Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1884-04-17
SHIL0HS FIELD.
The Excursion of Ex-Federal Soldiers
to the Scene of the Battle of
Pittsburg Landing.
The Visit to the National Cemetery Judge
Dlckey's Touching "reminiscences.

The Excursion.
A special from Shiloh Battlefield tc
the Chicago Times, April I, says: The
excursion Of cX-federal soldiers and
citizens from Illinois, Iowa, Indiana,
and Ohio has been magnIicently man.
aged. The greater majority Of three
hundred present are from Illinois and
Iowa. The scenes on the steamers
Nisbct and Gilbert were those of gen
eral iollity, everyone, and especially
the officers of the boats, doing every
thing to make things pleasant. Before
reaching Savannah it was asccrtained
from wild rumors that smallpox was
raging in that town to an unlimited cX-
tent The excursionists were much
disturbed over the reports, and would
not let anyone come ON the steamers
from that town. The disappointment
of not being able to 90 ashore and see
the two-story house occupied as the
headquarters of Gen. Grant was very
great. The two steamers remained
over at Crump's landing, four miles
distant, in order to come by $50 Il. m.
The pleasanteSt part of the whole trip
was when the two steamers, laShCd to-
gether as was often done during the
war, passed up to Shiloh, the Grand
ARMY of the Republic band, Of Dcca-
tur, ILL.,, and the Audubon band, of
Iowa, playing alternately. All the old
soldiers were much affected by the
band PLAYING Home Again" and
"Auld Lang Sync,' and gave three
cheers for the old lag. Having land
ed, line was formed, when they
marched to the beautiful national Gem
ctery, on Il hill overlooking the rcnncS-
sea river. 1t was stated in cXplana-
tiOn that the reason that there were
not more people of the surrounding
country present was in consequence Of
the smallpox scare, for which there
was no particular need, aS Savannah
had her thirty negro patients qualan-
tined. The exercises were brief. with
addresses, which were rlO-
quent, conservative, and patriotic. In
the course Of his remarks, d. c. Smith,
of the Sth Illinois, expressed his belief
that the north and south were Il united
and indissolublc people; it was honor
able to fight for ones convictions, and
the result was the inspiration Of divine
providence.
Judge Dickcv, Of the Illinois supreme
court, told of the death of his Son-in-
law, Gen. Wallace, with great emo
tion, at times being unable to speak.
With trembling voice he said he was
reminded by Gen. Campbell, Of Jack
son, Tenn, in passing through that
place, that his division confronted that
Of Gen. Wallace. On that fatal day
five connections Of the family were
slain. His daughter, having deter
mined to visit her husband, found ON
reaching here that the battle was
raging with great fury, and the mes
sage she received was that he had been
killed. Judge Dickcy had been told
of an incident that was worthy of per
pctuatiOn; A confederate was bending
over Il wounded federal placing water
to his parchcd lips when both were
swept away by Il cannon-ball. God
worked all things well, though the
confrdcratcs would probably not for
get their defeat. He predicted that
the south would be- one of the most
prosperous sections of the union within
the next twenty years. He believed
that ninc-tcnths of the cx-confcdcratcs
had no feeling in the matter. 1t had
all passed away. The fcderals fought
without malace and for the prcSCrva-
ton Of the union.
Large numbers went over the battle
field to-day to see whether they could
locate the old landmarks of the battle
and to find relies. Capt, Duncan, of
the steamer Nisbet told me that since
the war he had transferred tons upon
tons of lead in cakes of every de-
scription, which had been melted in
every species of vessel, from bullets
picked off the field of carnage. The
camp-iircs of peace are ablazc tonight,
and the veterans say they are strik-
ing reminder of twenty-five years ago.
THE GRAFTON OF THE DAY,
Hon. d. c. Smith, of Illinois, was
the orator of the day, and delivered Il
stirring speech culogistic of both the
federal and confederate dead, and
concluded as follows: "As quiet as
the stcadily-tlowing current of the
beautiful Tennessee, which perpetu-
ally bathcs the feet of the hill in which
rest our beloved dead, coming down
from the uplands of the south to join
its water with that of the great rivers
of the north, so may the current of
patriotic love of country come from
the south land and join others from all
parts of the country until all are en-
braccd in one sentiment of love and
respect for the inseparable union of
the states"
GEN. 7. LYLE ID CKEY,
Judge of the supreme court of Illinois,
spoke of the motives that animated the
parties to the contest and the substan-
tial benefits that resulted to the south,
even from the fire through which she
had passed and the terrible experience
always realized by people of the soil
where armed hosts come together to
prove the earnestness of their con-
victions by appealing to arms, He
said that from the terrible civil war
that had become n political necessity
the south had suffered greatly, it was
true, but was recuperating so fast that
within the next decade it would be far
more prosperous than before the war.
He then related some personal eX-
perences of the battle and the inter-
esting particulars regarding Gen.
Lew Wallace and his command. He
spoke of the great self-sacriiice of the
soldiers of the north, and the union
had been cemented together by their
blood.
The entire audience, which by this
time had been largely augmented by
people from across the river and neigh
borhood, then sung Nearer, my God,
to Thee" the band leading with its
cornets. The children of neighbor-
ing Sunday school sung hymn found
ed on Stonewall Jackson's last words,
LET us pass over the river" This af-
fected many of the audience to tears,
and was well received. This was all
that was said or done
IN MEMORY OF THE CONFEDERATE DEAD
who lay buried in the surrounding
fields without stone to mark the
spot. The audience sung 81 love to
tell the story" led by the cornets, and