The Harrison times., 1911-06-03
An Interesting Reunion.

nished us the following account OF
the meeting Of the survivors of Gen.
Baxter Smiths 4th Tennessee cav
airy, who attended the Reunion at
Little Rock
Those who attended the Reunion
were:
Gen. Baxter Smith, Chattanooga,
Tenn; Frank Anderson, of Go. X,
Nashville, Tenn; William Matthews,
of Co. D., Murfreesboro, Tenn, I. 7.
Crouch, Of Co |, of Bell Buckle,
Tenn; W. H. Hildreth, of Co |, OF
Alvarado. Texas; O. J. Moate, OF
Co. l, of Washington, D. C.; John
n. Simpson, of Co. |, of Dallas, Tex
as; DR.. Henry Sienknecht, of Co. |, OF
Oliver Springs, Tennessee, and J. ".
Story, of Co. |, of Harrison, ArE.
These gentlemen had a meeting at
the Hotel Marion, where they talked
over their war experience and rem
dered accounts of themselves since
the close of the great strife. Some
of them had not seen each other
since the close of the war. They
belonged to the Army, of Tennessee,
and saw service under Generals J.
H. Morgan, Nathan Bedford For
rest, Joseph Wheeler and Wade
Hampton. They bore an active
part in all the operations OF that
army from the battle OF Fishing
Greek, Kentucky, to the battle OF
Bentonville, North Carolina, and
surrendered at Charlotte, N. c.,
when the fighting was all done, and
without money began the work OF
civil life, with the earnestness and
devotion which had characterized
their conduct as soldiers. Their gal
liant colonel opened law office at
Nashville, Tenn, and soon attained
high rank as a lawyer. He is now
one of the commissioners of the ma
tional park at Chattanooga. An
derson, Crouch and Moate are all
successful business men at the places
named above, Hildreth is a prosper
Gus farmer in Texas, Dr. Sienknecht
became an accomplished ply sician,
and is a prosperous business man at
Oliver Springs, Tenn, Simpson is a
wealthy banker at Dallas, Texas,
and Story is lawyer at Harrison,
Ark.
During their meeting, Col. For
dyce, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, call
ed to pay his respects to them, and
all greatly enjoyed his call. In the
spring after the battle of Murfrees-
boro, while the Federal army was
located at Murfreesboro, Maj. W. S.
Bledsoe, of this regiment, very ac-
complished and dashing officer, with
Company and another company Of
the regiment, was sent in rear OF
the Federal army to destroy the
road between Murfreesboro and
Nashville. Bledsoe concealed his
men in the cedar bushes along
the road and captured the train
when it came upon the broken track
Col. Fordyce was then an officer in
the Federal army, and a passenger
on the train and became a prisoner
of war in the hands of the brave and
magnanimous Bledsoe, who extend
ed to him every courtesy that be-
longs to Southern chivalry and per-
mitted him to go upon parole. Col.
Fordyce gave these gentlemen a cor
dial greeting, and hearty welcome
to the. great state of Arkansas for
the development and upbuilding Of
which he has done so much,
The members of Co. | unanimous
" elected their friend, George ",
Coop, of Bell Buckle, Tenn, an hon
orary member of their company and
made him commissary Of their COM
pany for life.
These gentlemen all carry to their
homes most pleasant impressions of
the manner in which the people of
Little Rock and OF the State enter
tanned the Confederate soldiers and
other visitors at the Reunion.
n.;o.., ot DnLaI Vail