The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-09-25

t0ld the story OF Characters DEATH The story
was repeated and the list started for tomb
stone. Before night there was enough
enough and TO spare.
On the third Sunday in August, 1865, Char
acter's funeral was preached. From far and
near the people. old and young, and rich and
poor, came To tho grave and listened in rever-
ent respect and with bowed heads to tho story
OF that simple life. They tell that story to
their children in Shiloh today, and their chill
dren will tell it to their children's children.
Dedication of tho Confederate Hall.
Confederate hall was dedicated Wednesday
night.
Its mission is begun, and under the fairest
OF auspices. The veterans have reason to feel
proud of the monument, and confident of it's
ultimate success
at is announced upon tho programme"
said President Calhoun that ! am to make
an Introductory. / am sure that all | need do
for the old veterans is to express our
thanks to you for your generous aid
in establishing these, our permanent
headquarters The absence OF such q hall
has from the beginning been the one trouble
of tho association, and looking back upon tho
generous corporation that the people Of ATTAIN
ia have given u.s. feel prompted to go further
than that expression OF thanks, and to say
this--that we have never called upon you for
anything but your response has been prompt
and LIBERAL and heartfelt. Again thanking
you in behalf of the old soldiers, have the
honor of introducing his excellency, the gov
ernor."
Governor Gordon was greeted with prolonged
applause, and made a happy address, full of
feeling for the boys
President Calhoun. then introduced "Cap-
tain Il. +. Howell, of Howell's battery"
"Ladies and gentlemen said Captain
Howell, Il am fixed now just like ! was at
the beginning of the war--unprepared.
[Laughterl can only hope that l shall
warm up to the occasion rs was obliged to
hon lam trto,,,,
was this The first two years We run the yankees
0nughter) a s tho next two years they run us.
Laughter and applause.l 1t is the right thing
to run sometimes, and | believe in doing
what's right, laughter l am as proud of
the last two years aud am of the first two
for when it did become necessary to run, short
legged as j am, l planked il down as fast as
anybody did. [Laughter.l One time
Captain Hudson was running. He
kept it up for some time when his ser
eoant. a man that had been in the Mexican
war, said: Captain, let's rally these men.
Hudson kept going, and presently the sergeant
said again: Captain, let's rally these men.
VIII you stand by meP' YES said tho cap
got now I'll stand by you Laughter. That's
what I've got TO say TO the veterans. You
have made u good beginning Keep up the
lick you've got now and III stand by you.
Your purpose is grand, for it goes further than
social reunions, and all that, and IL is friend
TO help confederate soldiers that have had no
friend since the war. The United States Il
do not say this compainingly) has paid more
to her veterans since the war than the confed-
or1cy paid her soldiers during the war in con-
federate money, and the old confederate vet
eran has helped pay it. He has paid it, and
there has been no complaint from lAm. Some
of them have been unfortunate, and have
needed help Those of us that never lost q
limb cannot appreciate the loss of those that
have. Let us help them.
"Some of those old soldiers have been unfort-
innate in business, but search the criminal
dockets, and you will find less percentage Of
old confederate veterans than Of any other
class of men. Look back over tho ku-klux
days. Those were not confederate soldiers, but
those that staid at homo and became brave
after the enemy was gone. APPLAUSE /
consider these old veterans as patriotic as the
Grand Army of the Republic. Ia rather be-
long To this association, and tho Lord knows
I've IA better right to il, [laughterl than to the
grand army. II | had tho ability and the time
| would record one month of that war as the
graudest in the history OF the world. 1t was
grander than the month that included Water
loo; grander than tho month that included
either of those fifteen great battles that have
changed and shaped the destiny Of nations.
Imagine the confederate army in
the, spring OF '92, johnson, wounded
men gathered in Virginia TO do battle. With
Lee and the confedcrates that grandeSt of
soldiers, Stonewall jackson. prolonged APP
plause whom love as do my own father.
You remember how supersttious tho soldiers
were. IL n soldier cooed TO the south of him
n soldier must so home, IL il cooed 10 the north
IL was a sign that he would be captured, il 1t
Coood above him he was certain to be killed,
and you remember how we dreaded going into
fight on Friday. How many of you remem-
/ her that fight, Longstreet, like a solid wall,
! facing Keys, and Ill., Just as gallant. over on
the left. Both were falling back, and in the
( rattle Of musketry and roar OF cannon we
! knew defeat. Presently away of from the
! direction of Cold Harbor came the boom OF
| guns. Who was it2 Help for us or help for
/ Thorn? They kept drawing closer. and word
| Jacksonl" Good God, how glad ii
/ made us feel! Even tho sulkers
/ came up from behind the breast
/ works and the whole thing was changed. Why
/ gentlemen. the Yankees didn't stop running
/ till they reached Malvern Hili Qaughter)
/ That's the month / would record, and l had
/ rather be member Of that corps than Of any
/ ont earth. At Malvern HIN we struck
I the gun boatS--the only thing on earth that q
/ confederate charge couldn't take. Laughter
+ and applauac.l oar boys never were much or
the swim anyhow. Laughtor.l We had to
/ ken everything from apig on up tlaugEter
/ but the EUObOaE stepped up. Laughter and
Z Rpplausc,l Gaxerudr Vance tells story about
/ Malvern Hin. There was little dried ur
I North Carolini0n caught on one OF those hill
sides by a heavy hre Of grippe and canister
/ The hillside had just been p.owod, The burrows
running straight ny aud down, and thI
Z North CaroliniNn got down IN one Of those
burrows. Pres nty buckotful Of canister
} or grape would empty into his furrow, and hC
would crawl into another one, Presently an,
other buckctiul would come along. aud he
I would have 20 change again. lie WAS just
about settled whom another buckettul came
| blank blank, these burrows said the North