The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-07-04
GETTYSBURG.
ruEcRASD REUNION orTHE
Blue AND THE GRAY
On the Field Where Just TWen'
ty.Gve Years Ago.
rbov Met in Il Deadly and Deci'
Siye Combat.
confederate and Federal Soldiers
Occupy the Same Positions
As Upon the Awful Third OF
July, 1868,
Dut the Morning of the Glorious
FOurth, 1855,
yor Dawns on Il Scene in Great
Contrast with That.
The Splendid Grafton of George
William Curtis.
pnt tbc Morning of the Glorious
Fourth, 1855,
yor Dawns on a Scene in Great
Contrast with That.
r,,o SPLENDID Grafton of George
William Curtis.

,r;II;,m CurtiS.
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Crrry.,rGG, Pa, July Sims morn
,,',,,,y- uuict, Nothing stirring,
lhs "'N wy ,',,ho holding themselves
az" w' S'''''' Wv I.,,o.o;sos NJ the ai.
in readiness Ior '''e ''.,,., '''''.'Il.1 ~ .,,o
brnOOn. WllIl 'he cN''f n -,
drum corps OF the various "' N' ~ ..,Is "y',
no musical organizations were ~ 'isig' ,,..
The veterans mostly S'.'''u - ',.a. Tho
and devoted the morning u s'eop'
Government troops remained Ill 'hel.
..,,n and the sleepy soldiers crawled
cao'F, "',' .,L.n ,ho rcvriIle sounded
out slowly W''c" '"' ~ ,,,ano ,ho s,,r.
~ the sun showed i'sell "VoNo wv 'I'
nundiur hills. Late this afternoon inc
an,i ,,o,,, rcuoion exercises were
seco"" way . .,..;n,t,,xo.;oral Ceme.
heldatthe roS'rui' II. .mv .'"''Y Ct Ia
icry, where George NiiIia" Vu'''S Wv
,ivcrcd the Grafton.
There wos Il strange similarity between
~. l"t,v ia,, ""S "nJ i lint Of inst twenty-five
.,as.. tn'n ""s n:o Thcn thc armies OF Meade
!!'SI !gTI "sV "s rorir"ntrd each other; so to-
II'n ,' ,i,o ~, EoInr,is and Couiederatcs were
"a5 VI" n,os, IN The field and again was
Tli.' .ha omo ,,o' on Seminary Ridge, and the
LUZ .So.on u"I Camntorv lin, Nothing un.
',sno " occurred 10 break the monotony
',a.;I "s. i o,clarl, whrn the
''''"' : ,'', go, ,.a,.r.nr,,rvs MET
UNIONS AND 'VNI A"'''' 49,, .,,,, :, bow At
once more w "'''."s' t''' '"',,. -, 80
which they hau Jo'i'c'' III u'''"'' '''"
twenty-five years ago.
The monuments which were T, TtI, TGa
Gated v !oIy ianrlr, ~" ~ tGh thc IiSih New York
tnf"r,ry % I"GarnnrI Tigers"l, the 9th
New York first Long Island volunteers,
Known as "Bcccher's RegimcntI, nj
,rb;ch Roy. Thomas X. Beecher, OF FL
mira New York. delivered the 0ratioH
iL" Third New York, independent bat
t"rv with Major General W. S. Rosen
crIns M orator: Battery i, New York
Ar,iIIerv and the 18th New York, indie
nnnicni battery.
The Sipnnl Jorps Association OF the
Amy Of The Potomac held meeting
Lere today They determined to erect
an imposing tablet on Little Round Top,
romwamor1,ivc of the work done by
,Lis branch of thr army in the battle.
Thcy also elected Gen. Jesse Merrill
President, and decided TO hold their an
r",I rcmmions nj Tho time md place
where thc National Encampment OF the
Grand Army nj thc Republic takes
nlacn
'"'.N' .........-....,. ,,,,,o~
Az iNDl'SoLy"hE 'NtoN'
General j. b. Gordon, OF Georgia, was
compelled by his official position rs
Chief Exocn,;,o to Ioovo for Atlanta
,,. IN' ,, "N''"'u ~ ~ " go -, D.,
thls afternoon 10 the Assoc'aIeu ., IresS TIES
representative, III WsWc! W tHt Y"es
tlon what was ms Splhloh ?l lne re,
uhlo", he saiu: = MS ~ ~. l'cet,nE M'S
great success, ana II thSse .,.. reunions w
tween 'he so''iefS coulu oCGuL G yenIi?
u Wou'u serve 70 cement 'hc ir'cnuly
lecIlng oISthe DIue ana gray more
SIoSl! Ss anu 70 pInu 1ne ,o,,Ii n"rtH l.. "mn nn
V"r,% % "V md % No. South I '0 hut on" mae" c"untry ~
linked together by the chains OF indis-
soluble iriendship."
At 5 O'Clock the procession composed
of the same military commands us yes
tertlay entered the National Cemetery
aud marched past the rostrum. At the
conclusion OF the parade, Gen. Robin
sou, Of New York, as presiding officer,
requested Rev. Twitchcll, OF Hartford,
Conn, to open the exercises with prayer.
The prayer was listened to with un-
covered heads and when in concluding
he began the Lords Prayer the crowd
jOined in with the preacher.
George LathrOp was unable to be
present, but part OF his poem was read
by General llOrati0 c. Kiug and was
received BY the audience with much mp.
plausC.
When the orator, George William
Curtis, was presented three cheers were
called for BY General Sharpe, and he
was greeted with hearty applause at the
conclusion OF his Grafton. Mr.. Curtis
said:
NIB. CURTIS ADDRESS.
W'non thisGo,d co,socro,.dhv Ameri-
IL. ''s'' sV'','> '"',
can E'loF we meet TO cohsecr3te our
selves ~ AllGriC''i uhl9h' III thls ma,
lowed TOunH lle buried, not ohly Draw
soldiers Oh me DIue ana the gray, Du'
me passions I" war, the Jeal;ouS;Ies elsec'
t;o"oi AIN S;Torov,n' ,.'v H' Srm"M ," S}nrorv Hove
long and angry controversies Of politi.
\caI dogma, Of material interest, and OF
l2Sal pride and tradition came TO o.. their ls,
SnIS,o Io0' SusS,S, AS the l'S To,,ss oS tEst
oi Smer;caH ""S TsSean,nSu T'Tnaa,o !" a, S"rS,oco
md tba, cT naIarp 'iueMeo Fsn,,e az ~ NVot"ri6o
the dcs,in" ni V" ,T" AnSn,;pen t,u.o " Iynion wSs
iscJcJ :, " ra,,,.sInN,, Wv hm,Ss''''" bnndrcd
Stbcr famous eii'JIsys, aoiJs ,Sassc ara of tSn same
Imrr;caN S sn,a "eSSs Ss''tS Nv w. s,~o | trswSn.
.loas STRIFE % faiSs x%oso III s.V nronJ S and ter.