Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the ... Meeting[s] ..., Volume 33The Society., 1902 - United States |
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able to attend ANDREW HICKENLOOPER annual meeting April Army of Tennessee Atlanta attend the meeting attend the thirty-third avenue battle best wishes Bickerdyke boys Captain CAPTAIN HENRY Chairman Charles Chicago Cincinnati COLONEL CORNELIUS CADLE commander commission committee comrades cordial Corresponding Secretary Society Daughter DEAR COLONEL:-I DEAR GENERAL:-I DEAR SIR:-I February flag G. M. DODGE Galesburg George Grand Army Grant held at Indianapolis HICKENLOOPER honor hope Hoyt Sherman Illinois Indiana Indianapolis Infantry inst Iowa James JOHN MCARTHUR letter Lieutenant Tuthill:-I Louis Major March McGinnis membership Minn models monument motion prevailed nessee November 11 November 13th November 9 October October 28 October 31 officers Ohio Parsons patriotic pleasure present President:-The received Recording Secretary regiment regret respectfully reunion at Indianapolis Rohl-Smith Sherman sincerely Smith soldier statue or memorial street Surgeon thirty-third reunion Treasurer truly Vicksburg Wallace Washington Yeatman York City
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Page 95 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 101 - I can but regard this whole matter, from the beginning to the end, as an attempt to involve me in the resistance of law, for which you hesitated to assume the responsibility in orders, and thus to destroy my character before the country. I am in a measure confirmed in this conclusion by your recent orders directing me to disobey orders from the Secretary of War, my superior and your subordinate...
Page 97 - When we consider the character of the country in which the army operated, the formidable obstacles to be overcome, the number of forces and the strength of the enemy's works, we cannot fail to admire the courage and endurance of the troops, and the skill and daring of their commander.
Page 105 - ... carry themselves and their families through the next winter without the aid of the horses they were then riding. The United States did not want them and I would therefore, instruct the officers I left behind to receive the paroles of his troops to let every man of the Confederate army who claimed to own a horse or mule take the animal to his home.
Page 98 - There was reaction in the minds of our people after the intense strain of war, and many distracting subjects for attention. But, with regained composure and reflection, his reputation augments, and its foundations appear more and more immovably fixed for lasting duration. They spring not from merely having enjoyed possession of the honors of place and power which his countrymen have bestowed; others have had them too. They lie not specially on his shining courage and personal conduct before the enemy,...
Page 84 - The lines have fallen to us in pleasant places, And we have a goodly heritage.
Page 148 - THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more, From Mississippi's winding stream and from New England's shore; We leave our ploughs and workshops, our wives and children dear, With hearts too full for utterance, with but a silent tear; We dare not look behind us, but steadfastly before : We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more...
Page 5 - Bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members present at any regularly called meeting of the Society.
Page 3 - The object of the Society shall be to keep alive and preserve that kindly and cordial feeling which has been one of the characteristics of this Army during its career in the service, and which has given it such harmony of action, and contributed, in no small degree, to its glorious achievements in our country's cause. The fame and glory of all the officers belonging to this Army, who have fallen either on the field of battle, or in their line of duty, shall be a sacred trust to this Society, which...
Page 155 - What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?