The Washington times., 1902-09-08
During the Encampment Addresses Will
Be Delivered by Gen. Grenville M.
Dodge and Other Members-Litera-
ture Committee Is Working.

=" AfS may ttSll Tue eHCdIuputul. ut
call deyotes considerable space to the
reviewing of the history of the corps
Organization and reads as follows:
1900 Washington, d. c., Sept 3, 1902.
"Comrade: The Sixteenth Army Corps
originally part of the Thirteenth, was
composed of troops serving in the Mis-
sissippi Valley, and was organized De-
cember is, 1862, with Maj. Gen. S. H.
Hurlbut in command. Its regiments
were organized in 1861 and 1862. They
were in many of the important cam
paigns. expeditions, and battles of the
Western armies under Grant, Sherman,
and Thomas. Their service was from
Missouri to the Gulf, and the Mississippi
Valley to the Atlantic States. They
marched thousands of miles and were
, transported great distances on nearly
all the navigable streams of the South
and Southwest. They were among the
bayous of Louisiana and in the Yazoo
Pass, wading neck iest at times in that
great overflow from the Mississippi.
Re-enforced Grant.
if They numbered over $4,000 in Decem-
Der, 1852, under those famous division
commanders, Dodge. W. Sooy Smith,
Kimball. and Lauman, and were at CO.
lunabus, KY: Memphis. Tenn; Corinth.
Miss. and vicinity. Later the three
last named. with their divisions. re-en-
forced Grant at Vicksburg. and, under
C. c.. Washburn, took part in the siege
of that stronghold. and so again at the
siege of jackson, Miss. Some of its
famous regiments had seen service in
the Missouri and Arkansas campaigns.
and were at Duvall's Bluff, through the
Yazoo Pass to Fort Pemberton, Miss,
and later defeated at Helena. Ark, the
combined armies of the Confederacy
west of the Mississippi. These Joined
the corps at Vicksburg and started
with Sherman for Meridian.
..The divisions OF Andrew ]. Smith
and Joseph A. Mower were ordered
back. having been loaned to Banks for
his expedition up Red River. to be re-
turned to Sherman at an early date.
They fought in nearly all the battles of
that noted expedition. won by them
selves a great victory at Pleasant Hill,
La, and successfully held the rear on
that long and famous retreat, saving an
army from capture and destruction;
also immense supplies to the Union;
closing campaign at the bloody battle
of Yellow Bayou. La, while the army
OF Banks crossed the Atchafalaya on
the bridge of steamboats,.
They returned too late to join 3ker-
man. but defeated Marmaduke AT Old
River Lake, Ark, and, reaching Mem
phis, Tenn, marched out to Tupelo,
Miss, and in a three days battle de-
feated Forrest. flushed with his recent
destruction of the Union army under
Sturgis. Again they crossed the Mis-
sfssippi, followed Price into Missouri
and assisted in driving him out, mak-si
ing a :orced march from near Little
Rock to Cape .Girardeau. Later they
arrived at Nashville, and. with A. J.
Smith in command of Thomas right
wing, took large part in that great bat
tie and victory. Then they reached the
Gulf, and were in the siege of Mobile
and the assaults on Spanish Fort and
Fort Blakely.
Left Wings Active Campaign.
.sThe left wing. under Grenville NJ |
Dodge, marched with Sherman to the re-
lief of Chattanooga, but was left at Pu- Il
laski, Tenn, to guard the Nashville and |
Decatur Railroad. 1t had fought at |
Hernando. Coldwater, and Old Town |
Creek. Later it took part in the Atlanta
campaign, and from Chattanooga 10 At
lanta, May / to September 4, 1864, fought |
many, battles. notably Snake Tree Gap.
Rcsaca, Lays Ferry, Rome Cross Roads, |
Dallas, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain,
Ruff-s Mills, Atlanta, Ezra Church,
Jonesboro, and the siege of Atlanta Its
members, transferred 10 other corps.
Joined in the march TO the sea and in
the grand review.
ION reaching home they resumed the |
varied occupations of private life. 1and
now, after thirty-seyen years of the ma
tions S great progress and expansion. its
survivors, in company with all others of
that great patriot army, are invited to
visit the National Capital in an official
way. march over part of the line of the
grand review, be reviewed by the .Presi-
dent of the United States, and see the
historic city where Lincoln served and
died
1T is part of the program of the en-
to hold corps reunions on 4
the fifty-acrc lot south of the Executive
Mansion. named in honor of our soldier
President. Camp Roosevelt There will
be the spacious tents in which the re-
many large tents, one for the head
quarters of each corps, and other small
er ones for the use of brigades and regi-
IGents, If so desired.
The reunion of the Sixteenth Corps /.
win probably take place in the Sherman
Tent, Tuesday afternoon, October Z. '
1902. and our old and beloved corps /,
commander, Gen. Grenville NJ Dodge. 7
one of the few remaining ones. viii be ,,
present and address you. as will also
others Of the noted commanders and
members of the corps.
Greatest Encampment.
ut only remains for us who are now :,
In Washington TO invite our comrades ,
" the Sixteenth Corps to come and I
united with the G. A. r. in its greatest {
national encampment. TO be held in this
,ity October GIL, 1902 Z
This cali goes out to any conrade h
who at any time served in the Sixteenth d
Corps S
''sPIease notify US of your acceptance. '