Evening star., 1902-08-08
VETERANS,.REUNION
THE BLUE AID gray MEET ON
BATTLEFIELD,
But This Time With Fraternal Intent
Memorial to New York's
Soldier Dead.

Colonel Edwin F. Brown and General N.
NJ. Curtis, inspector and assistant inspec-
tor of the national soldiers homes, were
in the city this morning, accompanied by
several hundred veterans who were all on
their way to Culpeper, whence they de-
parted at IL o'clock. The 2sth Regiment,
New York State Volunteer Infantry, is pre-
pairing to hold a reunion at Cedar noun
tain this afternoon and tomorrow, on the
anniversary of the great battle there be-
tween Stonewall jackson and General
Banks The veterans who take part in the
reunion tomorrow are the members of the
1st Brigade, Ist Division Of the 18th Corps
Army OF the Potomac.
The reunion will be held at Culpeper
where the yankees" are to be entertained
by the "Johnnies," survivors of Stonewalrs 8
brigade. 1t is to be a regular blue and
gray" affair. In the national cemetery at
4 clock this afternoon there will be dedi-
Gated handsome monument that the 2Sth
New York has erected to the memory of
its comrades who were killed in the battle
The address of welcome will be made by
Colonel Edwin F. Brown, the president Of
the association, now nearly eighty years
old who as colonel OF the regiment left
his arm upon the battlefield. He is now in
spector Of national soldiers homes. In
vocation will be made by Rev. W. T. VIII
liams of Culpeper. Other speakers will be
dOratlO BTU bTO"H VI Layton, OllO, ana
General Horatio C. King Of Brooklyn, N
Y The monument will be presented to the
United States by s. s. Marvin of Philadel-
phia, and accepted for the War Depart
ment by Colonel T. E. True, United States
army, of Washington.
Campfire in Evening.
In the evening there will be a campfire
in Rixey's Opera House, presided over by
Judge Daniel A. Grinsley Of Culpeper. Ad-
dresses will be made by Alden A. Bell,
mayor Of Culpeper, and by citizens and
confederate veterans of Culpeper, as we'll
as by the visiting veterans.
Veterans Of both armies met on the bat
tlefield last year to designate the posi-
tions occupied by the respective organiza-
tions during the battle. This was done in
pursuance of a plan Of the supervisor Of
Culpeper county to have the battlefield
surveyed and marked, and map made Of
the exact position Of the forces engaged
AS the monument is now erected and the
dedication will conclude the business, 1t is
thought this will be the last rally of the
2Sth New York Regiment at that point 1t
is expected that battery of United States
artillery will fire salute from the side of
Cedar mountain on the spot occupied by
General Jacksons artillery during the bat
tie. A lunch is to be served on that par
ticular spot by the citizens living in the
vicinity. A trip over the battlefield will
then be made.
Stone Marker There.
Close to this place is the stone which
member of the 18th New York erected at
his own expense to mark the spot in the
woods from which the regiment made its
memorable charged aerBss the wheat field,
when it lost nearly 80 per cent of it's men.
including every line and staff officer, save
one or two.
At the battlefield lunch Capt. c. NJ.
Blackford of Lyndhburg, Va, formerly on
asnfrsl eisa spesRsf will be the prin-
The federal loss in. the battle of Cedar
mountain was 2,393, of which 1861 were
killed and wounded and 1872 missing. Craw-
fords brigade lost SCI and Gordon's 466
Generals Augur and Geary were wounded
and General Prince was captured. The
confederates lost 1,314. They captured 400
prisoners, a twelve-pound gun, three colors,
and gathered from the battlefield $500
small arms, all of which, after deducting
about 1000 left by Jackson's killed and
wounded and disorganized men, were lost
by General Banks division
+ 1t is said that the fighting of the battle
was one of General Pope's mistakes.