Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06
VETERANS BEAR HEAT WITH
THEIR WARTIME FORTTTUDE
General Sickles, of Union Army, and
General Young, of the Confederacy,
Greeted by Warriors They Led and
Fought at Scene of the Reunion.

GETTYSBURG, Pa July 5--Ths tnnut and theshou&ing
died for the second time Gettysburg and the battlefield again
has figured world history. For hos
tile conflict of the armies of Lee and Meade in SO the friendly
meeting between the meager the armies which
lasting four days, is at end to-day
Voices have been raised IN the peace reconciliation
during all the half century since Appomato they al
remained merely unreazed appealsmtl this last week
semcennna of the greatest battle of the greatest ever
fought between brothers
And peace reigns reigns roll
ing stretches of Gettysburg where for fifty years
recollection of crashing of sectional hatred of thirst
blood.
Affection Of Veterans Sincere
The reunion of the the Union Of s Coned-
has been the sncere effective step taken for
the reconciliation of the North and the SOuhhis by
consent Of the veterans themselves younger representatives
Of the two sections and of expressions which over
the nation.
Yesterday proved when pathetic spec
tacle staged The whitehared the army were
depoyed nearly could be calculated positions sy
occupied the great third day Bloody Anglia They
stood there proud IN the forgetuness of their years.
the terrific heat oblVious Of everything around Them with eyes
seeing only the brave strong day fifty before when ay
waited on the same spot for the enemy.
The feeble gray army ALSO placed In battle ORDER They
exultant eager powerless the rebel e that
dubbed of their souls
The given charge The rebel ven carne sa
and clear The gray army started toward the blue line discharges
did not have the force and that mpeed years ago
Instead, many of the course some of
them fell The advancing ne became ragged where yUusE
veterans Outdanced feeble comrades Bthe sp
of SO was there.
Clasp Hands at Bloody Angle
Years rolled back and the echoes Of cannonae eOf
the alpevsdng smoke @ the choking of that SMOKE
thrill of battle and of youth-an revived
The gray army advanced to the Bloody Angle blue army
raced itself for the shock they well Thso
lines together
AS they met the rebel yell became laugh tense faces
the blue melted Blue gray caped hands and
friends The old ashamed of arms
that and around the shoulders of their fifty
years of the Nor any of the
they joined impulsivey
An that spectacular. Yet not exceptional IN
revealing the spirit that prompted the entire reunion
Tuesday everywhere has exhibited and recon-
citation More than $4,000 present sleeping
gethr entng together the old camp ground telling endless
Stories pointing spots here and there where they
but always smiling always shaking hands, always jolly
G. A R. outnumbers U. @. "
OF who attended the reunion Of armies Ettfs
than onefourth soldiers of the Confederac The
others G. A R. men, Who with less distance travel
rally present m greater numbers.
The trip trying with and with little eEitabs
dscomfors that the old would not have noticed so years
ago. but which fraught with danger There tragedy
the sight of the feeble fighting vain against heat and
exhaustion There real tragedy when dozen
died field they escaped shot and
shell
The first days of the reunion almost unbearabe with
their heat and the suffering great Buta cooling storm blew