The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-08-04
VETERANS MEET
At FISHERS HILL
They Gather at Historic Battle
ground Under Auspices
Of Slower Camp.
commandments OF Confed
crate Veterans Was to Have
Been Guest OF Honor.
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Winchester Va. August 3.-Whcrc
tho din az the grent Civil War battle.
fought nearly forty-elsht years ago
10y the Confcdcrntes under General
iuhal Early, and tho Foderals In
command o' General Phil Sheridan.
stunned and terrified the inhabitants
ot that portion of tho Shenandoah VAL
l,N known as FISHERS Hin. large num-
N'rs ~ the Confodcrates then young
fnd Vigorous men, but now grizzlcd
"nI totteriug with aEc and innrnities
tih'red again to-day on the same
spot TO mnelo with their corrades
nd mold the twentioth annual reunion
'i StoNer Camp. United Confedcrate
ctcrans Of Strasburg. under wnosc
aHspices the Fishers uin reunions
years.
Tine principal speaker of the
day was to have been Cen
erl Bennott II. Young OF Louis
VILE Ky, commander-in-chief OF
ihc United Confederate Neternnt. to
which position he was elected at the
las, annual meeting Of the Veterans.
which was held in May of this year At
Macon Ga General Young. however.
WAS unable 10 reach Fishers Hin be-
cause OF train wreck on the Chesa-
poako ma Ohio Hallway this morn
ine lie sent "a Telegram expressing
mas profound regret M not being able
to address his cordades Although all
We're disappointed by reason of the
Toucral's absence. great cheer went
up from 1000 Threats. when it was
tnnounced that tho commandments
cn & of the veterans had not been in
lured i'm tho wreck Ills place was
taken by several local orators. who
made short addresses Gen. Young, who
cuterod the Confederate army attic out
trcak OF the Civil War. served in tn..
ranks for whole, but WAS promoted
ny reas on of his bravery and heroIsm
from time 20 time until toward the
close OF the conflict he was at the head
o. an army as major general.
When Lee surrendered 10 Grant AT
AppomattoN. General Young was one
Of those patriots who laid aside his
sword and began to work for the best
interests OF the south and reunited
country. To-day he occupies the highest
oiiicc within the gift of his fellow
comrades, and the great ovation he
Was rendered when ne arrived at
FISHERS Hi to-day was an evidence OF
the high esteem in which The general
is held az over the South
When stover Camp Confederate
Veterans. OF S,rausburg, decided in the
summer of 1889 TO hold "A small re.
union o; Its own at Fishers hin.
where the armies of Early and Sheri-
Can were engaged In battle on Octob-
or le and 90. 1851 no thought what
ever was given to tho reunion becom-
Ing the great annual event into which
1t has since developed
Tho first few reunions were purely
local affairs The veterans and theis
families took their lunches in baskets
some spcechmakins ana the singing
Of southern melodies made UP the
program. In the course OF few
years, however, as If by magic. the
Fishers Hill reunion became state
" de meeting. and to-day 1t attracts
thousands from all sections Of Vir-
ginla and adjoining States. while hun
dreds of natives OF the Shenandoah
Valley living in distant parts Of tho
United states who make an snnxal
pilgrimage TO the scenes of their
youth. always arrange to do 50 on
the nrst Saturday in August and holl