The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-10
THE BLUE AND THE GRAY
THE VETERANS WILL MEET ONCE
MORE ON THE SOIL OF TENNESSEE.
Where Many Desperate Rattles Were
FOught-Stctc's Hundredth Birth
day VIII BE the Occasion.

The celebration of Tennessee's centennial
at Nashville this year will afford oppor-
tunity for such a joyous reunion of the
| soldier element of the late war. both North
and South. as has not been witnessed since
peace was declared between the sections in
1860. Such a reunion is i'm the highest de
gree proper when cur country is at peace
with other nations. and at the same time
political tranquility prevails al home more
over such an event is the more interesting
| because of the nature of the celebration
| which is to be the occasion of the immense
| pilgrimage TO Nashville from May to Oct
| 50, of the present year. great common
| wealth has completed her first century OF
| national existence. and her sons and
| daughters have wisely and properly de-
cided TO commemorate the event and are
asking the sons and daughters of sister
| States to participate. in our young and
vigorous Republic a hundred years of life
| is indeed a long period, and the celebration
of a States centennial is an unprecedented
] event. To have reached the age OF a hun
dred years is. of itself. a cause for rejoic-
| ing, but it is the occasion for something
more than rejoicing when a State has
borne herself with so much honor. and on
the field and in the forum has glory
|
never forget the difficulties attending Ten
nessee's admission into the Union, nor the
important part she has played in the Ma
| tons history. Her name is written in glori-
| Gus deeds on every page OF our coun-
| try's records. AT Kings mountain. IN the
| Indian wars, AT New Orleans in Mexico end
| on every battlefield OF the civil war the
| sturdy sons of Tennessee were always to be
| found where honor and duty called them.
| Her blood and treasure were always
| Grudgingiy given, and hence the appropri-
atSness of her proud cognomen of THE Vo,-
| unteer State" 1t is not enough to mention
| the wars in which she participated, for that
| is no more than every other State in this
| glorious Union would have done. We must
emphasize the decisive consequences of her
| participation 1t is not to say 1.-The Tennes-
| seeans were at Kings mountain and at
New Orleans" but that their skill and valor
| won The day, and to say that jack
| son triumphed over the skilled and re-
nowned Packenham at New Orleans does
not carry with it any idea of the impor-
! lance of his victory. 1t is within the bounds
| of moderate assertion to LAY that "Old
| Hickorys" victory at New '.:eans. for the
| first time, and for all time, secured respect
| for America on land and on sea, 1T home
and abroad.
In view of these interesting and impor-
| tant facts of history, il is easy 10 under
| stand why the ex-soldiers of the Northern
and Southern armies should revisit the
| Tennessee battlefedS during this centen-
| NAL year. 1t is good time and an APP
| propriate occasion for the mingling of the
| blue and the gray in that sunny South
| land that once the red field of carnage.
| Our holidays are not too many in Amer
lea, and the opportunities for welding into
an indissoluble union the American people
are few enough, God knows, to make
outing at Nashville this year. not only the
pleasure, but the duty of every brave
American-no matter under what leader he
| fourht-Wbpthqr 10 hra EanfnaEiop ub IN
went to Mississippi and afterwards became
| president of the Confederacy, that other
notable kentuckian who went to Illinois
| and afterwards became the President of the
United States and "a martyr of our threat
ened Union.
TENNESSEE IN THE WAR
What are the facts about Tennessees
| participation in the civil war? In the late
war Tennessee furnished $4,000 soldiers to
the Southern and $4,000 soldiers to the
Northern cause. While a majority of her
most distinguished sons espoused the cause
that was lost. it must not be forgotten that
Farragut and Andrew Johnson remained
steadfast by the Union.
| Next to Virginia, the State of Tennessee
was the most active theater of the great
war between the States. At least three
| hundred thousand Union soldiers were
| eithe" on the march or were in camp with
| in the boundary lines of Tennessee. The
battles of the most decisive in their
results, and the boodest were fought upon
| Tennessee soil. A fact of singular interest
| generally overlooked is the application of
| the name of TenResseee, and of its two
more important rivers, TO the great armies
| of the North and South. The great divi-
| sions of the Union army for example. were
| known as the Army of the Tennessee"
Of OF anf nd be 1ne a tbg
Mississippi. while the great divisions of the
Southern army were known as the Army
Tennessee" The army of the West was
known as the Army of Tennessee" and
tne of the East s as s the 81 tba West of
was confronted by the Army of the Cum
berland:" the Army of the Tennessee" and
| the Army of the Mississippi.
Ii may be well to bear in mind that the
Northern armies were named for rivers.
while the Southern armies were named for
States.
The date of the annual meeting of the
United Confederate Veterans has been
changed from May D. and Z. to June p, q
| and a and at that time 'al Confederate
| organizations and Confederate soldiers and
| sailors of all armies. grades and depart
ments are cordially invited to attend this
the seventh general reunion of their COM
| rades. There are 315 camps enrolled in the
| United Confederate Veteran organization,
| with APPLICATIONS i'm for 150 more.
Ex-Confederate soldiers and sailors every
| where are urged to form themselves into
| local associations. where this has not al
| ready been done, and all associations, biv-
ouacs. encampments and other bodies. not
| members of the principal organizations,
| have been requested by GeneralsJ. r. Cor
don. general commanding. to send i'm their
| applications to his headquarters at New
| Orleans, La, in time to participate ~ this
! great reunion. Further information N ref
| erence to the programme, etc. will be fur
| niShed on application to Colonel j. Il.
| O'Bryan. Major General w. III. jackson or
| Colonel John +. Hickman, all of Nashville
| who have charge of the arrangements for
| the reunion. 1t is believed that the days
| set apart for this reunion will be the most
| important of the centennial.
In this connection il may not be amiSs to
| recall the battles fought on Tennessee soil.
| record the date and year when they were
| fought, and to tell how far from NASHVILLE
! these historic spots are situated. and how
the visitor may reach them. The following
list has been prepared with great care, and
will prove valuable for future references:
TENNESSEE BATTLEFIELDS.
Chattanooga. Lookout Mountain. Orchard
Knob and Missionary Ridge, Nov. % to p,
1863
Battle Among the Clouds Nov "A, 1863.
Black House, No. >. Mill Creek Chatta-
| nooga. Dec. ard 3. 1854.
Wauhatchie oct. q. 1863.
Distance from Nashville. Isl miles via
Nashville, Chattanooga & st. Louis Rail-
way. Three trains daily. Time from Nash
| Vile about five hours.
Franklin and Little Harpeth, March %.
| 1869.
Franklin and Harpeth river April TO- 1863