The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-10-03
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
Annual Meeting of the Association at Cincinnati, o.


The 22d annual Reunion of the Society OF the
Army of the Tennessee was held at Cincinnati o.,
Sept . and 20. Gen. Sherman presided over the
meeting. Chicago unanimously selected ms
the place for the next Reunion. the time to be nm
uounccd by the President of tho society. IL was
agreed that the meeting should be held coinoident
with the unvaing Of the Grant monument In that
city, the ceremonies of which to be under the
auspices Of the society. Gen. Andrew Hicken-
loopcr, Of Cincinnati was unanimously chosen as
orator of the occasion on behalf OF tho Society OF
the Army of tho Tennessee
II was voted 10 retain the permanent headquar-
tiers Mt Cincinnati, but the annual Reunions may
bc held at various places.
reception held ut tho Chamber Of Conn
mcrCc, at which addresses were made by Gen.
sherman, Gen Howard, Gen Fiske, Commander
In. Chief Algcr aud Gen. o. NJ. Poe
Tho reception given Ht the residence OF Gen.
HickenioOper, in the forenoon, to Gen. Sherman
and Miss sherman was attended by the members
of the society and their ladies and many citizens.
In the evening a meeting was held at the Opera
House. 20
At the business meeting on the second day on
GERS were elected as follows President, Gen. VIM.
y. sherman; Rec. See. Col. l.. VI. Dayton; Treas,
| NJ i. Force; Cor. Sec, Gen. A, Hckenloopcr W
P's, Capt. James A. Sexton, Lieut.. A. II. MRttox,
Lieut.. Theodore Lotion Col. VIM. Vogelsang, Capt.
| w. ID. Andreas. Col. w. j. iAndrun, Lieut.. &. II.
| Madison. Col. Edward Jonas Capt. r. II. Magde'
/ burg, Capt. Lewis Lambert and Col. g. e. Kellogg.
A resolution ofiered by Gen, Green Il. Raum,
asking favorable consideration by Congress Of lib
oral pension laws. was adopted.
The Reunion closed with banquet nt the Bur
| net House at which over 300 people sat down.
The first toast. THE campaign for Atlanta" WA
responded Ia by Gen. sherman,
| The next toast, d" We stormed the Wild hills oI
ResRch. God bless those that fell that day, was
| responded to 10y Gen. jacob u. Cox.
| The whole plan of the program Of toasts was "a
follow out tho events az they occurred OF the IA
| nous Atlanta campaign.
| TO tile toast Dallas" Mai A. NJ Van Dyke re
/ spo1,ded, aud To kenesaw,' Col. q. ID. MunsoI
| made the response.
To the Gfth toast "The Crossing Of the Chatta
hoochee," Rev David II. Moore responded.
| THE Battle of Atlanta tio sixth toast was
| signed 10 Gen. g. NJ. Dodge who gave n very
thrilling account Of that famous fight In closing
| lac said:
At abou, 10 o'clock on the night of the ord Tho
three corps commanders Of the Army oI the Ten
| nesseo lone Of them ia command of the Army me
| in the 81 the Fifteenth Corps. on the line o
the Decatur road. under oak tree, and there dis
| cusscd the results of the day. Blair's men were
that time ia tho trenches; In some places the enc
| my held one side, and they tho other; the men o
| the Fifteenth Corps were still lea their own line
| but tired aud huhRry, aud those Of tho Sixteenth
| were, after their hard days hght. busy throwing
up nlrenchmcuts lhc field they Ind won an,
| held IL was thought that the Army Of the Cum
| bertrand aud tho Army Of the Ohio, which had no
been engaged that day, should send IA force 10 70
lieve Blair, aud /. being the junior corps com
uiaudor was dispatched by Gen, Logan. al the 70
quest Of Gems Blair To see Gen. Sherman.
My impression is thRt met bin lea "A tent; bu
have beard II naid that lac had his hehdqunrter
In "A house. When met him lac seemed rattle
surprised Ia sec me, but greeted me cordially AN,
spoke OF the loss OF Mcpherson. stated To hin
you whipped them to-day. didn't your" ! said
Yes, air" "fhen," he said can't you do
| again tomorrow :" aud Il said, YES sir" bad
him good night aud went back to my command
determined never 90 go upOu another such crraud
As he explained II aftcTwari lac wanted IL sale
that the little Army Of the Tennessee had Tough
the great battle that day. needing no help, aid
aud that II could bo said that all alone u ha,
whipped tho whole OF liood's army. Therefore, b.
| let 'us hold our position aud our line. knowinl
that Hood would not dare attack after the thrash
ing lac had already received
when we consider that In this, the greatest bat
tie Of the campaign. the little Army Of The Tonnes
met thc entire rebel army, secretly thrust to IL
| rear it's flank and upon its advance centcI
with it's idoiizsd commander killed ia the frs
shock Of battle, nightiall found the enemy's dea
aud wounded on It's front, II showed that no disaz
ter no temporary rebuff could discourage thi
army; every man az his post every man doing
herO's duty. they proved they might be- wiped ou
but never made to run; they were inviuoble,"
| ATLANTA Is ours aud fairly won," tho sovcnt
toast and The last was responded to 10y Gen Ware
| Among those present nj the banquet beside ia
speakers were Gems. Howard. Cox, Force, Fisk,
Macarthur HickenloopeE Beknap Keller, Hoyes
auckland, and many others.