The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-03-29
SHILOH's FATED FIELD
Great Reunion to Be Held on This
Historic Spot
Now 1t u Memorial Park-soldiers oil
tho North and south VIII Meet There
and Recount How &c Took Place.
A Great Battle.

Since the Appropriation OF @JOfUOV AOr
the establishment and dedication of a
park on the historic battlefield of Shiloh,
or Pittsburg Landing, was passed by
Congress, the veterans have been at
work, and on April . and the surviv-
ors Of the terrible conflict on that field Of
battle will hold a meeting there that will
be the largest reunion ever held in the
South since the war.
The reunion VIII 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 10 promote the
good feeling between those who wore the
blue and the gray.
The Shiloh Battlefield association was
organized April 10, 1898, 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
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
Cemetery there.
The committee. appointed by the asso-
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. Isham G.
Harris, Of Tennessee; Hon. John Sher-
man, Of Ohio; Hon. w. f. Villas, of Wis
consin, and from the House Col. d. B.
Henderson, of Iowa; Gen. Joseph Wheel
er, of Alabama, and Gen. John c. Black,
of Illinois, were selected. The bill for
the purchase and Improvement passed the
House and Senate, being approved by
President Cleveland December %, 1894,
the bill providing three commissioners to
have charge of the park, one from each
of 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. ID. G. Buell., and the
Army of the Mississippi, under the COM
mand of Gems Albert Sidney johnson
| and Z. G.. I. Beauregard.
to make the battlefield n memorial park
was Union soldier, Col. L. T. Lee of
Monticello, H., who is secretary of the
Shiloh Battlefield association. He served
four years, participating in a number of
battles and marches, including Fort Hen
~, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth,
Hatchie river, Nicksburg, Jackson
! (AIiss.), the march to the sea and through
the Carolinas. He was only i'm his 18th
year when he enlisted, but he served
cOurageOusly throughout the war, being
badly wounded in the right hand and
shoulder at the battle of Jackson, Miss,
| on July u, 1863, when Pugh's brigade
was almost annihilated. Since the war
he has written many articles on the Shi-
loh battle, which show him well CONVEX
SAINT with the duties of his position His
energy is untiring, and he has written
thousands of letters to the survivors of
Shiloh in consequence, and has now en-
rolled over 1900 names of these old sol
diers.
At the general reunion there will be
some very interesting minor reunions,
including the Third Iowa Infantry's re-
reunion with the Forty-frst Illinois In
fantry, who were known and called the
twin brothers of Pop Pugh's First Brig
ade, Fourth Division of the Army of
Tennessee; they served together through
out the entire strife, and this will be the
first time since they separated they have
had the opportunity to talk of the time
of war.
Many prominent ex-sOldiers will be
there, including all the survivors of the
famous Croker's Iowa brigade. who will
mark the position at the Hornets Nest. :"
The Shiloh association of Nebraska will
attend in a body. The Chickamauga,
composed of Gems. Fullerton, Boynton
and Col Smith and Gen. Stewart, will
also attend. Gems. McClernand, Lew
Wallace, b. Nj. Prentiss, James II. Chal-
mers, ID. G. Buell., II. ]. Oglesby. Col A.
G. WaterhOuse, Capt. Ed McAllister. Col.
l. Z. RUmsely, Col ID. b. Henderson.
Col. Cornelius Cadle, will greet their old
comrades, as will many others Of the
Shiloh brigades.
1t was never thought by the Union
commanders that Shiloh or Pittsburg
Landing would be the scene of battle. 1t
was intended as the temporary canning
ground of the Union forces while await
ing the arrival of Gen. Buell. with the
Army of the Ohio, when the combined
forces under command of Halleck were
to attack Johnston and Beauregard at
Corinth, where they commanded a hardy
body of soldiers, and where their in
trenchment was thought very secure. The
Union generals had no idea that the Con-
federates would leave their place of secu-
rity to attack larger forces. but Gen.
Albert Sidney Johnston was smarting IN
del. the criticisms Of the Southern people
for his inactivity, so he decided to re-
verse the principles of war-leave the
fort and attack the enemy.
We must go to the front; the ball has
opened, was the remark of Gen. Grant
when he heard the boom of cannon ON
the morning Of the 9th, warning him Of
the approach of the Confederate forces
Gen. Johnston had formed his army in
three parallel lines. They moved for
ward under his personal command. striL-
ing Gen. Sherman's division ut Corintb
he advanced upon Sherman with full
force and with much rapidity, rushing
his line Of battle right on to the batteries
and throwing many of the raw Union
troops into great confusion. caDturiDg
several pieces of artillery, the camps Of |
the Union army and all the provisions.
The line of battle advanced rapidly.
meeting Prentiss and McClernand and |
pushing them back to the line of battle
formed by Gen. Hurlburt at the Peach |
Orchard and Hornets Nest.
In the morning at 10 O'Clock Gen. Grant /
concentrated the Union forces, and in
this way the further advance of the /
Confederates was stopped. The contest
at this point is very vividIv Described nv