Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-17
HOMAGE TO MRS. PICKETT
GrizzIed Veterans of the Blue
Press Her Hand.
A REUNION AT WASHINGTON
Soldiers of North and South Strive to Outye
fZ,s''''' IS I" A"i'r
On EVE z ANTIETAMs ANNIVERSARY
There s. Much Speech Making and a
sq Enough Camp Fire. With Ba-
con and Hard Tack as the
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A REUNION AT WASHINGTON
: ANTlETAM'S ANNIVERSARY

washington, Sept. 16.-Veterans of the
uiue ana gray en- route to the, field of
.ne pa..,e OF Antietam held a reunion
WASHINGTON today under the auspices
'he Fhliadelphia brigade, officially
nno"h as the Second brigade, Second
division, Army of the Potomac. They or
W An.ietain tomorrow morning to dedi-
e"'e the monument erected in memory Of
.helr comrades who fell in that battle.
Inc members Of the Philadelphia bri-
gaze TO the number of several hundred.
uhuer command of Gen. John w. Frazier.
reached the city about 11:30 o'clock this
morning in a special train over the
baltimore and Ohio railroad. Among
the prominent members of the partv
were Governor Hastings and staff,
Mayor Warwick, President Miles of the
seleet council, President Hartman of the
common council and nearly all of the
members OF both councM. Gen. James A.
Beaver and Archbishop Ryan. One of
the pleasantest incidents of the trip oc-
CURED Immediately after the arrival of
the Philadelphians In the station
At the exit gateway stood Mrs Pickett,
the widow Of the famous hero of Gettys-
burg, wearing upon her bosom a broad
AipcSii phbSC VI Tile lpduSHleIS OIL In0
Confederacy. 1t quickly became known
who the handsome matron was, and she
was shaken hands with cordially'by the
visitors 8 they passed through the gate.
President r. Il. Lewis, Mr.. l.. S. Brown,
Mr.. Franklin FL. Mackey, Mr. John T.
Callahan, Colonel Treutland, DIR. s. e.
Lewis, Capt John II. Lewis and other
members of the Confederate Veterans
association of this city met Pickett camp
at the excursion train depot of the Penn
sylvanla road. There was a warm well
coming and the giizzled men who wore
the gray and the ladies accompanying
them went at once to their hotels to re-
move the travel stains and get ready for
the reunion.
There was large audience assembled
in Central hall this afternoon when the
hour of O'Clock approached, and includ-
ed in the gathering were prominent
Grand Army men, members of the pa7
triotic societies, many of the well known
Confederate Veterans and a number Of
ladies.
Colonel Truesdell welcomed the vis-
itors on behalf of the citizens of the
national capital.
At the conclusion of Colonel Trues-
delrs remarks an eloquent and feeling
Invocation was pronounced by Rev j. w.
Sayers, the chaplain of the department
of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Re-
public. 1t was a powerful prayer Of
thanksgiving and created deep impress
sion.
Col John w. Frazier, the commander
of the Philadelphia brigade association,
was greeted with applause as he stepped
forward to address the gathering There
was somewhat of politics In his speech as
well as patriotism and fraternity be-
tween the blue and the gray.
The remainder of the afternoons ex-
ercises were rs follows:
1.-The North"-Hon. Charles F.. War
wick, mayor of Philadelphia.
ba Cnl,th''--(.pD William A Hep1n-
hill of Atlanta.
"A Reunited People"-Archbishop
Ryan of Philadelphia.
Song, The New Rosette"-Miss Louise
Nannette Orndorff of Baltimore.
Army of the Potomac'-Gen. James
A. Beaver of Pennsylvania.
Army of Northern Virginit'-Gen.
William r. Aylett of Virginia.
''The Moaning of the War'-Charles
Emory Smith of Philadelphia.
In the course of his address General
Aylett reproduced and read amidst great
applause resolution drafted by himself
while confined in the old capitol prison
on behalf of his associate prisoners of the
Army of Northern Virginia deploring
and denouncing the assassination of
President Lincoln ''at a time when he
was so much needed to restore peace TO
the country"
The address of Archbishop Ryan the
only civilian on the programme, was of
unusual interest.
The visitors from the north and south
and large number of their friends. resi-
dent In Washington, met again tonight
in Central hall and enjoyed the pleas
ures of genuine camp fire with the ac-
compartments of bacon, hard tack beans
and coffee. The intellectual treat was
of high order and the addresses were
full of historic interest The exercises
began at 1880 o'clock and the following
was the programmes
pennsylvania and Gettysburg'--Gen
D. II. Hastings. governor of Pennsylya-
MIA
Poem written for the occasion-Miss
Virginia Frazer Boyle OF Tennessee.
philadelphia George w.
Hawkes. of Philadelphia.
"Grand Army of the Repu blic"--Gen.
Invan N Walker Of Indiana.
Mrs Pickett was prominent figure on
the platform at the afternoon meeting
in Central hall