The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-07-29
rnr rUrELO REUNION,
"a and Losses of the Union aud
confederate Armles-Mississipprs
contribution to Both.

contribution to Both.
.rL. following address was delivered
ts confederate reunion at Tupelo,
published in compliance with
.ae,jal request Of several who heard
j. l.. P,I
r.,tpkpFs AND FHfENps-I am real
W W.. win Won today. No man can meet
as,a,ts with more congenlal associates and
Va. han those VINO espoused the same Lost
and who stood shoulder TO shoulder in
w. -,s,,st and grAndest and most destructive
ma world BEGAN. IL Is a satisfaction
mat the survivors on both sides the
,t, cngym" so cherish Its memories as TO
min, and anxious to meet and talk over
crimes that tried mems souls" The pres
,i.rnry does not lend its charm to our
'.l',. Int the consciousness OF duty faith
oeriormed Is our noble reward. The high
9 VA hest compliment paid to the patriotism
',s.y,lor Of the Confederate soldier was BY
,,, NEW him best. When the immortal
IN lee. on the 10Th OF April. 1865, sur
.,.,sd ms sword 10 the magnanimOus leader
%s rnlon armies he spoke these farewell
,,is to his followers
after four years arduous service, marked by
,,,,,,sei courage and fortitude, the Army Of
.s,eia has been compelled to yield to over
tmios numbers and resources. | need not
r,s brave survivors Of So MANY hard.fought
'g,s who have remained steadfsSt to the last,
,,Ibaye consented to this result from no dis.
.of thsu; but feeling that yalor and deyo-
y. ,.uIt accomplish nothing that could com
t. for the loss that must have attended
81, 1
fbt useless sacrifice OF those whose past
.,ire to ,her country has be1u 50 valuable
ID noble.
slr ,bs tarns OF agreement, officers and men
rsrra 10 their homes and remain until eX-
-m,ad. You will take with you the satistac.
mai proceeds from the consciousness OF
yfaitbmy performed, and | earnestly pray
,iamercilu God will extend to you his bless
,spdprulettiUn. with an unceIsius aImlri-
m Of your constaucy aud devotion to your
,rnrry and grateful remembrance OF your kind
lapprou, consideration OF myself, / bid you
sfsstlonaie farewell"
Followers OF Lee at Gettysburg, OF Jackson In
4ya.eY OF Griffith, Humphreys. Barksdaie,
3t1srsl0n. Davis, Harris, Burt, FOSey, Stone,
Jisr Reynolds ana other daShng command
a al Manassas, leeiburg Savage station, Nal
nHu Sharpsburg fredericksburg, Chicka.
ura spousyyania Courthouse, Cold Harbor,
-t-r,5urg the Wilderness, ChIuceilOTSyille,
prouatul and he scores OF other batllefalds
The Od Dominion, and all over southland,
tli above your honorable discharge, and let It
he proudest legacy you bequeath your chill
rem and your childrens children Letlt be en-
rlYso upon their hearts. Let 1t be printed in
be text. books, and let 1t be memorizsd aud
rOisn by the descendants OF those VINO not
Of, believed they we're right, but who knew
hsy we're right, and whose only regret is that
lay did not succeed. For myself, | claim to be
nI0ughy reconstructed, and rejoice that Old
0ry l0Its once more over people thoroughly
Emitted, but have no patience with tuat eI
ssys conservatism that prompts orators even
nruniOl and memorial occasions to say, II
d ,ad We were whipped; am rejOiced that the
0aederacy did not succeed. 1t is ali Tor the |
st and such like gush. 1t may be all for the
|at but the wise and patriotic leaders Of the
Olll IN sol, and the more than half million /
as Of Dixie VINO stepped to the front, didn't .
hlk SO then, and a very large majority of the .
niyOrs don. think 50 yet One thing is GER
bio the women Of the South didn't thnS so In .
b. and il is feared that good many OF them /
eTer will get reconstructed. And that reminds +
be Of what Corporal Tanner. OF the Union army,
ad althe Richmond reunion, when he hObbIel .
be platform on pair OF artificial stumpS, .
"A Il Il had not been for your women We would .
ara whipped you, Johny Rebs, in siI months"
AeSouiheru women always were. are now and .
eays will be on the side OF right, and TRUTH
Mduy.
+ Another great chieftain who had ample rea-
ol to know and appreciate the yalor Of the
oa.elarate sOdier-General Grant-when some
bis officers desired to fire a salute in honor OF
tsslHender at AppomattoX, after the first fire,
e1claned stop that trngl We have no
peat victory to be proud Of for we have been
SsryeaR capturing these eight thousand men
10 have laid down their arms" Aud General
FGl)hrelateS how, when his battalions marched
ll'onL Of the Federal lines to stack arms for
lslAst time the Union general in command
RNe The order, present arms"
Il Is only American soldiers that could de-
'r'e such generous recognition, or could be
Aanl enough to accord it.
From first TO last, the Union forces-army and
fW-numJered 2,s65,O2S, against 100000 all
4 Do on the Confederate side. And it will sur
4 h% most OF you to know that POI, 80 OF the
non armies were mustered from the southern
-'ts, as follows: Delaware, Il Isl; Maryland,
rs North Carolina, 1856; Florida, l,290,
F'sNucAN 1890; Tennessee, 3l09l; Alabama,
fooi mississippi, 54i Missouri, 100, III; Ar
au'as, $3.50 Louisiana, 5,224; Texas, 1865.
NuHe are credited to Georgia or South Carolina.
lsle are nearly twice as many pensioners now
Tue Federal rolls as there were soldiers in
|4r confederate armies So that SDmebDdy got