Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-07-09
GRAY RI " H [ \ !: Blue u ::
GEN. YOUNG. CONFEDERATE
GIVES CREDIT OF. WAR TO
NORTHERN MEN. S.
is GREETED WITH CHEERS
Plckett's Survivors Go Over Ground
Where Famous Charge Was Made
Fifty Years Ago-Two Old Soldiers
Die.

( Gettysburg, Pa, July 3.-While the
sun poured down a terrific blast OF
heat, the armies of the north and
south began the formal exercises o1
the semi-centennial of Gettysburg
Tuesday.
Veterans to the number of $4,000
filed into the big tent set apart fol
the exercises, sat In the haze of heat
for two; hours and shook the camp
with their cheers when the speakers
made reference to reunited nation. 4
Every seat under the canvas was
taken long before Secretary Of Wal
Garrison and Governor Tener, the ora
tors Of the day, arrived. Although the
men in gray were far outnumbered by
those in blue, there were possibly .
thousand southerners through the am
pitheater, and what they lacked II
numbers they made up in lung power
When Governor Tener finished hil
speech Gen. Bennett H. Young, com
mander-in-chief OF the United Confed
crate Veterans, rose slowly and bowed
to him. *
II can give you something that nc
one else can give YOU" he said. we
will now give you the rebel yell.
Nine famous Confederate generals
and thousand veterans Of the south
gave it so loudly that it was heard fal
back in the camp toward Gettysburg
When General Young stepped for
ward to deliver his address he waf
greeted with wild enthusiasm, the
Union veterans, led by Commander-in
Chief Beers, giving him three lusty
cheers and a tiger" 4: " t5 CHE
He took as his keynote the convic
ton Of each side in the great struggle
that it fought for q principle, which
it believed was the truth. One of his
opening statements was that the north
ern soldiers deserved more credit thar
the southerners for the PRONUNCIATION
and successful realization OF the pres
ent great reunion, which he character
lied as the greatest movement Of 1T
kind in the world.
His speech captured the audience
and he was overwhelmed by hand
shakes. III 6
Before the morning exercises begar
and after the veterans quartered IL
the big tent made their slim toilets
the reunions Of regiments and com
tpanies and squadrons began. Confed
crates who were in Pickett's charge
took keen delight in marching with
fife and drum to Spangler's woods
where the columns OF Pickett formed
on July 8, 1868, to begin the charge
that marked the high tide, of the lost
cause.
They didn't, charge again like they
once did. but they remembered, or
thought they remembered, and nobody
said them nay, every stick and stone
and even the blades Of grass in that
wide stretch where death kept step
with them before. 5.5%
On the edge of the Union side OF
the camp the veterans OF Meredith
Iron brigade and Of Pettigrew's bri.
gade of North Carolina got together
to go over the story OF the fight Of the
first of July. + Al q 6 ~
I'D The first death Of a veteran in the
town OF Gettysburg occurred. The vic
tim was ]. D. Albert OF Washington.
about seventy years old. He Is said to
have been prominently connected with
the United States pension Office.
Death was due to a stroke of paralyis;
5t5 The fifth death reported in camp
was that Of CHRISTOPHER Yates. aged
seventy, a veteran from Latrobe, Pa.
who died as a result OF heat prostra'
ton. E53 a ~. E-}}sII Il = IT.