The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1889-08-25
\ GRAND MOVEMENT
IN WHICH THE SURVIVORS OF
BOTH ARMIES UNITE.
A Worthy Memorial tO Glle Gallant
Dead who Fell OH ChiCaInauga'S
Bloody Field Long Years AEO-A
Charter Already Secured.

Charter Already Secured.
We direct attention to the subiOincd
circular, which, affecting both the Blue
and The Gray, will have a general inter
est. Many a man from Western North
| Carolina laid down his life on he bloody
! field of hiCkamauga; many asurvivOr
bears the sears of that fierce and
many escaping with life and wound re-
calls with pride the part he bore in the
dangers of the day. We are glad it is to
br Il joint celebration, a t:butc to MT
tual valor. Truly, if anything is ever,
done to restore true harmony between
the sections, to stitIc the voice of sec
tiUmal hate, it is to he done by those who
know tull we'll at what cost peace was
won, at what sacrifice the Union was
brought back into its accustomed chan
mel. Looking at the dcmoniac purpose OF
| partisan leaders to lomcnt sectional
alienation, and the danger Of making it
chronic and perpetual, it needs the lrutl
crly unity Of those who fought the bat
ties of the Iamcntahc war to hunt the
voice of hate and rmphatically y "com-
mand the peace"
10 the surviving participants in the bat
tie of ChlckamauGa and to all OithccX-
FrdcraIs and cX-Comlctlcratc Soldiers
and their Friends:
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug. 20, 80.
1t is very dcsirabc ON all accounts,
that Il large number of ca Confederate
soldiers attend the reunion of the Society
Of the Army OF the Cumberland, which
holds its annual meeting this year AT
Chattanooga, on September 18Th, 10Th
and 10th, the tWcmtN-slXth alnivcr-
%ury OF the battle ol Chickamau-
"a. To cnahlc large attendance
ufcX~Contc,lcrat soldiers, Il special rate
pI one fare for the round trip has been
secured upon all Southern railroads. No
such opportunity for Il good time with
"Our friends, the enemy, has been offered
i'll long time. Ghc meeting of the Society
Of the Army Olthc ( umbcriHnd at Chutta-
nOOga will have as one ol its most i'm
purtant features the organization of the
Chickanuuga Memorial Association,
the society 10 DC composed OF the vctcr-
ans OF both armies who participated in
that momcntOus and disastrous
engagement; the purpose of the or
ganizatiOn being the purchase and pres
crvaLlon Of the battlefield of Cnica-
mauga, by the general government, for a
national park. y charter has already
been secured from the State Of Georgia,
and nearly all those members of con
GrcSS and United States senator's, who
were on one side or the other, have
ndorScd the movement and become
members Of the organization. Every
true soldier Of both sides /. It take a
hearty interest and have Il hGrrty sympa-
thy with the purpose i'll view, and be will
ling to assist it forward with all his i'll
ilucncc. The larger the concourSc that
takes part in the inauguration of the
Chlckamauga Memorial Association, the
more favorable impression it will make
on the interested States and oncOngrcss.
One of the purposes Of the organization
will DC to secure from the several States
that had regiments, brigadcS, or divisions
III that engagement, an appropriations
for the erection of an appropriate mon
umcut to mark the position which
their boys" occupied in an engage
mcnt, i'll which the fatalities were
greater than upon any bautIc field oi
modern warfare. Come, YOU who wore
the gray and those who wore the blue,
and nave Il lroiic ON the field where YOU
fought, and lend your aid to the prcscr
walton OF that field as a model memorial
-
valor.
For any other information as to rail
road rates, entertainment and proceed
mgS address. ADOLPu 5. OCIIS.
Chairman Local Committee Chicka
mauga Memorial Association, Chatta-
nooga, Tennessee.