The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1897-10-22
VETS OF THE Eleventh.
To Meet in Reunion at Morris
town Next Week.

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Annual Business Meeting, COLLATION. and
Entertainment-Ge DAN Sicl<Ies
Expected-A Regiment of Fighting Men
-Participators in Twenty-nine Battles
and Heroes of Gettysburg Resolutions
Against "Dishonorable' Peace.
Morristown's next celebration is in
connection with the reunion of the old
Eleventh New Jersey Regiment which is
held here next Wednesday. The survi
vors of the regiment will be entertained
on that day by Torbert Post and Hope
League, its auxiliary. The members
from out of town will be received at the
depot by a committee from the Post and
escorted to Washington's Headquarters
and to points of interest about the town
and from thence to the Post rooms where
the annual business meeting of the asso-
citation will be held. AT p. IN. COLA
ton will he served in the County Hall
by the ladies of Hope League, to COM
plete which, donations of provisions,
fruits, etc., will be accepted by the
ladies. The dinner will be followed by
a patriotic entertainment and speeches
1t is expected that Gen. Daniel E. Sickles.
the hero of Gettysburg, where the old
Eleventh fought long and bravely, losing
1913 out of diminished regiment of only
$50 men, will be present and make an
address.
The Eleventh Regiment was one of the
best fighting regiments in the service.
Recruited from different parts Of Jersey,
a large portion enlisting from Morris
county, they started out for the war in
August, 1862, and passed through twenty
nine engagements in all, many of them
the fiercest and most bloody of the war,
including the Gettysburg campaign,
in which the regiment received special
praise for bravery, well proven by their
heavy loss in the three days fight. The
regiment served through the war to its
close.
This was one of the regiments which
objected SO strongly to the clamors of
''peace at any cost" and passed strong
resolutions against the partisan demand
for a dishonorable ending of the war,
and sent them to the governor of the
State. They were signed by every off
Ger of the regiment and read as follows:
whereas. The Legislature of or native State,
a State hallowed by the remembrance of the
battles of Princeton, Trenton and Monmouth:
fields stained by the blood of our forefathers
n lsel,x1 If
sought to tarnish its high honor and bring upon
it disgrace, by the passage of resolutions,
tending to dishonorable peace with armed
rebels; seeking to destroy our great and bene-
ficent government; the best ever designed for
the happiness of the many; and
Whereas. We, her sons, members of the
Eleventh Regiment New Jersey Volunteers;
citizens representing every section of the State.
have left our homes to endure the fatigues,
privations and dangers. incident to soldier s
life, in order to maintain our Republic in its
integrity, willing to sacrifice our lives to that
object, fully recognizing the improperly of a
soldiers discussion of the legislative functions
of the State; yet deeming it due to ourselves
that the voice of those who offer their all in
their country's cause be heard, when weak
and wicked men seek its dishonor; therefore
Resolved, That the union of the States is the
only guarantee for the preservation of our
liberty and independence; and that the war
for the maintenance of that Union commands
noaU, as it has done, our best efforts and most
heartfelt sympathy.
Resolved, That we consider the passage, or
even the introduction of the so-called Peace
Resolutions, y as wicked, weak and cowardly,
tending to aid by their sympathy, the rebels
seeking to destroy the Republic.
Resolved, That we regard as traitors alike,
the foe in arms, and the secret enemies of our
government, who at home foment disaffection,
and strive to destroy confidence in our legally
chosen rulers.
Resolved. That the reports, spread broadcast
throughout the North, by sympathizing prints
and voices, that the army, of which we esteem
it high honor to form part, is demoralized,
and clamorous for peace on any terms. are the
lying utterances of traitorous tongues and do
base injustice to our noble comrades who have
never faltered in the great work; and are not
only willing, but anxious to follow the gallant
and chivalric leader against the stronghold of
the enemy.
Resolved, That we put forth every effort,
endure every fatigue, shrink from no danger;
until under the gracious guidance of kind
Providence, every armed rebel shall be con-
quered, and traitors at home shall quake with
fear as the grand emblem of our National
Independence shall assert its power from
North to South, and crush beneath its power
full folds, all who dare to assail its honor,
doubly hallowed by the memory of the patriot
dead.
Members of this regiment residing in
and near Morristown are: Capt. l. W.
Cory, Charles II. Johnson, Joseph H.
Berry and Gilbert D. Young, Morris
town; BARLEY Owen and Mr.. Cannon
Morris Plains, and Nathaniel Clark
Madison.
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