The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-21
MoRoAN's MEN.
An Address 10 Them Fror, Cornrrist<e
 Appointed for the Purpose.
4carIer IaaenAl.

CcaFicF IaasaAl.8
 Al a meeting of some four hundred ex- confederate soldiers. who served in ten. John II. Morgan's diyision of cavalry, held at Lexington, Ky. November is. 1882. Il was resolved thas an effort should be made 10 assemble al the surviving members of ,ha, command. Lexington was designated as ,he place, and luiy sa. :, and .o as ,he time of this reunion by the committee empowered to make such selection. At the same meeting an or ganiEa,ion was made, 10 continue until the date of the reunion, whom l, IS eN- pecied that permanent organization will be adopted. Officers were elected. and committee charged with the com p.e,icn of ali necessary arrangements was appointed.
 One oi ,he duties levolved upon this committee was the pubic atron of an ad- dress to the survivors oi inc ten regiments which Gen. Morgan commanded. notify ing them of the tune and place of the re- union. and urging ,heI attendance. An invitation was also extended. and IS here by repeated. 10 all who faithfully served in ,he confederaoy m any capacity. and 10 our ictlOW-SitixcnS SCEcfa..y.
 We feel tha, we need do more in e>eou- lion of the instructions gwen Us to urge our comrades ,o be present upon an oe- casion of such in;eres; 10 them ali. than simply bring l, to their attention. We feel sure that no one of them, who can possibly come. will fail 10 respond ,o such call. The names of nearly 5000 men were borne upon he regimen,al mus ter rolls ot Morgan's division. What number of these ye, live we have no means of estimating. We have reason to think that about one thousand lost ,hclr lives m the service or died m prison. Bu; of those who passed unharmcd through the ordeals oi battle. sickness and cap tivI,y. a large proportion mus, still sur vive. While these veterans are widely scattered and lsve m every southern state. the greatest number of them reside in Kentucky l, has been ,hough, ti,,ing. therefore that they should Teassemble ID Kentucky that the Morgan men oi ken ,ue Ky should send greeting and pfoffer hospitality "a thelr comrades elsewhere. And We believe that le<ng,on. the home ot Morgan. the pace where the nucleus oi hIs command was raised. and where h.s men and comrades who alse gave :he,i ..Ycs to the south. x the plas here those who followed hun will prefer to meet.
 Many years nave elapsed sln t m camp and ncld We Wcfe neafe. eaeh other ;han brethren. Nearly half the life IT | generation has passed since scrA ing cause whlt inspired dcyet,on ad- mitung no nvai sentiment. NC shared the bileaae and rode together to battle Events s8sd U la; iuae may hasc grown dim IF oul memories much whls n impressed as then ls tAfsn.ien now Bul the assoI laitons fennep,ed sslh that ,hfil5 ng period tn perish only wsth lite. and thc friendships formed then tn the .la~ oi early manhood and amid iniuenc c. which made friendship intense and an. selfish. are eternal. II this reuihon be generally attended Il VIII afford oppa, tuni,y To do a work too long neglected l, will not oni, retiNc the warm iiilha,lon which .h1uld obtain between those who are liying. and provide means by which they can at all tune hold 1ommunit ation. bdi @e can pay proper tribute to those who dled. We are ignorant of the fate of many of nur comrades. except thai they fell. They >acnheed theif .lses for aase and country. and yet Vt know not how and where they met death and they sleep m naneless graves. Oar official re- potts aiill then sis; of CsSualtles. com memoTated the fate ot those who were slam n the combat, whose history has been pIeseAed. bli some of oEt br4eest Wcni down n obscure skifmishes and desperate. ye; umenioned contiris. and the places of theIr las, rest, unmarked and unknown. inc the track of Morgan $ marches from Feglons south of ihe Ten. nessee to tha, north of tho ohio AL though ignorant of ,helr fate. we know their courage and devotion. and we know that wherever and In shat shape encountered, thclr deaths were as gallant as their lives. When ve are together again we may gather from the general recital facts which sill enable Us to sur mise with partial accuracy wha, be aine of these brave men. Enough ;o enable us io gtve some answer to the anNous and eser-fc urring inquiries nj ibeit friends, and to yet more nearly complete ,ha, record the south owes those ~ho died In her defense.
 We ask you. therefore. GosaTadez. 'n toiict ID lii4s fcahIvh ah1 a3H ID me "ofk Especially do we invite you .. ho live in other states. You were not wont 10 dread long mar hes. and you know the way io Kentucky. l, &ill be pleasant ,o meef sgain. and ~e ma, be able 10 serve the ining and io 'ard5 Jas'ife io the dead.
 RNSII N DEEK.
 Ia fEs F. tA$fFfit.
 STEPHEN G. SHARE