memories; much which inn
pressed u then is forgotten
now. But The associations connected
with that thrilling period can perish
only with life, and the Friendships
formed then in the glow of early man
hood and amid influences which made
friendship intense ana unsslflsh, are
eternal. If this reunion be generally
/ attended, it will afford opportunity lo
: do II work too long neglected. 1t will
| not only revive the warm utilization
{ which should obtain between those
who are living, and provide means by
which they may ut al! times hold coui-
, munication, but we can pay prop, !
) tribute To those who died. We are *.
, norant of the fate OF many Of our com
rades, except that they fell. They
sacrificed their lives for cause aud
country, and yet we know not how
and where they met death aud they
! sleep in II lmelcss graves. Our official
/ reports with their lists of casualties,
{ coiumemolated the fate of those who
= were slain IN the combats whose his
r tory ha s-been preserved, but some oi
q Il II.
skirmishes and desperate, yet unmeL
/ toned conflicts, ana the places of thell
L last rest, unmarked aud unknown
e line the track of MorAan'
= marches from regions south D
n the tennessee to THAT north o
| the Ohio. Although ignorant o
G tneir fate, we know their courage ant
l. devotion, and we know that whercve
/. and in what shape encountered, thel
d deaths were gallant rs their lives
e / When we are together again we MAJ
e gather from general recital facts wlcl
e viii enable Us TO sufinise with paItia
4 accuracy what became Of these bray
n men. Enough 10 enable Us - Civ
some answer TO the anxious and ever
recurring inquiries of their friends
q ana to yet more nearly complete thu,
record he South owes those who die
&c IN her defense.
n We ask you, therefore, comrades, t
,. coneto this reunion aud aid in III
Il Work. Especially do we invite yo'
{, who live In other states. You wer
z not wont TO dread long marcnes, AM
e you know the way to kentucky.
e viii be pleasant b. meet again, and "
50 may be able to serve the living and d
Il tnrdy justice TO the dead
re BASIL w. DUKE,
"A JAMES T.. CANTRELL,
.. STEPHEN G.. SHARP.
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