Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-08-07
GREENVILLE REUNION.
m Autograph Letter from Gen. Lee
ten. Ross rouchingly Received
10y His Comrades.
humorous Ancc'loi"s Related by the old
leader Resolutions 81 Sympn-
thy With Mrs. Grnut

ms surrender 10 the people of Amelia
county, Va, requesting provisions for his
army, was read 10y T.. W Tcrhmc. The
letter Is The property OF MIR. II. j. bun
can, high railroad Official here.
Greetings were sent by the soldiers
here To those assembled al Fou Worth
and Emory, inviting the latter to meet
with them here to-day.
Later business meetings were held nj
the headquarters of the various com
mands. Committees of ihrec from each
command were appointed 10 select the
place of the next annual meeting.
committee of five of Ross brigade
was appointed to meet the general thi,
morning at the II o'clock train.
Al the stand last night able speeches
were made by Captains L. u. King ana
W. II. Wade, the speech of the latter he.
ing fluent aud classic.
The scene witnessed this morn
ing by your reporter al
The greeting of ten. Ross
Ross by his old soldiers was very touch
in" Many had not seen him since they
bcheld him last on the battlefield Onc
old soldier asked him If he remembered
his bringing some bread To his tent Just
before the army crossed The Tennessee
The general replied that lac failed to re-
member 1t, bn, he had fed him when he
was hungry The old soldiers ewes
shown brighter a. they gazcd
upon their old Cnmmnndrr
rhl, morning thousands gathered to
hear Gen Ross and others speak
While the band played "DiNie" Ross
brigade marched, with It's beautiful silk
lunnpr Hnat iur q, Ilt,i Il H.,
fore the platform.
The exercises ri the day opened with
prayer 10y Rev. j. II Cochran.
Mr.. William Giles, cN-Conicdcratc of
McGrimr>' command, made the opening
address. one full of mirth aud humur
In speaking Of the difficulty of getting
his command into fight he related
an incident of the late presidential
election when an cN-Confcdcratc
and an ext Union soldier were wagering
the success of their candidates Onr old
blind preacher stated that there was one
person who wourd carry the whole Union
viz: God. The Confederate at once bet
his opponent 500 that cod would not
carry Arkansas.
Gen. Ross, ON being introduced said
that many hrSitatcd To SympHlhizc with
or take part in reunions Tor fear some old
Confederate would say something and
mar the era of good feeling now existing
between the sections. He referred To
the remarks of Gen. Grant, who said
that II the difference between the North
and the South had been left to the sol
dicrS who fought each other, it would
have been settled long ago. and illustrat-
ed his subject by Il personal incident in
Georgia warfare. \ battery had been
nary P',NS'u anu II pot1'h' necessary
!" "p"n''on ,"' 5u mn, Wnt'h were ordered
" ~ puIst' lhlA "o,m'' e"ch solulcr
s"uSii' Ms own >ale'N' ne general STATES
'hn' III I"'' NJ "'N'' nu' lu' 'corSl"H
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'I''.,i'rn' "a '"'l ,'"' t"NuIls lhe prs
ouri>' Nv .''''''" 70 Tue hummer " men
rnT"4'c ,io on p'''n sue, showing u uenlh
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w. ,c ,naIG ,poIto %, ,c h,,l@u 4mo
he oayr The follovn~ incident.
federal soldier. on his dcalh-bcd.
asked his comrldc TO rend
the scriptures to him. uc aid So reading
to him The story of samson. who Killed
so many of his enemies with the in,y.bonc
of government mule. The diving man
told him to sion. saving hc must he
I ,..,din,, 3, ror,,t al , L,ttIo i,,,nl Ia,
P'i' v, 1910 H'S",u "!
Iblih nope u = W. unu hOl lht blOlt.
lie spoke With pride of how his COM
mani Ind bnrr line hput aud hrunt at
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many 'u''l' Nl'l"u' lu'ulhuh II
! being said that Texans understood the
war Ia mean 0rhl, and Gght. with Them.
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1 meant 10 XIII
lie closed with "A grand rulOgy upon
/ Southrrn women The sueerh WINS strnuU
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"!i'' i'''''t' '"'' '''''' " i"N'"- n'"Pi va
sion upon his large audience. The gtn,
| erals father, - Z. Ross, il also here
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Z ne Nd> one ~ Ih' N'Il HINi hl'u 10 N'ltI'
AT Waco, having gone there in 1919.
Thirty ,,rDud and eleven prrnt-prnnd-
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nl,hl'pfHooh interesting sl,ee'ilcs Nci'
made ny ten. dohh >. "ri'llh' JuI%. -
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