Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-20
i FOURTH DELAWARE.
r,,oy OF THE sUEvIvoks
|ERf..v.n.,SpYwInEsPKINGs |E
.,.,-. Grand Meeting OF Ve'e'
|t'la"-ssp Music and "
''' General Good Time

uas the time appoiDfed
ss,uri =. y nuion Of the survivors Oh IN tne 10
~ y n nelswsre Rsgiment Voiunoseas
lhn iww,ne Ds, springs, and as 1t was
BnnO that the excursion train
o1rcsa ra ' ,he station Of the Balti-
I'D IsssTI ss;Ia s.lphia Railroad at W ater
", w.rkst streets at 10 o,oioe., qu,.e
uIoe, " Tbe announcement, how
lua., dce 70 q Misunderstanding,
s% 'i- aid nc. leave until 1850
lte va sen il started with about Two
eAI rersons on board. Including
V,u T,rt regiment Band. II was ABOUT
fl i1IaSk wber the train halted at
IgO I'rJ and as the veterans and
t,,snds dissmbarked they were
"a w,th cheers by @ NUMBER OF
'.'",mrades Wv who had come In car
u. u Vo ond were waiting at the station
H. s''SV i"o ' wss formed, and the old So
= NC ntslI I in and roarched to the
Il, ~ tbe band to the grounds,seout
.s ~. mile distant. The manner in
piob tbey marched and kept step
svsa that tney had not forgotten
A, raining Of over O SCORE OF years
amid difierent scenes, and other
s,o"ndipsa When they reached the
,rs lie order WAS given to "break
pts" and the "boya" soon scattered
prnd in search OF old friends and
maies. There wsre mem bers OF the
tmspt present from New York,
nklyp. Trenton, Philadelphia, Yoik,
and other places, many OF whom
h 10, met for years.
lsrse number Of carriages were
e.dy On the ground when the excur.
nls,s arrived, many of the old vets
reside in the surrounding country
Tug driven 10 the place in their own
rysyancts. AS the veterans stroiied
ruud The ground they would meet old
nrsdts whom they had neither saw
heard OF ior years, bat the cordial
NO Of the hand and the noisieped
showed thsl tuey had not forgotten
n other, AID that the bond of fry
tnlty formed on the field Of blood and
nps long, wearisome marches still
usts, and will continue until one OF
o,ta: answers the last ro,l-call and
Ifaay mustered out from the scenes
earth.
Ehcy.y after reaching the grounds a
By preJ,y laCid5nt occurred which
tob46.y vas noticed but by few
tef carrier Joseph Duty of this city,
bO Vas mem 5ar of the Fourth Eegi-
|elt mev another Old member, and
ty grAspei LauGs. There was some
Dig in The cOunteDances OF zach which
b. familiar, but ueitOer could recall
e uther's name. While they stood
pkiag at each other, the one said, 81
Tow you when q bys,ander eugg@ =
d tue name, Duffy" and Mr.. Duffy
hnediatly said and you are Deweese
ts, as the recognition WAS complete,
be band, which was scme distance
making 1t impossible for any OF the
embers to have noticed the incident
puck up Aud Lang Syne." IL was q
Faltifui and impressive incident, and
ftat!y appreciated by ths few who no.
pei II, Asthe veterans sIrolled around
PEN thoughts went back twenty-four
tan ago. when they were encamped
Peie, Previous to leaving for the &C
'e scenes OF the front.
Why, tine place don't look like II
ID then, said one, land IL seems to
le as though 1t had been turned
E9ald' "Ovor in that field" said ar
elti u where my company was mus.
Etd TO- and thus it was, almost every
y hYl SONS reco,ioction of the past.
O'0S was opened for the purpose OF
Mlga al The members present an OPP
fOIan''y OF registering their names
ul p.a!Otil 70 address, and during the
~ names were placed on its pages
auW lew these seem when compared to
le marry JJj, VITO in answer to their
oulti9s call were encamped here
seaty.our years ago.
iatn they came from the work shops
'au industrial establishments OF VIII
uasOa, AMI from theisgricultural d is-
W. ol the surrounding country.
sl' were but little more than mere
~, Olt they were fred with patriot
~, sla love for the old flag which
Iua'a them TO brave dangers that
~, ass scarcely dreamed of. The regi-
I'., qpo1 reaching tho front was
s'o' a 10 General Wsrren's Fifth Corp,
NJ y'ua ulVlaion, Army of the Potomac,
N9h that time until the close
'4e sa' knew little else but hard ser.
''Se &c QUO QUO constant duty.
sss,s S,Ae were captured and starved IA
M ',I " IN he5el prison pens, others fe.l
o,s .Ae battle field with their faces
|b,oSs bau lhe enemy, while still othe rs
|hSSeu uUWh aud dIed from the effects o!
svsnsiy auiy mlatma Of the G Chickahominy
|tsaaps' About three hundred lived
|nlniadl some of whom we're 80 under.
,w.aiu ~ thtir health that they soor
|tbat S.S aSay, while during the years
|ba,sI Ia'e S, elapsed numbers of the other:
|tbe deuealpai In the silent cities Of
|sOmssau, W The few yet surviving
pm .,. e iar away, while others could
|bp,inssen On account OF o press o
| Of ,ps '', ~,a oat 1t IL highly propable tina,
|conroe eatly nine hundred men Wiz
| tbanp poa'u oa thls regiment not many more
AtoV,, ,-s.&,h ~ ara now living.
lisOs L O'c.ock Captain A. J. vii
lectl1,' VI eTeenbank, was noticed col
whom us us Old comrades and others
Vhicb conducted to a large tsbl,
dstNn Ie nad spread for their accomo
Wa 10 The centre of the table ther,
was a,ose pan of bean soup, whlci
ina atu cSlag on each side with dishts O
C0d,Ss, srAel and other delicacius, III
hn,pIl5s' cakes and fruit.
MINI, WE %H,,was was waited upon by Mis-
II aDv a., liiams and her sisters, abC
enOpeb a' ,o went away without gettinJ
Tbs tse |eat It was his own fault.
sane AZ Ssan s1 soup was excellent, tn
taiu sEnesefI thing else, and the Car
suppISirreu what big heart he has b.
AaIl s 'n'h magnificent set out fit
!ng w.. ''ocE In the afternoon a mear
s6icb 40, Organized in the pavilion
David + 20 ~ pCalled 10 order by Captai
zatiop +tf huckingham, and an organ,
Glst as no'.sd n,' with General Moses
Major E's'ioent and Colonel Lamot
geart Grea' Gnt' Lieutenant Carson, SCI
vice pres,ahd ana William b. Voshell 9
seCte,arV and Daniel Stswai
Greep, af,tpr fSpsned with prayer by D.
Tad Ell, 'er which Lieutenant Carso