Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-07-11

One OF the unadyerused reunions OF
the celebration occurred In the con-
federate section OF the camp. A fife
and drum corps OF men in blue tramp
ed up and down the streets Of the con-
federate part OF the city Of tents.
They stopped before the tents, play
ed such a fanfare as only drums and
flies can make, summoned forth the
occupants and shook hands. threw
their arms about the gray shoulders
and in a dozen other ways showed
their feelings Of friendship.
They kept It up for hours and Wis
tied practically every "reb" tent.
Their reception was as warm as their
greeting.
A remarkable coincidence of the
camp was the meeting of two men Of
exactly the same name, coming from
towns of the same name, but In differ
emit states. One fought on the union
side in the battle of Gettysburg. and
the other with the confederates.
These two men are John Carson of
Burlington, N. j., and John Carson of
Burlington, N. C.
They met by the merest chance.
The Jersey Carson was walking along
one of the streets, and saw a man in
gray. Just to be friendly, the Jersey
man stopped him and gave him a
greeting. 1t was not until they had
talked for several minutes that they
discovered their names were identical.
One bearded veteran of an Illinois
regiment told of an incident that hap
pened so years ago
las we rode through Gettysburg
that last time" he said, 81 remember
a little girl stopped my horse and said
she wanted to give me bouquet. l
got down and she pinned a ribbon-a
little purple ribbon to my coat. Wear
that In the next battle you go into,
she said.
Were not going to have any more
battles around here told her.
Ives, you are, she insisted. Those
hills back there are full Of rebels
| Il wore that purple ribbon through
the battle. l never saw the girl after
ward, but I've kept that ribbon, and
It's back at home in Illinois today"
A striking contrast is seen in the
! menu provided for the soldiers fifty
years ago and what they enjoyed this
year:
1S63-Breakfast-Ha bacon
= beans and coffee.
/. Dinner-Bacon, beans, bareback and
, coffee.
' Supper-Beans, bareback, bacon
: and coffee.
1913-Breakfast-P rice, fried
eggs, fried bacon, cream potatoes
fresh bread, hard bread, butter and
coffee.
! Dinner - Fricassee chicken, peas
corn, Ice cream, cake, cigars, fresh
y bread, hard bread, butter, coffee, icet
tea.
= Supper - Salmon salad, macaron
O and cheese, fresh bread, butter and
= coffee
O. When the house of representatives
|
. tee Of its members to represent it q
the reunion of the blue and gray a
!. Gettysburg 1t was found that not {
). veteran Of the Civil war sat on the Re
a publican side Of that body. The onl,
a Union veterans in the house, three il
J. number are all Democrats, and 81,
veterans Of the Confederate army alst
,, sit on that side. In the senate, how
? ever, there are six Confederate veter
@ ans on the Democratic side and 81,
+ Union veterans on the Republican side
= AS indicating the passage of time, |
a today in congress more veterans O
" the Spanish-American war than of tn
Civil war. Nineteen members of tn
q senate are veterans of the war will
!. Spain. One member of the house, VIII,
g has not seen war service at all, serve,
q five years In the signal corps of thu
J. army as a private, and Delegat
q Quezon of the Philippines was a stat
officer under Aguinaldo during tn
s Philippine rebellion.
10 My heart beats faster tonight SAT-
It Gen. Daniel e. Sickles. The throne
N ing hordes who have motored an,
p walked and trolleyed to my camp tc
day have swept their hats off and hail
" ed it as "Sickles Day"
" And SO l have always regarde,
ar July g
1t was on this day a half centur
e ago that God gave me strength t
serve my country and my maker bet
ter than ever had been able to serv
v them before.
n 1t was upon this day in SO that
v lost my leg and did my little part b,
ID the mercy of God to preserve tn
v. Union.
v, July 2, 1863, broke hot and clear
10 Just as in the early hours today mo-
p ten sun poured out of sky but
O. trif1e overloaded had retire.
g. shortly after midnight the previou
evening and slept the quiet, dreamles
sleep that is generally attribute t
le babes.