The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-01-27
A PROPOSED REUNION OF CON-
PEDERATE CAVALRY.
New Orleans Picayuue.

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1 Some of the members OF the cav
airy diTisiOn OF Gen. VIM. II. Jack
son, which WAS an important par
of the Confederate army in tn
west, are residing in New Orleans
and they desire to form an a~ssocia
ton of the survivors of that com
mand. 1t is not, however, intended
to confne the organization TO mem.
beTs OF that division, but any Con.
tederatc cavalryman who may he
10 this section Of the South may
take pant IN the organization, which
10 is proposed to form. To this end
a call has been issued for reunion
OF all such iu this city on the 18th
of February next, the day before
Mardi Gras.
The brigadiers of this splendid
division were Gov. Ross, OF Texas,
Gems. Writ Adams aud s. w. Fer
guson, of Mississippi; Gen. Geo.
B, Cosby, now of California ; Gen.
Peter B. Starke, Of Virginia, aud
Gen. Frank q. Armstrong, of the
Interior Department at Washing.
ton. Assistant Secretary OF the
Interior MuldIOw was also in the
command. Their followers are scat
tered over Texas aud all the South
ern States, aud the low railway
rates and the attractions of the
carnival eaSon have made that the
time for the inauguration OF such a
movement. Among the cavalry
men who served in the southern
aud western departments Of the
Confederacy there are now residing
in this city Col. r. q. Wood, Major
q. Sebastian, X. w. Simmons,
Frank A. Gordon, d. A. Given, Jr.,
WIN. Laughlin, b. L. Cromwell,
Frank Ii. McNairy, George Moor
man, Samuel Henderson, Norman
G. Jones, r. W. Gillespie, Geo. "a.
Frost, Charles II. Railey, s. w.
Bennett, George a.. Lord, Judge
Watkins, of the Supreme Court and
many others.
Col. Juo. =. Richardson has kind
ly rendered the use of the Wash
ington Artillery Arsenal for the
occasion.
Col. Geo. Norman and Major
Frank. McNairy, OF this city, were
on Gen. Jackson's staff, and at the
meeting just held, Col. Norman
vas elected chairman, with the TO.
quest that all members of these
commands here and elsewhere will
at once send to him their names
and addresses. Letters of accept.
ance have already been received
from Gems. jackson, Adams and
Ferguson, and Coils. Taylor, Of
Memphis, Nugent, Montgomery, of
Mississippi, and many others also
from Gov. Ross, provided be can
leave the State.
The Southern soldiers owe it to
posterity to take measures for the
perpetuatiOn of their military his.
tory and the unwritten personal an.
nails so rich in romantic aud heroic
passages. A cavalry memorial or.
%ganizatiOn will he a fitting addition
to the other interesting veteran
Confederate associations in New :
OrleaGS. i.
AS one of the survivors of Gen.
brigade, many of whom i
are now living in South Mississippi, |
we take especial pleasure in calling .
attention TO the above re union pro. !,
position. There is no trophy left E
the Confederate soldier but the y
ond ~recollections of the ties OF t
formed in tue peril and
Iardship of war, in deeds of valOr =
nd fetes of daring in honorable a
truggle for homes threatened with {
uin. Since the desolation which t
e could not avert came and We i,
ave as ~valieutly fought that hard :
r fight against poverty, which fol y
WED, aud are at last victorious, h
hat could be more pleasant than :
reunion OF the surviving soldier E
Dys. =
1t will be noticed from the above
lat Col. Geo. Norman desires the !
lmes of the surviving members of y
several commands mentioned, :
which our Coast counties should n
represented. If our friends of $
erguson's brigade will send their .
zines aud rank TO us we will take :
easure in forwarding them. =