The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-14

Aud, luu'|E iutu'u uud every ono
l IT you ullcr wy s.ueurrst thanks Tor
The Trust you r hn'o r ,l..,,,,.
! Ills reunion, like your splendid
career upon the bnltlcncld, and your
truUr uuuhuOd Ninuu A. CitiEons, ! con
1 Iutuluto YOU, Long amor You have
passed away the historic facts OF those
days, viii ho told hy those who are To
come nltor you, aud when impartial his
tory shall toll of your noble deeds, the
lisping tongues Of your childrcn's chill
dren will honor the memory of your
matchloss horuism.
UoN. IRELASD
responded To the welcome speech of
cot, Mitchell in one Of his happlcst
strains, ON taking the stand, he was
greeted with loud and prolonged up
plauso, After complimonting the audi
ence for the vast interest evinced In the
reunion, he proceeded To give his views
rs 10 the happy results of the meeting.
lilo pgyed u glowing tribute 10 the old set
tiers ofrcXas, and argued that by siren
uous efforts they had blaHcd the way
Ia civilization IN the Lone Star State.
They had suffered many hardships and
had assembled 10 recount scenes of
savage conflicts and once moro clasp
hands in fratornal friendship, To the
soldiers OF the Mexican war, he stated.
no less praise was due. They HAD
proven themselves wise in council, and
b.ave in field. The memory of their
deeds was II hogitngc should he cher
ishod. OF the cS-ConicderatCs he WIS
highly ouloglstic, hut averred
that the object of the reunion was not
for tho purpose Of rekindling sectional
animos.tics, but for another and more
laudable purpOse--to recount tales and
other Incidents Of war. Hc stated that
they had fought for the independence
nf tInip sInntrU and fhnnnh
quishod, mad II perfect right to meet and
talk over old times. lie quoted Blaine
a. rcmarking that "no army was ever
organized on earth with better fighting
/ qualities" than the southern troops.
lie stated that the time was fast APP
! be asked, where did you tlght-when the
yalor of the South would be recognized.
In concluding his brief address, he re-
| marked that he understood we had free
meat and bread and water and he had
come to partake OF IL, when some wag
asked him If he wanted some free grass.
! He replied that he was in favor of free
grass lift did not belong to some one
else. His remarks were brief and
of congratulatory nature mostly.
The next speaker was
LIEUT.-nov. MARTIN.
He said that people generally consid-
cred public men public property, and he
had, therefore, been called upon to de-
liver an address. lie illustrated that
reunions of different natures were rs
old as time itself. lie stated that the
assemblage had not eongregated
for the purpose of keeping
alive sectional differences, but for a
higher and nobler purpose the noblest
impulse that ever throbbed in the hui
man heart. The mission of the reunion
was to renew friendships made holy by
the bloody baptism of fallen comrades.
| His address WAS also a short one, and he
closed by complimenting Dallas upon
her thrift and energy, and paying
| handsome compliment to the ladies
present.
Col. Tom Boall was next introduced by
Gel. Murray, and eloquently spoke as
| follows:
COZ. Tou REALS ADDRESS.
| Fellow Citizens and Comrades:
Tho sacred duty of speaking in behalf
of the old Seventh Texas regiment has
devolved upon me, and i'll the discharge
memories too big for utterance, as !
greet with earnest words my old com
rades in arms, with whom l stood in
the perilous hour Of battle, "these
surviving soldiers of our wars;
bronzed veterans, grim with noble
| sears" 1t is not the ordinary
objects and scenes of life that engage
and stimulate our presence here. Nor is
| il the call of secular pursuits, the love
of wealth, pride of place, aspirations for
worldly renown, nor the enchanting
strains of honor's voice, that separates
us for time from the sweet ondear-
'ments of home. 1t is not any nor all of
these influences combined; but we come
to this reunion with warm hearts, to
meet our comrades and commemorate
| those events in our lives, which each
one of us must continue to cherish
"whcn we come to lie down Mt even, in
the green pastures of remembered
| DAYS"
it will, perhaps, be agreeable to re-
vive these memories by giving a brief
sketch OF the part performed by the Sew
enth regiment during the war. The
regiment was organized ut Hopkins
vile, kentucky, in the latter part of or-
tober, 1861, by electing John Gregg, oil
onel; J. NJ. Clough, Lieutenant Coloutl,
and II. Il. Granbury, Major. Thg-c
wore the first field officers of that grand
/ old regiment. Its first engagement was
ut the battle OF Fort Donnelson, where
Swartze's battery, though defended
| by Il greatly superior force in numbers.
but with serious loss in officers and
men. Here fell in the front of battle the
chivalrous Col. Clough, who had, while
vet % lad, fought the battles of his cour-
try on the bloody fields of Mexico. No
truer friend or drawer soldier gave
his life to the lost cause.
'For he left in dread battle, no blot on his
name,
And looked proudly to heaven from the
Here, too, Capt. Hill, of COM
pany II, and Lieut.. Nowland, of cam
pany a, with many privates, were slain
in that victorious charge which broke,
and put to route the right and center Of
Gen. Grants investing lines, and would
have resulted in u glorious victory to
the Confederate arms but for timely re-
| Inducements by Gen. Smith, who az
rested the retreating and shattered co..
umns of Gen. Grant, and caused the re-
Investment of our forces. Resistance
being no longer justifiable our command
was surrendered, numbering about 325
officers and men. This occurred on the
10Th of February, 1862, and in freezing
weather, and on the decks of transports
we were conveyed to our Northern
Drsons--the officers to Fort
| Worren and Johnson's Island and
the private to Camp Chase, where we
were confined for seven months. The
regiment was exchanged near Vicks-
burg, in September, 1862, and shortly af
forwards, by request of Gen. Gregg, was
| Joined TO his brigade Mt Port Hudson.
Here the regiment participated IN the
engagement with Farraguts fleet, when
the Mississippi was sunk by OR land
batteries-a bombardment OF shot and
shell that can never be forgotten by
those who witnessed it. From Port
| Hudson, Gen. Gregg was ordered to
force march his command to jack
son, to meet the advancing
forces of Gen. Grant upon
the Capitol, and arriving there,
received orders from Gen. Pemberton to
march to Edwards depot, and with his
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