Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-19
TAKES THE PALM.
What Visitors Think of Frank
Inns Hospitality.
An Interesting Letter Of Events Connect
ed With the Reunion Held In
Williamson County.

To the Tobacco -Chronicle.l
"See Naples and die, is an old and
apt Neapolonic boast, illustrating the
unrivaled granduer and beauty-of its
situation and surroundings. We ex.
claim, ssSee Franklin and William-
son county; hold communion with
their generous, open hearted people,
and il death should come you vii! he
better prepared to meet the God who
made that beautiful country and peo-
| pied it with such noble men and
lovely women ~
We went, we saw, we were con-
quered. How could it have been
otherwise? The royal reception at
the depot, the hearty handshake
from old comrades dear, the soul
stirring music, the bright smiles OF
lovely sympathetic women made
children OF us all, as witness the
glistening tear the old boys tried 30
hard to hide. Falling into line and
keeping step to that grand old air
that never fails to quicken the heart
beat of an old Confederate soldier,
we marched through the streets of
the little town to the courthouse.
Flags, bunting, streamers on all sides.
welcome, welcomed" met us every
where; it beamed from the eyes of
men, women and children; the air
was laden with it; the zephyrs whis-
pered it in our ears as they stole soft.
ly by. Why is it that the Buys now
and then doff their hats? 1t is the
involuntary tribute paid to that en-
blem which we followed so long and
loved 80 dearly.
Arrived at the courthouse heart
felt address of welcome from Major
Ewing and Col. Cowan, and stir
ing response from Col. John M. Tay-
10y, and we gave way to the SONS OF
Confederate veterans, who wished to
perfect their State organization. God
bless the boys! They are imbued
with the same spirit that animated
their fathers. Tennessee will never
want for defenders SO long as she
claims such as these as citizens.
We next turned our steps toward
the famous old battle ground, where
l,7OO as gallant men as ever trod
upon the field of battle gave their
lives to their country's cause. Per.
haps no battle-ground in all our
Southland is so little changed and
can be so easily recognized. The
pike leading.in from Columbia was
the center of the bloody scene. Along
the pike it is comparatively level,
but on either side there is consider
able depression. On the left two or
three houses have been built on
ground that was once dotted with
our dead, but this does not material
ly change the general features OF the
landscape. A hedge on the left
marks the line ofsFederal works cap
tured and held by Strahl's brigade.
On the right, between the old gin
house and the pike, Battle Ground
Academy has been erected across the
line of Federal works assaulted by
Cleburne's and Walthall's divisions
The old gin house has been torn
down, but its outlines are clearly de.
fined, and monument marking tn
spot is now in course of erection
Our thoughtful friends, sssistedsby
Capt. Roberts, have marked the po
sition of each division and brigade,
and the spots where our commanders
fell. Between Battle Ground Acad
emy and the pike Is the spot wher
old Pat Cleburne gave his last com
mand. Just beyond the pike and in
side the Federal works is whrre tht.
gallant Strahl brcathed his last. Still
further TO the. left the heroic Garter
gave up his young life. Then sweep
ing with our gaze the line OF works,
invoking visions of the past, we see
the ground literally covered with the
bodies of unknown but equally hero
ic men, who gave their lives to their
country and their God. Step lightly,
To- .o1x
AS to our own little squad, here
near where Strahl fell, one OF us lost
an arm. Over there near the old gin
house another leaped the Federal
works and was made prisoner and
still another received an almost NOR
tai wound. Who can fanthom our
emotions, who sound the deEth Of
feeling invoked when the thousand
streams Of memory were turned
loose by the sight before us? Turn
ins sadly from the sacred ground we
went to the homes assigned US, and
after partaking Of the good things
prepared by our hospitabie hosts, we
again assembled at the court house
and after pleasant and profitable
business meeting were turned loose
to prepare ourselves for the treat in
store. When the shades OF evening
close again we are assembled at the
courthouse. The vision before us Is
different from that OF q few hours