Evening journal., 1914-08-21
VETERANS Gather
At historic TREE
Fourth Delaware Wants Con-
federateS at AppOmattOx
Day Celebration
CAPT. BUCKINGHAM
MAKES AN ADDRESS

Survivors of the Fourth Delaware
Infantry. who saw service in seven
teen pitched battles and numerous
smaller engagements of the War of
the Rebellion, met at Brandywine
Springs Park yesterday under the oak
tree under which they were mustered
in in 1862. The occasion was the
twenty-ninth annual reunion. Roll
call was answered by about sixty
members. The association has 104
members.
Adoption of a resolution providing
for a fitting celebration of the Union
victory at AppomattoX Courthouse
where the Confederate army, under
/ Lee, surrendered on April 8, 1865, was
the feature of the morning session.
The festivities will be held next April
and it Is expected that veterans from
all over the state will attend. Men
who battled under the Stars and Bars
and faced the Fourth Delaware on
many a field will be asked to be pres
ent The veterans will give a banquet
during the celebration. The resolu-
ton is as follows:
Whereas, The 9th day of April, a. d.
1868, marks an important epoch in the
annals of American history, and
"Nheras, The 9th day of April, 1915,
is the fftieth anniversary of the said
\ epoch, therefore be it
"Resolved, That the president of the
association be and be- is hereby author
lied and requested TO appoint a COM
mittce of FIVE, of which the president
shall be one, to arrange for "A proper and
fitting observance of said anniversary
and with full power and authority to
make all necessary arrangements in re-
lation thereto"
Roll call showed that the following
have passed away since the reunion Of
1913: Sergeant John II. Klingler, Co.
II; Corporal William NJ. Broadway. Co.
II; Private Nathaniel r. Powell, Co. G.;
William H. Garretson, Co. ID; William
r. Wolf. Co. ID; Ellie Baldwin, Co Al;
Musician Edward McPi0e, Co. +; Sam
uel Porter. Co. b. John Ferguson, Co.
l. and James O'Neil, Co. c.
After calling the roll Of the dead the
association voted that appropriate reso-
buttons in their honor should be pre-
pared This work has been placed in
charge Of a committee composed Of f.
II. Sullivan, Henry NJ Whiteman and
John Mclaughlin.
The association paid a compliment
to its officers by electing them for
another term. Richard G. Bucking-
ham was named president; w. J.
Richards, secretary -treasurer; c. H.
Sullivan. chaplain. Vioe-presidents
are as follows John w. Armstrong
Co. A; r. H. Williams. Co. b; c. W.
Blest. Co. C; II. w. Perkins, Co. ID;
H. W. Whiteman. C. r; f. II.
Gregg, Co. F; John II. Rheim, Co
G.; c. II. Buckmaster, Co. H; John
Heron, Co. /, and John H. Cleabes
Co X.
Addresses we're delivered by Cap
tain David e. Buckingham, whC
fought in every engagement in
which the regiment participated anC
received a medal of honor from ca
gress for gallant conduct at the Bat
tie OF Five Forks; Attorney r. II.
, Hoifecker. Levy COurtman Benjamin
A. Groves, the Rev L. NJ Broadway
son of Corporal w. M. Broadway, who
d carried the colors out of the State
at the commencement of hostilites
. and brought them back at the close
Of the war, L. b. Lomax and the Rev
+. +. Carpenter
8 Captain Buckingham's address was tn,
9 feature of the day. He told OF the Bat
tie of the Crater before Petersburg, july
30. 1864, in which 1000 union troop
were slaughtered by Lees hosts afte
10 they had failed 10 take the defences O
the town. The Fourth Delaware saw th'
g entire action but was not called TO thu
. firing lines. lie related how the biz
mine planted under the forts of Peters
burg was exploded and how the Uniol
l army was advancing TO the attack whel
D instead of carrying out orders and go
e ing to the right and left of the crate
the storming party entered the hole an,
was destroyed. OF the 1000 lost in tn
struggle 500 were colored troops
Mrs. Harlan Cause read a paper
on the history of the regiment. Miss
Lille Williams recited "The Littl,
Brown Button" and Mrs Emma Buck
ingham sang the Star Spangled Ban
ner."
Those present included; Company
. A, John W. Armstrong, John II. Nc
p Laughlin and John NJ. Brit; Compan,
, b, Captain Thomas B. Challenger anC
p Richard II. Williams; Company C
= Edward Gregg; Company d, II. w
PERKINS, j. W. ABneWf JCnn BULLOCK
p James Knots, Isaac c. Pyle anC
Lewis B. Lomack; Company e. Rich
l ard Buckingham, Cortland Fell
e Thomas Smith, Charles G. Lamb anC
! Henry n. Whiteman; Company G
e William H. Hazel, Ephraim Jefferson
e and John II. Rheim; Company !, viii
p liam Lowell and William Thompson
, Norris r. Young and Thomas Hark
r inson, and Company X, John w. Mes
sick and several others