Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-01-24
REUNION UNITED
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
To Be Hold In Memphis on the
2eth, 2oth and 3osh OF May.


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phis appealed for aud secured the honor
Of having the next annual reunion Of
Confederate Veterans held in that city.
subsequently the time Of meeting was
fixed by Gen. John b. Gordon and the
Other four generals composing the ex-
ecutiye board. for three days, beginning
on the 2sth Of May. This was q COM
promise as to dates, and it is believed
will best suit the convenience and com
fort Of the greater number Of people
interested either ~ entertainers or
guests. At the last reunion held in
Louisville in June, 1900. it was esti-
mated that $1,000 visitors who came BY
rail and water were In attendance.
These were all we'll handled and cared
for and went away loudly praising the
hospitality Of Louisville people in spite
Of most uupropitious weather and some
breaks in parades and programs. One
hundred thousand are expected in
Memphis.
Memphis Is much nearer the geo.
graphical center Of the South than
H""iAe' n'chlnouo. Susrtcston, New
Orleans, Houston. Atlanta or other
cities where former reunions have been
held with such great civic display and
harmonious happenings. This is also
the focus Of eleven air line railroads,
where . great bridge crosses h Mis-
sissippi river. and passengers come and
go daily on nne steame running south
10 New orleans and north TO 81 Louis
and Cincinnati The facilities for In
gress q egress are unrivaied AZ any
point in all the South Upon the occa-
sion OF this gathering 1t Is expected
that every Confederate camp and
u IN the country will be repre-
sented II not every brigade, regiment
n battery that served in the Coufed-
crate armies Tho veterans, who have
done their part in peace as well - in
wal Will be attended by their children
and grandchildren; by wives, dauzh-
ters; sponsors and maids OF honor; dig
nihed matrons who can remember the
war, as well as the younger queens OF
southern grace and beauty. 1t will be
the hrst gathering OF the I'll held in
the new century. and doubtless the
largest that has been or ever will be
held Once more the men who went
forth to fields OF battle from 1861 to
1865 will be lined up, though in reduced
ranks, and thrilled by the sound of fife
drum and oratory and by the gra-
cious smiles OF fair women. the daugh-
ters and granddaughters OF the Con-
t~ederacy. There will be much Of a
pathetic nature in such scenes. yet
great cause for good cheer and graft
tude. For the old ~Confederates will
come mo to bewail their defeats of long
ago but to rejoice in the victories OF
oeace and the prosperity of a common
'ountry. which BY their patriotic aid
las become the greatest nation on
.arth. The people of Memphis at large
will feel honored by the presence OF
such guests and give them most cordial
welcome, not forgetting that n growing
city will thus strengthen the bonds o!
commercial relationship with old as
we'll rs new-made friends
This was the home in former years OF
Jefferson DAVIS and family; Gen. n. Il.
Forrest, his brothers and staff officers;
rennessee's war governor. Isham G.
Harris; Generals Gideon J. Pillow. W.
Y. c. Humes. John c. Fizer, Preston
smith, James r Chalmers, Richard S.
Ewell, Patton Anderson. Francis A.
Shoup, Thomas Jordan. Cotton Green,
W. NJ Brown, c. r. Barteau and A. J.