Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-08-26
W. VA, VETERANS.
A GRAND GATHERING OF CONFED-
CRATES AT UNION.
DANIELS BRILLIANT ADDRESS,
Flag Under which the Gallant OF.
ficer Was Wounded at Manassas,
In the Observation-Disclosures sena-
tor Receives a Great Ovation. A.

UNION, w. VA, August ESPECIALLY
The third Confederate reunion held under
the auspices OF Camp Mike Foster. United
Confederate Veterans. took place here to-
day. and not only exceeded expectations,
but outranked any gathering ever as
sembled in West Virginia outside OF
the cities. How the people OF this blue
grass county of the Greenbrer Valley
reverence the memory and the heroes OF
the Southern Confederacy may be un-
derstood from the fact that over terr
thousand gathered here to-day in this lit
tie country town to do that honor. Hun.
dreds Of the gallant veterans came yea,
terday from Greenbrier, Summers, Ra-
leigh, Mercer, and other counties In
West Virginia. and Giles, Roanoke, Alle-
ghany, and Craig counties. Va, TO accept
hospitalities here offered them. Several
walked forty miles to attend the feast
Of peace and plenty and patriotism here
spread for them. They found the town
superbly decorated. a mass Of brilliant
coors, the air throbbing with martial
music, and welcome in every heart.
The grand parade this morning opened
the exercises Of the day. 1t was headed
by two hundred lovely girls and thcir
escorts, finely mounted on horseback.
wearing the coors of the Confederacy.
The spectacle was one of bewitching
beauty. Following this pageant marched
the veteran .eglons of the South. each
one of whom now wears the gray upon
his honored head.
COMMANDS REPRESENTED.
Survivors of the following historic or
ganizations remarshalled their thinned
ranks in separate companies. under the
red, white, and red. Twenty-seventh
Virginia Regiment. Stonewall Brigade.
Sixtieth and Twenty-secOnd Virginia
regiments, Edgar's Battalion. Echolss
Brigade. Chapmans Band, and Bowery's
Battery, Kings Battalion Of Artillery.
Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry, McCaus-
lands Brigade. Clark's Battalion. Wharf
tons Brigade. Besides these. there were
many other soldiers Of other commands.
Borne i'm the procession were two IA
nous flags. one of these was that OF
the Twenty-seyenth Virginia which was
baptized in blood and fire at first
Manassas. and whose folds are claimed
TO be stained with the blood OF Senator
John w. Daniel, who was wounded be-
meath II.
SENATOR DANIEL THE ORATOR.
Senator Daniel. who was the guest OF
honor to-day and the orator. reviewed
the procession. and was hailed with tae
thunderous cheers of thousands as tha
procession passed. The fair women too.
as they rode by filled his carriage with
flowers. The other nag referred to was
that Of the Twenty-sixth Tennessee
shot. torn and blood-staincd. 1t was
carried through the battle of Chicka-
mauga and Murfreesboro and was
finally, by "a Massachusetts soldier. given
TO Governor Andrew, Of that State. His
son, Colonel II. II. Andrew, of this
place. will in few days return il to the
survivors of the regiment, whose yalor
has made IL sacred.
In a great grove Of kngly sugar
naples lhe immense throng assembled.
Colonel c. 5. Peyton, the commander oh
the staff, who was one OF Picketts
heroes, and was the only field officer left
I'm his brigade after the fatoful battle
OF Gettysburg delivered a gracious and
warm-hearted address Of welcome. then
followed the singing Of AUD Lang
Syne" participated in with the utmost
feeling, by the whole Of the vast audi
ence Nothing could have been moro
impressive and affecting.
THE SENATOR'S ADDRESS.
After an appropriate prayer by Rev.
George w. Easier, OF the Episcopal
Church. Hon. John A. Preston. OF Lew-
isburg, in eloquent terms intro,
duced the orator OF the day. the gifted
Daniel The great Virginian was greeted
with an ovation, and delivered az abla
address upon the scene so dear 20 hi4
heart. II abouuded I'm the mort lefty
sentiments and tender pathos. strong in
charity and llberallty. yet faithful tn
the truth. and, wiLhal, cleaning with
humor. The eloausncs OF Senator Daniel
held his great audience enchained and
enchanted for two and a half hours. IL
was a grand grafton. finely delivered,
and will never be forgotten by those whd
heard IL.
After most bountlful dinner, the eye-
ming was spent amid the amenities or
comradeship, and 80 closed an event
which will be memorable in this region
for a generation.