Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-06

Within the tents there was al
ways conversation. Not even in the
dead Of the night did il cease. The
talk was Of charges and of retreats
Of maneuvers that have become more
and more heroic now that the years
have paSsed-hut mostly. as is the
way Of veterans the world over 81
personal prOwess and adventure
Camp fires We're lighted in rows
that stretched for miles and miles
along the streets between the tents
Around them men sat, talking Tn
der the tents men lay on the cots.
e talking. There was little sleep. es-
pecially the first two nights. but
voices everywhere through the night.
Voices that were steady and numer-
GUS with a sort Of staccato effect that
came with the intermittent putting
Of THOUSAND Of corncoh pipes
Every veteran was his own best
listener Naturally, with everybody
talking.
There was so much to tell SO many
deeds of valor, so many heroes. so
many beloved leaders who now are
demigods
Some Of the leaders were present.
Most spectacular and attractive fig
ure, perhaps. was General Daniel f.
Sickles, Of New York the sole sur
yiving corps commander OF the Union
army who participated IN the battle
Of Gettysburg
Every day Of the four saw a stream
or visitors 10 his quarters. men who
cried ike babies as they shook mis-
hands. and who had a hundred stories
10 tell him. The old general cried
himself. and at one time was ordered
kept from the visitors. More than
2 G aCt ffrt1 frT fee,Y 20.
him and 20 shake his hand on the FIRST
day ~ the reunion, and he held
Feritable court as he sat in an arm
chair on the porch Of the Rodgers
home battlefield landmark
Young Leaders Seorn Beds.
others OF the leaders, younger and
more vigorous than th, aged Federal
sCorned 'he prOffered beds and snug
chambers that had been reserved for
them, Chool.pg instead the tents and
cots Of their comrades. One of these
men was General A. J. West, Of Geor-
ela, Who later was presented with q
loving cup by the Nor - his State
General Bennett = Young OF Louis
vile. ,Ommandtr-i chief Of the
United Confederate Veterans. was an
other hero When he addressed the
reunion crowd the first day. his own
gray veterans greeted him with a
lusty rebel yell that was rivaled I'm
vigor boy the sincere cheer which came
from he Union veterans.
Confederate generals present were
Robertson Texas, West, Georgj.,
Shaffer Louisiana; A y Williams
Florida. Law, Florida, and Carr
North Carolina.
Mrs. n, D. Longstreet OF Gaines
Vile, Ga. widow OF the great Con
federate leader was here and was al
ways the center az a reverent crowd
Many men who fought under hsr hus-
band followed her day after day tell
ing Of incidents that occurred during
the war
The first night al the battlefield she
could find no quarters Everything
was reserved, and she was forced 10
sleep on the floor Of a farmhouse The
next morning, however. she found
that "a tent had been reserved for her
by General SiCkles.
She went TO the pump OF a farm
house to get a drink Of water. and
there met an old soldier She asked
ignorant Of her identity replied
"Longstreet.'
And are YOU glad or sorry that
the war ended as 1t did," she asked
him
Il am glad" he said. emphatically
so far as the war itself ifs concerned
but not for the reconstruction days
You may be a Northern woman, and
II you are. yOu can't imagine what
We went through I'm the war
when the soldiers fought us but Il
the days afterward when the poll
ticians governed US. But I'm glad the
war ended in united nation
Wore Badge Of Union.
Mrs. LongstreCt saw eNeTNW here eN
amples Of tn, reconciliation that tn.
Getty burg meeting has brough
about. She met a soldier wearing
gray suit but dcCked with a ba5g,
marked Fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer
Infantry she asked him why he, ,
Union man, should wear a gray suit.
Me-" he said, surprised II an
not Yankee | fought under Long
street, and I'm from Mississippi"
why do YOU wear that badge
r then ?" she asked.
Why" he said, "a Yank cam,
along to-day from the Fifth Pennsvl
vania and asked me OF I'd trad,
badges with him. after we'd had
talk and found out whore We were q
Gettysburg SO We traded. He
wearing my badge now Fifteenth
Mississippi Says he'll keep 1t as lor.
as he lives.
Reconciliation is sincere. There wa
even talk during he four days Of a.
amalgamatiou of the United Confei
crate Veterans and the Grand Arm.
Of the Republic under the name, 9TH,
United Veterans of She Unite,
States
Old Nurses Open Hospital
A band of devoted women were tn
survivors Of the corps of nurses " nt
served during the battle. Mrs Sa
lone Stewart, leader of the band. wal
here TO open the old hospital other
Of her staff present We're Mrs. Charlie
F. DYE and Miss Coruella Hancock
OF Philadelphia Miss Margaret Ham
ilton Wakefield Conn. Mrs Mary
Stevens Pea body. Conn. Mrs Amt,
Irving NrWbuTE Mrs Helen Col.
SheboyEau. Wis Women of the fam
lies of General Meade, General Pics
EFT and General Hin were present too
There We're reunions between sur
vivors Of Buford's division OF Meade
army. and Wheeler's division %
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