Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-09-17
CHIGKAMAUGA.
Veterans Again Visit the His
tOric Battlefield
Where Years Ago They Fought
to Save the Union.


prising Small Boys Manufacture Wal
Relies and Readily Dispose of Them (.
Uns1specting Visitors.
CHATTANOOGA, Sept. 1.-THE Army
of the Cumberland advanced ON Chicka
manga again Thursday, under com
mand of General w. s. Rosecrans. Il
has been twenty-seven years since tn,
Army of the Cumberland has mad,
a similar advance, and the men wer,
not informed of the location of the bat
tleground. They found it, however
and spent most pleasant day trampint
over the old field and recalling the day
of battle.
Before o'clock all the victims wht
had staid in Chattanooga were at thu
Union depot ready to take the Chatta-
nooga, Rome and Columbus train fol
the battlefield. AT the battlefield ovel
half of the veterans left the train ant
went to National park. The balanc,
went to the Park hotel, where the Army
of the Cumberland held its meeting.
By the time the train arrived at the
battlefield country people were fast ar
irving.
AT the Park hotel there were ALREADY
200 guests, and trains were run from
the city every hour. The arrivals OF
various trains swelled the number al
Chickamauga and on the battlefield tt
about 900 people. They walked about
took in the lake and other points Of in
terest about the battlefield.
Tho cnttfhn,-x, nj, @tx<xt ,f,lr
watched the events with interest, bui
took no part in the ainusements.
The Business Meeting.
Very few of the veterans attended the
business meeting held in the ball room
of Park hotel. Possibly one hundred
men were present when the first bust
ness meeting was called to order by
Captain Muller. Seated on the stage
were General Rosecrans, General III. "
Boynton, General J. s. Fullerton and
Colonel j. w. Steel. Business was al
most entirely of routine nature. Re.
ports were presented, addresses made
and other miner matters given atten
ton.
The plan of the monument to General
Sheridan was shown to the assembled
veterans. They seemed to like the de-
sign and emphasized their approval by
agreeing to pay Sculptor Ward, who Ii
the artist, 81, 500 ON account.
A movement was placed ON foot tC
have each regimental commander Of the
army secure a complete roster of his
command. These will be carefully cor
rected and printed. 1t was found that
there are $4,000 survivors of the Cum.
berland's army and the task of complet.
ing the roster will not be small one by
any means.
On the walls of the ball room were
placed charts giving names of each body
of the Army of the Cumberland engaged
in the battle of Chickamauga. The
movements made by each commander
were also noted. These charts were de-
cidedly interesting to the veterans and
received a great deal of attention. At
O'Clock the meeting adjourned until Fri.
day morning at 10. After dinner the
veterans who had remained at the hotel
took carriages, hacks and other vehicles
and made their way to the battlefield
where the entire evening was spent.
All of the officers went on the trip
and it was nearly dark when the party
returned to the hotel and prepared tc
take train back for Chattanooga.
AT 8 o'clock the party, headed by Gen.
erals Rosecrans, Boynton, Fullerton and
Grosvenor, came to Chattanooga, and
the first day of the reunion was at an
end.
During the day the old engine Seen.
eral" was pulled out to Chickamauga
There it was photographed. Conductor
Fuller, who had charge of the train
when it was captured during the war
with Mr.. and Mrs. D. j. Gracy and q
few others, was on board. The photo
graphing of the old engine created much
interest.
During the afternoon the committee
on time and place of holding the next
meeting decided to recommend Cleve-
land. December, 1898, was named
as the time.
General j. s. Fullerton was named tc
deliver the address at that time.
Fridays meeting was called together
at the old Dyer house on the battlefield
which is now headquarters for the park
commission.
The Illinois citizens and ex-soldiers
will meet Friday night in the city at 2
p. IN.
Although most of the veterans went
W ShOhdiuduSd % huilDCl bbdy0u Ill
Chattanooga. They took in all points OF
interest around the city. The mountain
came in for its share, and large number
viewed the place where the battle above
the clouds is fictitiously supposed to
have taken place.
One Of the humorous things was the
manufacture of relics. Small boys beat
two bullets together, readily disposed Of
the result, telling the buyers that the
Siamese, appearance was due to their
having met in mid-air. Others inserted
old minnie balls into carefully bored
holes in small pieces of wood, the date OF
whose birth was some years posterior to
the war Everything went and nobody
kicked at the fraud, mainly because no.
body knew any better.
In the evening disposition was hur-
riedly made of supper at the various
hotels, white ties were hauled out and
veterans made spruce and tidy in an.
ticipation of the meeting at the Stone
church. All of the general officers with
most all of the veterans in attendance,
went home Friday.
General Rosecrans, with Colonel
Conrad, Lieutenant Conrad and mum.
Der Of other gentlemen go to Washing
ton city to attend the Grand Army en-.
campment, and Fridays work was put
through with rush.
It May BE False.
FL PASO Tex Sept 1.-THE report