Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-26
FORT STEADM MAN.
The Anniversary of Its Capture Celebrated
at Hnrrisburg-One Thousand Veterans
Make Creditable Parade.

The Anniversary of Its Capture Celebrated
af Harrisburg-0ne Thousand Veterans
Make a Creditnble Parade.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPArcH.l
HARRISBURG, March 2a-The twenty fifth
anniversary of the capture of Fort Stead
man was fifty celebrated here to-day by six
Pennsylvania regiments in the Third Division,
Ninth Army Corps, who participated in the
fierce encounter which preceded the surrender
of the strong position to the Union troops. The
morning was partly spent in very enjoyable re-
unions by the several regiments. All these
gatherings bad large representations of the
soldiery who participated with General Hart
ranft in taking the Confederate fortress. and
the exercises were of the most interesting de-
scription. All the regimental organizations
elected officers for the ensuing year, thus indi-
eating purpose to continue the reunions OF
the Third division so auspiciously begun to-day.
The parade began moving at 215 P. NJ, and
covered the principal Streets the houses along
which were elaborately decorated with bunting
of all kinds. In view of the fact that many
members of the regiments were killed or seri-
ously wounded in the war and much larger
number have since died, the parade was sig
nal success.
A Very Creditable Parade.
A BOUT one thousand persons were in line, in
cluding the city Grays, and city Gray
Cadets, several Grand Army corps and the
Governors troop of this city. The survivors of
the Third division who took part in the parade
presented a very different appearance from
that presented when they entered the army.
Nearly all showed the effect of advanced age
in gray heads and boards and wrinkled faces
and scores of them marched with much diff
Guilty, owing tophysical intirmities. The parade
command GaDeral A. Todd
Major Lane s. Hart Captain Huidekoper and
Lieutenant Webbert had charge of the three
brigades. respectively. Among the colors car
ried was General Hartranft's headquarters
flag, which the deceased priced very highly.
Several tattered battle flags were among the
objects of interest in the parade.
Another feature was the presence of the few
survivors of the Eighty-seventh Regiment
Band of Kentucky. which excited much en-
thusiasm by rendering stirring war tunes. The
regiments participating in the march were the
Two Hundred and Seventh. Two Hundred and
Fifth, Two Hundred and Eleventh, Two Hun
dredth, Two Hundred and Eighth, Two Hun
dred and Ninth, which were recruited from the
counties of Adams, Cambria Clinton, Columbia,
Crawford. Dauphn Erie, Franklin. Hunting
don. Jefferson. Lehigh. Lebanon. Lycoming,
Mercer, Warren. Bedford, Cumberland, Mlf-
fin, Snyder. Berks, Blair. Perry. Tioga, West
moreland. York, Center, Jefferson. Lancaster
the Lochiel Hotel by General Parke, COM
mander of the Ninth Army Corps.
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The Old Soldiers Together.
a FTER the march reunion was held in the
Opera House. over which Colonel Fred
ericks presided. The old soldiers were well
coined by Mayor Fritchey in a patriotic adj
dress. Major I. B. Brown, Deputy Secretary of
the Commonwealth, responded for the Third
Division in a speech in which he vividly por-
trayed the prominent scenes of the battle
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