The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-03-29

Great Reunion to ne Held on This
/ Historic Spot.
Now 1t rs = memorials Park-Soidiers OF
the North and South Will Meet There
and Recount How 1t Took Place.
9% Z A Great Battle.


the establishment and dedication Of
park on tho historic battlefield of Shiloh,
or Pittsbutg Landing, Was passed by
Congress. the veterans have been at
work. and on April 5, 6 and Z the suryiv-
ors Of the terrible conflict on that field OF
battle will hold meeting there that VIII
be the largest reunion ever held IN the
South since the war
The reunion will be under the auspices
of the OLD armies of the Tennessee, the
| Ohio and the Mississippi, the purpose
being to mark the positions held by the
various commands and to promote the
| good feeling between those who wore the
blue and the gray.
| The Shiloh Battlefield association was
organized April 10, 1893, on the occasion
| Of the thirty-first anniversary of the bat
tie. on the battlefield. 1t is composed OF
| soldiers, both North and South, whose
object Is to have the old battle-ground
purchased by the government and made
l a national memorial park. There are
buried on this field over 1000 Confeder-
ate dead. besides many Of the Union dead
who were never removed to the National
n Cemetery there.
i The committee appointed by the asso-
4 citation, from the Senate and the House,
was authorized to carry through such
measures as would have the result de-
sired. From the Senate Hon. lsham U.
Harris. Of Tennessee; Hon. John Sher-
man. Of Ohio; Hon. w. r. Villas, OF Wis
consin. ana from the House Col ID. b.
Henderson. of Iowa; Gen. Joseph Wheel
er. Of Alabama, and Gen. John G. Black,
If Illinois. were selected. The bill for
the purchase and improvement passed the
House and Senate, being approved by
President Cleveland December 2S, 1884,
: the bill providing three commissioners TO
have charge of the park, one from each
, az the Northern armies and one from the
, Confederacy.
The troops in the association are the
Army of Tennessee, commanded by
Gen. Grant the Army of the Ohio, COM
!, manded by Gen. D. G. Buell., and the
I Army of the Mississippi, under the COM
!. mand of Gems. Albert Sidney johnson
. and p. G.. T. Beauregard.
The prime organizer of the movement
to make the battlefield memorial PARK
! was a Union soldier, Col. E. L. Lee, OF
y Monticello. ILL.,, who is secretary OF the
I Shiloh Battlefield association. He served
!, four years, participating in number OF
T battles and marches including Fort Hen
It nv. Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth
l. Hatchie river, Vcksburg, Jackson
J. (Miss.) the march to the sea and through
j. the Caroinas He was only in his Iitf
It year when he enlisted, but he served
Il courageously throughout the war; bein'
y badly wounded in the right hand ant
r. shoulder at the battle of Jackson, Miss
! on July II. 1863, when Pugh's brigad
q was almost annihilated. Since the wa
he has written many articles on the Sh1
! loh battle. which show him well CONVEX
= SAINT with the duties of his position hi
8 energy is untiring, and he has writes
10 thousands of letters to the survivors o
g Shiloh in consequence, and has now Ell
ne rolled over II, 900 names of these old 80
10 diers. -, :,
DO At the general reunion there will .
IS. some yery interesting minor reunions
to Including the Third Iowa Infantry's r
to reunion with the Forty-frst Illinois II
It. fantry. who were known and called I'll
;e- twin brothers of Pop Pugh's First brl
ne AIDE. Fourth Division of the Army
m Tennessee; they served together through
cd ont the entire strife, and this will be II
~ frat time since they separated they nay
= had the opportunity to talk of the TIN
m of war. I'll ,
~ Many nrominent ex-soldiers will
there including all the survivors OF Il
u famous Crokers Iowa brigade, who W
Gu mark the position at the Hornets Nest
le- The Shiloh association of Nebraska W
oy attend in a body. The Chickamaug
be composed of Gems Fullerton, Boynto
ect and Col. Smith and Gen. Stewart
IN also attend. Gems. McClernand, LIE
es, / Wallace, B. NJ. Prehtiss, James n. I'm
err mers. d. G. Buell., r. ]. Oglesoy' Coi.
of G. Waterhouse, Capt. Ed McAlllster' "
III. P. Rumsely. Col. d. b. Henderso
Col. Cornelius Cadle will greet their
comrades, as will many others Oh
M Shiloh brigades. IT,.
The II was never thought by the I'M
ST commanders that Shiloh or Pittspu
,lk Landing would be the scene OF pattle.
re. was intended as the temporary campi
,olx ground of the Union forces while ava
me ing the arrival of Gen. Buell. WIN
ssv Army of the Ohio, when the compin
forces under command of Halleck W.
- 10 attack Johnston and beauregaru
" Cerinth. where they commanded mar
hody of soldiers, and where tns'r =
nas trenchment was thought very secure. 4
ess- Irn;on generals had no idea that the "
AID fedarates would leave their place OF sc
mo ritv TO attack larger forces, put "
ute Albert Sidney Johnston was smar'ihe
Ind der the criticisms Of the Southern peo
wo for his inactivity, so he DECIDED 10
Cir verse the principles of war-iea'e
in fort and attack the enemy.
,ws 1--WE must go to the front; the pan
got onened." was the remark Of Gen. Ur'
die when he heard the boom OF cannon